We are in the position who can free prisoners of war. The poor souls are just that… poor, emaciated from their debt of sin, stained with the wrongs committed in this embattled life. They are in a sens...
St. Ephrem, a father and doctor of the Church, spoke thus to his friends: “I beseech you, my brethren and friends, in the name of God who commands me to leave you, to remember me when you assemble to...
St. Thomas More prayed… “Grant me the grace, Good Lord… To bewail my sins and, for the purging of them, patiently to suffer adversity. … Gladly to bear my purgatory here.”
The Holy Souls in Purgatory know God in themselves. The minds are perfectly rectified. No more error. No more doubts. This makes them mystics: have mystical knowledge of God who is so near and yet una...
The main focus of the Poor Souls is the will of God. Saint Catherine of Genoa says that the primary pain of the souls in Purgatory is the resistance in their souls, due to the lingering stain of sin,...
Sin has three consequences: Guilt, Debt, and Stain of Sin. Confession can remove the guilt; the sinner or anyone on behalf of the sinner can \"pay\" the debt, but only the sinner can remove the stain...
Purgatory is generally denied these days; one explanation (by Cardinal Ratzinger before he was elected Pope) is that nearly everyone today believes themselves to be a victim and entitled to benefits,...
The poor souls cannot merit anything for themselves; they depend on us to perform works of charity on their behalf to lessen their sufferings. The exisitence of Purgatory is De Fide, that is, it's an...