St Gemma Galgani: her angel announces two hours of suffering for a soul, from nine o'clock
How it happened
- Suffering for the soulsThe witness takes on, or tastes, a soul’s pain
What the soul wanted
- No stated purpose
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| 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
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: How We Help the Holy Souls
- Chapter: On Indulgences
- Chapter: A Drop for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: A Rule of Charity for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: Three Things to Arrange Before You Need Them
- Question: Which prayers and works help the souls most?
- Question: What should I do for the dead?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
About the witness
19th–20th-century cases and saints1800 to the present · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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- MOD-16Malines (Sr Mary Seraphine): Sr Mary Seraphine (Malines, 1870): an invisible presence pulls her scapular, a weight presses, a voice pleads; her …
- MOD-P3Sr Emmanuel's little girl: Sr Emmanuel's little girl asks for the release of all the souls