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PURGATORY

The Mystery of Justice and Mercy


Part One: 41 Chapters   |   Part Two: 49 Chapters

PART ONE: Purgatory, The Mystery of Justice

Justice · Purification · Expiation | 41 Chapters

Chapter 1  —  Purgatory in the Divine Plan

Chapter 2  —  Prayer for the Dead - Fear and Confidence

Chapter 3  —  The Word Purgatory - Catholic Doctrine

Chapter 4  —  Location of Purgatory - Doctrines of Theologians

Chapter 5  —  Location of Purgatory - Revelation of the Saints

Chapter 6  —  Location of Purgatory - St. Frances of Rome

Chapter 7  —  Location of Purgatory - St. Lidwina of Schiedam

Chapter 8  —  Location of Purgatory - St. Gregory the Great

Chapter 9  —  The Pains of Purgatory - Their Nature

Chapter 10  —  The Pains of Purgatory - The Pain of Loss

Chapter 11  —  The Pain of Sense - Torment of Fire and Torment of Cold

Chapter 12  —  Pains of Purgatory - St. Christine the Admirable

Chapter 13  —  Pains of Purgatory - Brother Antony Pereyra

Chapter 14  —  Pains of Purgatory - Apparition of Foligno

Chapter 15  —  Pains of Purgatory - The Brother of St. Magdalene of Pazzi

Chapter 16  —  Pains of Purgatory - St. Antoninus & The Religious

Chapter 17  —  Pains of Purgatory - Bl. Quinziani - The Emperor Maurice

Chapter 18  —  Pains of Purgatory - St. Perpetua - St. Gertrude

Chapter 19  —  Pains of Purgatory - St. Magdalene de Pazzi

Chapter 20  —  Diversity of the Pains - King Sancho and Queen Guda

Chapter 21  —  Diversity of the Pains - Blasio Raised From the Dead

Chapter 22  —  Duration of Purgatory - Opinion of the Doctors

Chapter 23  —  Duration of Purgatory - The Cistercian Abbot

Chapter 24  —  Duration of Purgatory - The Duellist - Father Schoof

Chapter 25  —  Duration of Purgatory - The Abbey of Latrobe

Chapter 26  —  Duration of Purgatory - Venerable Catherine Paluzzi

Chapter 27  —  The Cause of Suffering - Matter of the Expiations

Chapter 28  —  Matter of Expiation - The Remains of Mortal Sin

Chapter 29  —  Matter of Expiation - Worldliness - St. Bridget

Chapter 30  —  Matter of Expiation - Sins of Youth

Chapter 31  —  Matter of Expiation - Scandal Given - Immodest Painting

Chapter 32  —  Matter of Expiation - The Life of Pleasure

Chapter 33  —  Matter of Expiation - Tepidity

Chapter 34  —  Matter of Expiation - Negligence in Holy Communion

Chapter 35  —  Matter of Expiation - Want of Respect in Prayers

Chapter 36  —  Matter of Expiation - Unmortification of the Senses

Chapter 37  —  Matter of Expiation - Intemperance of the Tongue

Chapter 38  —  Matter of Expiation - Failure in Matters of Justice

Chapter 39  —  Matter of Expiation - Sins Against Charity

Chapter 40  —  Matter of Expiation - Lack of Charity

Chapter 41  —  Matter of Expiation - Abuse of Grace

PART TWO: Purgatory, The Mystery of Mercy

Mercy · Consolation · Relief | 49 Chapters

Chapter I  —  Fear and Confidence - The Mercy of God - St. Lidwina and the Priest

Chapter II  —  Confidence - Mercy of God towards Souls - He Consoles them

Chapter III  —  Consolations of the Souls - St. Stanislaus of Cracow and the Resuscitated

Chapter IV  —  Consolations of Souls - St. Catherine de Ricci and the Soul of a Prince

Chapter V  —  Consolations of Souls - The Blessed Virgin Revelations of St. Bridget

Chapter VI  —  Consolations of Purgatory - The Blessed Virgin Mary Privilege of Saturday

Chapter VII  —  Consolations of Purgatory - The Angels - St. Bridget

Chapter VIII  —  Consolations of Purgatory - The Angels - Blessed Emilia of Vercelli

Chapter IX  —  Assistance given the Holy Souls - Suffrages Meritorious, Impetratory

Chapter X  —  Assistance given to the Holy Souls - Holy Mass - St. Augustine and St. Monica

Chapter XI  —  Assistance rendered to the Souls - Holy Mass Jubilee of Leo XIII

Chapter XII  —  Means of Assisting the Souls in Purgatory - Holy Mass

Chapter XIII  —  Relief of the Souls - Holy Mass - St. Elizabeth and Queen Constance

Chapter XIV  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Holy Mass - Father Gerard - The Thirty Masses

Chapter XV  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Eugenie Wybo Lacordaire and the Polish Prince

Chapter XVI  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Liturgy of the Church Commemoration of the Dead

Chapter XVII  —  Relief of the Souls - The Sacrifice of the Mass - Brother John of Alvernia

Chapter XVIII  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Holy Mass - St. Malachy at Clairvaux

Chapter XIX  —  Relief of the Souls through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Chapter XX  —  Relief of the Souls through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass - St. Teresa

Chapter XXI  —  Relief of the Souls Prayer - Brother Corrado d'Offida - The Golden Fish

Chapter XXII  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - The Holy Rosary

Chapter XXIII  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Fasts, Penances, and Mortifications

Chapter XXIV  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Holy Communion - St. Magdalen de Pazzi

Chapter XXV  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - The Stations of the Cross

Chapter XXVI  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Indulgences Blessed Mary of Quito

Chapter XXVII  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Indulgences - Mother Frances of Pampeluna

Chapter XXVIII  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Indulgences - Indulgenced Prayers

Chapter XXIX  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Alms Raban-Maur

Chapter XXX  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Almsgiving - Christian Mercy

Chapter XXXI  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - The Heroic Act of Charity

Chapter XXXII  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - Which of them should be the Objects of Our Prayers

Chapter XXXIII  —  Relief of the Holy Souls - For whom are we to Pray?

Chapter XXXIV  —  Motives for Assisting the Holy Souls

Chapter XXXV  —  Motives for Aiding the Holy Souls

Chapter XXXVI  —  Motives for Assisting the Holy Souls - Intimate Ties which Unite us

Chapter XXXVII  —  Motives for Assisting the Holy Souls - Facility in Relieving them

Chapter XXXVIII  —  Motives for Assisting the Holy Souls - Examples of Holy Persons

Chapter XXXIX  —  Motives and Incentives to Devotion towards the Holy Souls

Chapter XL  —  Motives of Assisting the Holy Souls - Obligation not only of Charity

Chapter XLI  —  Motives of Justice - St. Bernardine of Sienna and the Unfaithful Widow

Chapter XLII  —  Motives of Justice Barren Tears - Thomas of Cantimpre

Chapter XLIII  —  Motives of Justice - Prayer for Departed Parents - St. Catherine of Sienna

Chapter XLIV  —  Motives and Incentives to Devotion towards the Holy Souls - St. John of God

Chapter XLV  —  Advantages of Devotion towards the Holy Souls - Their Gratitude

Chapter XLVI  —  Advantages Gratitude of the Souls - The Return of an Exiled Priest

Chapter XLVII  —  Advantages Temporal Favours - L'Abbe Pastel and the Servant of Paris

Chapter XLVIII  —  Advantages Temporal Favours - The Neapolitan Woman

Chapter XLIX  —  Advantages Spiritual and Temporal Favours - Christopher Sandoval

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Part One — Justice · 41 Chapters   |   Part Two — Mercy · 49 Chapters

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