The Forgotten Souls in Purgatory. (Part 2)
Michael Cain
Editor of Daily Catholic
https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/e007cpPurgatory_Cain.htm Here was a completely innocent Man Who forgave all.
He knew those waving the fronds of palms to Him as He entered the city of Jerusalem would soon turn their emotions in the opposite direction, calling for His death by crucifixion.
Yet He forgave.
Christ knew it would be Judas the Iscariot who would betray Him, yet He forgave.
He knew the weaknesses of His chosen Apostles who could not stay awake even an hour to pray with Him, yet He forgave.
He knew Peter's weakness despite Peter's boasts that he would never deny His Lord, yet he did, and Jesus forgave.
He felt with the deepest human pain the satanic taunts and lashes from his torturers, yet He forgave.
He grieved for the souls of those who turned on Him in revenge, such as the Sanhedrin and Scribes, yet He forgave. He knew the sins of the thief Dismas, yet He forgave.
And He knew the sins committed by every man throughout History, and He forgives.
He knows the sins of every Bishop, of every priest, of every layman, of every atheist, every Protestant, every Buddhist.
Why not?
He created them.
He created them diverse, but not to wallow in their diversity away from Him.
Rather He gave us through His Apostles the command in.
Mark 16: 15-16
"Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved:
But he that believeth not, shall be condemned." Simple, but foreboding words if we do not heed His charge.
Yes, forgiveness is the key to putting the "Trinity Time Travel" machine in motion.
God has given us the Sacrament of Penance in which we need only sincerely ask for forgiveness with the intent of not sinning again, and God not only forgives,
He forgets.
When we are absolved in Confession our slate is wiped clean.
We are able to turn the clock back to that innocent time when our souls were pure, devoid of serious sin, basking in sanctifying grace.
It is our prayerful wish that everyone whose soul is presently dead with mortal sin will avail themselves of this necessary Sacrament, without which one cannot receive Holy Communion.
This gift is one of the best traits of "Trinity Time Travel" that the Church offers us and is one of the requirements of the annual Easter Duty.
It is an opportunity for all Catholics to strap on their headgear, by examining their consciences, and buckle in with a sincere Act of Contrition in order to gain the maximum graces and experience the thrill of a clean heart by springing into action within the Confessional.
There, no matter what the sins of our pasts might be, we can return to the abode of God's fullest love and soak in the rays of His Mercy.
We can go home again
They say "home is where the heart is" and our hearts will remain restless until they rest in Him, to paraphrase the great Doctor St. Augustine who knew all about turmoil in the Church.
Through God we can settle that restlessness, spring ahead to a new peace of mind and soul, and, yes, contrary to what Thomas Wolfe says, through the mode of "Trinity Time Travel" we can go home again!
And speaking of our true home, there is only one: Heaven.
To get there we have to first pay off our mortal mortgage.
It should be prayer of all that they will die in the full state of grace with no stain of sin on their souls, mortal or venial. If there is mortal sin - well, it's a given, sorry, but no room in the Heavenly Inn. If there is venial - then we have to make amends.
How long that will be depends on how we have lived, prayed and made our works good works for Him, not man.
It is His Will that we work to free those stranded souls in Purgatory.
That takes priority over saving whales or caribou or whatever creatures God created that lack free will.
Yes, it is our choice to choose to do His Will or our own.
We can skate now, but we'll have to make up the deficit sooner or later.
I don't know about you, but I'd just as soon pay up now and be assured I won't have a staggering balloon payment at the end.
That is why I work with all my heart here to be worthy of God so that when He chooses to call me home, I will hopefully pass through Purgatory quickly.
I think that for any of us, no matter how much we are striving for sanctity, to think we can totally bypass Purgatory and go straight to Heaven is presumption at its greatest.
Only the purest of souls are allowed admittance to such an exclusive Club where your membership never ends.
Most who are able to escape the clutches of Hell cannot avoid Purgatory.
So, please, do not cease praying for that deceased parent, grandparent, child, relative, friend, priest, or Bishop - oh, especially the Bishops -
Because chances are, considering the track record of performance over the past 40 years, too many are still languishing and stranded in Purgatory.
Don't just assume because someone might have been beatified or canonized in the last 25 years that they are automatically in Heaven.
I sure wouldn't go that far.
The truth is we do not know.
But considering what the Church always taught, we have reason to doubt that what modern Rome tells us is true when it contradicts the documents codified at Trent as well as Divine Revelation and Sacred Tradition. Again, folks, the holy Apostle Paul's words to the.
Galatians in chapter 1: 8-10
Come into play, very relevant for these times and circumstances.
The truth is we have greatly dropped the ball on our part of the Communion of Saints. That's not good teamwork.
The Novus Ordo priests and Bishops keep calling for "unity of the community" as they push every abuse they can in bringing the congregation closer to the deadly coils of the viper.
If they really wanted "unity of the community," they'd get down on their knees and pray around the clock for the Church Suffering.
They sure need to do something to toughen up the lax and flabby souls who blindly go along with every temporal command, oblivious to what God and His True Church have always asked and demanded.
If they are not in shape to die for and with Christ now, they are sure not going to be ready when push comes to shove!
And that time is getting closer, folks.
Death comes for all, and the Church teaches most souls must spend some time in Purgatory
I know, as I said, that when I pass from this life, I leave only three requests.
That my surviving family members would not be abandoned, that I have a Traditional Latin Requiem Mass and Burial in holy ground, and that no one assume that I or anyone else has gone straight to Heaven.
It is better to doubt and do all we can to pray those souls into Heaven than to assume they've already got it made.
If we can remember that and do all we can to save souls by praying for the poor souls in Purgatory, we might be amazed at how Heaven responds.
We can see acted out in the Holy Week liturgy that One Man conquered death, but He didn't breeze through it.
Au contraire, as Mel so masterfully depicted - and that doesn't begin to really describe what Christ went through for us. He paid the price of Atonement with His propitiatory sacrifice.
That is why a Requiem Mass is so necessary when we die, black vestments to remind us our soul needs cleansing and we need to pray for the departed, not forget them.
Yes, I might be getting ahead of myself in speaking about a morbid subject like my own death, but then it is necessary to be ready.
Jesus, the Saints, and His Holy Church have hammered that home.
We must have our lamps lit to be ready when the Bridegroom comes.
Considering the final rewards, I would hope what I have expressed in this editorial is not just my pewPOINT, but for all of us -
A blueprint, or if you will, a Death Wish for Eternal Life!
The only way to fulfill that is to be willing to put our lives on the line, to be willing to be tested like gold in the furnace.
Yes, it's getting plenty hot right now, but we traditionalist Catholics should be used to it.
Yes, we're idealists to think that eventually this Pope will turn things around, or that people will finally wake up and return to the True Church.
But hey, without hope, what would have pushed the Apostles onward?
They also knew - and we should be prepared as well - that they would be persecuted and even threatened. Christ already clued us in on this in.
Luke 21: 12 and John 15: 20.
We shouldn't be surprised.
What sadly surprises us, however, is how few are conditioned to suffer, even to die for the True Faith.
As the time grows shorter for us all, there is a question we must all ask ourselves:
Are we prepared to die with and for Him?
(End Part 2)