Christus loquitur sponse de quodam, qui male vixerat et in morte habuit bonam voluntatem se emendandi, si viueret. Et dicit, quod propter illam voluntatem bonam non iudicatur ad penam eternam sed ad horribile purgatorium.
The Mercy of a Final Will
Christ reveals that even a life lived in opposition to Him can find grace through a sincere desire for amendment.
The Son spoke to the bride, saying: "The person who is now ill, for whom you are praying, was far too indifferent toward me and lived his whole life in opposition to me." But now, tell him that if he is willing to amend his life, should he escape death, I will still grant him grace. Let him be urged, therefore, toward a will to amend, because out of my great mercy and the bitterness of his punishment, I have compassion on him."
The Justice of Purgation
Following the soul's death, Christ explains that while mercy spares the soul from eternal punishment, the necessity of purification remains severe.
And when that same person died before the first hour of the office, the Lord appeared to the bride again and said, "Look, consider how just I am in my judgment!" This person, burdened by such great weakness, came to my judgment; and although he was judged to receive grace because of his good will, his soul will still endure such bitter punishment in purgatory before it is fully purified that no mortal can even imagine it. So, what will those people suffer who get their own way in everything in this world and are never troubled by any hardships?
Read the original Latin
Filius loquebatur sponse dicens: "Ille, qui nunc infirmatur, pro quo tu oras, nimis remissus fuit circa me et fecit totam vitam suam michi contrariam.
Sed nunc facias ei dici, quod, si habuerit voluntatem emendandi se, si euaserit mortem, adhuc dabo ei graciam. Moneatur ergo ad emendacionis voluntatem, quia ex magna misericordia et amaritudine pene eius compacior ei."
Cumque idem ante prime decantacionem moreretur, iterum apparuit Dominus sponse et ait: "Ecce considera, quam iustus sum in iudicio meo!
Iste, qui tanta infirmitate grauabatur, venit ad iudicium meum, et licet ex voluntate bona fuerit iudicatus ad graciam, tamen, antequam ad plenum sit purgatus, sic in purgatorio amarum habebit anima eius supplicium, quod nullus mortalis est, qui possit illud cogitare.
Quid ergo pacientur illi, qui omnem voluntatem suam habent in mundo et nullis tribulacionibus fatigantur?"
Revelationes (Heavenly Revelations) companion
Keep going — one revelation a day
The full 496-chapter Revelationes lives in the Chosen Portion app, served as free daily portions.
Birgitta's revelations arrived over three decades of daily attentiveness, and the Chosen Portion app lets readers receive them the same way — one portion per day.
- Finish the guided path in 8 weeks at roughly 15 minutes a day
- All 8 books, 496 chapters, in modern English — the complete transmitted text
- Daily delivery so a 30-year masterwork becomes a sustainable habit