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Countess of Strafford Vie de Monsgr. de la Mothe .

Marquis de Civrac Une Commune Vendéenne. 183
Gratitude of the Holy Souls Ave Maria .
Strange Incident Ave Maria .

PART III.

HISTORICAL.

Doctrine of Purgatory amongst the Pagan Nations of Antiquity Rev. A. A. Lambing .
Devotion to the Dead amongst American Indians
Superstitious Belief amongst American Indians
Remembrance, of the Dead amongst the Egyptians
Remembrance of the Dead throughout Europe A. T. Sadlier . Part I.
Remembrance of the Dead throughout Europe A. T. Sadlier . Part II.
Prayer for the Dead in the Anglo-Saxon Church Dr. Lingard
Singular French Custom Voix de la Verité
Devotion to the Holy Souls amongst the Early English A. T. Sadlier
Doctrine of Purgatory in the Early Irish Church Walsh
Prince Napoleon's Prayer
Helpers of the Holy Souls Lady G. Fullerton
The Mass in Relation to the Dead O'Brien
Daniel O'Connell, Funeral Oration on Rev. T. N. Burke, O.P.
Indulgence of the Portiuncula Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory .
Catherine of Cardona Almanac of the Souls in Purgatory .
The Emperor Nicholas Praying for his Mother Anecdotes Chrétiennes .
Pius VI., Funeral Oration on Rev. Arthur O'Leary, O.S.F.
Rev. Arthur O'Leary, O.S.F., Funeral Oration on Rev. M. D'Arcy
De Mortuis . Our Deceased Prelates. Archbishop Corrigan

PART IV.

THOUGHTS OF VARIOUS AUTHORS ON PURGATORY.

Purgatory Cardinal Newman
Our Debt to the Dead Cardinal Manning
Purgatory Cardinal Wiseman
Reply to some Misstatements about Purgatory Archbishop Spalding
Count de Maistre on Purgatory
What the Saints thought of Purgatory
Châteaubriand on Purgatory
Mary and the Faithful Departed Brother Azarias.
Dr. Johnson on Prayer for the Dead
The Doctrine of Purgatory Burnett.
Mallock on Purgatory
Boileau-Despréaux and Prayer for the Dead
All Saints and All Souls Mrs. Sadlier.
Leibnitz on the Mass as a Propitiatory Sacrifice
Extracts from "A Troubled Heart"
Eugénie de Guerin and her Brother Maurice
Passages from the "Via Media" Newman.
All Souls From the French.
An Anglican Bishop Praying for the Dead
"Purgatory" of Dante Mariotti.
Month of November Mary E. Blake.
Litany of the Departed Acolytus.
All Souls' Day Mrs. Sadlier.
Cemeteries
Opinions of Various Protestants
Some Thoughts for November

PART V.

LEGENDARY AND POETICAL.

Dies Iræ
Authorship of the Dies Iræ
Dante's "Purgatorio"
Hamlet and the Ghost Shakespeare.
Calderon's "Purgatory of St. Patrick"
The Brig o' Dread Scott.
Shelley and the Purgatory of St. Patrick
On a Great Funeral Aubrey de Vere.
Morte d'Arthur Tennyson.
Guido and his Brother Collin de Plancy.
Berthold in Purgatory Collin de Plancy.
Legend of St. Nicholas Collin de Planey.
Dream of Gerontius Newman. St. Gregory
Releases the Soul of Trajan Mrs. Jameson.
St. Gregory and the Monk Legend of Geoffroid d'lden
The Queen of Purgatory Faber .
The Dead Priest before the Altar Rev. A. J. Ryan .
Memorials of the Dead R. R. Madden .
A Child's " Requiescat in Pace " Eliza Allen Starr .
The Solitary Soul Ave Maria .
Story of the Faithful Soul Adelaide Procter .
Genérade, the Friend of St. Augustine De Plancy
St. Thomas Aquinas and Friar Romanus De Plancy .
The Key that Never Turns Eleanor C. Donnelly .
A Burial Thomas Davis .
Hymn for the Dead Newman .
The Two Students De Plancy .
The Penance of Don Diego Riaz McGee .
The Day of All Souls Eliza Allen Starr .
Message of the November Wind Eleanor C. Donnelly .
Legend of the Time of Charlemagne
The Dead Mass
The Eve of St. John Sir Walter Scott .
Request of a Soul in Purgatory
All Souls' Marion Muir .
The Dead Octave Cremasie
A REQUIEM Sir Walter Scott .
Penance of Robert the Devil De Plancy .
All Souls' Eve
Commemoration of All Souls Harriet M. Skidmore .
The Memory of the Dead Faber .
The Holy Souls.
Author of "Christian Schools and Scholars."
The Palmer's Rosary Eliza Allen Starr .
A Lyke Wake Dirge.
All Souls' Day Lyra Liturgica .
The Suffering Souls. E. M. V. Bulger.
"The Voices of the Dead." M. R. in "The Lamp."
The Convent Cemetery. Rev. A. J. Ryan.
One Hour after Death. Eliza Allen Starr.
A Prayer for the Dead. T. D. McGee.
The De Profundis Bell. Harriet M. Skidmore.
November. Anna T. Sadlier.
For the Souls in Purgatory.
All Souls' Eve.
Our Neighbor. Eliza Allen Starr.
Old Bells.
O Holy Church. Harriet M. Skidmore.
An Incident of the Battle of Bannockburn. Sir Walter Scott.
Pray for the Martyred Dead.
In Winter. Eliza Allen Starr.
Oremus. Mary E. Mannix.
Funeral Hymn. A. T. Sadlier.
Chant Funèbre. Nisard.
Requiescat in Pace. Harriet M. Skidmore.
The Feast of All Souls in the Country. Anna T. Sadlier.
Requiem Æternum T. D. McGee.

APPENDIX.

Association of Masses and Stations of the Cross.
Extracts from The Catholic Review of New York.
A Duty of November. The Texas Monitor.
Purgatorial Association. Catholic Columbian.
The Holy Face and the Suffering Souls.
When will they Learn its Secret? Baptist Examiner.


PART I.

DOCTRINAL AND DEVOTIONAL.


"But now, brethren, if I come to you, speaking with tongues: what shall I profit you, unless I speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?"

- ST. PAUL, I. COR. PURGATORY:


DOCTRINAL AND DEVOTIONAL.


DOCTRINE OF SUAREZ ON PURGATORY.


THE PLACE.

It is a certain truth of faith that after this life there is a place of Purgatory. Though the name of Purgatory may not be found in Holy Scripture, that does not matter, if we can show that the thing meant by the name can be found there; for often the Church, either because of new heresies, or that the doctrine of the faith may be set forth more clearly and shortly, gives new and simple names, in which the mysteries of the faith are summed up. This is evident in the cases of the Holy Trinity, the Incarnation, and the Holy Eucharist.

The doctrine of Purgatory is proved by: - the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Councils of the Church, especially those of Florence and of Trent, the Fathers and Tradition, and by theological reasons.


WHERE PURGATORY IS.

Nothing is said in Holy Scripture about this place, nor is there any definition of the Church concerning it. The subject, therefore, comes within the range of theological discussion. Theologians, however, suppose Purgatory to be a certain corporeal place, in which souls are kept till they pay fully the debt which they owe. It is true that they do not in themselves need a corporeal place, since they are spirits; but yet, as they are in this world, they must, of necessity, be in some corporeal place - at any rate, with regard to substantial presence. Thus we see that God, in His providence, has made definite places for the Angels, according to the difference of their states. Gehenna is prepared for the devil and his angels, whereas the empyreal Heaven is made for the good angels. In this way, it is certain that the souls, paying their debt, are kept in a corporeal place. This place is not heaven, for nothing that is defiled enters there; nor is it hell, for in hell there is no redemption, and from that place no souls can be saved.


PAIN OF LOSS AND SENSE.

The pain of loss is the want of the vision of God and of the whole of our everlasting beatitude. The pain of sense is the suffering of punishment specially inflicted over and above the loss of the beatitude of Heaven.

We must assert that the souls in Purgatory suffer the pain of loss, tempered by hope, and not like the souls in hell, which have no hope.

In the pain of sense we can distinguish two things. There is the sorrow which follows closely the want or delay of the vision of God, and has that for its object. There is also another pain, as it were outward, and this is proportioned to the sensible pain which is caused in us by fire, or any like action, contrary to nature and hurtful to it. That in Purgatory this sorrow does follow the loss of God is most certain; for that loss, or delay, is truly a great evil, and is most keenly felt to be such by those souls that with all their strength love God and long to see Him. Therefore, it is impossible for them not to feel the greatest sorrow about that delay.

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We must assert that, besides the pain of loss and the sorrow annexed to it, there is in Purgatory a proper and peculiar pain of sense. This is the more common judgment of the scholastics; and seems to be received by the common judgment and approbation of the Church. Indeed, the equity of the avenging justice of God requires this. The sinner, through inordinate delight in creatures and affection for them, deserves a punishment contrary to that delight; and if in this life he has not made full satisfaction, he must be punished and freed by some such pain as this, which we call the pain of sense. Theologians in common teach this, and distinguish a proper pain of sense from the sorrow caused by the want of the vision of God. Thus they distinguish spiritual pains, such as sorrow for the delay of the vision, and remorse of conscience, from corporeal pains, which come from the fire, or any other instrument of God. These corporeal pains