Purgatory
The Glories of Mary 1
Mary comes to the aid of Her devotees who are in purgatory
Devotees of the Most Merciful Mother are very happy, for not only does She help them while they are alive, but they are assisted and comforted by Her protection even in Purgatory.
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On the contrary, in that place souls cannot help themselves and are more in need of relief because they are more tormented, so the Mother of Mercy undertakes to help them much more than when they were on earth.
The Divine Mother told St. Bridget, "I am the Mother of all souls who are in Purgatory and I continually intervene with My prayers to mitigate the punishments they deserve for the sins committed during their lives".
Sometimes The pitiful Mother does not even refuse to enter that holy prison to visit and console Her afflicted daughters. In Proverbs it is written, "I have walked in the depths of the deep".
St. Bonaventure attributes this thought to Mary and explains, "I have penetrated the bottom of that abyss, that is Purgatory, in order to lift up with My presence, those holy souls".
Says St. Vincent Ferreri, "Our Lady is so gracious and benevolent toward those who suffer in Purgatory, for she continually intervenes by giving them comfort and relief!"
One day St. Bridget heard Jesus say to His Mother, "You are My Mother, you are the Mother of Mercy, you are the consolation of those in Purgatory".
The Blessed Virgin told St. Bridget that just as a poor sick person, abandoned and afflicted, feels revived by a few words of comfort, so souls are consoled by just hearing Our Lady's name.
Mary not only consoles and helps her devotees in purgatory but through Her intercession also obtains freedom for them. Gersone wrote and Novarino confirms this by saying that he read it in the works of important Authors that Mary at the moment of His glorious Assumption asked her Son for the grace to be able to take with Himself all the souls who were in Purgatory at that time.
St. Bemardino of Siena asserts with absolute certainty that the Blessed Virgin has the power, through prayer and also by applying Her merits, to deliver souls from Purgatory and particularly Her devotees.
St. Pier Damiani reports that a woman named Marzia, who had been dead for some time, appeared to a friend of hers and told her that on the day of Mary's Assumption she had been freed from Purgatory by the Queen of Heaven along with many other souls.
The same is claimed by St. Dionysius Cartusianus for the feasts of the Birth and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The saint states that on such days Mary descends into Purgatory accompanied by hosts of Angels and frees many souls from those pains.
The Novarin believes that this happens on any solemn feast of the Blessed Virgin.
Mary's promise to Pope John XXII is well known. In an apparition she commanded him to make known to all that those who carried the sacred scapular of Mount Carmel would be freed from Purgatory on the Saturday after their death.
Father Crasset reports that the Pontiff declared this in his bull and it was later confirmed by Alexander V, Clement VII, Pius V, Gregory XIII and Paul V.
The Blessed Virgin instructed Brother Abondo to bring a message from Her to Blessed Godifredo: "Tell Brother Godifredo to progress in the virtues, so he will belong to My Son and to Me.
When his soul leaves the body, I will not allow it to go to Purgatory, but I will take it and offer it to Jesus." If we wish to help the holy souls in Purgatory, let us always pray to the Blessed Virgin for them and especially with the Holy Rosary, which brings them great relief.
