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They are called the Poor Souls in Purgatory for a reason. It is because they are the souls of people who have died in a state of grace, but who are not able to enter heaven yet because they owe a debt of temporal punishment due for their sins which have been forgiven. The Poor Souls cannot pray, offer sacrifice, or give suffrages for themselves. There is nothing that they can do to merit any relief from the pains that they experience in purgatory. They are called the Church Suffering, and they covet the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, our prayers, fasting, sacrifices, and almsgiving in atonement to help relieve their pain. Holy Mother Church exhorts us that when we offer our sufferings, united with the Passion of Christ, and apply it to the Poor Souls, that it may cause their relief or release and entrance into Heaven.

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Born and raised in central Oklahoma, USA, Donna Sue Berry is a wife, mother of two, and grandmother of twelve. She and retired rancher husband, Joel Doc, share their time between the wheat fields of Oklahoma and the mountains of Montana. Donna Sue began writing poetry and song lyrics soon after she first read Romeo and Juliet during her junior year in high school. However, it wasn't until she enrolled in her freshman year at the University of Central Oklahoma (at age 47) that her poetry began to deepen and truly express her great love for her Catholic faith. Her favorite poems are rhyming, story poems which weave around a person's thoughts and emotions. She says she writes with an Oklahoman's heart and accent.

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