Louis Bertrand: souls come to thank or beg, especially on All Souls' (Gemminger); O'Sullivan, Read Me or Rue It tells only that his own father is freed only after eight years
How it happened
- Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
What the soul wanted
- Asks for prayer or other helpRosary, Stations, Office, Communion, fasting, obedience, pilgrimage, indulgences
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| GemmingerAll Souls' Forget-Me-Not — Fr Louis Gemminger, English ed. 1889/1898 | p. 190 |
| O'Sullivan, Read Me or Rue ItRead Me or Rue It — Fr Paul O'Sullivan OP, 1936 | p. 8 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Fathers and Tradition
- Chapter: The Saints and Mystics
- Question: Do the souls appear to the living? What about “ghosts”?
- Question: When the souls appear, what do they ask for?
- Chapter: Time and Intensity
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: How long does Purgatory last?
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory suffer?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
- Theme G: Durations and intensityFrom a quarter of an hour to “until Judgment Day” — and why no figure is a fact.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them