St. Pius V Corner: A Healing Of Poor Souls And Self

The practice of recommending to God the souls in Purgatory, that He may mitigate the great pains which they suffer, and that He may soon bring them to His glory, is most pleasing to the Lord and most profitable to us. For these blessed souls are His eternal spouses, and most grateful are they to …

St. Pius V Corner: Saving Souls Here And Beyond

The Dogma of Purgatory is too much forgotten by the majority of the faithful; the Church Suffering, where they have so many brethren to succour, whither they foresee that they themselves must one day go, seems a strange land to them. This truly deplorable forgetfulness was a great sorrow to Saint Francis de Sales. “Alas!” …

Anime Review #74: Angel Beats

The Holy Souls in Purgatory have been a favourite devotion for me to focus on. In the Roman Catholic tradition, these very persons, having died, being saved by the grace of God, but still have plenty of penance to be satisfied on their part, emerge in Purgatory, a place of temporary spiritual purification so that …