All Souls Day is a time to pray for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. Dr. Mary Kay Clark shows us how to turn our homeschooling activities into prayers as well.

Even though many Catholics hope for Purgatory after death, John Clark points out that the saints remind us that God desires us to go straight to Heaven.

by Mary Ellen Barrett | Devoting November to the Holy Souls will take very little time and reap many rewards...

by Dave Armstrong | I've often used what I call the “nutshell” argument for Purgatory: we must be without sin to enter into God's presence (Eph 5:5; Heb 12:14; Rev 21:27; 22:3, 14-15). Therefore, God must purge or wash away our sin to make us fit to be in heaven with Him. All agree so far.

The Mystical Body of Christ, the Church, is composed of those of us still on Earth, those in Purgatory, and those in Heaven. We on Earth are encouraged by the Church to pray for those in Purgatory, and to ask those in Heaven to pray for us. Those we prayed for when they were in Purgatory will certainly pray for us when they reach Heaven.