Quarto anno postquam sponsa vidit supra proximam visionem, vbi quedam anima fuerat condempnata vsque ad diem iudicii ad purgatorium, videbat sponsa iterum eandem animam presentari in diuino iudicio per angelum quasi iam semiplene vestitam, pro qua ipse cum celesti milicia orabat Dominum. Quam tunc Christus totaliter liberauit a penis et vt stellam fulgentem transmisit ad gloriam precibus angelorum et sanctorum et lacrimis et suffragiis amicorum viuorum.
The Intercession for the Soul
An angel and the heavenly host present a soul before the Judge, seeking mercy through their collective intercession.
After this, in the fourth year, I saw the radiant young man again with the soul mentioned just before, who was now almost fully clothed, though not yet completely. He spoke to the Judge sitting on the throne, whom thousands upon thousands attended, and whom all adored for His patience and love: Judge, this is the soul I was praying for, and you answered that you would consider it. Now, therefore, all of us standing here ask again for your mercy on her behalf. And although we know all things in your love, we still speak in a human way for the sake of your bride, who hears and sees these things spiritually, even though human things are not like ours.
The Weight of Mercy
The Judge explains how works of charity and tears reduce the burden of judgment, granting the soul liberation.
The Judge replied: "If a cart were full of grain stalks, and many people took one stalk after another, the total number and weight would be reduced." That’s how it is now. For many tears and works of charity have come before me on behalf of this soul, and so the judgment is that she should come into your care.
The Glory of Eternal Rest
The soul is welcomed into the incomprehensible glory of God's presence, described as a place beyond all human thought.
And you, bring her to that rest which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and which the soul itself, while in the flesh, could never have imagined—a place where there is no heaven above nor earth below, where the height is beyond all thought and the length beyond all words. There, the breadth is wondrous and the depth incomprehensible; there, God is above all things, and outside and inside them; He rules all things and contains all things, yet He isn't contained by anything. After this, the soul seemed to ascend into heaven, shining as brightly as a star in its own brilliance. Then the Judge spoke, saying:
A Warning to the Living
The Judge issues a final warning regarding the pride of the deceased's descendants and the coming judgment.
The time is coming soon when I will pronounce my judgments and execute justice against the descendants of this deceased person, to whom this soul belongs. For as this generation rises up in pride, it will fall to the retribution of its pride.
Read the original Latin
Post hec autem in quarto anno iterum vidi iuuenem fulgentissimum cum anima supra proximo dicta, que erat iam quasi vestita sed non ad plenum. Qui dixit iudici sedenti in throno, cui milia milium assistebant et omnes adorabant eum propter pacienciam eius et caritatem:
"O iudex, hec est anima illa, pro qua orabam et tu respondisti velle deliberare. Nunc omnes igitur nos assistentes iterum petimus pro ea misericordiam tuam.
Et licet nos omnia scimus in tua dileccione, tamen propter sponsam tuam, que spiritualiter hec audit et videt, loquimur humano modo, licet humana non sint nobiscum."
Respondit iudex: "Vbi currus plenus esset aristis spicarum, si multi homines vnus post alium auferret aristam suam, minueretur numerus atque pondus. Sic est modo. Nam lacrime multe et caritatis opera venerunt ante me pro anima ista et ideo iudicium est, vt veniat ad custodiam tuam.
Et tu defer eam ad requiem, quam nec oculus videre nec auris audire valet nec anima ipsa in carne cogitare poterat, vbi non est celum supra nec terra deorsum, vbi altitudo est inexcogitabilis et longitudo indicibilis,
vbi latitudo mirabilis et profunditas incomprehensibilis, vbi Deus est supra omnia et extra et intra, regit omnia et continet omnia nec ab aliquo continetur."
Post hec autem anima illa videbatur ascendere in celum ita fulgens sicut stella fulgentissima in fulgore suo. Et tunc loquebatur iudex dicens:
"Veniet cito tempus, quo proferam iudicia mea et faciam iusticiam contra progeniem huius defuntci, cuius est anima ista. Quia cum superbia ascendit hec generacio sed ad retribucionem superbie descendet."
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