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QuietKarlos
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This is by far the hardest part of getting a plenary indulgence. Really, it is the only condition that is in the least bit difficult, but it is difficult enough, that you really donāt need any more difficulty.
I am not normally one to talk about my spiritual life, but the way I approach this ā plenary indulgences or no plenary indulgences, that doesnāt even enter into it ā is to make up my mind, every moment of my life, that I am not going to commit any sins at all, neither mortal nor venial. Truth be told, I really do not make a distinction in my life between mortal and venial sins ā I do not say āwell, a venial sin is just that, only venial, so Iām not going to knock myself out trying to avoid them, or at least the ones that are just too hard to give upā. When I go to confession, I say explicitly to the priest that I have the virtual intention of obtaining any indulgence for which I am eligible, both plenary and partial. I do have a besetting venial sin, or rather, group of sins. I will not discuss what that sin is, but I will say that it has absolutely nothing to do with sex, furthest thing in the world from it. I fall into this sin daily. But I do not want to. I try to make up my mind that this is the very last time I will ever commit this species of sin. Do I have āno attachment to sin, even venial sinā? I try. I certainly try to be of that mindset at the time I pursue a plenary indulgence. What more can one do?
Just food for thought. I have a real issue with the concept of going into the confessional, and coming out of the confessional, with even one venial sin on oneās soul that is unrepented and for which the sinner has no firm purpose of amendment. How can you be absolved of all your sins, if youāre not sorry for all of them? And of course, that would make a plenary indulgence impossible. I donāt want that sinner to be me.
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