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IN ANNALS OF SAINTS IS CONVERT'S STRIKING DEDICATION TO THOSE
SOULS IN PURGATORY
MAGDALEN OF THE SERAPHIC
ORDER
By
Susan Tassone
St. Margaret of Cortona
was a great sinner in her youth. She lost her mother when quite young, and so
was mostly left to herself. Her beauty and lively temperament soon led her
into a sinful life which lasted for a considerable time. She was swept off her
feet by a handsome young lord. They lived together for many years but the young
lord would never consent to marriage. They had a son together.
One day the
Lord went
off to inspect his estate and was assassinated.
Margaret left
Montepulciano for her father’s home in Cortona. Her father and stepmother would
not welcome her or the young son. She went to the Franciscans, who gave them a
place in their home and provided Margaret with spiritual direction.
Margaret
became a Third Order Franciscan and her son later became a Friar Minor. She
founded a hospital, St. Mary of Mercy, still in operation today. And
interestingly enough, she
became known as the Magdalen of the Seraphic Order.
After her conversion,
the most striking was her love and devotion for the poor souls in purgatory, for
whose deliverance she sacrificed her time and rest.
Not only did Magdalen show
compassion for the poor souls, but she always remembered her deceased mother
and father who had rejected her and her son, and her uncharitable step mother.
She offered up communions, Masses, and other good works.
And God revealed to her,
that she had very much shortened their sufferings in purgatory as a result --
delivered their souls from purgatory much sooner than it was determined and they
were in Paradise.
Margaret prayed with great ardor for all the
dead whether known or unknown to her. It was her special daily occupation. Her
every thought and desire was tending toward the release of the suffering souls.
This was her only goal. She
forgot her own self for all the merits which she gained by her virtuous and
penitential life and bestowed
unselfish love on her poor suffering souls in purgatory.
Great
was Magdalen's reward for it! As she lay on her death-bed, she saw a crowd
of souls, released by her suffrages, hastening to her side to form, as it were,
a guard of honor -- escorting her to eternity!
If we pray, we shall
find prayers; if we offer our suffrages, we shall find them; if we free others,
we ourselves shall be freed.
Those who practice
charity will received charity. Those who are merciful will receive mercy. Whoever frees a soul from purgatory will find a host of friendly souls
surrounding them on their deathbed. “Blessed is he who considers the poor!
"The Lord delivers him
in the day of trouble; the Lord protects him and keeps him alive.” (Psalm
40:2)
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