What is Purgatory?

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

Ascension

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.9 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We all want to be saints, but the struggle against sin and selfishness can feel overwhelming. There may be days where we might feel satisfied simply making it to purgatory rather than entering the pearly gates. But is this lukewarm path the only way to make it to heaven?

Today Fr. Mike delves into the reality that in this life, we are given every opportunity to prepare our souls for God’s presence. Embracing the sufferings of this moment purifies us the way the refining fire of purgatory would. In this way, we can prepare ourselves in this temporary world to live alongside our Lord in the everlasting world.

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0:00.0	Again, I, sorry, need a haircut.
0:02.6	I realize it.
0:03.4	I got a letter actually from someone saying,
0:05.4	hey, you need a haircut.
0:06.9	Are they said you need to comb your hair better?
0:08.7	I wanted to to.
0:09.5	And they said, it even said, I know that this is
0:11.3	weird thing to say, but here's what I got to say.
0:13.2	So here's what I got to say.
0:14.8	How many of you saw the mic?
0:15.8	And this is the sentence that represents.
0:17.3	So I've been reflecting a lot on purgatory lately.
0:21.6	And we have videos on purgatory and there's teachings
0:24.2	that abound about why Catholics believe in purgatory.
0:28.1	But I want to highlight one aspect of purgatory that I think
0:31.4	is just, again, it keeps coming back to me
0:33.3	because it's one of the ways in which we live purgatory now.
0:37.6	In fact, here's what we believe.
0:39.0	We believe that it's through the Lord's life,
0:41.8	death and resurrection.
0:42.7	He's giving us his Holy Spirit that we can have life,
0:45.0	that we have access to the Father.
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