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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - All Souls
DESCRIPTION:A reading from “Purgation and Purgatory” by \nST CATHERINE OF GENOA \n◊◊◊ \nThe souls in purgatory cannot think\, “I am here\, and justly so because of \nmy sins\,” or “I wish I had never committed such sins for now I would be in \nparadise\,” or “That person there is leaving before me\,” or “I will leave before that \none.” They cannot remember the good or evil in their past nor that of others. \nSuch is their joy in God’s will\, in his pleasure\, that they have no concern \nfor themselves but dwell only in their joy in God’s ordinance. They see only the \ngoodness of God\, his mercy toward all. Should they be aware of other good or \nevil\, theirs would not be perfect charity. Only once do they understand the \nreason for their purgatory: the moment in which they leave this life. After this \nmoment\, that knowledge disappears. Immersed in charity\, incapable of \ndeviating from it\, they can only will or desire pure love. There is no joy save that \nin paradise to be compared with the joy of the souls in purgatory. \nAs the rust of sin is consumed the soul is more and more open to God’s \nlove. Just as a covered object left out in the sun cannot be penetrated by the \nsun’s rays\, in the same way\, once the covering of the soul is removed\, the soul \nopens itself fully to the rays of the sun. Having become one with God’s will\, these \nsouls\, to the extent that he grants it to them\, see into God… \nAll that I have said is nothing compared to what I feel within\, the \nwitnessed correspondence of love between God and the soul; for when God sees \nthe soul pure as it was in its origins\, he tugs at it with a glance\, draws it and binds \nit to himself with a fiery love. God so transforms the soul into himself that it \nknows nothing other than God. He will not cease until he has brought the soul to \nits perfection. \nThat is why the soul seeks to cast off any and all impediments\, so that it \ncan be lifted up to God; and such impediments are the cause of the suffering of \nthe souls in purgatory. Not that the souls dwell on their suffering; they dwell \nrather on the resistance they feel within themselves against the will of God\, \nagainst his intense and pure love bent on nothing but drawing them up to him. \nAnd I see rays of lightning darting from that divine love to the creature\, so \nintense and fiery… The soul becomes like gold that becomes purer as it is fired\, \nall dross being cast out… \nThese flaws are burned away in the last stage of love. God shows the soul its \nweakness\, so that the soul may see the workings of God. If we are to become \nperfect\, the change must be brought about in us and without us; that is\, the \nchange is to be the work not of human beings but of God… The overwhelming \nlove of God gives the soul a joy beyond words. In purgatory great joy and great \nsuffering do not exclude one another.
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