UMP-R4Private revelationRevealed content·Sr Mary of the Cross (the Manuscript)·T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
How souls speak: no names and no self-will left; souls communicate without words; she may answer only what she is asked; true graces come "like a gentle shower"; ecstasies are not to be desired; souls can seem mistaken about the future
How it happened
- Locutions and revealed knowledgeChrist, Mary, an angel or a soul speaks within; the seer “knows”
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 |
|---|---|
| Unpublished ManuscriptAn Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory — Sr Mary of the Cross (ed. the Directors of Notre Dame de la Bonne Mort), English ed. 1967 | pp. 33–34, 38, 39, 41–42 |
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: The Church’s Definitions
- Question: How should I weigh private revelations about 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 J: Discernment — soul, demon, or imaginationHow witnesses and clergy tested apparitions, and what the Church leaves free.
About the witness
The Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory1874–1890 · T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
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