It would be an Honor if I can offer the Plenary Indulgent for Fr. Allard.
Pope Benidict XVI Grant this for the year of the priest.
but I am not sure that we can do this for a living priest.
any one help me check to see if we can do this. PLEASE.
continue praying for Fr. and NIM.
Our Father…
Hail Mary…
Glory Be…Amen


YES, WE BELIEVE IN MIRACLES


An intention such as that carries very much love, because we desire the spiritual well-being of the other living person.
So please don’t be too disappointed that this is not actually permitted.(Lots of other prayers are possible . Also I do remember reading something in the Divine Mercy about praying the Divine mercy Chaplet by the bedside of a dying person. I’ll see if I can find it. We should bear in mind that this would be based on a revelation to St. Faustina though).
Norm # 3 from the **Handbook of Indulgences, *Norms And Grants ***(1991 , Catholic Book Publishing Co. , NY) states :
- No one gaining an indulgence may apply it to other living persons.
For the sake of argument, some assert that this does not necessarily have to be the interpretation of Canon 994, which states :
All members of the faithful can gain indulgences, partial or plenary, for themselves, or they can apply them by way of suffrage to the dead.
However, that argument is, in large part, unfounded, because indulgences have not so much to do with technicalities as they do with intention.
When we gain an indulgence for ourselves, we desire to gain the indulgence; we are open to it and we express/manifest/confirm our desire and/or openess by fulfilling the conditions required to gain the indulgence. Unfortunately we cannot be certain that another living person whom we wished to gain the indulgence for or apply it to would also desire that indulgence, or be completely open to it … no matter how holy they might appear to be on the outside.
That being said, there is no *Unused or Unapplied Indulgence Department *in Purgatory. The holy souls long to be with our Blessed Lord with a longing so intense that we couldn’t understand it unless we were there. Indulgences help bring the holy souls into that unspeakable joy in the arms of Our Heavenly Father.
So, if I were, for example, to gain an indulgence and then through our Blessed Mother, apply it to a soul in Purgatory, adding, “Blessed Mother could this soul please intercede for [such and such a person]”, I would be enlisting a powerful prayer ally and gaining a new friend forever grateful.
Speaking of Our Blessed Mother, it is the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows today. She is the patroness of Father Allard’s Order. He belongs to the Order of Servites (o.s.m.) or as they are known in French, Les Servites de Marie.
newadvent.org/cathen/13736a.htm
Father Allard will have concelebrated the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows with the Chaplain today. That will make 8 consecutive times he has concelebrated and presided as scheduled. During those times, there were certainly some wrinkles and some difficult situations, but it apparently wasn’t anything your / our prayers couldn’t handle … :grouphug:. Father Allard said he welcomes your prayers.
Thank-you and God bless each and every one praying on this thread. I’ll try to check back in a few days.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners,
Now,
And at the hour of our death.
AMEN.