Margaret Mary's New Year gift: she may choose one of three souls to free; Christ frees the secular
How it happened
- Visions of Purgatory itselfThe witness is shown the place, or a release
- 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 |
|---|---|
| SchouppePurgatory Illustrated by the Lives and Legends of the Saints — Fr F. X. Schouppe SJ, 1893 | p. 163 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Mary, Mother and Queen of the Holy Souls
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Is there joy in Purgatory?
- Question: Can a soul in Purgatory be lost — can it go to Hell?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme I: ConsolationsJoy and pain together; Our Lady, the angels and St Michael among the souls.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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