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Shakespeare paints a frightening picture of purgatory. The dead King’s ghost says to his son the Prince Hamlet:


I am thy father’s ghost


Doom’d for a certain time to walk the night,


And for the day confin’d to fast in fires


Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature


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BEATIFIC VISION

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Shakespeare paints a frightening picture of purgatory. The dead King’s ghost says to his son the Prince Hamlet:


I am thy father’s ghost


Doom’d for a certain time to walk the night,


And for the day confin’d to fast in fires


Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature


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The historic Halloween

By ROSES & THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | November 1, 2008 - 12:00am

Today, November 1st, all roads in the Philippines lead to the cemetery. November 1st is All Saints Day, historically referred to as All Hallows or Hallowmas, and has become a day for revering our honored saints and...

Opinion

Two pictures of purgatory

By AT RANDOM | By Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ | November 10, 2006 - 12:00am

November is the month in which we remember our dead. For Catholics it is not mere remembrance. As the Bible puts it, "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their...

Opinion

Gentle giant

By AT RANDOM | By Fr. Miguel A. Bernad, SJ | July 5, 2004 - 12:00am

He was different from the stereotypes. For instance, the stereotype of giants. Unlike the giants of legend and unlike the biblical giant Goliath whom David slew, John Krebs (a giant in height) was gentle, soft-...

Opinion

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