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I might not want to know the answer to this…
My father passed away in 2009. He near death for a long time. The first time he almost died, he was unconsious for a long time and he was sort of out of his head for almost the whole 9 months he was hospitalized.
He said that when he first woke up, he saw people walking around the room. Not just the nurses and doctors, but figures made of light and others made of shadow. Later, when he recovered, he decided it must have been the meds he was on and he didn’t think much else about it.
Almost a year later to the day, he went back to the hospital again, near death. He was not a religious man, at least not in the open. (If you had read my other posts, it is understandable how living with my mother might turn you away from God. Also, he had been abused and mistreated all of his life.)
During one visit, I don’t know how it came up, but he said there was no heaven. He said that when he died, he would just stop existing. He was so, so scared. If you had only seen his face, you would have known that he did not believe what he had said. It breaks my heart to this day to think about that face, terrified at what was ahead of him.
As he got worse and was transferred to another hospital, he was talking out of his head a lot. He was on a lot of medicine and machines to keep him alive. I don’t know if he talked to a chaplet or anyone during his stay. However, he made it clear that no one was to take off his cross that he wore around his neck except during any surgeries or x-rays.
Did that mean something? Was that a sign that he was making amends with God? Or was he talking out of his head?
I know it’s been years since he has passed… and no one knows how time passes for God or the deceased. But… if my father is in purgatory… if there is a chance that he may be saved… is there anything that I can do to help?
I can’t imagine him alone, terrified, tortured, miserable… I just can’t take the thought. All of his life, he was so sad, so completely miserable and afraid. Is there a chance that God would have mercy on someone who does not accept him until the hour of his death?
My father passed away in 2009. He near death for a long time. The first time he almost died, he was unconsious for a long time and he was sort of out of his head for almost the whole 9 months he was hospitalized.
He said that when he first woke up, he saw people walking around the room. Not just the nurses and doctors, but figures made of light and others made of shadow. Later, when he recovered, he decided it must have been the meds he was on and he didn’t think much else about it.
Almost a year later to the day, he went back to the hospital again, near death. He was not a religious man, at least not in the open. (If you had read my other posts, it is understandable how living with my mother might turn you away from God. Also, he had been abused and mistreated all of his life.)
During one visit, I don’t know how it came up, but he said there was no heaven. He said that when he died, he would just stop existing. He was so, so scared. If you had only seen his face, you would have known that he did not believe what he had said. It breaks my heart to this day to think about that face, terrified at what was ahead of him.
As he got worse and was transferred to another hospital, he was talking out of his head a lot. He was on a lot of medicine and machines to keep him alive. I don’t know if he talked to a chaplet or anyone during his stay. However, he made it clear that no one was to take off his cross that he wore around his neck except during any surgeries or x-rays.
Did that mean something? Was that a sign that he was making amends with God? Or was he talking out of his head?
I know it’s been years since he has passed… and no one knows how time passes for God or the deceased. But… if my father is in purgatory… if there is a chance that he may be saved… is there anything that I can do to help?
I can’t imagine him alone, terrified, tortured, miserable… I just can’t take the thought. All of his life, he was so sad, so completely miserable and afraid. Is there a chance that God would have mercy on someone who does not accept him until the hour of his death?
“‘Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ He replied to him, ‘Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.’”