Soul Suffers for Not Teaching and Praying for His Son
This morning the Angel came and took me to Purgatory to visit the Holy Souls. There were many men in this part of Purgatory. One of them, very distinguished-looking and dressed in a suit, stepped forward to greet me. He did not seem old. I did not know who he was, and he did not reveal his name.
He said, “Do you know I did my best for my son while I was on earth? I used to buy him things. I used to do everything for Him. I would leave the things I bought for him in his room, hoping he might use them and change. He never appreciated it, and he never thanked me, and I never saw any change.
I said to the man, “Material things don’t matter. Maybe what you should have taught him was about the Faith, about religion. That would have been more useful to him.”
He lamented and said, “You know, I am the father of the boy, and because I was always buying him things and giving him everything, now I have to suffer. I should have talked to him about the Faith and prayed for him silently. Instead, I tried to change him with material things. Now, I have been shown that I shouldn’t have done that. I should have given all that to God, prayed for my son and taught him what would truly help him. But I didn’t, and now, because of all of that, which I tried so hard to do, I have to suffer for it.”