There are three possible judgements of God on destination for the soul upon death of the body: Paradise, Purgatory and Hell. Only souls who die in sanctity, which is to say with no stain of personal or original sin, are admitted to Paradise immediately after their particular judgements. Otherwise, if they have died with unrepented grave but not mortal sin on their soul which thus still needs purification, the soul must first enter Purgatory before entering Paradise to insure nothing impure with sin comes into God's presence. (Accumulated) unrepented and therefore unshriven (unforgiven) sin that is not just grave but mortal, for which no expiation is possible to be made (due to the body's death,) leads to Hell, the tormented condition of being in which at minimum there is eternal separation from God with no possibility of becoming close. ("Spem Omnem Derelinquas, Anima" ["Abandon All Hope, Soul"] are traditionally the four words that mark the entrance gate to Hell.) The soul is believed to stay in Purgatory for a finite period of time in order to repair its sins and have them forgiven by God. The expiation must satisfy God's infinite justice before the soul can be admitted to Paradise. The number of months or years in Purgatory is believed to be proportional to the gravity of the sins committed during the earthly journey. The Suffrage Mass is believed to have the power to shorten the expiation sentence if God in infinite justice deigns to exercise mercy and grant the grace of a lesser penalty to the soul for whom the Mass is offered by surviving relatives and other benefactors. The prayer of saints to God can also contribute to reach the same conclusion. When the expiation sentence has satisfied God's justice, St Michael the Archangel is believed to be deployed to Purgatory to liberate these expiated souls and bring them to Paradise. Paradise is dedicated to the vision of the truth and contemplation of the Face of God, which is the highest and last purpose of the human soul. In Paradise a hierarchy of angels and souls pray to and worship God, and live forever in the communion while waiting for the expiating souls remaining in Purgatory to be definitely saved and be rewarded with resurrected flesh in the General Judgement at the end of (earthly) time. Rulings This idea of allowing votive Masses to be said only when