We cannot make such a comparison. The rich man who provides for the offering of Masses for the repose of his soul has a better chance of diminishing his purgatory than the rich man who makes no such provision.
Radio Replies Volume 1 by Rev. Dr. Leslie Rumble MSC and Rev. Charles Mortimer Carty
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- Christ said that a rich man could not enter Heaven.
- Yet Priests accept offerings for Masses under false pretenses.
- You sanction the great shame of almsgiving.
- So purgatory has been able to extort millions!
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- I have no religion and am well off; the poor wretches who practice religion do not seem to gain much by it.
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- How do you prove the existence of such a state?
- Don't Priests visit the bereaved and tell them that so many dollars are required per week for Masses?
- When did God make purgatory?
- Considering that Christ preferred to die amongst thieves, what would He say of the rich today?
- A man has every chance to repent in this life.
- On that score, Catholics would go on praying and having Masses said as long as they live.
- If a plenary indulgence be applied to a certain soul in purgatory there would be no more need to pray for that soul.
- Look at England's progress since she became Protestant.
- When I think of the expense, I think too of the poor and ask why so much money should be wasted.
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