Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-11-03

a slight sin on our soul or the temporal
punishment due to some sin has not
been satisfied, it is not fit for heaven
and the justice of God will not send
that soul to hell but to middle place
where the soul is purified Of the stains
of sin that make it unfit for heaven
and yet not deserving Of hell The
communion Of saints as practiced in
the Catholic church provides a means
to aid these souls and this is the doc
trine Of purgatory. You Catholics
know that tomorrow is the feast OF
All Souls and you will remember
those souls ST. Thomas says that the
only difference between hell and pur-
gatory is that out of hell there is no
redemption, but that out of purgatory
the soul may be delivered although
the time of deliyerance is not known.
Those souls are probably your own
parents. brothers or sisters and need
your help and are you going to refuse
them the aid they solicit?'
Souls in Purgation
The speaker dwelt on the scene at
the bedside OF The loving mother faith
ed or dear relative, the love protested,
the sorrow displayed and the promise
| to remember them all through life. lie
then pictured the appearance OF the
cemeteries, the neglected grave, the
| lapse of devotion to the memory or
that loved one who has gone on be-
fore How the prayers for the depart
ed soul, the Offering of the sacrifice
Of the mass for their repose, was
touched upon The story Of Christ
| o1I ~
the hearling pool in Jerusalem when
his friends and neighbors would not
notice him. was told and compared by
the speaker to the pool of fire, ''purga-
tory where souls are plunged as IN
that health giving pool only in 1t the
sickness of the soul is healed instead
of those of the body. do you not
know that some of your relatives are
in this pool" continued the speaker
You call yourself human Why II
!, you see a dumb animal in pain yor
will kill it to shorten the term of its
sufferings, but what do you do fol
those relatives and friends in thi!
, pool Of fire. 1t is in your power tt
release these souls. for although the.
, are saved they do not know whel
= their delivery will take place.
) pleases God to have you help thos
poor souls in purgatory and the re
5 wards to yourself for this help is no
: to be estimated, for by release of on
r of those souls you give a saint to Go
r and they will do violence to the thron
t OF God in your behalf until they hav
saved your souls. The three state
of the church are the church Mi1itan
: Suffering and Triumphant Do yo
think my friends that when the sol
= passes from the church suffering
' the church triumphant that it will nc
- remember those in the church militar
:, here on earth who have helped them
- With a plea for the suffering sou
y in purgatory the sermon closed afte
= which the pastor Father Foley too
!. occasion to thank the congregation fc
- their zeal and piety in assisting ;
- the mission, the missionary fathers *
- their work the Courier for it's spac
u and reports of the service and tt
y choir for the singing.
Beware Lest You FALL
u Following the recitation of the r
+ sary by Father Fannon in the eve
~ ing, Father Towle spoke Of his plea
uTp DIT lU6 SuCCGSS VI tllt llllSSlUu dl
70 told of the great blessing that mu
se accrue to those who made the missic
81 properly, saying:
d. "The effects of the mission, Il
ct memories of the lessons learned al
II instruction received, will not readi
IN efface from the memory of those wi
re participated in the graces obtain
is by properly making the mission.
re the Joy is so great in heaven over t
al saving of one soul, how much great
re must be the joy in heaven over t
ng reception back into the fold and t
lp- acts of self denial of those who ava
he ed themselves of the means of saw
1T their souls during the exercises of t
to week just closing. Beware, my bre
be ren. now that you have made pea
i'll with your God and started over ags
re in the effort to serve him more fai
0p- fully, that sou do not fall and lose
zee graces obtained. This will be I'll
go OF trial for you and the effort Of