Forgiveness Burns Brightest At Heaven’s Gate | November 2, 2025

In this episode, Monsignor Don Wolf explores All Souls Day through the lens of communion across time and the hope of purgatory as purifying love. A hospital story, Scripture, and the saints help illustrate why praying for the dead is not empty sentiment but solidarity in Christ.• one Church that includes the living and the dead• universality of grace from Adam to the apostles and to us• communion with saints and ordinary faithful across centuries• why prayer for the dead matters and how it helps• purgatory as the experience of cleansing love, not a place• forgiveness in Christ and the truth of our lives held together• time and presence rethought in light of eternity• practical invitation to remember and pray for specific souls************Father Don Wolf is a priest of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Living Catholic also broadcasts on Oklahoma Catholic Radio several times per week, with new episodes airing every Sunday.