How many times can we receive the coronavirus plenary indulgence?

[howmanyds]

If we meet the conditions every day, can we receive the coronavirus indulgence repeatedly in order to offer it for the many of our deceased?

Similarly, when we offer an indulgence for the deceased does it need to be offered for someone by name, or can we give it to Mary to dispense as she sees fit?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

You can get a plenary once per day.
I would presume that also applies to the Coronavirus plenaries also.

Please note that if you are in some area where Holy Communion has been suspended, and you are not planning on “making up” all the Holy Communions when we are able to receive again, you may want to ask your priest to commute the condition for Holy Communion and let you just make spiritual communions instead (one per plenary).

You can give Mary your indulgence to give to a soul of God’s choice. You do not have to name a particular person.

 

[howmanyds]

Are specific indulgences not limited one per customer, as are toilet paper and bags of rice?

 

[Tis_Bearself]

As I said, plenaries are limited to one per customer per day.

Each new day, you can get a new plenary.

I don’t see a restriction in the Vatican decree that you can only get the plenaries listed in there one time.

 

[Sirach2]

If any of you watched the Ubi et Orbi blessing from our Holy Father, the announcer said specifically that the “usual conditions” are not needed for that blessing and plenary indulgence. All that is required is that the person have no attachment to sin, not even venial sin. I hope this will be aired again later today.

I did contact my parish priest after I saw the notice in Manual of Indulgences by the USCCB that they have the authority to commute the usual conditions if there is a legitimate hindrance, which we all know is the inability to attend mass and confession. He gave official commutation, so I am not required to make it up after this crisis is over. He did ask that I make a spiritual communion whenever I view the mass. EWTN offers this each day during the communion portion of their mass.

Today was absolutely beautiful, since the choir sang all of Mother Angelica’s favorite hymns in honor of the 4th anniversary of her death. I cried when I heard them sing Ave Verum Corpus. So moving! Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus KV 618 - YouTube

 

[howmanyds]

I wondered about that statement myself.
First, if the statement applies to both the Urbi et Orbi plenary indulgence AND to the ongoing covid19 indulgence for all the faithful who did not include themselves in the pope’s blessing today.

It was my understanding that we should still be making a spiritual communion and as close to a perfect act of contrition as we can in lieu of Eucharist and Reconciliation. I’m not sure if the announcer’s statement was undermining that requirement too or just reiterating that we don’t need to have the sacraments in person right now, but therefore SHOULD be doing the spiritual forms.

Either way, not a bad idea to attach a spiritual communion and act of contrition to our desire for the plenary indulgence regardless.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

If any of you watched the Ubi et Orbi blessing from our Holy Father, the announcer said specifically that the “usual conditions” are not needed for that blessing and plenary indulgence.

If you mean on EWTN, I do not pay attention to what they said about indulgences because they have made a couple glaring errors in the past talking about them in normal times. I believe the same announcer or same team of announcers provides the feed to Vatican News as well.
I took their statement to mean - worded in a very confusing way - that we are not required to go to Communion or Confession right now, but the Vatican decree is very clear, I think, that we must be planning to do that in the future. Obviously we are going to be going to confession again, and we are also going to be praying for the Holy Father’s intentions one would hope (I note that the nightly Rosary which the Archdiocese of Philly runs on livestream, which they have stated is indulgenced under the decree, requires us to pray for the Holy Father’s intentions and they always include that prayer at the end of the stream). So the only issue is the Holy Communion which it’s beginning to seem everybody is somehow trying to get out of having to receive.

People are free to do what they want of course, I follow the manual of indulgences and the written Vatican decree, and when there is a confusion, I err on the side of “doing more” rather than “doing less”. If there is an issue, a person can ask the priest to commute the need for Communion as we already discussed in the other thread.

In my opinion, indulgences are already a gift of the Church, and they are there to motivate us to do our best for the Lord; not to cut corners when it’s not absolutely necessary to do so. God is giving us a gift. Do we want to give him less than our best, when we’re able bodied and will presumably be able to go to Communion again? I am sure if it is someone who is sick in bed and cannot receive except when someone brings them the sacrament, that the priest would commute that condition if the person simply asked.

 

[Sirach2]

People are free to do what they want of course, I follow the manual of indulgences and the written Vatican decree, and when there is a confusion, I err on the side of “doing more” rather than “doing less”.

Talk about doing more … I have been glued to my TV all day from mass at 8 a.m., the rosary following, the pope with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and his blessing, the stations of the cross, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Too bad we can only receive one plenary, rather than all of them, which were eligible.
I would offer all of them for the Poor Souls, but I took the Ubi et Orbi for myself.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

You can hope for 99 percent partials on the others, or maybe they will all combine to help one or more souls just as a plenary would.

I know even when I do a plenary it might not be 100 percent because maybe I didn’t pray my best or I wasn’t fully detached from sin even though I thought I was. When that happens, I would hope Mother Mary applies my partials to make up the difference.

 

[Sirach2]

I forgot about the partials. That is also a blessing. The positive result of this virus is the opportunity for us to participate in all of these devotions daily. I never did so much as I did today - praise be to God!

 

[SPONP4US]

I have never come across the word commute before, I assume it means remove the need for? Also should I contact my parish priest to ask for this? Or any priest? I do have a parish I am registered at but I attend many different Churches and the one Infrequent most is not my actual parish ,though I live closer in the parish area.

I’d have thought since Confession is difficult and actual Communion impossible, that we would not be required to do these things to fulfill the conditions which where previously freely available. Yes of course I hope to receive the Sacrements in the future, but if I die before the Corona Virus stops, do I not receive the indulgences because of lack of physical communion and confession in person?

I would find that very hard to believe and am of the attitude and faith that I have received the Planetary indulgence (if It applies) or a partial Indulgence and do not need to weigh myself down with technicalities over conditions during this time. I don’t see it as cutting corners I see it as God reaching out to us like so many time before, out of pure Love.

 

[Margaret_Ann]

I hope this will be aired again later today.

8 PM EDT on EWTN.

 

[OurLadyofSorrows]

If any of you watched the Ubi et Orbi blessing from our Holy Father, the announcer said specifically that the “usual conditions” are not needed for that blessing and plenary indulgence. All that is required is that the person have no attachment to sin, not even venial sin. I hope this will be aired again later today.

Yes, and a lost of works for indulgences were given, including reading spiritual works, Praying a Rosary, Praying Divine Mercy Chaplet and a few others.
This prayer service is available to view on Vatican Media services now.
All usual requirements are suspended. The requirements are given at the end of the service if anyone wants to review them.

 

[Sirach2]

I have never come across the word commute before, I assume it means remove the need for? Also should I contact my parish priest to ask for this? Or any priest?

The regulation in the Manual uses the word “Confessors” may commute the requirement. Presumably that might be your pastor or the one to whom you most often go for confession. I simply emailed my priest and he understood and gave the commutation, but encouraged me to make a spiritual communion instead.

I hope to receive the Sacrements in the future, but if I die before the Corona Virus stops, do I not receive the indulgences because of lack of physical communion and confession in person?

Yes, you receive the plenary, one per day, provided you have added these conditions to your devotional exercise:
a) prayed for the intentions of our Pope; (Our Father & Hail Mary)
b) had the intention of ending the corona virus, praying for those infected, their caregivers, and those who have died that they may receive salvation;
c) have no attachment to sin, not even venial.