Purgatory (4 of 7) The 3 Levels

Greetings in Jesus and Mary...

This information is taken from the Unpublished Manuscript of Purgatory. It is a book about one religious sister appearing to another to ask for prayers and she has been given permission by God to share her experiences for all of us. She claimed the following which seems to coincide with other accounts.

In Purgatory, there are several stages but three main levels. In the lowest and most painful, like a temporary hell, are the sinners who have committed terrile crimes during life and whose death surprised them in that state. It was almost a miracle that they were saved, and often by the prayers of holy parents or other pious persons. Sometimes they did not even have time to confess their sins and the world thought them lost, but God, whose mercy is infinite, gave them at the moment of death the contrition nesessary for their salvation on account of one or more good actions which they performed during life. Some are there for their indifference to God all their lives.The difference of this place and hell is that in hell they curse God, whereas in Purgatory, they bless Him and thank Him for having saved them.

In the second stage are the souls of those who died with venial sins not fully expiated before death, or with mortal sins forgiven in the confessional but not made satisfaction to the Divine Justice. In this stage there are different degrees according to the merits of each soul.

Lastly, there is the Purgatory of desire which is called the Threshold. Very few escape this. To avoid it altogether, one must ardently desire Heaven and the vision of God. That is rare, rarer than people think, because even pious people are afraid of God and have to, therefore, a sufficiently strong desire of going to Heaven. The deprivation of the sight of our loving Jesus adds to the intense suffering in this part. We ardentlly desire complete union with Jesus but He desires it almost as much as we do. The main torment is the absence of Him Who is the sole object of our long-enduring desires.

She states that Purgatory is in the center of the globe near Hell. The fire of Purgatory is a purification prescribed by God's justice and that of earth is very mild compared to that of Purgatory. It is a shadow compared to the furnace of Divine Justice.

She states that when a soul goes straight to Heaven, its union with Jesus continues after death (from earth). The union in Heaven is much closer and more intimate than that of earth. (In reality, one knows even on earth what to expect when one dies by their knowledge of how close they are in union to Jesus now.)

I will end with what she says true sanctity is on earth......It is in renouncing oneself from morning to night, in being a living sacrifice, in constantly putting aside the human self, in allowing God to work in and with you as He pleases, to receive the graces He sends you with profound humility, recognizing yourself quite unworthy of them, to live as constantly as possible in the Divine Presence, to perform all your actions under the eye of God, wanting Him only to be the witness of your efforts and your only reward. This is the sanctity wished for and demanded by Jesus of all those who desire to be His only and to live His life.....all the rest is pure illusion.

I will add that the above means of sanctity can be achieved easily by consecrating ourselves to the Mother of God. She will take care of us and lead us to Her Son and supply us with all the necessary graces that we need to achieve our salvation. Each day....moment....should be spent with Her under the gaze of our Heavenly Father...
 She will then be at our side at our Particular Judgement.

​Our Lady of the Holy Souls, pray for us!!

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