Mystery Trail - The Bridge of the Souls
Sometimes in life we are skeptical to events that we do not know or do not understand, however there are times when the uncertainty gives us a lesson, so dear readers do not think we know everything, try to see beyond what surrounds us, because we do not know when the paranormal will give us a lesson that we will never forget, get comfortable and enjoy this terrible story.
Many years ago, in a sector called the Almendron located on the outskirts of the town of San Andres, there was a rumor that at nightfall a group of people dressed in black, covering their faces with a veil, were seen passing by the bridge that connected to the cemetery. Its inhabitants affirmed that they were the blessed souls of purgatory. Julia Garcia and Carlos Fuentes, both philosophers and interested in paranormal stories decided to undertake the trip to the place; where they would meet with Mrs. Nicolasa Quintero; a long-lived ninety-eight years old, one of the first inhabitants of the place, by that time she was the oldest person in the sector, she knew and had lived the experience of seeing these souls up close. From the capital to San Andres, the trip was twelve hours. Some time later they arrived at the site, at seven o'clock at night; they stayed in one of the inns of the town. Because the Almendron, where Mrs. Nicolasa lived, was an hour away.
The following day
At last the day came to meet the so called Nicolasa. Julia thought, they hired a driver who would take them to the Almendron. The trip ends and they arrive at the old woman's house; a humble house but sparkling clean, the granddaughter of the woman received them and suggests them to enter, and with a kind gesture she says feel at home, here is my grandmother, both philosophers were surprised to see the lady, standing upright and preparing coffee; she received them with a huge smile, that woman has more years than my mother and looks younger, she thought Carlos..... Neither her voice nor her legs tremble when she walks. After greeting them, she tells them to make themselves comfortable, this is for a long time, enjoy the coffee and now tell me, how did you hear about this legend? because this town is where the devil lost his pants.... And she laughed. Julia begins the interview but not before asking her if she can record everything she tells him, she says of course mija! This is important for everyone to hear, especially for the unbelievers.
The interview begins
Julia begins the dialogue and asks Mrs. Nicolasa, "How long have you lived in this place?" ...... She says, "Oh, my lady, since I was born ninety-eight years ago. When I was a child in this town there was no electricity or domestic gas, so my brothers and I had to live here, by the way! I am the youngest of seven siblings, all deceased, only I am left. Well, as I was telling you, we used to go to the forest to get firewood, with my father and brothers, to get there we had to cross the bridge that crosses the cemetery; one day we took longer than usual and it was starting to get dark. My worried father hurried us along the road, we did not understand why, when we reached the bridge we met a group of people dressed in black covering their faces with a veil, their hands together and in chorus we could hear a murmur of voices praying. My father told us not to look at them, walk without looking, I being the most curious of my brothers, I wanted to turn around and my father slapped me and told me not to turn around, they are the souls of purgatory .... The souls of purgatory?..... He continued explaining, they are called this way to the souls of those whose persons died in friendship with God, but still with imperfections that they must purify, this hour they go to the church in a process, that will prepare them so that they can enter heaven, they go to the church because the father indicates to pray for the souls of the Purgatory. As long as they do not achieve this goal, they will continue to pray for the souls in Purgatory. ...........
Julia and Carlos, amazed by this story, continued listening to the old woman, after taking a sip of coffee Nicolasa told them: you have not seen the souls. They nodded their heads in the negative. The woman told them if they wanted to see them they should go to the cemetery road and stand on the side of the bridge at dusk and they would see them!.... They both looked at each other and decided to do as the woman suggested...... While she continued her story....... The souls of Purgatory by themselves cannot get out, but we can help them, praying for them and offering Masses, indulgences, Rosaries....... In fact, there are many people in the area who express their devotion to the souls in purgatory and dedicate Monday as a day to offer them prayers, actions or light candles to intercede on their behalf, this is a kind of transaction or agreement based on the belief that the prayers of the living help to cleanse the souls of the souls so they can ascend to heaven more quickly. In exchange for these prayers, the souls intercede before God and achieve the agreed favors, such as healing from an ailment, obtaining a lost object or avoiding a tragedy. On the other hand, there is a belief that when someone is close to death, the animas approach that person and pray for their soul...... But if they fail on a Monday and do not light the candle they get angry and take people out to the street, according to what happened to a woman who lives around the corner...... I did not see her but that's what they say around here!......
The truth is that everyone tells their own version, I tell mine...... because I lived it in my own flesh. The truth is, my boys, that people must learn to live on earth, to do no harm, to get rid of greed, envy, intrigue, because otherwise when we leave the earthly plane we will become a spirit or soul that cannot ascend to Paradise because we must purge, trapped in Purgatory, because of the sins committed, we will be left wandering the world without being able to rest in peace. Carlos, listening to the wise words of the old woman, felt ashamed of himself, because he had not behaved very well with his children, after his divorce he neither frequented them nor helped them financially. For her part, Julia felt like the worst of women, because she was about to be unfaithful to her husband...... thought God! What am I doing, I don't want to be left wandering around like those animas after I die! ......... After the philosophers finished their interview, they decided to wait until the evening to corroborate Nicolasa's story..............
Nightfall arrived on the banks of the bridge.
Julia and Carlos set up the cameras to record the possible scene of the Souls of Purgatory. Being in the place at the appointed time five minutes later they heard, prayers of a confused and devout crowd walking in the dark in the middle of a religious chant, they did not get to see the crowd, however they heard the voices coming from the earth itself singing the Hail Mary or praying the Rosary. Suddenly, in the light of a moon that was beginning to rise, they saw a group of people in black with veils, their greatest surprise was to see among the crowd Mrs. Nicolasa and her granddaughter. They were almost deprived of the impression. Immediately they decided to flee the place and went to the old lady's house to tell her what had happened, even more surprised, when they arrived at the old lady's house it was in ruins...... they decided to ask the neighbors, their skin crawled, when they were told that it was impossible to talk to Mrs. Nicolasa because she died more than a year ago. Nicolasa because she died more than five years ago with her granddaughter due to a traffic accident and the house has been uninhabited since then...... the young philosophers, still without getting over their astonishment, decided to go to the village church and talk to the parish priest, to tell them what had happened, the priest told them, calm down I believe you, maybe! Nicolasa took the opportunity to tell them that she needs their prayers to be able to pay the outstanding sins or faults as well as her granddaughter. And warn them to leave aside the sin so that they are clean and do not have to stay in that dreaded place surrounded by fire and anguish, it is a long process and they must wait there until the stain of their sins disappears and they are worthy of ascending to heaven, to achieve this purification the souls must be in continuous prayer, begging God for forgiveness.
Back to the Capital
From that experience, Julia and Carlos decided to be better people, they left vanity aside, material things took a back seat and they dedicated themselves to take that message to many places, trying to persuade people to live correctly so as not to end up in purgatory, being trapped in that limbo lost between heaven and hell. One must live without offending, slandering, defrauding, swindling or envying. To be able to ascend before God! Without wandering in purgatory. The truth is that it is not enough to appear to be good, or change religion and deceive people making them see that they have changed and are good people, you can only observe the works of someone and believe that surely reach paradise without many problems, however God, who sees the feelings, attachments, actions and hidden sins, is the one who decides if you still have much to purify, or is clean of sins to occupy the Kingdom of God. If the world continues as it is today, where people forgot their good manners, left aside their indolence, only focused on material things, on thinking about themselves, stopped being grateful to those who once reached out to them, mistreated their parents, raped, murdered and stop counting...... They will surely wander wandering on the bridge of the souls until they pay for all their sins.
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