“Changing their desolation into comfort, their misery into joy…”
Regarding the souls in Purgatory, St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) said,
I will without delay, immediately, come to the relief of the suffering souls in Purgatory; with sobs and sighs I will invoke the Lord; with tears I will entreat him; I will be their advocate with my prayers; I will especially offer up for them, or have offered for them, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the prayers of the Rosary, in order that the Lord, with the eyes of his unspeakable mercy, may look down upon them, changing their desolation into comfort, their misery into joy, and their pains into everlasting glory and bliss.
Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
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