JULY IS MONTH TO HELP PRIESTS IN PURGATORY

JULY IS MONTH TO HELP PRIESTS IN PURGATORY

SAINT BRIDGET SAYS WHEN WE FREE PURGATORY SOUL, IN A WAY IT IS AS IF WE FREE JESUS HIMSELF

By Susan Tassone

St. Bridget of Sweden (1303-July 23, 1373) was a mystic and saint and founder of the Bridgettine Order after the death of her husband of twenty years.  She was also the mother of Saint Catherine of Sweden.  She began to have visions beginning at the age of ten. These included the Nativity, the Risen Christ, and the Passion of Our Lord; she wrote the popular fifteen prayers based on Our Lord’s Passion and death. 

Her visions of purgatory are also well known.  

Stated the saint, who received extraordinary revelations from God: 

“If, by our help, a soul is freed from the pains of purgatory, Jesus accepts this as if we had freed Himself, and He will reward us in due time as if we had helped Him.” 

In a vision she saw the souls of the faithful departed being purified.

During those visions, the saint heard the voice of an angel.

“Blessed are those who dwell upon the earth, and who, by their prayers and other good works hasten to the relief of the souls in purgatory," it said. "For the justice of God demands that their sins be atoned for either by their sufferings or else by the prayers and good works of their friends on earth.” 
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