Freeing Souls from Purgatory

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Below is a citation that I am referencing. It is from this website…catholicity.com/prayer/rosary.html

Here is what I am asking:

1. Is this valid (CCC reference)
2. Can this same approach for spiritual preparation be used for other indulgences than freeing souls from purgatory?
3. Has anyone ever done this, or can speak about this personally?

Thanks guys Happy Thanksgiving!

Meriting a Plenary Indulgence

The Catholic Church, exercising its authority to “bind and loose on heaven and earth,” and in perfect accord with God’s Mercy, has set the following conditions for the granting of a plenary indulgence for those who pray the Rosary:

Be in a state of grace--that is your soul is free from mortal sin.
Be free from attachment to--that is, not in the habit of--venial sin.
Go to confession several days before or after praying the Rosary.
Receive Holy Communion on the day you pray the Rosary.
Say a prayer for the Pope.

By fulfilling these simple (but often difficult) conditions, you merit the grace to release one soul from Purgatory. While we are free to ask God to apply this grace to a particular soul, God can do as he pleases, according to His Will and Mercy. You can also ask God to apply this special grace to your own soul. A plenary indulgence will relieve the temporal punishment due to sin (it will not absolve the sin or cause the sin to be forgiven).

 

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Below is a citation that I am referencing. It is from this website…catholicity.com/prayer/rosary.html

Here is what I am asking:

1. Is this valid (CCC reference)
2. Can this same approach for spiritual preparation be used for other indulgences than freeing souls from purgatory?
3. Has anyone ever done this, or can speak about this personally?

Thanks guys Happy Thanksgiving!

Meriting a Plenary Indulgence

The Catholic Church, exercising its authority to “bind and loose on heaven and earth,” and in perfect accord with God’s Mercy, has set the following conditions for the granting of a plenary indulgence for those who pray the Rosary:

Be in a state of grace--that is your soul is free from mortal sin.
Be free from attachment to--that is, not in the habit of--venial sin.
Go to confession several days before or after praying the Rosary.
Receive Holy Communion on the day you pray the Rosary.
Say a prayer for the Pope.

By fulfilling these simple (but often difficult) conditions, you merit the grace to release one soul from Purgatory. While we are free to ask God to apply this grace to a particular soul, God can do as he pleases, according to His Will and Mercy. You can also ask God to apply this special grace to your own soul. A plenary indulgence will relieve the temporal punishment due to sin (it will not absolve the sin or cause the sin to be forgiven).

The Church has no doctrine on this. It does not teach that if you say a specific prayer it will release one or more souls from Purgatory. Pray daily for the souls in Purgatory but please do not think that you have released X number of souls because that is not a Church teaching.