Heaven Speaks to Those Who Fear Purgatory

HEAVEN SPEAKSTO THOSE WHO

FEAR PURGATORY

Direction for Our Times As given to “Anne,” a lay apostle

“Heaven Speaks to Those Who Fear Purgatory”

Direction for Our Times As given to “Anne,” a lay apostle

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Table of Contents

December 21, 2006Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1St. Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5St. Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9St. Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Blessed Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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December 21, 2006 Jesus

My beloved children harbor many fears.This is understandable. The fears of onecan be transmitted to another and this isnot good. During this time, fear spreadsthrough the world quickly, almost instan-taneously, through the media. Perhaps yourise on each day and look out and see thatthe sun is shining. It is a good moment foryou. I am with you, you are fed, and My sunis shining. But this is not enough. You lookto see what is happening in other parts ofthe world. Through communications thatare often unnecessary for you, you learnthat there is war, disaster and famine. Youlook out again but the joy you had taken inthe sunshine is gone. How can you feel joywhen in another place there is war, disas-ter and famine? You fear immediately thatthese things will come to you.

I want you to be aware of the needs of oth-ers and if a cross comes to you, I want youto carry it with dignity. But I want you toremain in your life, paying attention toyour tasks. My friends, few are serving inthe area where I have placed them. They

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are isolating themselves, listening toevents from everywhere else in the world.In the meantime, events in their own areaspass unheeded and untended. It is truethat I will use communications to furtherMy renewal. I will use everything I can tosave souls. But I want less time given overto the consideration of the crosses andchallenges of others and more time givenover to the crosses and challenges in frontof each one of My children. My enemy isusing these communications to inflate thefears of My children. Fear is not from Me.Because there is disaster in one area doesnot mean that you are assured of disasterin your area. Children, listen to Me. It isgood to sympathize with others throughconstant prayer and concrete assistance.It is not good to be inundated with imagesof disaster. This is not from Me. In each sit-uation of upheaval, there are holy menand women acting as apostles and helpingMe. They are becoming saints throughthese situations. My angels are present, aswell as My saints. I am present. I am sus-taining many and reaping a harvest forheaven in every event that occurs in yourworld. When each soul completes theirtime on earth and comes to Me, there is jus-


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tice. You do not see this on your televisions.You do not read this in your newspapers. Iam barely represented in these communi-cations so you must not look to these com-munications for truth. Look to Me, inprayer, and there you will find truth.

I make reference now to the fear harboredby many that they will suffer unbearablyin purgatory. My friends, you see unjustand seemingly unbearable suffering onearth and you are fearful. You then trans-fer this fear to Me because if injustice isallowed on earth, surely injustice isallowed in the heavenly Kingdom. This issimply not true. There will be no injusticehere and you will not suffer physical painin purgatory.

Perhaps this does not comfort you. Per-haps you understand how sinfully youhave behaved and you fear just punish-ment. If you feel this way, you have notspent enough time resting in My compan-ionship. You do not know Me. You do notunderstand heaven or its many kingdoms.I do not hold this against you. It is for thisreason I am giving you these words. Do notbe afraid of the process of purification


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that awaits some of you after your deathand before your entrance into heaven.There is nothing to fear. You will find thatI am all compassion and mercy. I do notseek to condemn you, but to save you. I amyour friend and I love you. Even if you arenot My friend now, at this time, I have hopethat you will change your mind andbecome My friend later, at the time of yourdeath. A friend does not prepare pain for aloved one coming in from a long journey. Afriend prepares a time of recovery if it isnecessary and that is what I have pre-pared for you. Think of time in purgatory,as time for recovery. You will recover andgrow in purgatory if, together, you and Ifind that you need this. I will take care ofyou always.

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St. Andrew

God’s friends in the world have a certainamount of trust in Him. There is not enoughtrust in Him, it is true, because there is reallyno way for a soul on earth to fully understandthe Godhead and what flows from Him. Butthe small amount of trust that souls on earthhave for God is well placed and benefits eachperson immensely. Truly, a life lived one waywould be lived in a completely different way ifa person allowed heaven to place greater trustin their soul. I am telling you this todaybecause I look at you and I want you to livedifferently. Your life can be altered if you trustGod. You will bring far more souls to theFather if you trust God. Yes, it is all abouttrust. Many say they trust God but then theyfear purgatory. I am not trying to catch you insomething. I am trying to reveal to you a pos-sible discrepancy in what you say and whatyou feel. It is good to identify this discrepancy,if it exists, in order to correct it. If you followGod, you do so because it is the right thing todo. You are wise. I tell you today that it is theright thing to do because God is good. God is all love and love generates, by its nature,


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mercy. It can do no less. A loving heart is asoft heart. A loving heart is also a wise heartand in its wisdom the wise heart understandswhat is best for the recipient of perfect love. Inthis great love and wisdom, God allowed forrepentance. He did not have to do this. He didnot even have to create us and when you get toheaven you will understand how good our Godis and how infinite is His love. But God, in Hislove, did create us and allowed for a life foreach of us. God understands our weaknessand delights in the process of perfection thatwe embark upon through fidelity to Him.God’s expectations are realistic and compas-sionate. God expects that we will experienceour weaknesses and God understands that attimes we may travel down paths that leadaway from Him. God could have said, “Youcannot be admitted to heaven unless youbecome perfect on earth.” He could have saidthis, my friends. He is God. But He did not. Hesaid, instead, “I will allow for the imperfec-tions of My beloved created ones. I will helpthem by allowing them, if necessary, to com-plete this process of purification in the safetyof My Kingdom.”


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Purgatory is another extension of God’s gen-erosity. You will be safe there. In consideringthis as a possibility, you must rejoice. Fear ofpurgatory is unnecessary and inappropriate.

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St. Andrew

Do you know people who believe that Godexists but who persist in living for themselvesand for their physical appetites? Of course youdo. There are many like this. These peoplebelieve in God and they believe God is good.These people are not bad people. They do notrejoice in evil. I am referring here to a personwho is on the side of goodness but who couldnot be bothered working very hard for that side.He leaves the work to others, perhaps evenadmiring and applauding their efforts. In theworst cases, he actually ridicules and impedesthose who serve God.

What would be just for this person? Let us con-sider.

Because there is little self-sacrifice, there is lit-tle growth. Eventually, this life ends and thisperson meets Jesus. This person has more fail-ures in love than successes. There are manymoments of failure in this life because when theLord needed this one to say “No” to self and“Yes” to God, this person refused and decidedfor his personal enjoyment. There is time


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squandered and love squandered. In meetingJesus and being exposed to the Lord’s pure,total, selfless love, how do you think this personfeels? Pause for a moment and think about this.

Now, my friends, I have just described purga-tory for you.

Is it just and merciful that this person beallowed to see his life and his failures, as wellas his successes? Is it helpful to this person, interms of healing? Will each person benefit fromthe truth? My friends, in order for this personto enjoy heaven and be comfortable in heaven,he must at the very least understand heaven.Unless the person examines himself honestlyand repents, he will not be in a condition togrow. Time in purgatory allows for this under-standing and this growth. This person willexamine his failures so that he can understandwhat would have been the holy response. Then,this person will come to terms with the fact thathe rejected God’s will and he will accept him-self and forgive himself. After that, he will bewith others who have been purified in the sameway and he will experience fellowship, learn-ing about tolerance and acceptance of the pain


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of others. Shortly after that, this person will beat complete peace with himself and the life helived and he will come to heaven, experiencingunity with Jesus and community with the saints.

Do not fear purgatory. It would be like fearingmedicine that could immediately alleviate pain.You would not fear such a medicine. You wouldtake it with the greatest eagerness and thankGod for it. Think of purgatory in the same way.

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St. Andrew

Because Jesus needs to spread joy, He is givingjoy in great abundance to those who acceptHim. Jesus wants to give you this joy. Fear ofdeath and what comes after death takes awayfrom the joy that Christ wants to give you. AskJesus to remove any fear of purgatory that youare experiencing. Look ahead to your deathand your life after death with confidence andrejoicing. If you do not feel this, ask for it. I willpray for you and help you. Together, you and Iwill ask God to remove your fears and replacethem with the greatest trust in God’s mercy.When you accept this and believe it, you willrejoice and you will begin to spread God’smercy because you will be unable to containsuch good news in your own heart. It would belike knowing there is a wonderful surprise com-ing for your family. How difficult it would be tokeep that wonderful surprise to yourself, par-ticularly if you saw others downhearted andanxious. You will share God’s mercy if youallow God’s mercy to penetrate your heart.Confess your sins and repent of them and donot be afraid of God or anything that comesfrom God. Again, I will help you.

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Blessed Mother

My poor little children are encouraged to be anx-ious and fearful. This is not from heaven, mybeloved ones. This is from heaven’s enemy. Do notbe afraid. Bring your fears to me and I will helpyou to step away from these fears. I love you somuch and I see so clearly how the enemy seeks tofill you with fear. If you get to know Jesus, yourfears will recede and recede again, and soon youwill be unable to remember what it was that cre-ated such fear and anxiety in you. Jesus is theanswer and the remedy for all fear. With regard tofear of purgatory, I must say that you will not beabandoned in purgatory. Your remorse will feelgood to you because it will be founded in truth.The truth of purgatory will fill you with relief.This world promotes what is not true. In otherwords this world promotes deception and distrac-tion. In purgatory you will experience the greatestrelief at knowing the truth and knowing that youwill never again be deceived or uncertain. My lit-tle children, because you do not understand thedepth of the deception in this world, you cannotunderstand the depth of the relief you will feel inthe next world. Trust your mother who never leadsher children astray. If you require time in purga-tory, you will be grateful to be there and you willexperience the most profound gratitude to God for


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seeing to your needs in such a merciful way.Peace, little children. I am with you.

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The Volumes

Direction for Our Times as given to “Anne,” a lay apostle

Volume One: Thoughts on Spirituality

Volume Two: Conversations with the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

Volume Three: God the Father Speaks to His Children

The Blessed Mother Speaks to Her Bishops, Priests and Religious

Volume Four: Jesus The KingHeaven Speaks to PriestsJesus Speaks to Sinners

Volume Six: Heaven Speaks to Families

Volume Seven: Greetings from Heaven

Volume Nine: Angels

Volume Ten: Jesus Speaks to His Apostles

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Promise from Jesus to His Lay Apostles:May 12, 2005Your message to souls remains constant. Welcome each soulto the rescue mission. You may assure each lay apostle thatjust as they concern themselves with My interests, I willconcern Myself with theirs. They will be placed in MySacred Heart and I will defend and protect them. I will alsopursue complete conversion of each of their loved ones. Soyou see, the souls who serve in this rescue mission as Mybeloved lay apostles will know peace. The world cannotmake this promise, as only heaven can bestow peace on asoul. This is truly heaven’s mission and I call every one ofheaven’s children to assist Me. You will be well rewarded,My dear ones.

Allegiance PrayerDear God in Heaven, I pledge my allegiance to You. I giveYou my life, my work, and my heart. In turn, give me thegrace of obeying Your every direction to the fullest possibleextent.

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