Apologetical Rosary,Where is Purgatory in Scripture?

The Apologetical Rosary

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this learning Rosary
when you're exercising
on a treadmill. Just put your
smartphone on the 
book ledge and read along 
as you exercise.

Use the little checkbox

to keep track of your progress.

See the examples below:

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Intention:
By praying this decade, 

may God open our hearts
and minds
to a fuller understanding
of the Doctrines of the Catholic Church.

With the Crucifix
make the Sign of the Cross.

And, since this is

a learning prayer,

let us make the 

Triple Sign:

May the Word of God

be ever on my mind

 (touch the crucifix to your forehead

then your nose

then your your left cheek

then your right cheek) 

On my lips

(touch your nose

your chin

the left corner of your mouth

then the right corner of your mouth)

and in my heart

(cross your heart)

In the name

of the Father,

of the Son

and of the Holy Spirit

(Finish with 

the regular sign 

of the Cross 

i.e. forehead, chest, shoulders)

and still on the Crucifix
pray the Apostle's Creed:

I believe in God,
the Father Almighty,
Creator of Heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son Our Lord,
Who was conceived
 by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
 suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
died, and was buried.
He descended into Hell;
the third day
He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into Heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God,
the Father almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge
the living and the dead.
 I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
 the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body
and life everlasting.
Amen.

On the first big bead
pray the Our Father:

Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

On the next three beads
pray three Hail Mary's:

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
Amen.

For faith:
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith
it is impossible
to please him: ....

Hail Mary...

For hope:
Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope:....

Hail Mary...


For love:
Romans 13:10
....love is the fulfilling of the law.

Hail Mary...

On the next big bead
 pray the Glory Be:

Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now,
and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

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Where is Purgatory
in Scripture?

Purgatory is not

directly explained

in Scripture.  

But it is 

strongly implied 

throughout.

still on the big bead:

Our Father...

First verse:

Purgatory is the doctrine
that a soul must
be cleansed of all
sin before it
enters heaven.

Revelation 21:27
27 And there shall
in no wise enter into it
any thing that defileth,
neither whatsoever
worketh abomination,
or maketh a lie:
but they which are written
in the Lamb's book of life.

Hail Mary...

Second:

Only those whose
spirits have been 
made perfect
will enter the 
Kingdom of Heaven

Hebrews 12:22-23
22 But ye are come
 unto mount Sion,
and unto the city
of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem....
23 To the general assembly ...
and to the spirits of
 just men made perfect,

Hail Mary...



Third:
In Purgatory,
the souls of just men
are purified by fire.

1 Corinthians 3:15
15 If any man's work 
shall be burned, 
he shall suffer loss: 
but he himself shall be saved; 
yet so as by fire.

Hail Mary...



Fourth:
There is a 
Spiritual Prison
about which 
Scripture speaks

1 Peter 3:19
By which also he went
and preached unto
the spirits in prison;

Hail Mary…



Fifth:
Where Satan 
punishes the
imprisoned soul

Revelation 2:10
Fear none of those things
which thou shalt suffer:
 behold, the devil
shall cast some of you
into prison,
 that ye may be tried;
 and ye shall have tribulation ten days:
 be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee a crown of life.

Hail Mary...



Sixth:

Jesus also mentions
a prison from which 
one will not be released
until he pays the 
last penny

Matthew 5:25-26
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly,
whiles thou art in the way with him;
lest at any time the adversary
deliver thee to the judge,
and the judge deliver thee
 to the officer,
and thou be cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee,
Thou shalt by no means come out thence,
till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Hail Mary...

Seventh:

Suffering to expiate
sin is a Biblical
Doctrine and 
the basis of 
Purgatory

1 Peter 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered
 for us in the flesh,
 arm yourselves likewise
with the same mind:
for he that hath suffered
in the flesh
hath ceased from sin;

Hail Mary...

Eighth:

The purification
of our spirits
begins in this life

1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith,
 being much more precious
 than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire,
 might be found unto praise
and honour and glory
 at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Hail Mary...

Ninth:

We must suffer
to expiate our sin
even after 
we have been forgiven

2 Samuel 12:
13 And David said unto Nathan,
I have sinned against the Lord....

Even after David was forgiven
he still suffered all the curses
which were pronounced
against him for his sin:

The sword never departed his house
his children turned against each other
and against him and the child born of
his adultery, died.

2 Sam 12: 13....And Nathan said unto David,
The Lord also hath put away thy sin;
 thou shalt not die.
14 Howbeit, because by this deed
 thou hast given great occasion
to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme,
 the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

verse

Hail Mary…



Tenth:
Unless we suffer
we will not inherit
the Glory with
Jesus

Romans 8:17
And if children,
then heirs; heirs of God,
and joint-heirs with Christ;
 if so be that we suffer
with him, that we may be
 also glorified together.

Hail Mary...



On the next big bead

Glory Be...

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To conclude:

HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy,
our life, our sweetness and our hope!
To thee do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve;
 to thee do we send up our sighs,
 mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy toward us,
 and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
 O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy
 of the promises of Christ.

On the Crucifix,
end with  the Sign of the Cross:

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