The Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Agony in the Garden
The meditation of the First Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Agony in the Garden (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): A person has...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Scourging at the Pillar
The meditation of the Second Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Scourging at the Pillar (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): The...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Crowning with Thorns
The meditation of the Third Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Crowning with Thorns (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): Their journey...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Carrying the Cross
The meditation of the Fourth Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, The Carrying of the Cross (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.): Perhaps the...
View ArticleThe Rosary for the Suffering Souls in Purgatory: Dying on the Cross
The meditation of the Fifth Decade of the Rosary, in honor of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory, Dying on the Cross (For on how to say the Rosary, please scroll down to the bottom.) The soul nears the...
View ArticlePraying for the Dead and Gaining Indulgences During November
Catholic Culture has an excellent piece on the Catholic practice of indulgences and praying for the dead: Praying for the Dead and Gaining Indulgences During November Included is an explanation for a...
View ArticleWe should have a daily familiarity with death, a daily desire for death
An excerpt from the Second Reading from the Divine Office for the Feast of All Souls: by St Ambrose, a book on the death of his brother Satyrus “Let us die with Christ, to live with Christ” “We should...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Mom
Today my Mom would have been 97. She passed away in November 2005. As usual, it is a day of melancholy for me. I miss her, but I also am grateful that my Catholic faith tells me that our relationship...
View ArticleSt. Faustina’s Vision of Purgatory Part 1
In Paragraph 20 of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska’s diary: “Divine Mercy in My Soul,” the Saint writes of a vision of Purgatory that the Lord permitted her to see: 20…I saw my Guardian Angel, who ordered...
View ArticleSt. Faustina’s Vision of Purgatory, Part 2
In Paragraph 21 of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska’s diary: “Divine Mercy in My Soul,” the Saint writes of when she was visited by a suffering soul : 21 …My superiors [probably Mother Leonard and Mother...
View ArticleSusan Tassone: “Apostle of Purgatory” (UPDATED)
Susan Tassone is an author of several books on Purgatory, notably prayerbooks to the Holy Souls suffering the fires of purgation. One of my annual rituals is to use her book Thirty-Day Devotions for...
View ArticleVisits to the Cemetery
Portions of this post are reblogged from last year; this is an annual post on a fruitful pious devotion for November: Catholic Culture has an excellent article regarding a very beneficial pious...
View ArticleSusan Tassone has an Official Website
For those of you who, like me, appreciate Susan Tassone and her work in almost single-handedly bringing the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory back out of the shadows, you might like that she has an...
View ArticlePurgatory
What happens when you die? A lot of hopeful people assume that you go straight to Heaven. Hell is a fantasy to scare people into being good, and that God would never send anyone to Hell (This is true,...
View ArticleA symbol of Purgatory
A few days ago I began a vacation from my job. However, on my first “official” day of vacation, I was still required to attend a mandatory monthly meeting. No big deal, I have to get up early and...
View ArticleFifteen years ago today, my father died
NOTE: This is reposted from an earlier date: On this date in 1995 my father died. He and I weren’t very close, (“fathers and sons …”) generational and attitudinal differences separated us. As a result,...
View ArticlePraying for the dead
Ar article in Spirit Daily reminds us that November is the month for praying for the deceased: MONTH ARRIVES FOR US TO HELP THE SOULS WHO MAY BE IN PURGATORY OR ROAMING ‘IN BETWEEN’ The article also...
View ArticleThe pain of waiting for Heaven
Our true home is Heaven. Our life on Earth is an exile, the time we spend here prepares us for our arrival home. If we misuse this time to an extreme (consistently rejecting the will of God and working...
View ArticleCATHERINE OF GENOA AND THE EXPERIENCE OF PURGATORY
In Pope Benedict XVI’s General Audience today, the Holy Father reflected of St. Catherine of Genoa and her experience of Purgatory. The following is an excerpt from his address, I italicized a...
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