The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-10-31

they cannot deviate By actual fault, they can
only will aud desire what is conformable to
that pure love. For in the flames of purgatory
they are under the divine ordinance and will
that is to say, in that state of pure charity
from which they can no longer be separated by
any cause whatever, because it is as impossible
fer them to commit actual sin at it is to acquire
actual merit.
CHAPTER 4.
OF the joy of the souls in which
clearIy-Ditlculty of describing this state.
do not believe that there can be any peace
comparable to that felt by the souls in purga
tory, unless that of the saints in paradise And
| each day this peace Increases by tho influence
| which God exercises over the soul. 1t increases
! in proportion as the impeachment to that in
! uence in consumed.
! This impe1imeut is nothing else than the
| rnst of sin. The fire consuming the rust the
/ soul is and more exposed to the divine
/ Influence. An object which is covered cannot
| respond to the rcverheration of the suns rays
! not by any fault of the sun, which ceases rot
| to shiile, but because of the covering on TIE
object. II that be. consumed, the object De-
! meath is laid open 10 tle sun; and II" more
completely the coveriu!; is consumed, the more
perfect I he TeYerberatIOn.
so the fire of purgatory wears away tie rust
! of sin which covers the soul, exposing it 10 Cod
the true sUu--in proportion to its panty,
| and, in the same proportion, increasing -
! peace. SO that its happiness goeson increasing
| and the rust wearing away TIL the time II"
| fully accomplished.
| Tie pain which results from the desire Of
bctIoldiug God docs not diminish, bat the time
of its duration does A. tn their will, these
SOILS can never say :heir pains are pains, :"
satisfied are they with the will of God, with
which their will is united in purest love.
On the other hand, uevert cless, they endure
a torment so extreme that no tongue can de-
pict it-no understanding grasp the least COM
prehenson of it, unlcs :, special grace from
God. He has given L som" idea OF IT, but
cannot well express II. What The Lord has re-
voatd to me has ways remained imprinted
on nay mind. | viii relate what l can of it.
| They will understand me I" whom God GiVcth
! til" intel g"uc".
C'llTTEE III.
FROM q cd The, ,lra;rs. torment Of Purl:pry
W ler".H rEatory i tl-Is f.ou He'll
All pain j. The Consequence of original or
nc-lal e!u. Gpi created the soul ptIttctly
pure, and gave II certain Instinct for hAnp'-
ness which i,tC,s II toward h:m is lis true
centre.
Original siu crf.rb IS ills instinct il the
soul at the beginning. Actual sin dimlI.isGcs
il still more. Tie more this instinct a miniohes
the worse TIE soul becomes, because Gods
grace to the soul is withdrawn in proportion.
| All goodness is only by participation III the
goodness of God, which is constantly com.
muucated, even to those creatures which are
deprived of reason, according to his VIII and
ordinance. As 10 the soul endowed with reason,
he communicates his grace to it in proportion
as he finds it freed from the obstacle of SIN.
Consequently, when a guilty soul RECEIVERS IN "a
, measure its primitive purity, Its instinct for
happiness also returns and increases with such
impetuosty and 80 great an ardor of love-
drawing 1t to Its chief END, tn8t every OOStaCie
becomes to it an iDsupportable torment. AnC
the more clearly it sees what detains it from
union with God, the more excessive is its pain
But the sou Is in puTSatory being freed from
the guilt of sin, thersIS no other imped lment
between God and them but this pain which
prevents the complete satisfaction of their
instinct for happiness; and they see in the
clearest manner that the least impeachment de-
lays this satisfaction 10y necessity of Justice: ;
thence springs up devonring fire, like to that
of hell, excepting the Snilt.
!, II "A 4 q
the damned, which obligea God to Withhold
his goodness from them; SO they remain in a
fixed state of despair and maliguity, with Will
wholly opposed to the divine Will
CHATTER ".
State the sonl in nsl.D1eisnGe Gsswes it and
Who neglect the AHAlrs Of Salvation.
1t is then, clear that the Perverse will Of
man in revolt against the will OF God con
stitutes sin, a2d that the guilt of sin cannot be
effaced from the soul while it is under the
dominion of that evil will.
Now, the souls in hell departed this life with
a perverse will con equently their guilt has
not been washed away, and now cannot be,
because death has rendered their will uu-
changeable. The soul is for ever liked IN
ton of the will at the moment of death.
Wherefore it is written: tbi te iarencro that Is
, 70 saw Wherever l find thee at the hour of
leath-with a will to sin or to repent of sin
iii te judcabo, there Will Judge thee ana
from this Judgment there IL no appeal, because,
all freedom OF choice cedSlnB WIN llIe, Ine SpuI
must remain unalterably fixed i'll the state in
which death finds it.
The souls in hell guilty to an infinite
degree, being found with sinful VIII at the
moment of death. Their pain is not 50 great
"a thew merit but it will never end.
As for the souls in purgatory, they only en-
dure pain. Guilt was efaced before death by a
true sorrow for having offended the divine
, goodness. This pain is Unite, and the time OF
Its duration is constantly diminishing.
! O misery trausCending all other woes, and SO
rnch the greater because the blindness of u an
! takes no preCaCt,cu against It