Purgatory

Purgatory is thought about often about by church followers as a scary place. It is the place between earth and heaven where you are purified completely of your sins so that you are capable of going to heaven in a holy state. Many people are scared and terrified of the aspect of purgatory. Personally, I love the idea because it helps me realize that God loves me and tries his best to help me reach my goal of heaven. Its like bowling. In bowling, you try to knock over all the pins (go to heaven) but you don't always bowl a strike. You have to try again until you knock them over and even if its a spare you still reach your ultimate goal. This is how purgatory is; purgatory is the equivalent of trying to get that spare to reach your goal ultimate goal of Heaven. Whereas getting a gutterballs gives no chance of knocking over pins and signifies how lost you become from that goal of salvation in Hell. Catechism 1031 says that "The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire: 'As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.'"