Where is Purgatory in the Bible?

Mike Gormley and Dave VanVickle answer questions from listeners, discuss the Biblical evidence behind purgatory and the best logical responses to support it. They also explain the acolyte and their role in the celebration of the Holy Mass.

Snippet from the Show

“What is Purgatory? It is the application of the merits of Jesus Christ to my soul so that even my desires are in union with God’s will for my life.”

Shownotes

“Then lie down on your left side, while I place the guilt of the house of Israel upon you. As many days as you lie like this, you shall bear their guilt I allot you three hundred and ninety days during which you must bear the guilt of the house of Israel, the same number of years they sinned. When you have completed this, you shall lie down a second time, on your right side to bear the guilt of the house of Judah forty days; I allot you one day for each year… And the water you drink shall be the sixth of a hin* by measure; each day you shall drink it. And the barley cake you eat you must bake on human excrement in the sight of all. The LORD said: Thus the Israelites shall eat their food, unclean, among the nations where I drive them.” (Ezekiel 4:4-6, 11-13)

If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, the work of each will come to light, for the Day will disclose it. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire [itself] will test the quality of each one’s work. If the work stands that someone built upon the foundation, that person will receive a wage. But if someone’s work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire. (1 Corinthians 3:12-15)

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup.For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. (1 Corinthians 11:27-29)