Indulgences, or pardons, and gaining them

[pinctor]

I discover that many of my usual prayers attract pardons. Do I have to request these or they automatic? And if I request them do I do so before or after the prayers?

 

[fred_conty]

I discover that many of my usual prayers attract pardons. Do I have to request these or they automatic? And if I request them do I do so before or after the prayers?

As I understand it, you do need a general desire to gain all the indulgences that you can
receive from your prayers and actions.

Here is a Handbook of Indulgences 1992, if you wish to purchase one.
amazon.com/Handbook-Indulgences-Catholic-Book-Publishing/dp/0899425852

 

[DihydrogenOxide]

Yep, and here is a free 1968 Enchiridion of Indulgences.

The BEST book to get, though, which lists the prayers too is the Raccolta.

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[pinctor]

Thanks to all for information I note that you can download the Raccolta - a version put together by Oratorian and close friend of Blessed John Newman, Fr Ambrose St John.

 

[Leon_Bloy]

While the Raccolta contains hundreds of wonderful prayers that we would all do very well to continue saying, it is not legally in force anymore. The old indulgences were abrogated when the revised Handbook of Indulgences was promulgated by Paul VI and later by John Paul II, so look at those.

In my morning offering each day I pray “I have the intention to gain all the indulgences attached to the prayers I shall say this day, and to the good works I shall perform this day…” for myself and for the souls in purgatory.