§36: before God's judgement seat she is told "one day of fire in purgatory" and offered a short suffering on earth instead
How it happened
- Deathbed and judgement scenesA death or a judgement witnessed, one’s own included
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 |
|---|---|
| Faustina, DiaryDiary: Divine Mercy in My Soul — St Faustina Kowalska, written 1934–1938 | Diary §36 |
| PetriskoInside Purgatory — Thomas W. Petrisko, 2000 | p. 45 |
| Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg | pp. 31–32 |
| TassoneDay by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory — Susan Tassone, 2014 | p. 247 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: Are we already in Heaven, Purgatory or Hell, so that death only lifts the veil?
- Question: Can I avoid Purgatory?
- Question: What happens to the soul at the moment of death?
- Chapter: Death and the Particular Judgement
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: When Someone Dies
- Question: Is Purgatory a "second chance"?
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.
About the witness
St Faustina Kowalska1905–1938 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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- FAU-05St Faustina: §412 (1935): souls doing penance "like shadows" among demons; a demon as a heavy cat; the Rosary until dawn
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- FAU-09St Faustina: §621: prayer meant for one soul is given to others, "but our prayer is not lost"
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