June 9, 1978

IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW THE DOGMA OF THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. ONE MUST LIVE IT!

We are souls from Purgatory. Write, brother.

We are souls being purged, and we were waiting for this meeting, that undoubtedly will result in blessings for you and for us; the love that unites the children of God, whether they are in time or already outside of time, is always useful and fruitful in blessings.

The dogma of the Communion of saints, for him who believes in it, and makes an effort to live it, always brings holy fruits for both groups. Certainly, Brother Octavio, we do not need to make any effort to believe or to live the sublime and stupendous reality of this dogma; in contrast, for you, pilgrims upon earth, the exercise of the divine life of grace is necessary; the exercise of the faculties of your soul is necessary:

- First, the exercise of your intelligence, which should seek to know the existence of this dogma, to know its origin, that is, where and how it was born, to know the effects that it produces in one who not only knows it, but lives it.

- The exercise of your will is necessary. To want to know it, to want to accept it, to want to live it, is always an act of the will.

- The exercise of the memory is also necessary, which should always keep it present to the intelligence and to the will, so that the latter can desire to live it.

Brother Octavio, this is not all. The dogma of the Communion of saints, just like all other supernatural realities, does indeed demand the natural exercise of the soul, described above, but before all and above all, it demands the exercise of the divine life of grace, inserted into the soul, and therefore, it demands:

- The exercise of So that this dogma may be truly lived, it is necessary to believe firmly and strongly, without veils or limitations.

- The exercise of charity, of true love, not fictitious, not illusory, real love accompanied by works, and you all know what works the nature of this dogma demands.

- The exercise of hope, which like a transparent light may make you glimpse and desire the beneficent effects that this dogma will convey to you and to us, when it is known, desired, and loved.

How many treasures remain to be discovered and to be evaluated

Brother Octavio, we have spoken to you about this marvelous, stupendous reality, and if there were other, more efficacious words, we would use them, to make you understand how many treasures there remain to be discovered and to be evaluated, on behalf of many Christians who ignore, who do not see, and therefore who do not perform works, resulting in harm for themselves and harm for us. Brother Octavio, the gift of life is not enough; but rather, it is necessary to live it, whether it be physical life, intellectual or spiritual. Of what use is a life that is not lived? How much good not done, how much good neglected and omitted, because of superficiality of faith, of hope, and of charity, marvelous gifts, but so often wasted by an incomprehensible lukewarmness and negligence.

You should all well know that your possibilities of doing good in relation to us, constitute an inexhaustible and potential reserve. Whatever work you may perform, raise it up from the natural level to the supernatural level of grace, and then add: “for the holy souls of Purgatory,” and if they are already things of the supernatural order, such as holy Mass celebrated or heard, it is enough to add the above mentioned intention. If you go out for a walk, for a purchase or for any other thing that you do or think, do it always only for the love of the Lord, and in suffrage for our souls.

To you, men of the earth, it is incumbent to give a green light

You know, brother, that on our behalf the response would be, and is, immediate; for ourselves we can do nothing, but for you we can do very much, but it is you yourselves, who live in faith and in trials, who should, so to speak, give a green light, to make this dogma of the Communion of saints operative.

Brother Octavio, it is certain that your material and spiritual necessities are very numerous; then why not take into consideration that we also, purging souls, can help you very much to resolve your problems, both personal and social? If you only knew what this means: Purgatory! If only Christians knew it, who so quickly forget us, who so quickly forget their promises, who live their faith so poorly, who instead of thinking about our souls, think only about the putrefaction and ashes of our bodies!

Our brother Octavio, how much could be done, and should be done, in charity and in justice, in relation to us!

Let us greatly intensify our communion, and the effects and blessings of God will be abundant.

In waiting ....

The souls of Purgatory