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Saint Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, in her book The Interior Castle (read for free), says that making the souls in Purgatory your number one priority, offering everything you do for their relief, means having reached level 2 of the seven stages to holiness.
When we sin we create a double debt, one to God's honor and one to Divine Justice.
Jesus paid both debts at the Cross, shedding all His Blood for the atonement of all sins, past, present and future.
At Sacramental Confession, Jesus, through the Priest acting in the person of Christ, applies part of those infinite graces to pay for the all the debt to God's honor, but the debt to Justice is partially paid by:
a) The penance given by the Priest
b) The good deeds, prayers and mortifications offered by the Priest and yourself, especially, the Masses. In the economy of salvation, the voluntary sacrifice has much more value (it pays more debt in terms of suffering) than the sufferings we can’t avoid:
c) Offering up the sufferings God allows in our life, which are related to our debt (the self-curse of sin):
John 5
5 One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
14 After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him, “Look, you are well; do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.”
The more voluntary offerings, the less involuntary suffering is needed to pay the debt. Those more spiritually advanced, following Jesus’ example, offer more voluntary sacrifices and ask God to send more involuntary ones (e.g. martyrdom), to become victim souls for the atonement of the sins of others.
d) Whatever is left unpaid, it is completed by the suffereings in the fire of Purgatory. Of course, it’s not a physical fire, but a spiritual one, cleaning the stains or scars left by sin in our souls. In the economy of salvation, when we offer our sufferings while alive, we pay MUCH more debt than in Purgatory for the same amount suffering. Or seeing it from another perspective, our debt increases a lot in terms of suffering, if left unpaid for Purgatory. That's why it's OK to suffer, especially before death, with a terminal illness offered up to Jesus on the Cross:
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church.
In the economy of salvation, everything has a number.
Wisdom 11:20
... you have disposed all things by measure and number and weight.
For example, Jesus repays up to 100 to 1 (Mark 10:29-30 & Matthew 19:29).
In Luke 19:8, Zacchaeus promises Jesus, "if I have extorted anything from anyone, I shall repay it four times over" as if sin multiplied the debt by 4, since, like a pathogen or mold, it radiates in the loaf, because we all belong to the body of Christ.
Only a mystic could teach us the exact proportions, but imagine if a sin creates a debt of -100, with impact of -400 (4x), it would require:
1 single Mass with devotion, adding the intention of reparation to the perfect offering of Christ at consecration
400 of voluntary offering, or higher as time passes by, since the damage might continue downstream and nobody atoned for it
8000 of involuntary suffering (20x) offered up
800,000 of suffering in Purgatory (2000x)
Job 4:8
As I see it, those who plow mischief and sow trouble will reap them.
Sin is never free. Sin always brings suffering: to Jesus (supratemporaly), Mary coredemptrix, the saints in heaven and earth (victim souls), the confessing Priest, ourselves and even our community and country, since some chastisements for social sin fall on the good and the bad.
It’s ridiculous to think “I’ll sin a some more until I find the time for confession” as if, after confession, there’s no debt left to be paid and as if sin doesn’t supratemporaly hurt Jesus, Mary, the saints, and the whole world.
When we gain a plenary indulgence for ourselves, we get a clean slate: our soul becomes as white as freshly baptized.
Yet, even after confession and paying all the debt through a plenary indulgence, those who commited a single mortal sin, may never enter the highest levels in Heaven, as revealed by St. John Bosco and the 144,000 in the Book of Revelation (chapters 7 and 14). It’s important to teach that to children preparing for the first confession.
Per day, one can obtain many partial indulgences but only a maximum of one plenary indugence. The latter can be offered for a soul in Purgatory or for oneself. One may offer the indulgence for a particular soul, but it is God, in His perfect Justice, who applies the indulgences for those in most need and closest to us, for example, an unknown ancestor who’s in Purgatory for 300 years and we owe our existance to him.
That’s why, even if we know that our family and friends would be offering indulgences for us when we die, the only way to avoid the fire of Purgatory is by gaining a daily plenary indulgence and the guarantee of wearing the brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel: souls are freed the first Saturday after they die.
Knowing that if we don’t apply the plenary indulgence for ourselves, it might result in attoning suffering for us, it is very generous to offer all indulgences, partial or plenary, for the holy souls in Purgatory, reserving for oneself the last indulgence of one's life, in order to avoid Purgatory, or even more generous, reserving nothing, for example, if one gains the last indulgence reserved for the dying, or one is entitled with the Sabbatine Privilege of the Scapular.
Yet, once a year, there’s a chance to apply a plenary indulgence to both a soul in Purgatory and oneself: Divine Mercy Sunday.
How is it possible to override the 1 plenary indulgence per day limit?
This limit isn’t fixed but depends on the Seat of Peter, who has the power to free special graces on heaven for earth:
Mathew 16
18 And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church,* and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.* Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
For example, during the Jubilee of Hope, 24-Dec-24 to 6-Jan-26, for the first time in the history of the Church, it was possible to gain two plenary indulgences per day (instead of the usual maximum of one) by performing an act of charity for the souls in Purgatory and receiving Holy Communion a second time.
There is no minimum waiting time between the two Communions. The only requirement is that the second reception occurs during a Mass (or Eucharistic celebration) in which you fully participate. Code of Canon Law #917: “A person who has already received the Most Holy Eucharist can receive it a second time on the same day only within the eucharistic celebration in which the person participates…” An authentic interpretation by the Pontifical Commission (approved by St. John Paul II on 11 July 1984) clarified that “iterum” (again) means exactly a second time, not a third or more (except as Viaticum for the dying, per Canon 921 §2).
To gain a plenary indulgence at the hour of death, it is enough to venerate a cross or crucifix in repentance, and for this reason, in addition to the scapular, it is important to always carry a blessed crucifix (e.g. the one from the Rosary).
Every single day, one can release a soul, who will pray 24 hours a day, grateful for our intentions. And with the daily indulgence of the Rosary (prayed with someone else or in front of Jesus at the Tabernacle or monstrance), 1 per day, up to 365 souls per year. Imagine a cloistered convent of 365 nuns just praying 24/7 for you: this is more, since the grateful souls, released from Purgatory, pray for your intentions and the ones of the militant Church, in the full presence of God, thus advancing the Second Coming of Jesus.
The liberated souls of Purgatory will also pray that someone on Earth gains indulgences for you, if unfortunately you don't avoid Purgatory.
Example of alternative indulgenced works:
- Pray the five mysteries of the Rosary in the company of others or before the Blessed Sacrament/Tabernacle.
- Spend half an hour reading and meditating on the Bible.
- Spend half an hour praying before the Blessed Sacrament.
- Pray the Way of the Cross: it is the fastest way to gain plenary indulgence because it only requires a moment of devout meditation on the Passion of Christ. It has to be legally erected (ask your Priest!):
(1) bishop’s written permission
(2) proper blessing from the Book of Blessings by a Franciscan or a priest delegated by the bishop
(3) use of 14 wooden crosses for each station, placed inside the church or beginning/ending there if the procession goes outside
Important: those last 4, will still be available after the Jubilee, because they are detailed in the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, but with the limit of 1 plenary indulgence per day and no limit for partial indulgences.
And the usual conditions:
- No unconfessed mortal sin
- No attachment to sin, hating even venial sin
- One Holy Communion for each plenary indulgence
- Confession within 7 days before or after the indulgenced action
- Pray for the Pope's intentions (anything will do, OurFather and a Hail Mary recommended)
There's no virtue without humility. And there's no humility without gratitude. We owe our lives to our ancestors. We owe them indulgences. All the family tree up to Adam and down to our most distant relatives (all of humanity!). We offer them to our closest relatives and friends but indulgences are a suffrage (offering): it is God in His Perfect Justice who decides who deserves it most (e.g. our great grand-mother might be burning far longer than a recently diseased loved one).
It was revealed to some mystics that some will remain in Purgatory until the end of the world. For example, Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerick was shown a woman who demolished Catholic Churches during the masonic French Revolution, who was spared from hell because she would protect the altars to Virgin Mary but she would remain in Purgartoy for centuries until the end. This proves we will never offer enough indulgences to release all of the souls.
"a plenary indulgence, granted under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who, on the Second Sunday of Easter or Divine Mercy Sunday, in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin,
a) take part in the prayers and devotions held in honor of Divine Mercy, or who,
b) in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!");
A partial indulgence, granted to the faithful who, at least with a contrite heart, pray to the merciful Lord Jesus a legitimately approved invocation.
For those who cannot go to church or the seriously ill:
In addition, sailors working on the vast expanse of the sea; the countless brothers and sisters, whom the disasters of war, political events, local violence and other such causes have been driven out of their homeland; the sick and those who nurse them, and all who for a just cause cannot leave their homes or who carry out an activity for the community which cannot be postponed, may obtain a plenary indulgence on Divine Mercy Sunday, if totally detesting any sin, as has been said before, and with the intention of fulfilling as soon as possible the three usual conditions, will recite the Our Father and the Creed before a devout image of Our Merciful Lord Jesus and, in addition, pray a devout invocation to the Merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you).
If it is impossible that people do even this, on the same day they may obtain the Plenary Indulgence if with a spiritual intention they are united with those carrying out the prescribed practice for obtaining the Indulgence in the usual way and offer to the Merciful Lord a prayer and the sufferings of their illness and the difficulties of their lives, with the resolution to accomplish as soon as possible the three conditions prescribed to obtain the plenary indulgence.
Duty of priests: inform parishioners, hear confessions, lead prayers
Priests who exercise pastoral ministry, especially parish priests, should inform the faithful in the most suitable way of the Church's salutary provision. They should promptly and generously be willing to hear their confessions. On Divine Mercy Sunday, after celebrating Mass or Vespers, or during devotions in honor of Divine Mercy, with the dignity that is in accord with the rite, they should lead the recitation of the prayers that have been given above. Finally, since 'Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy' (Mt 5,7), when they instruct their people, priests should gently encourage the faithful to practice works of charity or mercy as often as they can, following the example of, and in obeying the commandment of Jesus Christ, as is listed for the second general concession of indulgence in the 'Enchiridion Indulgentiarum.'
This Decree has perpetual force, any provision to the contrary notwithstanding."
Jesus revealed to St. Faustina in her recommended Diary, which can be read for free (pdf , web):
699. On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy.
The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins/blame/guilt/ and punishment.
On that day all the divine floodgates through which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.
Notes:
This “indulgence” by Jesus is applicable only to owr own soul, not a soul in Purgatory.
As explained above, if a person also wants an indulgence for a purging soul, the self-indulgence would require a second communion on Mercy Sunday Mass.
1109. … He spoke these words to me:
I want to grant a complete pardon to the souls that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion on the Feast of My mercy.
1448. Write, speak of My mercy. Tell souls where they are to look for solace; that is, in the Tribunal of Mercy [the Sacrament of Reconciliation]. There the greatest miracles take place [and] are incessantly repeated. To avail oneself of this miracle, it is not necessary to go on a great pilgrimage or to carry out some external ceremony; it suffices to come with faith to the feet of My representative and to reveal to him one's misery, and the miracle of Divine Mercy will be fully demonstrated. Were a soul like a decaying corpse so that from a human standpoint, there would be no [hope of] restoration and everything would already be lost, it is not so with God. The miracle of Divine Mercy restores that soul in full. Oh, how miserable are those who do not take advantage of the miracle of God's mercy! You will call out in vain, but it will be too late.
1226. Today bring to Me the souls who are in the prison of Purgatory, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasury of My Church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy; so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of the purifying fire, that in that place, too, the power of Your mercy may be praised.
From the terrible heat of the cleansing fire
Rises a plaint to Your mercy,
And they receive comfort, refreshment, relief
In the stream of mingled Blood and Water.
1227. Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded, manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way than through the Wounds of Jesus, Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion.
20. I saw my guardian angel, who ordered me to follow him. In a moment I was in a misty place full of fire in which there was a great crowd of suffering souls. They were praying fervently, but to no avail, for themselves; only we can come to their aid. The flames, which were burning them, did not touch me at all. My guardian angel did not leave me for an instant. I asked these souls what their greatest suffering was. They answered me in one voice that their greatest torment was longing for God.“I saw Our Lady visiting the souls in purgatory. The souls call her ‘The Star of the Sea.’ She brings them refreshment. I wanted to talk with them some more, but my guardian angel beckoned me to leave. We went out of that prison of suffering. [I heard an interior voice, which said]:
“My mercy does not want this, but justice demands it. Since that time I am in closer communion with the suffering souls.”
723. Today, I heard these words: The graces I grant you are not for you alone, but for a great number of other souls as well… And your heart is My constant dwelling place, despite the misery that you are. I unite Myself with you, take away your misery and give you My mercy. I perform works of mercy in every soul. The greater the sinner, the greater the right he has to My mercy. My mercy is confirmed in every work of My hands. He who trusts in My mercy will not perish, for all his affairs are Mine, and his enemies will be shattered at the base of My footstool.
1521. Tell My priests that hardened sinners will repent on hearing their words when they speak about My unfathomable mercy, about the compassion I have for them in My Heart. To priests who proclaim and extol My mercy, I will give wondrous power; I will anoint their words and touch the hearts of those to whom they will speak.
570. No soul will be justified until it turns with confidence to My mercy, and this is why the first Sunday after Easter is to be the Feast of Mercy. On that day, priests are to tell everyone about My great and unfathomable mercy. I am making you the administrator of My mercy. Tell the confessor that the Image is to be on view in the church and not within the enclosure in that convent. By means of this Image I shall be granting many graces to souls; so let every soul have access to it.
49. I desire that there be a Feast of Mercy. I want this image, which you will paint with a brush, to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter; that Sunday is to be the Feast of Mercy.
I desire that priests proclaim this great mercy of Mine towards souls of sinners. Let the sinner not be afraid to approach Me. The flames of mercy are burning Me - clamoring to be spent; I want to pour them out upon these souls.
The Art of Dying Well (St. Robert Bellarmine) – pdf, text, epub, kindle; also pdf here; or audiobook here
Treatise on Purgatory (S. Catherine of Genoa) – audiobook; or pdf, text, epub, kindle format here
The End Of This Present World And The Mysteries Of The Life To Come by Fr. Charles Arminjon recommended by St. Therese of Lisieux
Read Me or Rue It + How to avoid purgatory (Fr. Paul O’Sullivan) – pdf, text, EPUB, kindle; audiobook: part 1, part 2
Purgatory Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints by Fr. Francois Xavier Schouppe - also here and Purgatory (audio here and here)
Member for member : a plea for the souls in purgatory by Fr. Isadore O'Brien (1895-1953) – pdf, text, epub, kindle format
Manuscript on Purgatory (Sr. Mary of the Cross, Mons. Culleton) – pdf; or audiobook here.
Who Dies Shall See: Purgatory and Heaven (Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo) – pdf
Note: after a lot of searching, I couldn't find the following recommended books for free. If anyone finds them, please write to the email at bottom:
Maria Simma, Nicky Eltz "Get us out of here!!"
María Vallejo-Nágera "Between heaven and earth"
They are in Amazon, but I don't like financially supporting Amazon, our masonic enemy.
By prayers for the dead (paying the debt of sin in Purgatory) we win friends in Heaven. The "wealth" in this passage is the infinite Grace that Jesus won on the Cross, that we partially collect for the souls of Purgatory, through partial indulgencies (as reducing the debt) or full indulgence (paying all the debt, with immediate release to Heaven):
Luke 16:1-13
1 Then he also said to his disciples, “A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property.
2 He summoned him and said, ‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’
3 The steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
4 I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.’
5 He called in his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 He replied, ‘One hundred measures of olive oil.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.’
7 Then to another he said, ‘And you, how much do you owe?’ He replied, ‘One hundred kors* of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.’
8 And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
Application of the Parable. “For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.
9 I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,* so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
10 The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones.c
11 If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth?
12 If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?
13 No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
by Dave Armstrong, a protestant who converted to Catholicism, by reading St. John Henry Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Also here, here, here.
1030 All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.
1031 The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.604 The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. the tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:605
As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.606
1032 This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: "Therefore Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin."607 From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God.608 The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead:
Let us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were purified by their father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.609
1471 The doctrine and practice of indulgences in the Church are closely linked to the effects of the sacrament of Penance.
What is an indulgence?
"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints."81 "An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin."82 Indulgences may be applied to the living or the dead.
The punishments of sin
1472 To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence. Grave sin deprives us of communion with God and therefore makes us incapable of eternal life, the privation of which is called the "eternal punishment" of sin. On the other hand every sin, even venial, entails an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called Purgatory. This purification frees one from what is called the "temporal punishment" of sin. These two punishments must not be conceived of as a kind of vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin. A conversion which proceeds from a fervent charity can attain the complete purification of the sinner in such a way that no punishment would remain.83
1473 The forgiveness of sin and restoration of communion with God entail the remission of the eternal punishment of sin, but temporal punishment of sin remains. While patiently bearing sufferings and trials of all kinds and, when the day comes, serenely facing death, the Christian must strive to accept this temporal punishment of sin as a grace. He should strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the "old man" and to put on the "new man."84
In the Communion of Saints
1474 The Christian who seeks to purify himself of his sin and to become holy with the help of God's grace is not alone. "The life of each of God's children is joined in Christ and through Christ in a wonderful way to the life of all the other Christian brethren in the supernatural unity of the Mystical Body of Christ, as in a single mystical person."85
1475 In the communion of saints, "a perennial link of charity exists between the faithful who have already reached their heavenly home, those who are expiating their sins in purgatory and those who are still pilgrims on earth. between them there is, too, an abundant exchange of all good things."86 In this wonderful exchange, the holiness of one profits others, well beyond the harm that the sin of one could cause others. Thus recourse to the communion of saints lets the contrite sinner be more promptly and efficaciously purified of the punishments for sin.
1476 We also call these spiritual goods of the communion of saints the Church's treasury, which is "not the sum total of the material goods which have accumulated during the course of the centuries. On the contrary the 'treasury of the Church' is the infinite value, which can never be exhausted, which Christ's merits have before God. They were offered so that the whole of mankind could be set free from sin and attain communion with the Father. In Christ, the Redeemer himself, the satisfactions and merits of his Redemption exist and find their effficacy."87
1477 "This treasury includes as well the prayers and good works of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They are truly immense, unfathomable, and even pristine in their value before God. In the treasury, too, are the prayers and good works of all the saints, all those who have followed in the footsteps of Christ the Lord and by his grace have made their lives holy and carried out the mission the Father entrusted to them. In this way they attained their own salvation and at the same time cooperated in saving their brothers in the unity of the Mystical Body."88
Obtaining indulgence from God through the Church
1478 An indulgence is obtained through the Church who, by virtue of the power of binding and loosing granted her by Christ Jesus, intervenes in favor of individual Christians and opens for them the treasury of the merits of Christ and the saints to obtain from the Father of mercies the remission of the temporal punishments due for their sins. Thus the Church does not want simply to come to the aid of these Christians, but also to spur them to works of devotion, penance, and charity.89
1479 Since the faithful departed now being purified are also members of the same communion of saints, one way we can help them is to obtain indulgences for them, so that the temporal punishments due for their sins may be remitted.
Don't tread on Me, says ... JESUS !
Eucharistic miracle proves we are ALL stepping on Jesus!
http://www.catholic365.com/article/29922/the-popes-hidden-miracle.html
On one hand, heretics deny the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic crumbs with the false argument that they are tiny, while on the other, they correctly believe in a consecrated host with just one invisible molecule of gluten, yet they don’t seem to care about the error of fake-consecration of zero-gluten hosts:
Celiac hosts that are not capable of hosting Jesus
https://www.catholic365.com/article/50945/vatican-error-low-gluten-hosts-that-cant-host-jesus.html
Spirtual Adoption and Baptism of Preborn Children
https://www.catholic365.com/article/58950/spirtual-adoption-and-baptism-of-preborn-children.html
Mary’s physical presence in the Eucharist
https://www.catholic365.com/article/30587/cat-ai-mary-is-physically-present-in-the-eucharist.html
Virgin Mary’s body found ?!
https://www.catholic365.com/article/30567/virgin-marys-body-found.html
Was Mary just another maiden?
https://www.catholic365.com/article/38948/its-all-about-mary.html
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Above all, he is a stark promoter of the Mass and Eucharistic Adoration as the solution to every single problem in the world. Jesus in the Eucharist is the source of true science and wisdom: we need a personal relationship with Him !
Happily married, with his wife Josephine, they are thankful parents of 8 children (God willingly more!.. with your prayers).
Contact: fred.a.nazar (at) yandex.com
