All Saints Day -- How to Avoid Purgatory

Greetings in Jesus and Mary....

Happy Feast Day!! A day to celebrate. A goal for all of us who long for Heaven and to be with the God Who created us for all eternity....with NO pride, hate, envy, sloth, gluttony, greed, wars, cancel culture, LGBTQXYZ, fashions, fads, NONE OF THE CRAZINESS THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE HERE ON THIS EARTH! Something to celebrate and look forward to with great hope and anticipation FOR SURE! 

I have been writing about Purgatory to prepare for the Feast day of All Souls which will be celebrated on Monday because it falls on a Sunday this year. Therefore, after today, I have two more days to talk more about Purgatory.

The video posted at the bottom is an audio book on "How to Avoid Purgatory" that runs about a half hour. As I was listening yesterday to this, it seems to have left out a very important thing.....to do ALL THINGS with LOVE for GOD. (maybe I missed it...I will have to listen to it again). The book, "An Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory" does state this and that is why I believe this book holds many truths....mainly because this is emphasized when the sister in Purgatory gives advice to the sister on earth. Below is taken from the book at various parts of the book......

"Before every action, no matter how trivial, ask yourself if what you are about to do will please Him. That is all that matters as far as you are concerned. Any act of indifferene or want of regard on your part wounds Him, whereas a continual remembrance of His Holy presence, a little aspiration to Him, a look, any little attention to give Him pleasure is noticed by Him. Guard your interior well that you may lose none of His graces. Take no notice of your body. Forget yourself. Place yourself in the arms of Jesus and He will never let you be found wanting, only have unlimited confidence in His goodness. If you but realized His power, you would not put limits to His ability. What can He not do for a soul He loves. 

Never seek to please anyone by your actions, but God only. It is for Him that you must do everything. Let there be no human respect, or ever growing weary...He will grant anything you request of Him. 

Prepare yourself with great care for Holy Communion, Confession and the Divine Office, in a word, for anything that tends to unite you more closely to Our Lord. I have already told you that God is searching the world over for souls that love Him with childlike affection, full of tender respect, truthfully and from the heart. He finds few such souls, fewer than you would suspect. Souls belittle the Heart of God. They look upon Jesus as too difficult to approach and thus their love for Him remains cold.

It is only love that will be rewarded in Heaven. All that is done for any other motive will count as nothing.

Let your communications with Jesus be heart to heart. Let no word, no thought, not even a desire come from you that is not according to His adorable Will. If you only knew what that union is that Jesus wishes to contract with your soul, you would never put any hindrance in the way. 

Renew your love and tenderness for Jesus. Console Him, try to make up to Him for all the affronts He receives in the world. Love Him for all those who do not think of doing so. Jesus expects this of you; will you refuse Him?"
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All of the above is based on love for God and great advice. I am disappointed about how little is said of the Blessed Virgin Mary but She is not excluded in the book and I have saved that for last to couple with the Sabbatine Privilege.

I would like to emphasize that many of the saints have stated that devotion to Our Lady is a sign of predestination. We do not believe in predestination per se. The saints only mean that if you have a devotion to Her....She will not let you escape the arms of Her Son. She will be a good Mother and draw you back when you fall. She will see to it that you die in the state of grace....if you have been faithful to your devotion to Her.

I recommend (as in the past) to have a crucifix by your bed and wake up with your first thoughts directed to Him. Hold your crucifix and kiss it tenderly and pray the prayer....I kiss the wounds of Your Sacred Hands with sorrow deep and true, may every move of my hands today be a million acts of love for You. I kiss the wounds of Your Sacred Feet with sorrow deep and true, may every step that I take today be a million acts of love for You. I kiss the wounds of Your Sacred Heart with sorrow deep and true, may every beat of my heart today be a million acts of love for You. 

I pray that pray for my husband and my children also so that each beat of their hearts that day may be a million acts of love for the Good God that made them and hopefully it will added to their merits on their Particular Judgement Day. Maybe you could consider doing this for your family as well....to please the Heart of Jesus!

Our Lady, Mother and Queen of all Saints, pray for us and guide us to Your Son Jesus now and for all eternity!!

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How to Avoid Purgatory