Purgatory is not a
Permanent place, a place that’s
Pinned on the map and never
Changing. A purifying
Place absent pall, the parlor
Pallor while the parliament
Deliberates, Heaven is
Assured in this very place.
One day soon, without a doubt,
Its last inhabitant will
Slip out to join you and me,
Spring into community,
That door now forever closed.
Gary Edward Geraci
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Gary Edward Geraci (
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- Comment from author about the poem: The purifying fires of purgatory - a wonderful act of mercy, our Lord’s mercy and love for each one of us.
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Good write as a poem Gary. But on the Protestant side, we don't believe in such a place.
Yes and I knew that would be girth coming from my Protestant readers. Well, from my own perspective written here, indeed there will be a day when there is no Purgatory (there will simply no longer be a need for it after the world has ended and those souls saved from hell have been mercifully purified (if needed and yes, it is here that we see things differently between our respective faith traditions).
may we travel through quickly
Like a blink of an eye in His great mercy!
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