God's way is to punish in kind. This law holds in Purgatory as in most other penalties that God inflicts. Those who have pampered their bodies will suffer an exceeding great physical torment. Each sinful indulgence of the body will add to the fierceness of the scorching flames. The intemperate and glutton will suffer a parching thirst and gnawing hunger; the luxurious will be plunged into a cauldron, as it were, of boiling metal, and endure an agony, one moment of which will more than out-balance all the delights of earth. Have I reason to fear in this respect?

Those who have chosen to follow their own will instead of the will of God, who have been proud and ambitious, and rebellious against God, will have far worse things to suffer. The God whom they have forgotten will in His turn forget them; and in the agony of their remorse, they will lament the folly and the sin that has left them in the blackness of darkness. If without self-will there be no Hell, it is also true that without self-will there would be no Purgatory.

Those who have neglected to help the Holy Souls during life will be neglected in their turn. Somehow, others will forget to pray for them, or if Masses and prayers are offered for them, God will transfer the main benefit of these to others. Every one who goes to Purgatory will lament his want of generosity to others while he had a chance of helping them. Slow, indeed, will be the release of those who did little or nothing for the release of others. Try to anticipate the punishments in kind by 1. Mortification; 2. Submission; 3. Charity to others.