Month of the Holy Souls 4 November 2022   Autumn is by far my favourite season of the year.  I enjoy the cool, crisp weather, the changing colours of the leaves, and of course, it's the month for one of my favourite devotions - that of the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Rarely does a day go by without me praying for the Holy Souls, and asking their prayers in return.  These brothers and sisters of ours rely on our help in their process of purgation before entrance into heaven.   Firstly though, let's clear things up, gentle reader.  Purgatory is not a miniature version of hell.  Hell is the absolute absence of love and goodness; purgatory is chock-a-block full of both.  Unlike heaven or hell, purgatory is only temporary, although it would be mistaken for us to apply our conception of time to any state after death.  It is a state for a soul, which has died as a friend of God, freed from all stain of mortal sin, but which needs purification ...