A Priest Who Saw Heaven, Hell And Purgatory

What an Amazing Testimony Thank You So Much !

My mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung Cancer spread to her brain and had 7 tumors in her brain. The doctors said no cure for her and gave her less than 4 months to live.

Our family was devastated. There was nothing anyone could do. Money, status or our social connection couldn't buy us anything.Nothing of this world or from this world could save her.

We prayed to our Lord and our Saviour Jesus Christ. and all saints especially , St Jude and St Anthony and our beloved Mother.

In his mercy Jesus heard and answered our prayers and our mother was cured. Thank you Jesus. Praise you Jesus. Hallelujah

"For neither herb nor poultice cured them, but it was your word O Lord that heals all people." Wisdom of Solomon chapter 16 verse 12.

This is a beautiful story.

My discernment on how souls go to Hell or Purgatory or Heaven

In September, of 1995, my wife, my daughter and I went to a Marian conference in Chicago. While we there listening to the speakers, a thought came to my mind about how souls go to hell. Now no one was talking about this subject, for some reason I just started thinking about it. Before I go on, I must tell you that I have read several messages that state that God does not send souls to hell, that the soul sends itself to hell, and I had wondered how this could happen.
Well as I said, I was thinking about this, and it is like this, darkness is sin and light is God. Now if a person lives in a room or cave of compete darkness and has been there for along time, when that person comes into the light, he or she can not stand the light so the person goes back in to the dark room. This is like a soul that has lived in sin, when the soul dies, it can not stand to look at God, Who is pure Light, so the soul drives itself into hell.
Now the next day I was praying before Jesus in the blessed sacrament, the Holy Eucharist, when I began to think of this again and it was like this, a soul who lives in sin lives in darkness, but if the soul, while still living would let some light in, then when the soul died it would be like a person, who was in a dark room but let some light in. So then when the person went into the Light, he or she would be able to squint their eyes and look at the light and eventually be able to open their eyes all the way. This would be a soul that, when it died was not pure enough to go to heaven, so it went to purgatory.
All souls are different some have to squint harder then others and some can adjust faster to the light and some live always in the light, their eyes are wide open, these go straight to heaven.

Now on this same subject I would like to quote from the book “The Victorious Queen of The World”, a spiritual diary of a mystic, Sr. Natalia of Hungary, page 45:

“Once I cried on Jesus shoulder: “Why did you create hell?” To answer me, Jesus brought me to the judgment of a very sinful soul, whose sins He forgave. Satan was outraged!
“You are not just! This soul was mine all his life!” He shouted to Jesus: “This one committed so many sins, while I committed only one, and You still created hell for me.”
Jesus then with unbound love told Satan: “Lucifer! Did you ever ask Me for forgiveness?” Then Lucifer, seemingly beside himself, shouted: “That never! That I will never do!”
Then Jesus turned to me, “You see, if he could ask Me for forgiveness only once, hell would cease to exist.”

In November 1995 I bought a book “The Sorrow, The Sacrifice, and The Triumph” by Thomas W. Petrisko, which had just come out in November 1995. This book is about Christina Gallagher, The Apparitions, Visions, and Prophecies.

Now I do not promote or judge Christina Gallagher or any other visionary. I do read several books that I get at Marian conferences and some are on visionaries. I try to do as St. Paul says: Hold on to the good and let go of the bad and obey what the Church teaches.

Now I would like to quote, what happens at death starting on page 117, “ When release from the body each soul is destined for immortal life, and its future in eternity is determined by its state when death takes place and the soul is released from the body.

When the body dies and the soul is released, it suddenly finds itself in the full light of awareness, able to see itself as it stands in the sight of God. It then realizes the darkness to which the body’s actions condemned it. The sensitivity of the soul to the enormity of the Light of God is like the naked eye before the brilliance of a thousand suns, and the soul in darkness quivers in pain. It plunges itself into the sea of Hell to avoid the pain of the enormity of the Light.”

Purgatory
“The soul destined for Purgatory seeks shade at the level in Purgatory appropriate to its own imperfection. It will automatically plunge itself into which it failed to atone sufficiently; it will gladly go to whatever level of Purgatory is necessary, and it will be eternally grateful to God, in the knowledge that it will one day gain His Presence in Heaven.
2/17/05 Also from The Diary Of St. Faustina, I quote, “After these words, I received a deeper understanding of divine mercy. Only that soul who wants [to be damned] will be damned, for God condemns no one.(1452)
To St. Faustina: “My daughter, know without a doubt, and once and for all, that only mortal sin drives Me out of a soul, and nothing else.” (1181) AND “My daughter, know that you give Me greater glory by a single act of obedience than by long prayers and mortifications.” (894)

Also from The Diary Of St. Faustina, I quote, “At the end of the road there was a magnificent garden filled with all sorts of happiness, and all these souls entered there. At the very first instant they forgot all their sufferings.” (153)
Here is something else I would like to share with you.
This is why Jesus asks us to live in constant penance for our sins! We should meditate on how much He suffered for our sins, in order that we might reach salvation. We should ask His forgiveness often and love Him for His unfathomable love!

Go in peace and the Love of God
And pray for me
Charles Fears

It is very much like A Christmas Carol? Not in line with offical church visionaries at all. I question the source as well. If such messages are to be shared the messanger is private modest reserved and not openly sharing who their siblings are?
This is most likely a case of a florida clergyman trying his hand at fiction not delivering a great message of faith.

Wow I believe it...and abortion. Yes, it is horrible. I believe the calling on my life is to help change the people's hearts on the issues of abortion

Dear Father:
I loved what you have written about your experiences. It has touched my heart greatly. I believe In Jesus so very much, and the holy family, everything that our Catholic faith teaches us.
I love to read about what heaven is and everything spiritual I can find. God Bless You Father and I know that the Lord is leading you, and you are helping others to find Christ. Respectfully, Julie

Following the death of his brother (some 6 months), my father told me that he had seen him and spoken to him as if he had been there in front of him; it was not a dream that he described, although it had happened whilst he was sleeping...he said it was as if he were awake for about ten minutes whilst his brother `visited` him, and told him he was fine and that so were other members of the family who had passed away. I remember him telling me this about 20 years before his own death.

About four months after my fathers death I experienced a similarly powerful and happy `reunion` with my father; again it was not dream like, it was `real time`; he was happy and joked with me, asking me to give him a hand up out of the airmchair he was sitting in. He was as light as a feather and we both laughed about it. He left soon after, and when I awoke the following morning, I experienced such joy, it was unbelieveable.

I can`t explain it, but I believe my father did visit me.

I can understand you not liking what you read here, but it most definitely is not nonsense.

nonsense

Thank you for this story. You never fail to amaze me. Just when I think I know all the answers, you come up with something like this. You are a blessing to all the world.

2000 degree fahrenheit liar it seems you were dead and took with you a thermometer

Thank you - I enjoyed reading this

God will remain to be god.Praise his holy name!

I only started to look into near death experiences recently. A friend of mine had suggested that people experience much what they expect to. So I did some research. And what I found was astonishing! In actual fact, people tend to experience what they need to. The highest category of people who experience a vision of Jesus in a NDE are atheists. Your family member was given a second chance but he hasn't thought it through to its logical conclusions yet. Thank you for commenting, my friend.

Interestingly a family member of mine drowned when young, and he watched from an elevated position, people pulling him from the water and working on him. I only learned of this recently, and when I asked how he thought this possible if there was nothing beyond death as he believes, he admitted he couldn't even guess an explanation. He is a very good man, does everything right, and yet he still denies the existence of a Creator, of God, of life after death.

Indeed! I know of but one. A list of other priests who claim to have seem heaven, hell and purgatory in a near death experience would be appreciated.

What an extraordinary reaction! You want proof? Just google "Miracles of Lourdes" and be as critical as you like! You obviously have no idea of the rigorous scrutiny the Catholic Church subjects alleged miracles to! Look at the stigmatist Therese Neuman who was observed by scientists and doctors around the clock, all well photographed, filmed and documented. There is an ocean of material out there for one who is willing to research. But you, I fear, have made up your mind and do not want to be confused by the facts.

capetownian, thank you for your comment.



If you can get your head around the vastness of the universe, then it is only one step further to getting one's head around the infinite God who created it.



God's personal interest in each one of us is the flip side of the mystery of His universal greatness. That He humbled Himself to take the nature of a slave and share our human condition is another great aspect of this mystery. That He would become incarnate and willing suffer and die for me personally is phenomenal. No wonder Christians are so enamoured with their God.



God cannot be forced to yield to peoples' prayers. And yet when our greater good will result He does tend to. There are over 200 verified miracles of healing from Lourdes alone. Why would someone, who has benefitted from a gratuitous act of God's kindness, seek financial remuneration? That would be dishonest and unfair. Every canonised saint has to have produced at least two authentic miracles. So let's take just one example, Australia's St Mary of the Cross, whose intercession obtained someone's miraculous cure from leukaemia.

Gee, and here we are on this the third rock from the sun, in an average solar system in the outer ring of the Milky Way galaxy, one of over 100 billion stars in an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the known Universe - and "God" has an interest in each an every one of us?? - the mind truly boggles!!

But that's the power of religious indoctrination from childhood to the grave.

Rick Perry recently held a major prayer meeting in Texas - the ongoing drought - it got worse! "God" must have been taking a nap..??

The James Randi Organisation has a million dollars in prize money waiting for anybody who can produce a "miracle".....put up or shut up, as they say in the classics!

Most sincerely, Wade7Waters, I thank you for reading this story and for giving me the opportunity to respond to your argument. At the outset I would make the point that this is one man's account of his near death experience. As an experience to be shared, EP is the right place, in my opinion. I see no reason to dispute the man's sincerity. I believe, reading this account, that he truly believes that he saw what he saw. But let us, for one moment, leave alone the extraordinary near death experience and just stick to observable facts. The man died. He was pronounced dead. The cause of death was bleeding. He came back to life while being wheeled to the morgue. That alone is extraordinary. I think many verified miracles are too easily dismissed by scoffers.



You say that Christians (sic) are Christians because they were brought up that way. How then, do you account for extraordinary, even miraculous conversions, such as that experienced by St Paul or St Augustine. Or a more recent example, by Pierre de Keriolet, the Frenchman who was an avowed atheist and not only converted to the Catholic Church after witnessing an exorcism, but became a priest? I was not brought up a Christian, but I became one when I was 19 years old, and had to contend with a good deal of skepticism and teasing from other family members.



Now, you say there are no devils, no demons. Did you know that in the Vatican there is an exorcist who works constantly to discern the genuine cases of diabolical possession? I think immediately of the Cure of Ars, St John Vianney, who was attacked constantly by the devil, beaten black and blue. These nocturnal attacks terrified the poor man and he begged some of the strong men in his parish to spend the night at the priory. Well, after what they witnessed, those men fled terrified. Things being lifted up and moved, the priest being lifted in the air and bashed against the wall, the screams and snarls. Or more recently, St Pio, the Capuchin stigmatist, who likewise experienced nocturnal diabolical attacks. You will have quite a job convincing a priest who has performed an exorcism that devils do not exist.



You say there are no supernatural gods in any religion. I say that there is one God and that His existence is easily proven. It is proven from intelligent design, from movement, from causality, from Revelation, from proven miracles. How do you disclaim any one of these? Do you deny that there are proven miracles, for example?



You question the notion of a God who is all good who demands worship from His creatures, who permits suffering, who asks to be accepted on the basis of faith, who ought by His nature to love His creatures unconditionally and who, because He is perfect, should not need creatures anyway.



I say that God is good; He is goodness itself. You are right in that as He is infinite in all perfections and perfectly happy within Himself He has no need for creatures. He did not create us because He needs anything. He created us to give us the chance to share in His own happiness. His creation was an act of free love. And when He created the world, it was perfect. There was no sin and no suffering.



The mystery of suffering is aligned to the mystery of sin. When sin entered the world, so did suffering. The order was disturbed; the perfection was broken. Without free will there would not necessarily have been suffering; there would not have been sin, either. But to share in God's happiness we have to willingly love, and we cannot make a free choice to do that if we do not have free will.



Let us see how your charge of not loving us unconditionally holds up. Jesus chose the good Samaritan to help up as an example. It was the tax collector whose home He wished to dine in. He called the man He knew would betray HIm to the most painful death invented "friend" even in the very act of being betrayed. Unconditional. There are only three people Jesus refused to speak to, and in each case they were people who remained obstinate in sin - Herod, Herodias and Salome. But look at how God tried to help them. He sent St John the Baptist. They murdered him. They refused to give up their serious and public sins.



You ask why did God create us when He already knew what the outcome would be. Was He lonely? I have already shown that being infinite in all perfections and therefore perfectly happy God had no need of our creation, but wished only to bring into existence creatures who might share in His own happiness. It is true that God knew the final outcome of all of us. Does knowing that some people would end up in hell negate the advantage of heaven for others?



Why do we always refer to God as male? He is a pure spirit. The simple answer to this is that Jesus is male and referred to His Father as male.



It is true that all of Adam and Eve's children came from the same parents. They lived to over 900 years of age and had many, many children. The danger of ****** is that it increases the likelihood of genetic abnormalities. But the first humans on earth were very nearly perfect. The danger did not exist. The laws about ****** came later as the human race developed more problems.



It is true that we are all descended from the same parentage. You ask how that can be since there are such big genetic differences. But the fact is, that it is possible for two parents to produce the full range of genetic possibilities in their children. The same parents can have children who are very fair and very dark.



Noah's Ark is real. It has been found. Parts of the Ark have been found around it. Petrified animal feces have been found near it. The graves of Noah and his family have been found.



How to fit all the world's species onto the Ark becomes less difficult when you consider that many animals were young and in hibernation. The Ark was enormous and divided into three decks. Whenever I have seen Bible scholars calculate the dimensions of the Ark and try to compute the likelihood of all the known species fitting onto it, it has been easy. There is plenty of room and more besides for storing all the food.

SCARE THE PEOPLE MUCH?



There are 12 major religions. There are many factions of each, but there are 12 majors.

Each religion has a following that is absolutely certain their religion is the correct true religion.

Christens reject 11 major religions as false and absurd. I just reject one more religion than christens. I reject all 12 as false and absurd.

Christens are Christians because that is what they were taught from childhood because of where they were born. If you were born in a different region you would probably be a different religion and believe just as strongly in it.

People did not become a Christians by researching all 12 religions and choosing the Christen religion. Just like all the other 11 major religions did not investigate any of the other options.

The truth is, there are no supernatural gods of any kind in any religion. There are no devils, no demons no satins. These were created by primitive man out of FEAR of the unknown. The Sun, bad weather, Lightning and Thunder, Solar eclipses and many other mysterious and unexplainable things around them. They were scared and needed someone or some thing to protect them.



The religions need to have a devil to blame when things go wrong. Religions cannot allow any blame to fall on their god. They have to have a devil to blame.

Without a devil and a hell, the churches could not control the people and their entire religion would collapses.



All religions believe God is:

(1) All good.

(2) All loving

(3) All knowing

(4) Perfect in every way

(5) Created all men equally.



Let’s expound on these points. I will start with two and let’s hear more from you.



(1) All Good.



If I were God I personally would love my creations (humans) equally and not let them suffer in any way. I would not make them prove their loyalty to me by blind faith or by worshipping me or by building temples to honor and glorifying me. After all, by definition, I’m perfect I don’t need that.

We do not do our children that way. We love them unconditionally just as a real God would do, if there was one.



Let’s take a look at (3) All knowing.



If God were “All knowing” then he would know the past, present and future. If he knows the future then he already knows your choice’s in life before you even do. He would already know who is going to “heaven” and who is going to “hell” before there even born. Remember, you said “God is perfect”, “God is all powerful”, “God is all knowing”

So I ask, what is the point of life if the outcome is already known by “God” Why did he create us? Was he “lonely?” That’s a sign of imperfection. Why do we always refer to God as a male?



If the Adam and Eve story were true think it all the way through. All of Adam and Eve’s children would have had to procreate by ****** because there were no other humans. Isn’t ****** a Sin? That also means we are all related, White, Black, and all the other races of the world. If that’s true then why the big differences?



Noah’s Ark? Really? Do you know how many species of Mammals and Insects are on this planet? Not possible with even the biggest ship made today. Think people, think.





Please feel free to expound on this line of thought.

Why don't you ask him, jxjose? The story cites his present parish. You could probably google him. He would be delighted to hear from you, I'm sure. Thanks again for your interest. It certainly is a miracle.

I read the story of Fr Jose Maniyangat. Its a miracle. However, I would like to ask him, did he see any noncatholic/nonchristians in Haven apart from bishops and priests ?

Thank you again for this very important story and also for you comments :)

A wonderful story Perserverer!

PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME , IN CHRIST JESUS , AMEN

Solia, I am sorry you are having to undergo the trial of missing Mass. I went through a period in my own life where I could not make it to Mass and the recommendation I was given was to do the Mass readings for the day, the rosary, and offer a spiritual communion until I would be able to go again.



About your abortion, God is a God of love. He understands. Of course He forgives you. He knows how much you want to have a baby. Your decision was made at a time in your life when you were not as grounded in faith as you are now.



Unfortunately, there are souls who do not repent of abortion and it is of note that they were particularly mentioned by this priest. But let's not forget that he took the liberty of mentioning that there were CAtholic bishops in hell too.

Dear Perseverer, Yesterday, was Sunday and as usual I didn't go to Mass. I am afraid to go and get smeared. It happed once already. Maybe I'll write a story about it. Your story here was as close to Mass as I got.



Also, made me so burdened thinking of my abortion. My husband and I are in sooo much pain after my abortion. I wonder if God knows how sorry I am? I wonder if my reasons matter. Anyway, thanks for posting such a wonderful miracle here on EP. You always give the best to us!

Thank you for reading this and leaving comments, Stialane, nelladell and Jh53.



"It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." (2Malachi 12:46) We are in communion with the souls in purgatory by helping them with our prayers and good works.



The doctrine of purgatory is proved from the constant teaching of the Church; but there is also ample proof in the Bible.



"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works." (Matthew 16:27) Sorry, but Luther's claims about works not being necessary don't stand up to what the Good Book actually says.



"There shall not enter it any thing defiled, or any one that worketh abomination, or a lie, but they who are written in the book of life of the Lamb." (Apocalypse 21:27) NB Nothing defiled can enter heaven.



"If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon: he shall receive a reward. If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire." (1Corinthians 3: 14-15)



Luther wanted to deny that faith without good works is dead which is why he eliminated the book of James from the scriptures.



The Catholic Faith did not deceive you, Jen; you just never learned it properly.