Prayer for the Holy Souls
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Purgatory is a letting go of habits, vices and ways of thinking or knowing that prevented us from loving as we ought during our lifetime.
The poet Dante likened the soul’s experience in purgatory to climbing a mountain, the summit being paradise. The climber might have to shed things that are bogging him down on the ascent. That process, of course, can be grueling, but with every step, one moves closer to the goal.
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