On Purgatory - For The Days Before the Feast of All Souls (Part 1 of 7)

Greetings in Jesus and Mary....

There are so many graces in remembering the souls in Purgatory that I will post something on Purgatory each of these 6 days before the feast day of All Souls and one more on the Feast Day which will make 7 posts. To live each day of our lives with them in mind will draw them and ourselves closer to Heaven.  Below is a video of some advice from Maria Simma.

She was born in 1915 in Sonntag, Austria, Maria was one of eight children who were raised in poverty and began working at an early age. She tried three times to enter the convent but was denied entrance due to her poor health.

She claims that the first appearance of a holy soul occurred one night in 1940 around 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. when a strange man walked into her bedroom. Being fearless by nature, she demanded that he leave. When he refused, she chased him and tried to grab him but found herself holding nothing but thin air. She told her spiritual director about it in the morning and he told her if the man returned to ask, "What do you want from me?"

The man did indeed return the following night and when she asked him what he wanted, he said, "Have three Masses celebrated for me and I will be delivered." She then understood that he was from Purgatory.  Her spiritual director advised her never to turn away the poor souls but to accept whatever they should ask of her.

Apparently, she began to have regular visits from the poor sousl and documented this in a book (which has an imprimatur) entitled, Get Me Out of Here, which is a series of interviews with Maria.

​The holy souls have repeatedly told her that the greatest help for them that they can obtain from those here on earth is the offering of holy Mass. Next to the Mass, the holy Rosary and the Stations of the Cross are very beneficial to them.  Any sacrifice we make–even the smallest ones– offered specifically for them have a great value in the eyes of God, and greatly lessen their sufferings and time in purgatory.  The poor souls have told her that even the smallest prayer or sacrifice is like giving a cool glass of water to a parched sojourner travelling in the driest desert.

She died in 2004.

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Maria Simma advice for us