https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJx6huwBcgQ 31K views 108 comments PURGATORY IS A "BASIC" CATHOLIC BELIEF. AS HUMAN BEINGS OUR SOUL IS DEFECTIVE (IMPERFECT) (WEAK) WHICH MAKES US "predispose to offend" the Almighty (aka to sin). OUR WORLD - BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL SIN - IS IMPERFECT. IN FACT, "ALL" OF CREATION INCLUDING OUR BODY, BEARS THE MARK OF ORIGINAL SIN. HEAVEN, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS PERFECTION. FOR THE SOUL TO ATTAIN PERFECTION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ENTER HEAVEN, IT 'HAS TO' PASS THROUGH THE PURIFI- CATION PROFESS OF PURGATORY WHERR THE SOUL IS CON- FRONTED WITH ITS SINS|OFFENSES. MY 1ST NATIONS FRENCH-SPEAKING GRANDMOTHER (WHO HAD A SISTER, A NUN, WITH WHOM SHE CORRESPONDED WHO WAS A SUPER TALL, HUGE WOMAN, ÉGLANTINE) HAD SUCH A GREAT FEAR OF PURGATORY THAT SHE WANTED TO SUFFER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID PURGATORY. THE ALMIGHTY GRANTED THIS HOLY WOMAN (KNOWN FOR HER ACTIVE CHARITY) HER WISH. SHE HAD 3 STROKES. SHE FLATTENED HER BEADS BY SAYING HER ROSARY NON STOP. INCIDENTALLY, SHE WAS THR BLACK SHEEP OF 24 CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCED A CONVERSION: SHE TURNED HER LIFE AROUND AFTER HER CONFESSION IN THE GARDEN OF CAP- DE-LA-MADELEINE IN TROIS RIVIÈRES (TRANSLATION: 3 rivers). :D CAP-DE-LA-MADELEINE https://www.sanctuaire-ndc.ca/en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-de-la-Madeleine https://www.britannica.com/place/Cap-de-la-Madeleine Incidentally, the French-Canadian fur traders would leave from TROIS RIVIÈRES and open the mid-west of the USA descending the Mississippi founding the city of New Orleans for at least 200 years "before" THE AMERICANS came over Appalachian Mountains. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res TROIS RIVIÈRES https://www.tourismetroisrivieres.com/en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attractions-g155037-Activities-Trois_Rivieres_Quebec.html Coureurs des bois https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/coureurs-de-bois SHE LEFT HER HOME AT THE AGE OF 16 TO BECOME TRAPPER WHO TRAPPED BEAVERS. SHE GAVE BIRTH TO MY MOTHER in Pukaskwa National Park. https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa SHE FED THE LUMBERJACKS HER COMMON LAW HUSBAND HIRED. MY MOTHER HELPED HER IN THE KITCHEN AND HAD TO COP 8 CORDS OF WOOD EVERY DAY FOR 5 YEARS FROM THE AGE OF 13 TO THE AGE OF 18 WITH HER BROTHER, SERGE. HER NAME: DORA PICHÉ WHOSE TRIBE INCIDENTALLY CAME FROM THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL. MY MOTHER'S NAME: PATRICIA ISABEL DESJARDINS. SHE WENT TO UNIVERSITY AFTER HAVING 7 KIDS + BECAME A CATHOLIC EUCHARISTIC MINISTER. SHE TOOK ME ASIDE ONE DAY WHEN I WAS ATTENDING A VERY TOUGH, PRIVATE, CATHOLIC BOYS HIGH SCHOOL, SCOLLARD HALL, RUN RESURRECTIONIST PRIESTS IN NORTH BAY ONTARIO(BY GEORGIAN BAY) MADE IA POINT TO TELL ME NEVER TO THINK I WAS BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. RESURRECTIONIST PRIESTS mainly an American-based religious order https://resurrectionists.com SCOLLARD HALL https://sjsh.npsc.ca BECAUSE OF MY "MEMÈRE" (GRANDMOTHER), I WAS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE PLACE OF PUGATORY IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH. :D Ken, Toronto, CANADA