"The pain of purgatory is the pain of the ascension, the pain of standing where Mary of Magdala stood on the morning of the resurrection and hearing: "Do not cling to what was! Eternal life is infinitely richer, but it's not your old life!" Letting go of this world with its joys, its beauties, and its wonderfully solid flesh, is the pain of purgatory."
These are the reflections of Fr. Ron Rolheiser - he says it the best on a feast like today, All Souls Day!
Purgatory Revisited
2003-11-09http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/?id=196
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