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Purgatory by Sadlier, Mrs. James, 1820-1903

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* * * * * * * * * * The Pain Of Loss.

The Pain Of Sense. * * * * * * * * * *

St. Catharine Of Genoa On Purgatory. * * * * *

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Extracts From The Fathers. [1]

Verses From The Imitation. Thomas A Kempis.

St. Augustine And His Mother, St. Monica.

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St. Gertrude And The Holy Souls. * * * * * * * * * *

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* * * * * * * * * * St. Joseph's Intercession For The Faithful Departed.

St. Francis De Sales On Purgatory [1] Cardinal Gibbons On Purgatory.

The Doctrine Of Purgatory. Archbishop Hughes. [1]

Archbishop Lynch. * * * * *

* * * * * Purgatory Surveyed. [1] Father Binet, S. J.

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* * * * * On Devotion To The Holy Souls. Father Faber.

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Why The Souls Is Purgatory Are Called "poor" Souls. Father Muller, C.s.s.r. [1]

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Appeal To All Classes For The Souls In Purgatory. By A Paulist Father.

The Souls In Purgatory. [1] Rev. F. H. Weninger, S.j., D.d.

* * * * * * * * * * A Popular View Of Purgatory. Rev. J. J. Moriarty, Ll.d. * * * * *

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* * * * * Extracts From "catholic Belief." Very Rev. Faa Di Bruno. [1]

Purgatory And The Feast Of All Souls. Alban Butler.

Anecdotes And Incidents. The Fruit Of A Mass.

The Faith Of A Pious Lady.

Pay What Thou Owest.

The Via Crucis Strange Incidents.

A True Story Of The "de Profundis."

Confidence Rewarded.

Anecdote Of The "de Profundis."

A Strange Occurrence In A Persian Prison. A Swiss Protestant Converted By The Doctrine Of Purgatory.

A Beautiful Example.

How To Pay One's Debts.

Faith Rewarded.

Apparition Of A Citizen Of Aries.

The Countess Of Strafford. Gratitude Of The Holy Souls.

A Strange Incident.

Part Iii. Historical Historical. By The Rev. A. A Lambing, A.m.

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Remembrance Of The Dead Throughout Europe. Part Ii.

Prayer For The Dead In The Anglo-saxon Church. Dr. Lingard.

A Singular French Custom. Devotion To The Holy Souls Amongst The Early English. Anna T. Sadlier.

Doctrine Of Purgatory In The Early Irish Church. Walsh. [1]

Prince Napoleon's Prayer.

The Helpers Of The Holy Souls. By Lady Georgiana Illerton.

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The Mass In Relation To The Dead. O'brien [1] * * * * *

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Funeral Oration On Daniel O'connell. Rev. Thomas Burke, O. P.

The Indulgence Of Portiuncula.

Catherine Of Cardona.

The Emperor Nicholas Praying For His Mother. Funeral Oration On Pius Vi. Rev. Arthur O'leary, O S F.

* * * * * From The Funeral Oration On The Rev. Arthur. O'leary, O.s.f. Rev. Morgan D'arcy. De Mortuis. Our Deceased Prelates.

Part Iv. Thoughts Of Various Authors On Purgatory. Thoughts Of Various Authors On Purgatory. Purgatory. Cardinal Newman.

Our Debt To The Dead. Cardinal Manning

Purgatory Cardinal Wiseman.

Reply To Some Misstatements About Purgatory. Archbishop Spalding, Of Baltimore. Count De Maistre On Purgatory.

What The Saints Thought Of Purgatory. Purgatory. Chateaubriand.

Mary And The Faithful Departed. By Brother Azarias.

Vii. Dr. Johnson On Prayers For The Dead. * * * * * * * * * *

* * * * * The Doctrine Of Purgatory. Burnett [1] Mallock On Purgatory. [1]

Boileau-despreaux And Prayer For The Dead. All Saints And All Souls. [1] Mrs. J. Sadlier.

Leibnitz [1] On The Mass As A Propitiatory Sacrifice. Extracts From "a Troubled Heart."

* * * * * Eugenie De Guerin And Her Brother Maurice.

Passages From The Via Media.

All Souls. From The French. An Anglican Bishop Praying For The Dead. * * * * *

The "purgatory" Of Dante. Mariotti.

The Mouth Of November. [1] Mary E. Blake (marie).

All Souls' Day [1] Mrs. J. Sadlier.

Cemeteries. Opinions Of Various Protestants.

Some Thoughts For November. * * * * *

Dante's "purgatorio."

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Hamlet And The Ghost. Shakespeare. Calderon's "purgatory Of St. Patrick."

The Brig O' Dread. Sir Walter Scott.

Shelley And The Purgatory Of St. Patrick.

On A Great Funeral. [1] Aubrey De Vere. "morte D'arthur." Tennyson. Guido And His Brother.

Berthold In Purgatory. Collin De Plancy.

A Legend Of St. Nicholas.

"dream Of Gerontius." Cardinal Newman. Souls In Purgatory

St. Gregory Releases The Soul Of The Emperor Trajan Mrs. Jameson.

St. Gregory And The Monk The Legend Of Geoffroid D'iden.

The Queen Of Purgatory. By Frederick William Faber, D. D. The Dead Priest Before The Altar. Rev. A. J. Ryan.

Memorials Of The Bead. R. R. Madden. [1] A Child's Requiescat In Pace. Eliza Allen Starr. The Solitary Soul.

The Story Of The Faithful Soul. Adelaide Anne Procter. Generade, The Friend Of St. Augustine. J. Collin De Plancy.

St. Thomas Aquinas And Friar Romanus.

The Penance Of Don Diego Riez. T. D. Mcgee.

The Day Of All Souls. Eliza Allen Starr.

By Eleanor C. Donnelly. I. Ii. A Legend Of The Time Of Charlemagne. The Dead Mass.

The Eve Of St. John. Sir Walter Scott.

The Bequest Of A Soul, In Purgatory.

All Souls. By Marion Muir. The Dead. Anna T. Sadlier.

A Requiem. Sir Walter Scott.

Hymn For The Dead. The Penance Of Robert The Devil. Collin De Plancy.

All Souls' Eve. Eleventh Month, November: The Holy Souls. Commemoration Of All Souls. Harriet M. Skidmore.

A Lyke Wake Dirge. All Souls' Day. Second Vespers Of All Saints.

The Suffering Souls. By E. M. V. Bulger. The Voices Of The Dead.

The Convent Cemetery. Rev. Abram J. Ryan.

One Hour After Death. Eliza Allen Starr. A Prayer For The Dead. T. D. Mcgee. The De Profundis Bell. [1]

Harriet M. Skidmore. November. Anna. T. Sadlier. For The Souls In Purgatory. Anonymous.

All Souls' Eve. Our Neighbor. Eliza Allen Starr. Purgatory. Old Bells.

O Holy Church! Harriet M. Skidmore. An Incident Of The Battle Of Bannockburn. Sir Walter Scott. * * * * *

Requiem Aeternam. T. D. Mcgee.

Extracts From "the Catholic Review." [1]

A Requiem For The Cardinal In Paris. A Duty Of November. "have Pity On Me, At Least You, My Friends."

Purgatorial Association. A Card From Rev. S. S. Mattingly.

The Holy Face And The Suffering Souls.

When Will They Learn Its Secret? How The Cardinal's Obsequies Impressed A Baptist Spectator.

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"I will say, furthermore: I see that as far as God is concerned, Paradise has no gates, but he who will may enter. For God is all mercy, and His open arms are ever extended to receive us into His glory. But I see that the divine essence is so pure--purer than the imagination can conceive--that the soul, finding in itself the slightest imperfection, would rather cast itself into a thousand hells than appear, so stained, in the presence of the divine majesty. Knowing, then, that Purgatory was intended for her cleansing, she throws herself therein, and finds there that great mercy, the removal of her stains.

"The great importance of Purgatory, neither mind can conceive nor tongue describe. I see only that its pains are as great as those of hell; and yet I see that a soul, stained with the slightest fault, receiving this mercy, counts the pains as nought in comparison with this hindrance to her love. And I know that the greatest misery of the souls in Purgatory is to behold in themselves aught that displeases God, and to discover that, in spite of His goodness, they had consented to it. And this is because, being in the state of grace, they see the reality and the importance of the impediments which hinder their approach to God.

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"From that furnace of divine love I see rays of fire dart like burning lamps towards the soul; and so violent and powerful are they that both soul and body would be utterly destroyed, if that were possible. These rays perform a double office; they purify and they annihilate.

"Consider gold: the oftener it is melted the more pure does it become; continue to melt it and every imperfection is destroyed. This is the effect of fire on all materials. The soul, however, cannot be annihilated in God, but in herself she can, and the longer her purification lasts the more perfectly does she die to herself, until at length she remains purified in God.

"When gold has been completely freed from dross, no fire, however great, has any further action on it, for nothing but its imperfections can be consumed. So it is with the divine fire in the soul. God retains her in these flames until every stain is burned away, and she is brought to the highest perfection of which she is capable, each soul in her own degree. And when this is accomplished, she rests wholly in God. Nothing of herself remains, and God is her entire being. When He has thus led her to Himself and purified her, she is no longer passible, for nothing remains to be consumed. If, when thus refined, she should again approach the fire she would feel no pain, for to her it has become the fire of divine love, which is life eternal and which nothing mars."