At Mary's death "the souls in Purgatory were released"; three people who died impenitent are restored to life at her plea
How it happened
- Locutions and revealed knowledgeChrist, Mary, an angel or a soul speaks within; the seer “knows”
What the soul wanted
- Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Agreda, Mystical CityThe Mystical City of God (abridged) — Ven. Mary of Agreda, Blatter 1912; Imprimatur 1949 | p. 540 [edition reference to be confirmed] |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Death and the Particular Judgement
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: When Someone Dies
- Question: What happens to the soul at the moment of death?
- Question: Is Purgatory a "second chance"?
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: The November Devotions and All Souls
- Chapter: Mary, Mother and Queen of the Holy Souls
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme A: Death and the particular judgementWhat the soul meets at death: the tribunal, the self-judgement, the anticipated judgement.
- Theme H: Days and hoursAll Souls, Christmas, Easter, Our Lady's feasts, Saturdays, the moment of the Mass.
About the witness
Ven. Mary of Agreda1602–1665 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
More from Mary of Agreda
- AGR-01Mary of Agreda: Mary's prayers and prostrations for those who went to Purgatory; she sends an angel to draw them out and present …
- AGR-03Mary of Agreda: Christ's descent: "the prisonhouses of both Limbo and Purgatory" emptied
- AGR-04Mary of Agreda: On the first day Mary knew "Hell, Limbo and Purgatory with their inhabitants"
- AGR-05Mary of Agreda: Mary is exempt from the particular judgement and assists at the universal one
- AGR-X1Mary of Agreda: Joseph and Joachim sent to Limbo; the Ascension company from Limbo and Purgatory
- AGR-P1Mary of Agreda: Front matter: the abridger "believed" to be Burgert; the 1949 Imprimatur