VDL-06Private revelationAccount·“Ruth”·T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
Ruth: a hard-faced stranger, "Help, help I need!"; later softened and bowing: "Up there, there is only love"
How it happened
- Apparitions — Glorified or rising, Symbolic or disfiguredThe 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 |
|---|---|
| Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg | pp. 136–137 |
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: Mary, Mother and Queen of the Holy Souls
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Is there joy in Purgatory?
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 I: ConsolationsJoy and pain together; Our Lady, the angels and St Michael among the souls.
About the witness
Von der Leyen, Hibbeln and “Ruth”20th century · T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
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