Some evenings after prayer I can be in meditative state. During those times I can have small chats with souls in purgatory. This is allowed by Jesus and a gift he has given me.

While praying for souls in purgatory I ask them to join me in prayer. I even prompt them to do a sign of the cross. I know a priest who I pray for who quietly says ‘thank you’.

My cousin Brendan died in 2013 suddenly of a heart attack. He was a kind jovial person and once things opened up for my wife and I in 2019 I began to include him in my prayer.

Anyway the other night I had a small talk with him. My wife revealed that he is in mid purgatory which is not too bad. He appeared in my mind to be inside a dimly lit Church. He sat calmly. Then…