Padre Pio, who was berated with occurrences of undue suffering throughout his life, had an incredible affinity with the souls in purgatory, for whom he offered his pain. The movie also documents the lives of several mystics including Fulla Horak and Padre Pio. And I think that’s been lost.” This film was made as a reminder to us that death isn’t the end. They’re waiting for our prayers, and I think that it’s important, as you did with your father, to continue to pray for our loved ones that are gone. “As you know, John, our doctrine says the holy souls are powerless to help themselves. The purgatorial process is long and painful, and the souls there cannot help themselves. Oscar referenced a scene in the movie where a father mournfully watches his family go to a party instead of visiting and praying for him. John says the acting, scenarios, and the interviews called his father to mind, reminding him of the ways the deceased play a role in our lives. So, John continues to pray that his father is in heaven and if he is in purgatory, that his prayers will cleanse his soul. John’s father was away from the Church for 40 years before finally coming back and going to confession the day that Morning Air launched in 2003. John agreed, saying that he has been praying for his deceased father for about 16 years, so the idea of remembering the dead hit home. This idea of praying for the dead often falls to the wayside, so Delgado thought it was an important topic to address. Besides canonized saints, we don’t know the destination of the souls in the afterlife, so we should always be praying for them in the hopes that their purgatorial burden is lessened. As much as we would like to believe that all of the faithful departed are in heaven, we just don’t know. Oscar was involved in Kondrat’s last film, Love and Mercy: Faustina, so when he came to Oscar with the script, it piqued his interest immediately. John asked Oscar just how he got involved in the production process of this film. Oscar Delgado, former war correspondent for NBC and associate producer of Purgatory, joined John Morales on Morning Air to talk about this upcoming movie about the third realm of the afterlife. However, a new film by Michal Kondrat titled Purgatory was recently released, only playing in theaters on October 25 & October 28. While we don’t know exactly what purgatory will look, sound, or feel like, there simply haven’t been many speculations about its characteristics besides Dante’s Purgatorio. It’s not just a waiting room for the dead, but a place where the sins on their souls are purged, ensuring that their entrance into heaven is just. While it is an indication that the souls present there will end up in heaven, it is also a place of immense suffering. Purgatory is a place of the afterlife that requires a bit of nuance to comprehend. Celebrating Catholic Independence/ Strengthening Your Family/ Sunday Gospel Reflection July 7, 2023. 10,000 Babies Saved/ Stages of Marriage July 7, 2023.
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