MOD-16Private revelationAccount·Malines (Sr Mary Seraphine)·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them

Sr Mary Seraphine (Malines, 1870): an invisible presence pulls her scapular, a weight presses, a voice pleads; her father appears; "I am not a devil"; he refuses a hand-print but leaves black spots; a fiery cistern; six months, halved by prayer; he asks the Stations; freed at Midnight Mass between the elevations

How it happened

Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
Voices and soundsHeard, not seen: a voice, moans, sighs, knocking
Touch and physical tracesHeat, touch, a weight; burns and prints left on objects
PhenomenaNoises, moved objects, lights, animals reacting

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
Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps

A lasting physical traceA burn or print that remained
Information that could be checkedA name, a date, a hidden object, a fulfilled prediction
A test was passedSign of the cross, holy water, a set prayer, obedience

Book	Pages
Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg	pp. 144–150

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 D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
Theme E: What the souls know, and do, for the livingWho prays for them, whether they pray for us, warnings, help and gratitude.
Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
Theme G: Durations and intensityFrom a quarter of an hour to “until Judgment Day” — and why no figure is a fact.
Theme H: Days and hoursAll Souls, Christmas, Easter, Our Lady's feasts, Saturdays, the moment of the Mass.
Theme I: ConsolationsJoy and pain together; Our Lady, the angels and St Michael among the souls.

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