'Canonical' Penances?

[DL82]

Do some traditionalist priests/communities still give out penances based on the old canonical norms, i.e. sin x = n days of fasting?

If so, how does this fare? I can’t imagine going to confession and being given hundreds of days of fasting for my penance. If that’s the stated penance, does that then mean that you can go and pray the rosary or the stations of the cross (being a plenary indulgence) instead of doing the prescribed number of days?

In a way, this seems like a much more satisfying way of having confession, because you know when you’ve done enough penance to remit your time in purgatory, though I’m not sure it’s still valid since they stopped expressing the value of partial indulgences in the same way anymore.

 

[JuanCarlos]

Do some traditionalist priests/communities still give out penances based on the old canonical norms, i.e. sin x = n days of fasting?

If so, how does this fare? I can’t imagine going to confession and being given hundreds of days of fasting for my penance. If that’s the stated penance, does that then mean that you can go and pray the rosary or the stations of the cross (being a plenary indulgence) instead of doing the prescribed number of days?

In a way, this seems like a much more satisfying way of having confession, because you know when you’ve done enough penance to remit your time in purgatory, though I’m not sure it’s still valid since they stopped expressing the value of partial indulgences in the same way anymore.

I don’t think this has ben practiced since the middle ages; by the early 20th century the old “Days/years” system of penance was long obsolete.

 

[rajgpl059]

I would wait before going out and making a big dollar purchase on the Liturgy of the Hours. In about five or six years there will probably be a revised edition based on the new ICEL translations of the proper. (My four volume set has lasted me 15 years, and even though they are becoming a bit tattered, I’m not about to spend $150 dollars for something I won’t be able to use in five years.)

I would highly recommend using the site Joe linked to read the readings for the Office of Readings, and purchase the Little Office of Our Lady for morning and evening prayer. It is easy to use, doesn’t have as much flipping around, and is really rather beautiful. The Little Office has been used by many religious orders and third orders, and many saints have recommended it for the laity.

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[baltobetsy]

Indulgences which were expressed in numbers of days did not, as is often believed, refer to the number of days in purgatory that could be done away with. This is one big reason why the number system was discontinued.

What it refers to is the number of days of public penance to which the indulgenced work would be equivalent. No hint about how much purgatory could be remitted.

Betsy

 

[Joe_Kelley]

I have been going to Confession for nearly 70 years, in a variety of areas. The few times the penance has not been a number of Our Father’s, Hail Mary’s and/or Glory be’s it has been one of the newer priests who asked me to do a work of kindness for someone, or something on that order. Have never been assigned fasting or anything in that line.