MED-51Private revelationAccount·Catherine of Siena·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
St Catherine of Siena takes her father Jacomo's Purgatory on herself and feels a strange sweet pain at his death; he returns for years to thank and warn her
How it happened
- Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
- Suffering for the soulsThe witness takes on, or tastes, a soul’s pain
What the soul wanted
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
- Warns, foretells or disclosesA danger, a death, a hidden sin
- Helps or protects the livingRescue, guidance, a job found, a deathbed defended
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 | pp. 14, 283, 285 |
| PetriskoInside Purgatory — Thomas W. Petrisko, 2000 | pp. 37–38 |
| JugieThe Truth about Purgatory and the Means to Avoid It — Fr Martin Jugie AA, 1949 | p. 172 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: Can the souls in Purgatory pray for us?
- Chapter: The Three States of the Church and the Communion of Saints
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory know we pray for them?
- Question: Can my refusal to forgive keep a soul in Purgatory?
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: How We Help the Holy Souls
- Chapter: On Indulgences
- Chapter: A Drop for the Holy Souls
What the witnesses report on this
- 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.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them