Hell wins our attention.

Dante’s Inferno hooks us with its grotesque punishments, its lurid sins, and its seductive stories—because we recognize that depravity in ourselves.

But the canticle that will save your soul is Purgatorio.

In the Purgatorio, Dante provides a map for the soul’s ascent to God—an entire library of resources to assist the soul in becoming beautiful as Christ is beautiful.

It is the most human of the canticles—a story of failure, forgiveness, and perfection.

Your soul needs the Purgatorio. Here is why.