Pray and sacrifice for these poor souls in Purgatory

August 9, 2014

St. Gertrude says: “Praise be to Jesus.”

“I remind you, dear sister, to pray daily, as you have been, for the poor souls in Purgatory. There are millions imprisoned there who never believed in Purgatory but who now suffer greatly. No one prays for them. Many are thought to be in Heaven.”

“In the Protestant world and in other religions as well, if a person led a relatively decent life it is presumed he went to Heaven upon death. Most often, this is not the case.”

“It is a spiritual strength to pray and sacrifice for these poor souls who, in return, pray for you. None of your intentions escape them.”

Holy Love

The Levels of Purgatory

Good reminder about Purgatory, from a religious who went there.

When you intercede for the suffering souls, you are co-operating with the Blessed Mother

April 25, 2014

St. Gertrude says: “Praise be to Jesus.”

“I have come in support of your smallest sacrifices and prayers for the poor souls in Purgatory. When you intercede for the suffering souls, you are co-operating with the Blessed Mother, for She holds a zeal in Her Heart for each soul’s release.”

The Rosary Delivers Souls from Purgatory

A young girl of noble station named Alexandra had been miraculously converted and enrolled by Saint Dominic in the Confraternity of the Rosary. After her death, she appeared to him and said she had been condemned to seven hundred years in purgatory because of her own sins and those she had caused others to commit by her worldly ways. So she implored him to ease her pains by his prayers and to ask the Confraternity members to pray for the same end. Saint Dominic did as she had asked.

Two weeks later she appeared to him, more radiant than the sun, having been quickly delivered from purgatory by the prayers of the Confraternity members. She also told Saint Dominic that she had come on behalf of the souls in purgatory to beg him to go on preaching the Rosary and to ask their relations to offer their Rosaries for them, and that they would reward them abundantly when they entered into glory.

Saint Louis de Montfort
The Secret of the Rosary, § 153