MED-15Private revelationAccount·St Bernard·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
St Malachy's sister appears in stages (outside the church, on the threshold, in the aisle, by the altar) as his Masses for her resume (St Bernard, in Schouppe; also Gemminger); O'Sullivan, Read Me or Rue It says only that she was detained a very long time
How it happened
- Apparitions — In flames, chains or mourning, Glorified or risingThe soul is seen
- DreamsThe soul comes in a dream
What the soul wanted
- Asks for MassesOften a stated number
- Reproaches neglectForgotten promises, delayed Masses
Evidence
- It stopped once help was givenThe visits ceased after the suffrage asked
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 | pp. 212–213 |
| GemmingerAll Souls' Forget-Me-Not — Fr Louis Gemminger, English ed. 1889/1898 | p. 187 |
| 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 Place of Purgatory
- 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: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Is Purgatory a place?
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 C: Where the souls expiate — a place, the earth, the house, the “ghost”Purgatory as a place, souls serving their Purgatory on earth, haunted houses.
- Theme G: Durations and intensityFrom a quarter of an hour to “until Judgment Day” — and why no figure is a fact.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them