The Mass for the Souls in Purgatory last June 28 2010

It was Monday...and once again, by God's grace, I was able to attend the 4PM mass at our local cemetery's chapel.  Having skipped two Mondays early June because of my health, I added another batch of 10 names as I did the other Monday to catch up. I observed that most of the names were those of my wife's deceased office mates. As I wrote the names prior to the mass, I could hear a great commotion of joy and happiness around me. All I could do was close my eyes, smile and offered too my happiness to the Lord for being granted the privilege to offer the mass for the souls in the list that I submitted.

Don't wait

I'm sharing with you part of the priest's sermon at the Sunday mass. It reflects the need for us to hasten in extending help to the Souls in Purgatory. The children's choir aptly sang the song that carried this line, " I will hurry to serve you, Oh, Lord!".  The Apostolate to become a prayer warrior to empty Purgatory is serving the Lord. Relieving the Souls means relieving also our Lord from the pain of seeing his children in Purgatory because of His Divine Justice.The end result of our service is bringing the Souls to the feet of our Lord in Heaven to sing eternal praises to Him.
Teaching states that the duration of the Souls in Purgatory is not the same as on earth.  It's longer beyond human comprehension. The long stay that seems eternity, the rigors and the pains the Souls undergo during their long captive situation in order to satisfy Divine Justice is utterly hard to endure. We are the only ones who can help them. Hurry then, my friends. Take part of this Apostolate. Offer prayers, masses and say regularly  the 30-Day Novena for the Souls in Purgatory for their relief. Let's do it now!

Spiritual Warfare

Jesus Christ'a great commissioning to the Apostles was bound to fail from the start, humanly speaking, that is.  It is through God's grace that we are protected and sustained throughout the unseen spiritual battle. With it, we are able to accomplish His work beyond human comprehension. Hence, we need to pray for His blessings when we decide to accept His great commissioning to do His work.
My family and I are not free from the harassment of the other side.  They are aware we are standing at the right side of God and therefore, when we attempt to expand our territory just like the Apostles, by saving those outside His light, the other side gets jealous...and mad!
There are a lot of prayers asking for God's protection.  My family and I however have been saying the Prayer of Jabez in our daily prayers. This is from 1Chronicles 4:10. Please allow me to share it with you:
"Oh, Lord that You would bless me indeed and expand my territory! Let your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain."  
Also, when our Bible is not in use during prayer time, we keep it opened at the page of  Psalm 91 at our altar.
Foremost of all however, apostles as we are, we need to be holy as He is holy...we need to be always in a state of grace.  Frequent Confession and receiving of the Holy Communion is a must for God to hear our prayers and bless our work for Him.
My friends, let us offer a prayer for one another asking for God's protection and His blessings in our Apostolate to help the Souls in Purgatory.

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3 Consecutive approaches

My eldest son slept late on May 19, 2010. He told me over breakfast the following day, that at about 1130pm, he heard footsteps at the back of our house, behind the dinning room window.  The ground where he heard the footsteps is cemented and therefore, it's easy for any member of my household to hear or know if someone walks at the said area. My two sons and I were the only people in our home that time.  My youngest son and I were already sound asleep upstairs.  Our residence is securely enclosed with some 9 to 10ft bricked walls. So,  it was not possible that another person was inside the vicinity of our home. My son went to bed later and didn't bother to check as he felt it was just one of those " unusual occurrences" again.(He's used to these occurrences since he was a child and he is not bothered or afraid of it).

May 20 evening. My eldest son went to bed ahead of me. When it was time for me to rest, I noticed that he
was still a little awake when I checked him. He was lying on his side with his back at me. So, I decided to touch his shoulder lightly to say goodnight. Without turning his head, he replied with a loud and commanding voice, "Are you my Dad?....because if not, get away from me and out of this room." Boy, was I surprised hearing that! I responded asking if he's having a bad dream. With a calm voice he said, "No...somebody is bothering me."I was immediately concerned thinking that maybe during the day he had a misunderstanding with a friend or a classmate. So, I asked further, "Who's bothering you?" He responded, "Can we discuss  it tomorrow?".  I didn't insist.

The following morning, I pursued my interest on what transpired the other night. My eldest son said that somebody poked his back when he turned to his side to sleep. He felt a "presence" was behind him. He didn't bother to look and just ignored it until I came to say goodnight.. A thought crossed my mind that a soul might have asked for prayers.. Who could that be?  Based on our experience and past encounters, We knew we're in for another surprise from the Lord...and any time soon, He will reveal who the soul is. So, we paused for a while and said a short prayer.

May 22 morning past 8 am.  I was cleaning the kitchen floor. I had the kitchen door opened as the summer heat would have delivered a heat stroke. My eldest son came down from his wake-up call and greeted me. My son was still at the kitchen area checking the food for his breakfast as I continued my cleaning at the dining area(4 feet away from my son), he said that he saw a man in blue shirt walk past the grounds outside the open kitchen door.  The "person's" direction was from the wash area towards the side of the dining window(the area where he previously heard footsteps, late night on the 19th). So, I looked. No one was around. My son said the sighting was only a glance and the "person" disappeared fast before he had a good look at him.  I asked him to describe what he saw and if he knew the "person". He repeated his words: a grown up man wearing blue shirt and he didn't know the "person".  Being both of us graphic artists, he gave a detailed description of the shade of the blue shirt.

May 26. Washday. We have a woman helper(she's about 40 years old, married and has children) who comes once a week to wash and clean our clothes.  This day was her schedule. I woke up about 630am and heard that the helper was already at the wash area. I was surprised of her being this early. So, I asked. She replied that her husband, Ruben passed away last May 22 and she still has to take care of the wake after washing our clothes.  Ruben was a diabetic and have been bed-ridden and paralyzed for about 8 years or so. He was brought to the hospital a week before he died.

I admired the helper for still coming to work despite her family's situation. She was even honest enough to hand me a 1K bill which she found left in one of the pockets of my eldest son's pants. Amidst our conversation, the 3 consecutive encounters my eldest son experienced flashed through my mind. So I shared  my son's encounters. I mentioned the blue shirt with its particular blue color shade. I saw tears from her eyes when she said that Ruben was wearing the described color when he passed away at the hospital. For all of us, the shirt's color was more than a sign of confirmation that it was the soul of Ruben who had been giving my son the consecutive close encounters the past days. Except for the poking incident, the rest of the encounters happened around the vicinity of the wash area.  Ruben knew that his efforts to get in touch with my family will never be in vain as he will surely receive offerings and prayers for his soul.

My wife is my prayer-warrior-partner.  She was in Manila that time so, I texted her about what transpired Prayers were then offered.. Without hesitation, my wife told me that she believed that the money found was meant by God to assist our helper's present needs.  With mutual joy in our hearts, we returned the 1K to the helper.(Please read the first post of this Blog.  The sharing here is not to boast our help to the needy but to encourage us to extend charity, however small to the needy... all for God's glory).

Since then, Ruben's name has been included in our list.  Friends, once again, I'm asking you to say a short prayer for the repose of the soul of Ruben. May God bless you and your family and most of all, the Souls whom you pray for.

The Souls' first names

My friends, if you noticed, I did not include the family names of the Souls mentioned in my previous posts.  This comes from the awareness of the Church's practice when I offer petitions for masses. Most of the readers of offerings read only the deceased's first names. Family names are sometimes mentioned only during special masses offered for a specific deceased person.
Yesterday was Monday and I attended once more one of the  afternoon masses for the Souls in Purgatory at our local cemetery chapel. Having attended the last mass at 5pm, the priest who celebrated the mass had time to address my inquiry about the deeper meaning why only the first names are being read during the offering of the petitions prior the the start of the masses. Mind you, this was also the first time I wanted to fully understand it. This Blog provided the necessity. Thanks to our Lord who guided me into making this Blog.
Fr. Silva, was kind enough in extending me his time to provide me the Church's viewpoint on the matter.  He said that during baptism, we were baptized by our first time...and with this Sacrament, we became children of God and no longer of man, hence only the first name matters to God....as the family name is that of man. More so, when we, the living, members of the Militant Church, offer our prayers for a specific Soul, we know from our heart as to whom we are referring in the eyes of the Lord.  The Lord in His unconditional love knows each Soul, thus, during the offering at the mass, only the first names need to be stated.

March 2010 encounter

March 13, 2010
The school year was in its closing stage.  Early that morning, I still attended to the breakfast needs of my youngest son. My eldest son, a college student was still asleep at the master's bedroom.
Like any normal school day morning, after the day's blessings, I conducted my youngest son to our gate on his way to school. I then went back to the house after to wake up my eldest son.  My alarm rang 7am and it was the wake-up call for my eldest son. While I was negotiating the 2nd turn on our stairs towards the 2nd floor for the master's bedroom(our stairs has 3 turns, 4 parts), my eyes caught a pair of slim legs going down the 3rd portion of the stairs, 6 steps away. It was a quick 2 seconds-sight and I immediately figured out that the pair of legs were those of a stranger as it didn't resemble my eldest son's built.  My eldest son is heavy-built at 200lbs and these were of someone very slim and light weight...maybe about 120-130lbs or so only. Noticeably, the pair of legs were blooded as if its skin was peeled off...it was dark with blood as if they were burned. My immediate reaction was to look up to see whose it was(it was instinct, done without a thought reacting to the presence of the glanced-sight). But, it was gone. Without stopping, I continued going up the stairs in a normal manner but felt the presence clashing my body as we were at the same path.   The sight played back in my mind as I continued towards the master's bedroom to wake-up my eldest son. Deep in my heart, I prayed for the person whoever it was.
At breakfast, my eldest son mentioned that while lying down in bed before sleeping about 1am, he saw a vision at the cloth frame decor hanged at one of walls of the master's bedroom. The vision revealed two persons at a window with metal bars trying to get out and crying for help. There was fire at their background. The window's metal bars barred the persons from getting out. My eldest son said although it was a horrible site, he was not afraid. He was unable to see the persons' faces because of the fire's glare at the background. He didn't want to bother me so, he just closed his eyes, said his night prayers and went to sleep.
I shared too my encounter at the stairs that sounded like the two occurrence were related as the legs that I saw had burned skin. We felt those were souls asking for prayers.
After school that day, my eldest son shared his classmate's sad experience. His uncle's house was gutted down by fire 1am last night. His uncle, aunt and the house helper were trapped inside the house during the fire and died. I had goose-bumps upon hearing the story. I never realized that the news over the radio the whole day about the 3 fatalities of the burned house(15 minutes away from our residence) was a close relative of my son's classmate. It was easy to conclude that the vision of my son and my encounter were not just a random occurrence but a direct contact aimed to ask for prayers. The souls' connection was the classmate of my son. I immediately asked my son to get the names of the deceased. From then on, they've been included in our constant prayers for the Souls in Purgatory.
My co-prayer warrior's statement that we become magnets or beacons for the Souls of Purgatory asking for prayers proved to be right again this time.
Click here for the link of news article of the fire incident:
Friends, please say a prayer for the eternal repose of souls mentioned in this Post.  Their names were couple, Manuel and Norma and house-helper, Joy. Thank you and may God bless you and your family...and most especially the Souls whom you pray for.

Latest encounter

A terrible road accident occurred last Sunday, June 13, 2010 in my home city, Cebu. A tourist bus loaded with foreigners, doctors, nurses and medical students with their families heading for a weekend outing to a resort west side of the island fell into a 33 feet ravine at the mountainous Transcentral highway. The passengers were long-time residents here.  They're all studying and working at the local hospital and universities. There were 21 fatalities including the driver, the owner of the tourist bus. The rest were injured and are still in being treated at the hospital up to this posting.(Click here for the link of the news coverage).
Late afternoon of the next day, my 21-year old eldest son, shared us his dream during his afternoon nap.The account of his dream:
He and an unidentified friend were in a four-storey building. Each floor had about 3 to 4 rooms all with an occupant in each room.  In his dream, he felt like he and his friend were "The Ghosbusters". The building tenants mentioned a strange recurring incident, a live grenade that falls on the stairway from floor to floor and explodes at the ground floor. My son and friend experienced it on their way to the 4th floor. Since it was just a dream, they didn't experience pain or injury. He remembered offering prayers for each of the occupants of the rooms. While doing this, he sees a computer generated image of a life bar(anyone playing a computer game is familiar with this. A life bar represents the life status of a character. When full, the character is in his top condition. As it vanishes, he weakens. When consumed, he's done.)
Back to my son's, dream:While he and his friend were offering the prayers, the life bar of the person whom they're praying for slowly goes down until it's fully consumed and the person vanishes into a brilliant explosion of colors. They continued doing this, working from floor to floor going down until the basement.
My son recalls the reactions of the occupants were different: the ones on the top floor were easy to deal with meaning they easily understood their state...acceptance to the prayers offered was present. The middle floors showed a bit of resistance. The bottom floor and most specially at the basement were passive.
He remembered two ladies who were in the middle floors who negotiated with them while they were offering the prayers.  Both asked if they be allowed to stay. My son gave a negative reply, explaining  it was their time to go.
While my son was giving his account, my mind reflected the teachings of different levels in Purgatory. I remember answering a question posted at the Facebook Group, Prayers for the Souls in Purgatory:
Posting from one of the group member, Rhea Luna,Quote:

So they ARE in darkness? I had a dream that I went to see my mother in law at her grave. She was feeling lonely and there were formless souls around her. She told me this death was waiting and it always felt like waiting and it felt so lonely and it was dark where I went in my dream. She didn't seem sad. She filled me with her feelings and they were very hard to describe but loneliness was one.

May 28 at 2:03pm , End of Quote.
My respond to the inquiry:

There are different levels in Purgatory. The lowest could be the darkest and most lonely. Each time prayers or masses are offered, the souls are cleansed and lifted, inching to a better level geared towards an ultimate direction: Home, that is, Heaven. All depends how much the souls need to be cleansed..the more sins, the slower the pace of advancement. The souls in Purgatory are unable to help themselves, hence they need our prayers. For those who are in dire need of help, especially those who are forgotten and whom nobody prays for, God's love and mercy allow some souls the privilege to communicate with the living from them to ask for prayers. Communication comes in different forms, ie dreams, visions, messages through Scripture readings, etc. One just needs to be sensitive to respond to their pleas. God bless!

June 13 at 11:30pm
Incidentally, the posting date of my response was on the same day of the accident.  I was not aware of the accident by that time which happened 1030am. It came to my knowledge only after reading the news the following morning.
Discernment tells me that the dream of my son represented the teachings of the different levels in Purgatory. My son vividly recalled that the people occupying the building numbered about 17 to 18, close to the number of fatalities of the accident. Clearly, the people in the dream were asking for prayers. The reason why I feel my son's dream had a direct bearing to the accident was, this was not his first time of having such a similar encounter. In fact, this was his 3rd major encounter in a span of 3 months. I will post the first two of his encounters in the next days.
As my family and I pray for the Souls of those who perished in the said accident, may I request you, my friends, to please offer a prayer too for their Souls.

Two souls added to the list yesterday

My co-prayer warrior's statement that we become magnets or beacons for Souls In Purgatory proved to be ever-strong in my family. My wife was heading for Tokyo yesterday when we received two separate prayer requests. One of the prayer request was from my sister-in-law's email for their late high school teacher who died the other day of cancer, Ms. Menaida.
By 830pm, my wife called mentioning that before her departure, an office mate of hers requested a prayer for her late father, Melchor.  Her office mate made a particular request that she be able to see her father in a dream for reasons very important to her. My wife handed her my contact number and online addresses so she can call me and also access my works for the Souls in Purgatory, including this.  What we wanted her office mate to do was to pray for her father too so her personal request be granted.  This is in view of the teachings that the more the prayer warriors, the better... most especially if the one requesting for God's favor joins in prayer.
I informed my wife of the demise of her late high-school teacher(my wife also went to the same school as her younger sister who emailed me). During our short conversation, we never got tired of praising God for the mission. While we empathize for the grieving parties asking for prayers, we also pray for them so they too can be a part of the prayer warriors and be able to experience the joys and blessings of praying for the Souls in Purgatory.
Friends, please offer a short prayer for the names mentioned in today's Post. Thank you and may God bless you and your family...and most especially the Souls in Purgatory whom you pray for.

Praying for those we have forgotten

During my first round of the 30-Day Novena for the Souls in Purgatory, my late childhood cousin, Victor was the first in coming to mind when I reached the teaching portion about remembering those whom we have forgotten and for those whom nobody prays for. Victor died at an early age of 17 due to tuberculosis contracted from her late mother, the older sister of my late Mom. The last time I played with him was before we transferred residence when I was 7, he was 8 years old. I didn't get the chance to see him again from that time on.
After him, a train of names of my deceased close relatives and friends flashed into my mind.  Their names were then added into the list my late Mom handed me. At that point, I thought I already had a good recollection.  But, little did I know that this was the start of God's incremental way of bringing those I have totally forgotten and allowing them to make contact with me and my family, or a close encounter I should say. So, I was in for some good surprises each time when more names came one after the other.
Friends, please offer a short prayer for my late cousin, Victor. Thank you and may God bless you and your family...most especially the Souls in Purgatory whom you pray for.

Without Him, we can't do nothing

Joining any Apostolate requires one's willingness, that is, total surrender to the cause...dying to one's self... and to complete it, God's grace. Without these, we can't do nothing.  With His grace, He calls upon our hearts to do His will. With it, He lets the Holy Spirit work 24/7 in our lives, He designs, He schedules, He guides, He lightens our paths, He pours real joy, He sustains, He blesses our works, He rewards, He protects, He guarantees eternal life in Heaven.
So, what more can we ask? If we are with God...who is against us?

Sharing the Apostolate with others

The awareness of the importance to constantly pray for our departed friends and loved ones encouraged us to share the Apostolate with others. At the early stages into this, we made photocopies of the Novena for those who requested for it. Maybe this is what happened to the "Angel", my wife's office mate who shared a copy to us(although my wife didn't ask as it was just shared/given).
We noted that making photocopies delays the urgency for the requesting party to start the Apostolate. After a while, we directed the ones requesting copies to the 30-Day Novena for the Souls in Purgatory blog article at www.artsehub.com. From there, those who wanted to take part in the Apostolate can easily access the Novena and immediately pray for their departed friends and loved ones.
For those who are reading this and may already have accessed the Novena, please pass and share this to your friends, associates and family members. One liberated soul provides joy to the entire heaven and most especially to our Maker.

How often do we need to pray for the Souls in Purgatory?

The 30-day Novena for the Souls in Purgatory teaches that we need to pray more often for our departed friends and loved ones and not only once a year on All Souls Day, November 2 as most of us do.  In my family's case, we do it Quarterly, during the months of : February, May, August and November.  The month of May falls inside the summer school vacation...it is the time when my kids are able to join the full 30-Day Novena prayer.
As mentioned earlier, a short supplication for the souls is included during my family's daily prayers. Aside from this, we include them in the daily 3 O'Clock Prayer to the Divine Mercy.  Each Monday too, we offer special intentions for them in one of the Special Masses for the Souls in Purgatory held at our local cemetery's Chapel. There are four(4) masses each Monday starting from 2pm until 5pm.  From our 400plus name-list, we pick-up 20 names in sequential order  and have them included in the mass. An added list for special intentions, ie. death anniversary, birthdays, respond to special messages/encounters are offered too. There is also an additional list which include my close family members like my parents, grandparents, parents-in-law, uncles, aunties, my late Bro, Samuel, my daughter,Ria(miscarriaged after 2.5 months...please offer a short prayer for her) and newly departed friends and loved ones.
After the mass, I would find time to visit the common burial place of my late family members where I light candles and offer more prayers.

Activation of the list of the names of our Departed Friends and Loved Ones

My late Mom handed me a shortlist of our dear departed family members, ie my grandparents, uncles, aunties, my older Bro, Samuel who died at the age of 7mos(please say a short prayer for him), cousins, etc. Included in the list were some of their late close friends too.  I was a young professional in my 20's working out of town when she gave the list to me.  It was a yearly tradition to go home during All Souls Day, November 2 and visit the cemetery to offer prayers for our departed loved ones.  The distance of my work place and the expense for the one-hour plane ride sometimes prevented me from going home on a yearly basis, hence, my late Mom gave me the list.

The 30-Day Novena for the Souls in Purgatory provided the necessary light of the things that needed to be done for the Mission. One of it was activating the list since part of the Novena's teaching was to remember to ones who have been forgotten and whom nobody prays for.  The shortlist from my late Mom numbered about 20plus. So, my wife and I added names as we remembered those not in the list.  New ones were added as the days passed. It's now five(5) years since we started the Apostolate and currently, our list has grown to 400plus names.

The year before my family and I started the Apostolate

In one of our daily family's daily prayers, I had a vision. It was projected at the walls of the master's bedroom(for some reason, we had our prayer time there from our home's altar...all four of us were seated comfortably in a circular position, facing each other). In my vision, the walls were filled with numerous ghostly faces. They were wailing. There was no sound.  I winked and rubbed my eyes several times but, everywhere I looked, they were all around us...their sad faces projected at the four walls of the room. I had to keep the occurrence to myself at that moment so as not to disturb the prayer session.  As the vision was going on, I felt that the ghostly faces' presence was not to bother or scare me but, they were asking for prayers...that their concerns be included during our supplications.
The vision lasted for almost 30 minutes until our prayer session was over.  I shared the vision later with my family who readily supported my suggestion to include a prayer for the Souls in Purgatory in our daily prayers. Since then, we've always offered a petition for them.  My vocal prayer for this: "We now pray for our departed friends and loved ones, relatives, family members, benefactors,  for those whom nobody prays for and  for those who are still roaming around the earth who need God's mercy." The last part is for the numerous unforgettable ghostly faces who were crying for help in my vision.
This was the start of our Apostolate.

Fringe Benefits

My family's response to God's calling into this Apostolate has brought us blessings upon blessings. One thing for sure, it opened our hearts and minds to the necessity to pray for our dear departed friends and loved ones.  The earned benefits of this is hard to equate.
Although praying the 30-Day Novena for the Souls in Purgatory promises the prayer warrior the grace of receiving confirmations (in forms of visions, feeling, dreams, sounds, etc.) that his prayers were received resulting to the liberation of the souls or a particular soul, it shouldn't be a condition to accept this Apostolate.  With our current state of being with the Church Militant (Ecclesia Militans, The Living), it is our duty to pray for the liberation of those who are at the Church Suffering (Ecclesia Penitens, Purgatory or Church Expectant Ecclesia Expectans) to bring them to the Church Triumphant( Ecclesia Triumphans), Heaven)*. Accomplishing this duty of ours for our Lord's glory and the comfort of praying for the Souls in Purgatory is already more than enough reason to do this.
When my family and I accepted this Apostolate, we didn't expect the grace of receiving confirmations. But, our dear Lord though His goodness, has abundantly blessed us with such.  This Blog is a sharing of those.
*For more reading on the Universal Church's division, The Church Militant, Church Suffering or Expectant and Church Triumphant, please refer to the article of the subject at www.wikipedia.com

An "Angel" shared the Novena to us

I have to admit that before I came to know the 30-Day Novena for the Souls in Purgatory, I haven't prayed much for the Souls' liberation. The prayers my family and I offered before were nothing compared to what we're offering now...from the time our hearts were opened to its importance.
About five(5) years ago, an office mate of my wife shared her a copy of the Novena. My wife shared it to me after her first round of praying the Novena but, it took close to one year before I got hooked-up with it. The reason of the delay?...Maybe I thought I was praying enough already for Souls(like inclusion of intentions at the Holy Mass; once a year visit to the cemetery during the November 2 All Souls Day celebration; daily prayer intentions) ...or maybe I thought I was busy...maybe there was no calling?  God knows why.  Thanking Him for sending the "Angel" office mate of my wife is an understatement.

The Origin of this Mission

Before I'll go any further and lest I will just become a noisy gong, I would like to invite you to go through the  30-Day Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. The Novena will provided the needed teachings and better understanding why we need to pray for our departed friends and loved ones...and why I have to share my experiences of this mission through this Blog.

Close Encounters With the Souls in Purgatory

May God bless this Blog.  He is the ultimate source of  everything especially the mission He has entrusted to my family and me to offer constant prayers for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.
There's so much to share about this Apostolate. I'm hoping and praying that I can do justice to the mission. God said "never allow your left hand to know what your right hand did when you extend help to someone"(I will update the particular Scripture reading on this later.  Please bear with me as I'm not so keen in memorizing numbers of the Chapters and Verses in the Bible...but mind you, the special messages being delivered sticks in my heart).My purpose here is neither to broadcast nor boast of what I'm doing but to encourage more people to pray for their dear departed friends and loved ones. I'm not after my personal glorification, for all of this came from Him and all of this are for His glory.
If I'm right, it's been more than five(5)years since my family and I become prayer warriors for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. We can only remember God's calling to the Apostolate and our willingness to its acceptance. Since then, blessings of numerous experiences in forms of dreams, visions, sounds, feelings of presence have been accorded to us. Fear has never been present during the encounters.  In the contrary, it gave us more encouragement to pray unceasingly.
My personal experiences and that of my family will posted in this Blog to provide the necessary witnessing of how we, the living need to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. It is good to pray. Please follow this Blog. Our dear Lord and your departed friends and loved ones will be glad.