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Let’s begin helping the Holy Souls

Why are souls in purgatory called ‘Holy Souls’? Souls that make it into purgatory start a period of ‘purgation’ or purification of their sins. A soul must be completely clean with no sin and no attachment to sin when they die to enter Heaven and spend eternity with God. This is because God is sinless, pure and full of light. These souls have some darkness in their souls due to sin, but with the start of the purging of their sins, they are holier at this point then when they died, therefore ‘Holy Souls’. The Catechism tells us that a soul that makes it into purgatory is guaranteed to eventually make it into Heaven. When this happens, they’ll go from Holy Souls to Saints.