A short while back, I received a letter from David a longtime
friend of mine. He told me that he phoned a priest
friend of his. The priest answered the phone and, in a weak
voice, said: “David, help me!” Then, the phone went dead.
David called the number again and the care giver at once
answered. David explained the call but the care giver replied,
“That is impossible! Father has been dead for two days.”
This short letter from David changed my life. I am ashamed
that I have not done more for the Poor Souls in Purgatory.
I will never, in this life, stop trying to help them. As I think
about the mystery and miracle of Purgatory, I wonder if the
Saints in Heaven can help their loved ones in Purgatory?
I don’t think they can. It is our privilege and our unique
responsibility. The Church on earth needs the help of the Poor Souls as much as
they need help from us, who are on earth. < Tom - USA >
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USA: Fr. George Adams, Sr. Mary Marcella,
Sr. Mary Paschal, Br. Marcel Crete, Flora
Acampodo, Basilia Adelbai, Cynthia Anderson,
Daryl Arseneon, Felicia Arthur, Margaret
Atkinson, Robert Baeja, Mrs. Robert Baeja,
Juliette Balisle, Theresa Banda, Janet Barcia,
Norbert Barcia, Elizabeth Barth, Donna Bartolo,
Lucille Bartson, Shirley Bauer, Anna Mae Baum,
Suzann Baumgardner, Bill Bednar, Irene Bednar,
Charles Beehler Jr, Marsha Bell, Clara Benedetti,
Charlene Bloemker, Lee Blose, Lucille Boeckman,
Antoinette Bonczyk, Bob Borchert, Rita Boros,
Mae Borre, Clara Borski, Louise Bouton, Lulu
Brechko, Robert Brink, Dorothy Brockman, June
Broussard, Lawrence Broussard, Olivia Brown,
Elaine Buettner John Burns, Mary Burns, Mary
Calvo, Mary Camden, Glen Campbell, Elaine
Capola, Florence Carpenter, Margaret Carter,
Agathe Chabre, Horace Champ, Joyce Citizen,
Anna Conforti, Helen Conniff, Edward Contolini,
Frances Contolini, Mark Costanzo, Pablo Cristobal,
Mrs. Pablo Cristobal, Richard Cuprak, Elizabeth
Curren, Helen Czech, Maxine Dailey, G.K.
Dakudzie, Joseph DePasquale, Calista Decherong,
Conshita Delgado, Matthew Denton, Mary
DeNapoli, Dorothy Dipsey, Marion Donegan,
Paul Donegan, Dora Doucet, Leo Downey Jr.,
Dorothy Dufala, Yaa Dufie, Mary Jean Dwyer,
Juliette Eaton, Louise Eich, Celia Elchert,
Evalene Elliott, Paquita Erdell, Mark Esquivel,
Rita Esquivel, Theresa Esquivel, Dorothy
Farruggio, James Fay, Eleanore Fehniger,
Catherine Finnegan, Pat Fisher, Lorraine
Foglietta, Joan Frawley, Clorinda Fresquez,
Frances Furtek, Maxine Gallo, Elsa Gangloff,
Neomi Garcia, Teresa Garn, Mae Gatti, John
Gellene, Delina Gendron, Peggy Goetz, Manuel
Gonzalez Jr, Louise Gray, Norma Green, Mary
Guerra, Helen Guinan, Elizabeth Hamill, Grace
Hartman, Sybil Hebert, Otto Heimes, Mary
Hemmerich, Helen Hickey, Ruth Higdon, Rose
Hofbauer, Celine Hoh, Rosamond Holmes,
George Holthaus, Marge Homan, Le Houx,
Dolores Hunt, Roberta Hunt, Lourdes Jalandra,
Eva James, Robert Jefferson, Jennie Jankowski,
Coleene Jimenez, George Jobe, Alice Jones,
Vivian Kane, Richard Keyes, Rosemary Kimak,
Bill Klee, Donna Klienschmidt, Annie Koch,
Helen Kortye, Lois Kosub, Agnes Kracker,
Elizabeth Kracker, Virginia Kudrna, Marie
Kussmaul, Mary Lamica, Judie Lauria, Amalie
Law, Evelyn LaGrutta, Margaret LeHoux, Alice
LeJeune, Mary Lee, Donald Leslie, Patricia
Leslie, Lynn Liebersbach, Leonard Lipinski, Rose
Littmann, Josephine LoCurto, Margaret Long,
Rhonda Longacre, Paul Lozano, Mary Lucci,
Pearl Lynch, Sam Maccarone, Paul MacKedanz,
Robina Mahaney, George Malsol, Mary Mancha,
Nancy Maney, Matilda Masto, Frances Mattingly,
Therese McGuire, Colette McKearney, Lelia
McMahon, Judith Merola, Beverly Merritt, Carmen
Meza, Maria Middlebrook, Bonnie Miller, Mitchell
Miller, Quelina Mojica, Lawrence Montreuil,
Alicia Morales, John Morony, Martha Morony,
Mary Moseley, Prodencia Mucsen, Gloria Mulhall,
Kathy Naczi, Connie Neri, Omer O’Neil, Agnes