Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory.

Q: Maria Simma, I want to thank you also, on behalf of the readers, for these beautiful testimonies.....In order to know you better could you, in a few words, tell us something of your life?

A: when I was a little girl I wanted to become a nun. My mother told me to wait until I was twenty. I did not want to get married. My mother used to speak to me about the souls in purgatory and , already at school, these souls used to help me. Therefore I thought I ought to do everything for them.

After I left school, I thought of becoming a nun. I entered the convent of the sisters of the heart of Jesus, but they told me that due to my poor health I could not stay with them. In fact when I was a child I had suffered from pneumonia an pleurisy. The mother superior confirmed that I had a religious vocation, but she suggested that I enter a less strict order and to wait a few more years. But instead I wanted an enclosed order and at once.

After trying again twice, the verdict was the same; my health was not good enough. So I came to the conclusion that it was not God's will for me to enter a convent. I greatly suffered morally and said to myself: " The Lord has not shown me what He wants of me." I had to wait until I was 25, namely , until the moment when God entrusted me with this task of praying for the souls in purgatory. He had kept me waiting for 8 Years!....

.... I worked at home and on the farm since I was 15. After that I went to Germany to work as a maid for a farmer, and then I worked here on the farm of Sonntag.

From the age of 25, when the souls started visiting me, I had to suffer greatly for them. Now I am better physically . And that is it....

Here her story ends.

Sister Emmanuel writes:

Maria simma's life:

In the account of the parish priest, we read that " she devoted her virginity to the Virgin Mary and she consecrated herself to Mary above all in favour of the deceased",she offered herself to God, by taking the vow of " victim soul, victim of love and of expiation:The parish priest tells us that several times on different occasions, she offerd herself as a victim in order to help the deceased, through spontaneous and sometimes terrible sufferings, by which she has shortened the pains of many souls.

Besides the sufferings, she continuously offered to God prayers, masses and penances.

Since the death of her father in 1947, she has lived alone in her paternal house and, in order to provide for the needs of life, she continues, despite her old age, to work in her little garden. She lives in poverty and she is helped by charitable people. She asks for nothing , she does everything spontaneously and, if anybody leaves alms, she sends everything to the Curia, for the celebration of the masses, for merciful works and , above all , for missions.

.....in the pages of her diary, she has always pointd out , with insistence, the means of help , asked also by the souls themselves: masses, rosaries, offering of sufferings, the way of the cross, charitable works, and above all , among these help to missions which, according the souls, are very effective for the deceased.

The burning of candles helps souls: first of all because this attention of love gives them a moral help, moreover because the candles are blessed and enlighten the darkness in which souls find themselves. A child of eleven from Kaiser asked Maria Simma to pray for him. He was in purgatory because on All Souls ' Day in a cemetery he had put out the candles which were burning on the graves and he had stolen their wax for fun . The blessed candles are of much value for souls. On the day of candlemas, Maria Simma had to light two candles for a soul for which she was bearing for them expiation sufferings."

" Sprinkling blessed water mitigates the sufferings of the deceased. One day, while passing by Maria Simma threw some blessed water for souls. One voice said to her:" Some more!".

" Not all means help souls in the same way. If somebody during his life does not hold the Holy Mass in high esteem, he will not benefit from it when he is in Purgatory. If someone has not been charitable during his life, he will receive little help . Those who sin of slander, have harshly to expiate their sin. But anyone who was generous during his life, receives much help."

" A soul who had not attended Mass, was able to ask for eight masses to be celebrated for his relief, because during his mortal life he had eight masses celebrated for a soul in purgatory."

The parish priest refers that Maria Simma insists a lot that everyone should PRAY FOR THE DYING.

" According to what the souls in purgatory say , many people go to hell because we pray too little for them,.... once Maria simma saw many souls on the brink between hell and purgatory.".

Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory

Maria Simma:

One day a doctor came to me complaining that he had to suffer because he had shortened the life of some patient by giving them injections so that they would not suffer any longer. He said that suffering, if endured with patience, is of tremendous value for the soul; one has the duty to relieve deep suffering, but one has no right to shorten life through chemical means.

Another time, a woman came. She said," I have had to suffer for thirty years in purgatory for not having allowed my daughter to enter a convent."

Q: Jesus said that it is difficult for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Have you , yourself, ever seen such a case?

A: Yes, but if they do good works, works of charity, if they exercise love, they can get to Heaven as the poor can.

Q: When the devil appears, does Holy water always make him flee?

A: It greatly upsets him and he often runs away.

Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Sister Emmanuel:

Yes, it is extraordinary to see how only a thought , an outburst of feeling from the heart, a simple prayer for someone, can prevent him from going to Hell, because it is pride that sends one to Hell. Hell is this : it is this stubborness in always saying NO to God. Our prayers can provoke an act of humility in someone who is dying ; and one small impulse of humility , however small it may be , has such power that it prevents us from going to Hell.

Maria Simma:

A soul told me:" by not having obeyed the traffic laws, I was instantly killed on my motorbike in Vienna." I asked her:" were you ready for eternity?" She answered," No I was not ready , but God gives two or three minutes for repentence to those who do not sin against Him with insolence or conceit. Only those who refuse are damned."

This soul carried on with her interesting and instructive comment:" when someone dies in an accident , people say that his hour had come."

" This is not true; this can only be said of a person who dies when it is not his fault. But according to God's design , I could have lived a further thirty years; and so I would have lived my entire life span." Therefore , man should not expose himself to the danger of death except in case of need.

Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Q: Maria, with regard to this, have you anything to tell us?

A One day when travelling by train, there was a man in my compartment who was continually criticising the Church , the priests, and offending God. He would not stop cursing and so I told him: " You have no right to talk like that , it is not nice!"

When I got to my destination and was getting off the train, I just said to God, " Lord may this soul not be lost!..."

A few years later, this man's soul visited me and told me that he had been on the brink of Hell and that he was only saved through the prayer I had said in that moment

Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel 

Q: I believe that some of them have come to see you . You were telling us the story of that little girl...the youngest one you have ever seen; she was four years old. Why was she in purgatory?

A: Why ? This girl received a doll from her parents for Christmas. She had a twin sister who had also received a doll. And it happened that this little four- year old had broken her doll, and so , secretly and knowing that nobody was looking, she put her broken doll in the place of that of her sister's . She knew very well in her little heart that this would have caused great sorrow to her sister; she was aware that this was deceitful and unjust . Because of this she has been in purgatory.

Yes, children often have a more active conscience than grownups and it is necessary above all to fight against the telling of lies; they are very sensitive.

Q: Maria, how can parents help their children in forming their conscience?

A: First of all with good example, this is the most important thing, then by prayer. Parents must bless their children and teach them well the values of God.

Q: This is very important! Have souls who practised certain perversions on this earth visited you ? For example , I am thinking of those in the dominion of sexuality.

A: The souls I have known( all souls in purgatory) are not lost, but they have to suffer much to be purified . In all perversions, the evil one is present, especially in homosexuality.

Q: what advice would you give to all those who are tempted by homosexuality and who have these tendencies?

A: I would advise them to pray, to pray much in order to acquire the strength to overcome these tendencies. It is necessary to pray especially to Saint Michael the Archangel as he has the greatest power to fight the Devil!

Q: Oh, yes, saint Michael the Archangel! what are the inclinations of the heart which can lead us to the loss of our souls , namely Hell?

A: It is when we do not want to go to God, when we resolutely say: " I do not want !...."

Purgatory

 From The Amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Q: Maria , are there any priests in Purgatory ?

A: Yes, there are many. They have not helped people to have due respect for the Eucharist, and therefore all faith suffers. They are often in Purgatory for having neglected prayer, which has caused their faith to diminish, but it is also true that many of them have gone directly to Paradise.

I cannot forget a priest who right hand was black. I asked him the reason of that:" I should have blessed more times."he answered me. " Tell all priests you meet , they should bless more: they can give many blessings and drive out the powers of evil."

Q: Good . What would you tell a priest who is truly desirous to live according to the heart of God?

A: I would recommend that he pray much to the Holy spirit and that he say the Rosary everyday.

Q: Maria, are there any children in Purgatory?

A: Yes, but for them purgatory is not too long nor painful, because they do not possess total discernment.

Purgatory

From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Q: what can  do for people who say, " I am suffering too much in my heart and in my body; it is too much for me, I want to die"...

A: Yes, this often happens. I used to say ... I would say:" My God , I can offer my suffering for the salvation of souls."This brings back faith and courage. But alas, there are very few who say this today. One can also tell these people that by doing so, the souls acquire a great joy for Heaven. In Heaven there are thousands of different beatitudes , and each one of them is perfect bliss. Every desire is totally fulfilled in Heaven; each one is truly aware that they could not have deserved more!

Q: Well, Maria, I would like to ask you if souls of people of other religions, for example, Jews, have visited you .

A: Yes, and they are blissfully happy. He who lives his faith well is at peace. But it is through the Catholic faith that one can earn more for Heaven.

Q: Are there any religions which are not good for the soul?
A: No, but there are many religions on earth! The nearest to the Catholic faith are the Orthodox and the Protestants. There are many Protestants who recite the Rosary. BUT SECTS ARE EXTREMELY EVIL. It is necessary to do everything possible to leave them.

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Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanel

Q: What happens to people who commit suicide ? Have any of their souls ever visited you ?

A: The souls who visit me are only those in Purgatory. However , up to now I have never come across the case of the soul of a person who committed suicide who has been lost, but this does not mean that there are none. Some souls tell me that often the people who have been close to them are more guilty, because they have been indifferently for having spread defamations.

Sister Emmanel writes:

At this point I asked if the souls repent for having committed suicide . Maria said yes, but added that very often the people committing suicide is a sick person. In any case the souls repent because , as soon as they see everything in the light of God, they become aware instantly of all the graces that would have been given to them during the time they could have had left to live. They see all the remaining time( months or years), and all the souls they could have helped by offering the rest of their life to God. What gives them greater suffering with regard to their past is the awareness of the amount of good they could have done if they had not shortened their life on this earth. But if the cause is an illness, the Lord will certainly take this into account.

Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel.

Q: what are the angels doing in purgatory?

A: They alleviate and console. The souls can see them.

Q:Another question : You know that many people today believe in reincarnation. What do the souls say about this?

A: The souls say that God gives us only one life.

Q: But some people maintain that only one life is not sufficient to get to know God and to have enough time to be truly converted, and they also think that this is not right. What answer would you give them?

A: All souls possess an interior faith; even if they are not practising it, they can recognise God. There in no one who is totally an unbeliever. Every man possesses a conscience to recognise good from evil, a conscience given by God, and an interior knowledge , certainly of varying degrees, nevertheless he is capable of distinguishing between good and evil. With this conscience every human being can reach celestial bliss.

Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Q: Maria, I would like to ask you now; at the moment of death is there some time during which the soul can turn to God before entering eternity; a time between apparent death and real death?

A: Yes , the Lord gives each soul a few minutes to repent of its sins and to decide whether or not to acept to go to God. During this short time one sees one's life again as in a film.

I know a man who believed in the precepts of the Church , but not in eternal life. One day he became seriously ill and entered into a coma.

Then he saw himself in a room with a blackboard on which all his actions were witten, the good ones and the bad ones; then the blackboard disappeared , as well as the walls of that room, and everything was infinitely beautiful. He then woke up from the coma and decided to change his life.

This episode is similar to many others reported in the book " Life beyond Life"; the short -lived experience of the supernatural light is such , that afterwards people can no longer live as before.

Purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Q: Maria, do the souls in purgatory experience a feeling of rebellion for their suffering?

A: No, they want to be purified and understand that suffering is necessary.

Q: What is the importance of contrition and of repentance at the moment of death?

A: Contrition is very important.Sins are in any case forgiven, but there remains the consequence of sin. To obtain a plenary indulgence at the moment of death in order to go directly to Heaven, it is necessary that the soul be free from all attachments.

 

Now I would like to refer to a very significant story that Maria told us. She was asked to inquire about a woman who her relatives had thought lost because she had lived a very wicked life and was up to her neck in sin. She had been the victim of an accident; she had fallen from a train which had run over her and killed her.

A soul told Maria that this woman escaped Hell because , at the moment of her death, she had said to God:" You do well to take back my soul, as in this way I will not be able to offend You any longer." This cancelled all her sins. This is very significant, because it shows how a single act of humility, of repentance at the moment of death, saves us. This does not mean that this woman has not gone to purgatory; but she was saved from going to Hell which she should have deserved because of her conduct.

purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel.

Q: But what can be done to accept suffering as a gift and not, as is often done, as a punishment?

A It is necessary to offer everything to the Blessed Virgin , because she knows best who is in need of this or that offering in order to be saved.

Sister Emmanuel:

At this point, with regard to suffering, I would like to tell you a story that Maria Simma told us .

It happened in 1954 . Several disastrous avalanches had swept over a village near the one where Maria Simma lived causing great damage. Other avalanches had fallen in the direction of Maria's village. But it happened that here the avalanches stopped in a truly miraculous way , in front of the village, without causing any damage.

The souls( of purgatory ) told Maria Simma that in that village there had lived and died a woman who had been ill for thirty years and who had been very badly treated; she had suffered terribly for 30 years and she had offered all her sufferings for the sake of her village.

The souls told Maria that the village had been saved thanks to the offering of that woman.

She had therefore offered her sufferings for 30 years and had endured them patiently. Maria says that if that woman had been in good health, she would not have been able to protect her village; she adds also that with sufferings endured with patience it is possible to save more souls than with prayer .

We should not always look at suffering as a punishment . It can be accepted in expiation not only for ourselves, but also for others. Jesus Christ was innocent and yet He suffered more than anybody else for our sins.

Only in Heaven shall we know fully what we have obtained through our suffering accepted patiently in unity with Christ's suffering.

purgatory

 From The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel.

Q: Maria ( Simma) , do the souls in purgatory experience a feeling of rebellion for their suffering?

A: No, they want to be purified and understand that suffering is necessary.

purgatory

 From The amazing secrets of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Q: Well then, how should suffering be lived in order to bear fruit?

A: Suffering is the greatest proof of God's love and if offered well, it can win many souls.

purgatory

 From The amazing secrets of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel.

Q: Maria, why is it impossible to acquire any merits once in purgatory, while when still on earth it is always possible to obtain them?

A: Because at the moment of death all merits are at an end, while when still on earth it is possible to make amends for the wrong done previously. The souls in purgatory have a " holy " envy of this possibility of ours. Even the Angels are jealous of us, because we have the opportunity to " grow" while on this earth. But often the appearance of suffering in our life makes us rebel and makes it difficult for us to accept it and live it well.

purgatory

From The amazing secrets of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel

Sister Emmanuel the author writes:

The stations of the cross can rouse in us the contrition for our sins.

A further and highly recommended help for the souls in purgatory is the recitation of the  Rosary, and precisely the rosary for the departed. Through the Rosary many souls of the dead are freed every year from Purgatory. At this point we should say that it is the mother of God herself who comes to purgatory to free the souls ; this is why the souls in purgatory call the virgin Mary," Mother of Mercy ". This is all very beautiful.

The souls tell Maria Simma that indulgences too possess inestimable value, not only for their liberation , but for us ; and sometimes it is sheer cruelty not to use these treasures offered by the church for the benefit of the souls.

It can be certainly be said that a most effective help for the souls in purgatory is prayer in general, any form of prayer.

I also suggest the prayers of St. Bridget , which are highly recommended by the souls in Purgatory. These prayers can also be easily found in religious bookshops, but they are also reported in full in the book " pray pray pray ", Ed . Shalom  page 412-421

At this point, I would add an important statement : the souls in Purgatory cannot do anything to help themselves. They are totally incapable and  , unless the living pray for them, are completely abandoned. This is why it is important to use this immense and incredible power that each one of us possesses in order to help and to free the suffering souls.

If we saw a child fall from a tree and remain badly hurt, would anybody think of not helping it? Surely everything would be done for it.

Equally we ought to take to heart these souls that are awaiting our help and depending entirely on our offering and prayers in order to receive relief from their sufferings. This is, perhaps, the best way to practise charity.

For example, I an thinking of the good Samaritan in the Gospel when faced with the man on the side of the road who was half dead and who without a doubt lay bleeding badly. That man totally depended on the good heart of a passerby.

Purgatory , value of suffering

 From" the amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel"

Q:How is it that by suffering only three hours you have saved that soul from twenty years of purgatory? what more did your suffering have ?

A:

All suffering on this earth has a different value. when suffering on this earth one can grow in love , one can acquire merits. It is not the case with suffering in Purgatory which only helps to purify the soul from sin. On earth one can possess all graces, and one has the freedom to choose.

This is all very encouraging as it can give our suffering an extraordinary significance, because all suffering offered voluntarily or not, all sacrifice , even the smallest, such as illness, mourning, delusion, bitterness, all these, if we accept them patiently and with humility, can be an incredible force to help souls.

Maria Simma says tht the most important thing to do is to unite our sufferings to those of Jesus and to place them in the hands of the blessed Virgin Mary, who knows how to use them in the best way , because , often, we do not know the most urgent needs around us.

For all this, Our Lady ( Mary) will certainly recompense us at the hour of our death.

Therefore, we ought to say that we should take comfort in the midst of suffering, as we know that our sufferings , when offered , will be the most precious treasure for us in the other world.

Another effective way , Maria Simma told us  , are the stations of the cross . In contemplating the sufferings of Jesus, we begin little by little to hate sin and to desire the salvation of all men. This disposition of the heart gives great comfort to the souls in purgatory.

Purgatory, three hours of suffering

 From " The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel".

Q: Maria , you have been invited several times to suffer for the souls in Purgatory in order to free them . Can you tell us what you have experienced and felt in those moments?

A:

The first time a soul ( of a woman) asked me if I wanted to undergo bodily suffering for her for three hours. She added that afterwards I would have been able to take up my work again. I thought ," if it is only for three hours , I will accept." Those three hours seemed to last three days , the suffering was so terrible. But , at the end, I looked at my watch and noticed that only three hours had gone by. The soul then told me that, by having accepted to suffer with love for three hours I had saved her from twenty years in Purgatory.

Purgatory , value of mass

 From " The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel".

Maria simma continued:

" On the subject of the mass, I wish to refer to you a beautiful example that saint Cure d Ars gave his parishioners :

My children , A good priest unfortunately lost a good friend of his. Therefore, he prayed much for the peace of this soul.

One day , God informed him that his friend was in purgatory and suffering terribly . This saintly priest thought that he could not do any better than to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for his dear friend.At the moment of Consecration , he took the Host in his hands and said, :" Eternal and Holy Father, in your Holy Hands is the soul of my friend in purgatory and in the poor hands of your minister is the body of your Son Jesus . Well then, O good and merciful Father, free my friend while I offer your Son to you with all the merits of His glorious passion and death."

This request was granted. At the moment of the Elevation , he saw the soul of his friend go to Heaven shining with glory. God had accepted the offer.

" well then , dear children," concluded the saint Cure d Ars," when we wish to free our dear ones from purgatory, let us do the same. Let us offer, through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, His dear son , with all the merits of His passion and Death and He will not be able to refuse us anything."

Other very effective means to help the souls in purgatory are , the offering of our suffering, our penance, our voluntary suffering as fasting, privation , and so on..... and of course, involuntary suffering like illness, mourning and abandonment.....

 

Purgatory , how to help souls

 From " The amazing secret of souls in purgatory by sister Emmanuel".

Q: Maria , can you tell us the best way to help souls ( purgatory souls )?

A: The best means is the mass.

Q: Why the mass ?

A: Because it is Christ  offering himself for love of us. And the offering of Christ Himself to God is the most beautiful offering. The priest is representing God and it is God Himself offering and sacrificing Himself for us . The effectiveness of the mass for the dead is as great as the esteem they had for the mass during their lifetime. If at mass they had prayed with great devotion , and if they had attended mass during the week , whenever possible, they would receive great profit from the masses celebrated for them . In this context too , one reaps whtat has been sown.

Besides going ourselves , we do not fail to invite children and possibly the children of all schools to attend mass, if we want them to be better.

No father, mother, or catechist can put into the heart of a child the graces Our Lord Himself gives during the mass and the Holy Communion.

I would add that a soul in purgatory can see very well the day of its funeral and whether we really pray for its soul, or if we are present simply to show we are there  , namely just a presence. They say that tears are of no help to them.On the other handm prayer is very helpful. They often complain that people are present at their burial,  but do not say a single prayer to God : they shed many tears , but this is of no use.