3/18/2024 0 Comments Forgotten soul d3![]() ![]() And because after this life, the desire for God, the Supreme Good, is intense in the souls of the just (because this impetus toward him is not hampered by the weight of the body, and that time of enjoyment of the Perfect Good would have come) had there been no obstacle the soul suffers enormously from the delay. The more one longs for a thing, the more painful does deprivation of it become. This delay of the enjoyment of heaven leads to a spiritual agony of sorts. One of the chief sources of the pain is the fact that salvation has been obtained, and yet one cannot immediately enjoy its consolations. In fact, some saints have even said that the pain of purgatory is not all that different from the suffering of hell. The pain is real – The suffering of purgatory is likened by the saints to burning in a blazing fire. Here are 5 reasons to pray for the relief of our brothers and sisters in purgatory.ġ. Rather, it is to urge you to pray for the Church suffering. But my point here is not prove that purgatory exists or to provide a theological basis for its existence. Regardless of the reasons for its neglect, it is the constant teaching of the Church that purgatory is quite real and that there are countless souls there in need of our prayers. The souls in purgatory are too often forgotten by Catholics, and I fear this is often out of a misguided desire not seem medieval (as if that were a bad thing), superstitious, or worse yet, ecumenically insensitive. ![]() Getting more personal, when is the last time you prayed for the Holy Souls? If you’re like many Catholics, the answer is not recently. ![]() When is the last time you heard a homily on purgatory? If your parish is like most, it’s been a very long time. “Purgatory shows God’s great mercy and washes away the defects of those who long to become one with Him.” – St. ![]()
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