I'm terrified of purgatory

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From what I am taught you see God he tells you that you are deemed acceptable for heaven. Right there you are so so happy you do not mind that you still have some let’s say finishing touches. The burning in purgatory you are afraid of is this. You just got to see God. The burning in purgatory is a desire you have seeing God you want him so so bad. But although you have forgiven sin now you have to find a way to not quit the sin you have to wipe yourself clean of any pleasure that you got from that sin. Like bad example but say drinking was your sin. You know it was the addicted that was your sin but although you know this you still at time loved the buzz of what alcohol gave. See what I am saying you have to hate everything of that sin. It’s the joy you look back on that you must rid yourself of. Not real easy is it.
 
This is exactly it after that cleansing you are a saint and by that gift are found worthy of seeing God face to face. Purgatory is not a punishment it’s a gift
 
That’s not what St. Therese said. Did you read what she said? She is a Doctor of the Church, and was very much criticized by other nuns for teaching the novices that it was possible to entirely skip Purgatory.
She even said it makes God upset if we don’t trust him enough to keep us out of Purgatory.

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THE TEACHING OF ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX ON PURGATORY by Father Dr. Hubert van Dijk, ORC

Doctor of the Church for the third millennium St. Therese of Lisieux, who was declared Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II on Octo...
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It’s interesting that she and St. Faustina lived decades and many miles apart, yet taught much the same things about the mercy of God. Also interesting that Catholics still continue to resist their teachings.

P.S… but if you think Purgatory is a gift and you want it for some reason, God will likely give it to you…me, I ask him daily to please find a way for me and all my loved ones to skip it, and to send them to heaven first please, and me last, so they will all be there when I get there.
 
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No one is bound to any private revelations, and we may choose one and not choose another. Private devotions are not a “zero sum game”.
 
Again, I didnt say they were, but you or I arent saints, and they are raised by God to be lights for us on earth. Private revelations approved by the Church are worthy of belief, The Catechism speaks on Purgatory also.
 
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Be careful what you wish for is worldy, but more strongly many saints have said be careful what you pray for. If St Faustina at a time saw from her judgement that she was to do three days in purgatory, what will it be for us who are in the world.
 
Vico said:
We don’t have our bodies in purgatory so a material fire would not exist.
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Please see Read Me or Rue It posted on EWTN
https://www.ewtn.com/library/SPIRIT/READRUE.TXT
Clips:
<<People do not realize what Purgatory is. They have no conception of its
dreadful pains, and they have no idea of the long years that souls are
detained in these awful fires.
WHAT IS PURGATORY?

It is a prison of fire in which nearly all [saved] souls are plunged after
death and in which they suffer the intensest pain.
St. Thomas Aquinas, the Prince of Theologians, says that the fire of
Purgatory is equal in intensity to the fire of Hell, and that the slightest
contact with it is more dreadful than all the possible sufferings of this
Earth!

St. Augustine, the greatest of the Holy Doctors, teaches that to be
purified of their faults previous to being admitted to Heaven, souls after
death are subjected to a fire more penetrating, more dreadful than anything
we can see, or feel, or conceive in this life
St. Cyril of Alexandria does not hesitate to say that "it would be
preferable to suffer all the possible torments of Earth until the Judgment
day than to pass one day in Purgatory. " >>
 
Unless someone has died and gone to purgatory and then come back to tell us all about it, then nobody knows what a purgatory is like. I don’t know anyone who has died and come back to tell us. Do you?
 
I agree. Also, are we to believe that there is one single type/intensity of punishment in Purgatory? It makes more sense for Purgatory to have different levels, some closer to Hell and some closer to Heaven.
 
I pray to Trust in the Lord, Im a sinner, there are no garuntees in life, only Jesus can garuntee our salvation if we cooperate with His grace my sister. We are all liable for hell and we need to remember that everyday. Actually I need to head to confession asap. God love you, please pray for me, we are on the same team, right?
 
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Vico:
We don’t have our bodies in purgatory so a material fire would not exist.
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Please see Read Me or Rue It posted on EWTN
https://www.ewtn.com/library/SPIRIT/READRUE.TXT
Clips:
<<People do not realize what Purgatory is. They have no conception of its
dreadful pains, and they have no idea of the long years that souls are
detained in these awful fires.
WHAT IS PURGATORY?

It is a prison of fire in which nearly all [saved] souls are plunged after
death and in which they suffer the intensest pain.
St. Thomas Aquinas, the Prince of Theologians, says that the fire of
Purgatory is equal in intensity to the fire of Hell, and that the slightest
contact with it is more dreadful than all the possible sufferings of this
Earth!

St. Augustine, the greatest of the Holy Doctors, teaches that to be
purified of their faults previous to being admitted to Heaven, souls after
death are subjected to a fire more penetrating, more dreadful than anything
we can see, or feel, or conceive in this life
St. Cyril of Alexandria does not hesitate to say that "it would be
preferable to suffer all the possible torments of Earth until the Judgment
day than to pass one day in Purgatory. " >>
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As Fr. Paul O’Sullivan states in the EWTN article, in agreement with what I posted, it is not physical fire but analogical fire:
Our fire, at most, burns this gross body of ours, made of clay; whereas, the fire of Purgatory acts on the spiritual soul, which is unspeakably more sensitive to pain.
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Catechism
1472 To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence. Grave sin deprives us of communion with God and therefore makes us incapable of eternal life, the privation of which is called the “eternal punishment” of sin. On the other hand every sin, even venial, entails an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called Purgatory. This purification frees one from what is called the “temporal punishment” of sin. These two punishments must not be conceived of as a kind of vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin. A conversion which proceeds from a fervent charity can attain the complete purification of the sinner in such a way that no punishment would remain.
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Vico said:
it is not physical fire but analogical fire:
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It is not a physical fire as we know it on earth, but according to Read Me or Rue it, It is a fire in which the souls in Purgatory suffer the most intense pain, equal to that in Hell, and it is more dreadful than all the possible sufferings of this Earth.
 
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Vico:
it is not physical fire but analogical fire:
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It is not a physical fire as we know it on earth, but according to Read Me or Rue it, It is a fire in which the souls in Purgatory suffer the most intense pain, equal to that in Hell, and it is more dreadful than all the possible sufferings of this Earth.
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There are a number of opinions on the subject. But certainly the chief suffering of Hell is eternal separation from God, so since purgatory is not eternal the suffering is not as great as that of Hell. There may also be joy in knowing that one is eternally saved.
 
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Actually, there are quite a number of accounts throughout the centuries of people who have returned from Purgatory to ask for prayers. Of course, the many who came to Padre Pio are well known. There’s a Church in Rome with a whole museum dedicated to Purgatory.

www.atlasobscura.com

Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.
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I’m familiar with the museum, but there seems to be a lot wrong with that article from a Catholic teaching standpoint. Was All Souls Day ever supposed to be about sending babies who died before baptism to Heaven? I would think more likely in the 12th century when All Souls Day was invented, people would have assumed that babies who died before baptism weren’t getting to Heaven.
 
AlNg said:
It is not a physical fire as we know it on earth, but according to Read Me or Rue it, It is a fire in which the souls in Purgatory suffer the most intense pain, equal to that in Hell, and it is more dreadful than all the possible sufferings of this Earth.
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That is not what the Church teaches!

CCC 1031 The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:

As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come
 
thistle said:
That is not what the Church teaches!
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Interesting because the book Read Me or Rue it, was published with the
"APPROVAL OF HIS EMINENCE THE CARDINAL PATRIARCH OF LISBON

Cardinal’s Palace, Lisbon March 4, 1936

We approve and recommend with all our heart the beautiful little book Read
Me or Rue It by E. D. M. [These initials used by Fr. O’Sullivan stand for
Engant de Marie, that is, “Child of Mary” Ed.]

Although small, it is destined to do great good among Catholics, many of
whom are incredibly ignorant of the great doctrine of Purgatory. As a
consequence, they do little or nothing to avoid it themselves and little to
help the Poor Souls who are suffering there so intensely, waiting for the
Masses and prayers which should be offered for them.

It is our earnest desire that every Catholic should read this little book
and spread it about as widely as possible."
Also, if this is not what the Church teaches, then why is this book posted on the EWTN website?
https://www.ewtn.com/library/SPIRIT/READRUE.TXT
 
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