‘Purgatory in center of globe’
The Manuscript of Purgatory is one of the few publications that I really treasure because it sustains more than just belief, but also some excitement over the afterlife. It fertilizes that thought that nothing, no matter how seemingly paltry, is lost in this life for as long as every act is done with God in thought and, therefore, God in the everlasting future.
Allow me then to share more from the Manuscript,
that conversation between Sister Mary of the Cross (then still alive on earth) and the deceased Sister Mary Gabriel over some years until the latter’s deliverance from Purgatory.
This part of the series is most interesting as it tells us of how some people immediately reach Heaven and how others still have to pass through Purgatory.
Again in response to a question, Sister Mary Gabriel said:
“God often accords more graces through the intercession of these suffering souls than through the prayers of the saints. Let the Father (a priest), when he wishes to be sure of obtaining what he wants, ask the souls who have loved Our Lady most. These, in consequence, she wishes most of all to release. He will see whether his prayer is heard or not.
“There are some souls who do not live continually in Purgatory itself . . . For instance, I accompany you wherever you go, but while you rest during the night, I suffer more, because then I am actually in Purgatory.
“The Father was very right when he told you never to seek anything but the holy will of God in all you do. To see His will in all that happens to you, whether in sorrow or in joy, will be for your happiness. Oh, be doubly good in order to give pleasure to God who is so good, who is so particularly good to you. Have the eyes of your soul always open to anticipate His least wishes. Be beforehand with Him, as it were, to give Him pleasure. The more you try to please Him, the more He will give you. He will never allow Himself to be outdone in generosity. On the contrary, He always gives more than is given Him. Be unrelenting, therefore, in devoting yourself to His love and glory.
“The English woman, who was drowned at Mont Michel, went straight to Heaven. She had the necessary contrition at the moment of death and at the same time the baptism of desire. All this happened through the intervention of St. Michael. What a happy shipwreck!
The health worker will be inside the sealed booth and will use a bio-chemical gloves extended to the patient standing outside the booth," he explained.
An airconditioner is also installed inside the booth for the comfort of the health worker while the patient's area is an open ceiling to allow free-flow of air.
Guintu said the swabbing booths can accommodate 10 patients per day but are operational on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only.
All specimens taken will be sealed and secured in an ice cooler will be brought to the Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital for testing, and results are expected to come back in three to five days, he added.
"With our own swabbing facility, the exposure of patients will be minimized. This is very important especially to those who will turn out to be non-infected as the chances of them getting infected only during the travel or in their stay at the hospital is possible," he said.
The mayor, meanwhile, ensured that all persons who will undergo swabbing will be subjected to strict quarantine either in their homes or in the local governmentoperated isolation facility while waiting for test results.
For the meantime, Guintu said priority will be given to close-contacts of Covid-19 positive patients, health workers and other frontliners, and those who have referral from doctors.
"Through these facilities and along with other stringent anti-Covid 19 measures we are implementing in Masantol, we are hopeful that we could contain the quick spread of virus in our community," he said.