Question about Souls and Heaven

[_jesus_is_god]

Does a departed soul have a body of sorts before the resurrection? If not when in purgatory or Heaven, can we see? Haha this is an odd question but will we be able to see angels, Christ, our surroundings, and others in Heaven? Or is it purely a state of the soul dependent of feeling not other senses.

Maybe we can’t see Christ in Heaven because 1 John 3:2 says “but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is.”

But maybe this means when our flesh (raises bodies) see Him?

Also I remember Saint Faustina had a vision of a departed sister who was in purgatory where she described her as (still) having a face and eyes so maybe we do have bodies of a sort? St. Faustina describes her vision of the sister as “in a terrible condition … with her face painfully distorted.” Then later after St Faustina’s prayers the departed soul was described as “radiant, her eyes beaming with joy.”

But maybe this is a vision and could be different than reality? Doubt it, though.

Also maybe this question is unanswerable for those still on Earth!

 

[Inbonum]

Catechism of Catholic Church on Purgatory:

III. THE FINAL PURIFICATION, OR PURGATORY
1030 All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.
1031 The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.606 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:607
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.608
1032 This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: "Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin."609 From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God.610 The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead:

Let us help and commemorate them. If Job’s sons were purified by their father’s sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.611
https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a12.htm

Also this:

What Does the Catholic Church Teach About Purgatory? | Catholic Answers Tract

and this: CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Purgatory

St. Faustina saw sister’s soul, who was in Purgatory but she was visible in form of body to St.Faustina.
Faustina saw her with spiritual eyes.

After death, the soul goes to heaven, hell or purgatory and body decomposits. On the Judgement Day our bodies will be resurrected and united with the soul.

 

[MtnDwellar]

We will not “see” Christ or angels and saints in the normal sense of the word. It’s better than that. We will all be connected as part one mystical body.

 

[Dan_Defender]

In Heaven, the souls ‘see’ in the sense of the Beatific Vision, that is, they enjoy the divine essence of God, which surpasses all human senses. They have reached their final destiny, union with God. Faith and hope are no more, only love.