TREATISE ON PURGATORY – Chapter X and Reflection
TREATISE ON PURGATORY by St. Catherine of Genoa CHAPTER X HOW GOD MAKES USE OF PURGATORY TO RENDER THE SOUL PERFECTLY PURETHE SOUL THERE ATTAINS SUCH PURITY, THAT WERE IT TO STAY AFTER BEING CLEANSED IT WOULD NO LONGER SUFFER. AGAIN, I see that the love of God directs towards the soul certain burning rays and shafts of light, which seem penetrating and powerful enough to annihilate not merely the body, but, were it possible, [...]
Last Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From St. Gregory the Great
Translation of the Gospel According to St. Deësis Mosaic (Detail),Hagia Sophia, c. 1261 At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: When you shall see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (he that reads, let him understand:) then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains and he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take anything [...]