"its all fair in the end gov "

"I answer that, Even as in bodies there is gravity or levity whereby they are borne to their own place which is the end of their movement, so in souls  there is merit  or demerit whereby they reach their reward or punishment, which are the ends of their deeds.


 Wherefore just as a body is conveyed at once to its place, by its gravity or levity, unless there be an obstacle, so too thesoul  the bonds of the flesh being broken, whereby it was detained in the state of the way, receives at once its reward or punishment, unless there be an obstacle

. Thus sometimes venial sin, though needing first of all to be cleansed, is an obstacle to the receiving of the reward; the result being that the reward is delayed. And since a place is assigned to souls  in keeping with their reward or punishment, as soon as the soul is set free from the body

 it is either plunged into hell  or soars to heaven
 unless
 it be held back by some debt,
 for which its flight must needs be delayed until the soul is first of all cleansed."



as i grow senile i note i mellow
  and am today as i write this
   not a very harsh judge of my fellow hu-creatures

wherefore
i take that tripartite system
hell heaven and purgatory
 to suggest very few soarings and plungings

yup i figure  most of us souls
   are headed for the mountain hike depicted below  :