A Thought on Purgatory, for All Souls Day. By C.S. Lewis
Our souls demand Purgatory, don't they? Would it not
break the heart if God said to us, 'It is true, my son, that your breath smells
and your rags drip with mud and slime, but we are charitable here and no one
will upbraid you with these things, nor draw away from you. Enter into the joy'?
Should we not reply, 'With submission, sir, and if there is no objection, I'd
rather be cleaned first.' 'It may hurt, you know' -- 'Even so, sir.'
C.S. Lewis From "Letters to Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer".
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