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The Final Purification is understood to
represent Purgatory, which is a temporary place that Christians will be sent for
a short duration in accordance to God's mercy. The teaching on Purgatory
was not invented by Catholics, by has it roots and traditions in the
Judaism, as God Almighty established with the first human beings Adam and
Eve. The Jewish
practices of praying for the dead, mentioned in Sacred Scripture (Old Testament
2 Maccabeus 12:46):
"Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for
the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin."
Purgatory is not
a place where the damned go, but it is a place of final purification!
Absolutely no soul can enter into the Eternal Kingdom with any
stain of sin from their human existence. The Catholic faith,
from its institution by Jesus Christ, has always offered
prayers for the holy souls suffering in Purgatory. It is a good and holy
practice for all living persons to pray for holy souls suffering in
Purgatory. Catholics around the world offer their Holy Communion, prayers
and sufferings for those detained in Purgatory, knowing that we have the ability
to pray them out of their state of sufferings and out of Purgatory as Judas
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holy Scriptures pertaining to Purgatory can be found in the following: |
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1 Corinthians 3:13-15
"Every man's work shall be
manifest; for the day of the Lord shall declare it because it shall be
revealed in fire; and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it
is." |
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St. Matthew 12:36
"For David himself said by the Holy
Ghost: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy
enemies thy footstool." |
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St. Matthew
5:25-26
"Be at agreement with thy
adversary betimes, while thou art in the way with him; lest perhaps the
adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer,
and thou be cast into prison. Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out
from thence till thou repay the last farthing." |
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St. Matthew
12:32
"And whosoever shall speak a word against
the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the
Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the
world to come." |
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Apocalypse (Revelations) 21:27
"There shall not enter into
it any thing defiled, or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie, but they that
are written in the book of life of the Lamb." |
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St. Luke 12:58-59
"And when thou goest with thy
adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way, endeavour to be delivered
from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to
the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into prison. I say to thee, thou
shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite." |
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1 Peter
3:17-20
"For it is better doing well (if
such be the will of God) to suffer, than doing ill. Because Christ also
died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God,
begin put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit. In
which also coming be preached to those spirits that were in prison Which had
been some time incredulous, when they waited for the patience of God in the days
of Noah, when the ark was a building: wherein a few, that is eight souls were
saved by water." |
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 A
True Life After Death Experience
Read this incredible true
story on Fr. Jose who died,
was guided by his
Guardian Angel to
Hell,
Purgatory then Heaven!
Visit Fr. Jose’s website at:
www.stmarymacclenny.com
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