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The Saint Gertrude Purgatorian Society was established to "pray daily for the Poor Souls in Purgatory, practice almsgiving, and make sacrifices, all for the benefit of the suffering souls." [ 42 ] On 23 May 2014, it received an episcopal blessing from William P. Callahan , then the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse .
This rosary also focuses on prayers for souls in purgatory. Sister Mary Martha attributed the following purpose for the rosary to Jesus: "you must not forget [...] the souls in Purgatory, as there are but few who think of their relief [...] The Holy Wounds are the treasure of treasures for the souls in Purgatory." [19] [20] [21]
Gertrude the Great or Gertrude of Helfta (January 6, 1256 – November 17, 1302) was a German Benedictine nun and mystic who was a member of the Monastery of Helfta. While herself a Benedictine, she also has strong ties to the Cistercian Order; her monastery in Helfta is currently occupied by nuns of the Cistercian Order.
The Anima Sola is common throughout much of the Catholic world, though is perhaps strongest in Naples, where it is referred to as "the cult of the souls in Purgatory." In Latin America, one source reports, the Anima Sola is "a belief still deeply rooted in the mass of the campesinos .
Hail Mary of Gold is a Roman Catholic Marian prayer attributed to Saint Gertrude the Great.. According to Saint Gertrude, the Virgin Mary stated that: "At the hour when the soul which has thus greeted me quits the body, I will appear to them in such splendid beauty that they will taste, to their great consolation, something of the joys of Paradise".
Purgatory, Peter Paul Rubens. The Heroic Act of Charity is a Catholic devotional practice. A Catholic who makes a Heroic Act of Charity offers the value of all prayers and good works they perform in their life, as well as any benefits they may receive after their death, for the benefit of the souls in purgatory.
The prayers of the saints in Heaven and the good deeds, works of mercy, prayers, and indulgences of the living have a twofold effect: they help the souls in purgatory atone for their sins and they make the souls' own prayers for the living effective, [38] since the merits of the saints in Heaven, on Earth, and in Purgatory are part of the ...
Roman Catholics who believe in purgatory interpret New Testament passages such as 2 Timothy 1:18, Matthew 12:32, Luke 23:43, 1 Corinthians 3:11–3:15 and Hebrews 12:29 as supporting prayer for souls who are believed to be alive in an active, interim state after death, undergoing purifying flames (which could be interpreted as analogy or ...