Joy Amidst Suffering

November 9, 2012By Servants Of The Holy Family

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^{Conference On Purgatory}^{1st Friday November 2012}The Holy Souls in Purgatory experience eviternity, or what is called discontinuous time, which is that time which measures the change in a soul. God lives in a reality independent of time, and one might say that the souls in Purgatory live in a reality between time and eternity. If one dies without being completely prepared, the presence of God would be too intense for the soul to endure. It must first be purified completely before seeing God, and this is the reason for Purgatory. The joy experienced in Purgatory is like the joy of Heaven amidst suffering.
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Supply What I Lack

April 8, 2012By Servants Of The Holy Family

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^{Easter Sunday 2012}We pray that we may receive all the benefits of this Mass. The Mass of today, the greatest of all feasts, is the crown of the liturgical year. The historical event is made present again at the Mass. The Resurrection is the central doctrine of the whole Catholic Church. Christ came for the purpose of saving us. When we receive Holy Communion at the Mass today, we can receive any graces we did not obtain this Lent.
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A Vision of Hell

March 25, 2012By Servants Of The Holy Family

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Passion Sunday 2012

The liturgical year reflects the life of Christ, and we now reach the fruition of His earthly life with the approach of Holy Week. All the images are veiled to remove all consolations so that we may better unite with the desolation Christ endured in those moments. The great mystic, Josefa Menéndez, received visions of Purgatory and Hell. Our Lord spoke of these punishments of the next life very often. Sister Josefa frequently spoke of the inability of the lost souls to love, and that if even the slightest act of love were permitted it would no longer be Hell. She saw that a soul which had gone to great lengths to deprive and mortify itself on Earth would not endure the sufferings of Hell. We should have an undying fear of this eternal punishment, practice the virtue of hope, and respond to the continual graces God offers.
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