Indulgences and Bedtime prayers

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Where might I find a list of partial and plenary indulgences? May I recieve more then one per day?
Is there a good prayer to pray before going to sleep?
 
I can’t answer your first two questions, but I have a before bed prayer I love.

Prayer for Daily Neglects
Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all Its love, all Its sufferings, and all Its merits.
First, to expiate all the sins I committed this day and during my life. (Say a Glory Be)
Second, to purify the good I have done badly this day and during all my life. (Say a Glory Be)
Third, to supply for the good I ought to have done, and that I have neglected this day and during all my life. (Say a Glory Be)

I don’t know who wrote this prayer. It was introduced to me by Carmelite Friars. Supposedly, a Poor Clare Sister appeared to her Abbess after death, when the Abbess was praying for her soul, to say that she had gone straight to Heaven because the nightly recitation of this prayer was applied against her debts.
 
You can get as many partials as you want per day, but only one plenary. Remember that if you want the plenary you need to satisfy the “usual conditions” (no attachment to sin, confession within 20 days, and one Holy Communion and set of prayers for the Supreme Pontiff’s intentions per plenary indulgence).

The currently available indulgences are listed in the Enchiridion of Indulgences. It’s been revised several times. This is one of the older revisions, so a couple of the newer indulgences are likely missing from it, but the ones on this site should all still be good.

http://www.dominicanidaho.org/indulg.html
 
Just to be clear, that is mostly going to be the same book as the link I gave you that is posted on the web…just an updated edition, which as I said, likely contains a few additional indulgence.
 
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Just to be clear, that is mostly going to be the same book as the link I gave you that is posted on the web…just an updated edition, which as I said, likely contains a few additional indulgence.
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There have been four editions. Compared to the second edition you linked, the latest has the number of plenary indulgences reduced, in addition to adding or reducing partial indulgences, and there is a fourth general grant added in the fourth edition.

Enchiridion indulgentiarum: normae et concessiones, editions:
  • 1 June 28, 1968
  • 2 October 1968
  • 3 May 18, 1986
  • 4 July 5, 1999
Latin version is given here: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/tribunals/apost_penit/index.htm
 
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What exactly got reduced/ removed for plenary indulgences since 1968? Do you have specific examples?

The “Big Four” plenary opportunities (rosary, Stations, Adoration, and Scripture reading) are still in force, which covers 90 percent of what people do to earn plenaries, or at least covers 90 percent of what I do. People like Fr. Heilman and Susan Tassone constantly promote these as well.

It’s been my impression that the number of plenary indulgence opportunities has actually increased since 1968, because of the addition of Divine Mercy plenary indulgences and the addition of plenaries for various group events like the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the March for Life.

I agree with you that the lack of a current, unedited, English translation online of the current edition of the Enchiridion of Indulgences is a huge pain in the neck. For one thing, the current edition has had sections renumbered in a big way so it is impossible to refer someone to an appropriate numbered section using the old edition. However, I was not aware that plenary indulgences in force in 1968 were actually done away with some time between then and now.
 
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I know the Salve Regina has a partial indulgence, I pray it after the night prayers.
 
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What exactly got reduced/ removed for plenary indulgences since 1968? Do you have specific examples?

The “Big Four” plenary opportunities (rosary, Stations, Adoration, and Scripture reading) are still in force, which covers 90 percent of what people do to earn plenaries, or at least covers 90 percent of what I do. People like Fr. Heilman and Susan Tassone constantly promote these as well.

It’s been my impression that the number of plenary indulgence opportunities has actually increased since 1968, because of the addition of Divine Mercy plenary indulgences and the addition of plenaries for various group events like the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the March for Life.

I agree with you that the lack of a current, unedited, English translation online of the current edition of the Enchiridion of Indulgences is a huge pain in the neck. For one thing, the current edition has had sections renumbered in a big way so it is impossible to refer someone to an appropriate numbered section using the old edition. However, I was not aware that plenary indulgences in force in 1968 were actually done away with some time between then and now.
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I can’t give a list at this time, however the fourth edition text comments on the reduction (see below). BTW, the previous version was not 1968 but 1986 3rd ed.: Handbook of Indulgences, Third Edition, 1986
Ad indulgentiam plenariam quod attinet, opportunum visum est earum numerum congruenter minuere, ut christifideles indulgentiae plenariae aequam aestimationem faciant et eam, debitis ornati dispositionibus, acquirere valeant.
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BTW, the previous version was not 1968 but 1986 3rd ed.: Handbook of Indulgences, Third Edition, 1986
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Yes, I know. I referred to the 1968 edition because it is the easiest one to find on the web - there are two separate websites that have it up and always come up in Google search for “enchiridion of indulgences”.

I realize there were some intermediate versions between 1968 and current, but I did not use or keep up with them. I guarantee you in 1986, indulgences were not on my mind whatsoever although they probably should have been. So my comparisons are based on 1968 vs. current, as I have the 1968 one on the web and the current one in hardcopy form in the house.

I suppose it’s possible there was some increase in plenaries in the intermediate editions that was then decreased for the current edition, but as I didn’t read the intermediate editions I wouldn’t be aware of it. I’ll take a look at this Holy Joe site. I haven’t seen it before because I usually search on the word “Enchiridion” and that site is calling it “handbook”.

I made my own reference spreadsheet of current plenaries organized by date, as that’s easier than flipping through the book trying to figure out what feast days have special plenaries attached if you say a certain prayer.
 
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Well, I just went through three editions of the Enchiridion and I’m baffled as to what they “reduced” in terms of plenary indulgences. It must have been something obscure that I wasn’t doing anyway, because everything I’ve been doing for the past year appears to be still in there.
 
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Well, I just went through three editions of the Enchiridion and I’m baffled as to what they “reduced” in terms of plenary indulgences. It must have been something obscure that I wasn’t doing anyway, because everything I’ve been doing for the past year appears to be still in there.
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The numbering is changed so that the list is shorted, but the actual number is not reduced. Earlier grants were broadened, such as the recitation of the Marian Rosary or the Akathistos hymn, the reading of Sacred Scripture, visiting sacred places, jubilee celebrations of ordinations. A fourth general grant for Christian witness of faith was added.
 
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What exactly got reduced/ removed for plenary indulgences since 1968? Do you have specific examples?
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I’m posting back to this thread because I did some research today and I found one plenary indulgence that was in the 1968 edition of the Enchiridion, and a few subsequent editions, but is now only a partial as of 1999 Handbook. I had this one on my list to check because there have been some questions about it on the web.

The 1968 edition of the Enchiridion provided a plenary indulgence for reciting the Tantum Ergo on the Feast of Corpus Christi (which the handbook calls the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ). This indulgence appears to have been removed for the 1999 edition.
You can still get a plenary on the Feast of Corpus Christi by participating in a eucharistic procession on that day. However, the recitation of the Tantum Ergo before the Blessed Sacrament is now only a partial indulgence.

This is so far the only plenary I’ve found that has been removed between 1968 and 1999.
 
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