You can watch Fr. Donald Haggerty’s homily from this morning’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral here.
The doctrine of purgatory is a doctrine about God. It’s a reminder to us about the majesty and infinity of God. We need to pass through purification before seeing God.
There’s a beauty to this as we hear in the first reading today.
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