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"In this life there is no purgatory; it is either hell or paradise; for to him who serves God truly, every trouble and infirmity turns into consolations, and through all kinds of trouble he has a paradise …More
"In this life there is no purgatory; it is either hell or paradise; for to him who serves God truly, every trouble and infirmity turns into consolations, and through all kinds of trouble he has a paradise within himself even in this world: and he who does not serve God truly, and gives himself up to sensuality, has one hell in this world, and another in the next." - St. Philip Neri
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Oh, so beauitiful!
Ultraviolet
"for to him who serves God truly, every trouble and infirmity turns into consolations," Tell that to St. Bartholomew who was skinned alive. Mexican drug cartels still do it when they uncover an informant or undercover police officer. They post videos as a warning to others. It's an ugly, ugly way to go and the victim lives through the entire flaying when it's done properly. There's no consolation …More
"for to him who serves God truly, every trouble and infirmity turns into consolations," Tell that to St. Bartholomew who was skinned alive. Mexican drug cartels still do it when they uncover an informant or undercover police officer. They post videos as a warning to others. It's an ugly, ugly way to go and the victim lives through the entire flaying when it's done properly. There's no consolation in it and it's as close to the torments of Hell as any living person is likely to experience, aside from those who still get burned alive by Muslims.

St. Philip Neri, by contrast, died a quck, natural death in bed.
Eva
"A most excellent means of learning how to pray, is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord." – Saint Philip Neri, whose feast is today