Nocturnal Adoration and Indulgences Question

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Last night (early this morning) I participated in my first Nocturnal Adoration of hte Blessed Sacrament. It was WONDERFUL! Spending time “keeping the watch” with Jesus, reading the psalms aloud, doing something for God instead of for myself.

I love love LOVED it and I cant wait until next month when our parish has it again! I’m trying to convince my husband to join too-- but we have to go to separate “watches” because of our daughter, who is much too little to go out in the middle of the night.

So my question is this: towards the end of the hour, the “leader” said a prayer, and prayed for our “plenary indulgence” as members of the Nocturnal Adoration Society, and for the plenary indulgence of hte deceased members of the Society as well.

I read the section in the encyclopedia about indulgences, but I’m having difficulty processing what it says there. What exactly is plenary indulgence? I THINK it is a reduction in the amount of time spent in purgatory. If that IS what it means, why would I be entitled to it for spending one hour a month keeping the watch with Jesus? I kind of…want it but dont want it at the same time. One part of me of COURSE wants to spend less time in purgatory. On the other hand, I dont want God to think I go to Adoration for the indulgence-- because I think that would be wrong.

So whats the deal here? Anybody have any insight?
 
Ok, so in Purgatory we receive a sort of punishment for what sins we have committed, to get us ready for heaven. Yes, even sins we have confessed, if they were serious enough. It’s like me stealing a car, admitting it (confessing) to the judge. I still have to go to prison, but the sentence is lighter.

Indulgences help get rid of that necessary, and just, punishment/purgation. Also many other things can too, such as prayers, good works, etc, but because we can never be sure, indulgences are made official because we can ensure that doing these good things can give us the full pardon for our very bad sins.

Indulgences are wonderful 👍 I plan on renewing my baptismal vows this year for an indulgence. I wish more people taught about them. I had to inform my youth minister (my mom) just what they are, and that no, they weren’t abolished after the Protestant rebellion :rolleyes:
 
Call around to find a parish church with a Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration. All the time. 24/7.
 
Indulgences can be used to wipe the stain of sin from your own soul or as an act of mercy toward those in purgatory.

The general norms of plenary indulgences include that in order to receive one you must:
  1. Make a full confession very soon after completing the prayer or act intended to receive indulgence.
  2. Pray at least one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be for the intentions of the Pope.
  3. Receive the Eucharist within several days of the prayer or deed.
  4. Be free of attachment to venial sin.
This site has all the info you need to understand indulgences. Fisheaters does a decent job explaining what an indulgence is, why, etc.
 
Perpetual adoration?! Is someone always with the host in these churches? It’s not left alone right? I think I would like going there very much, so I’ll definately be looking around! 🙂

Thanks for the site, Dihydrogenoxide!
 
\I THINK it is a reduction in the amount of time spent in purgatory\

So it is popularly believed, but this is not the case.
 
DihydrogenOxide said:
Indulgences can be used to wipe the stain of sin from your own soul or as an act of mercy toward those in purgatory.

The general norms of plenary indulgences include that in order to receive one you must:
  1. Make a full confession very soon after completing the prayer or act intended to receive indulgence.
  2. Pray at least one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be for the intentions of the Pope.
  3. Receive the Eucharist within several days of the prayer or deed.
  4. Be free of attachment to venial sin.
This site has all the info you need to understand indulgences. Fisheaters does a decent job explaining what an indulgence is, why, etc.
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It’s #4 that’s the kicker! A plenary indulgence is the remission of all the temporal punishment due our sins. I don’t know that we can ever be sure of receiving a plenary indulgence but it will at least be a partial indulgence which is nothing to sneeze at either. All of this is to help us grow in love of God anyway, and we can leave it in His hands.
 
RE: The Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be, for the Pope’s intentions…

From THE HANDBOOK OF INDULGENCES, Norms And Grants; *1991, Catholic book Publishing Co. NY *

Norm 23 (5)
Code: 
 5. The condition requiring prayer for the pope's intentions is satisfied by reciting once the Our Father and Hail Mary for his intentions; nevertheless all the faithful have the option of reciting any other prayer suited to their own piety and devotion. (pg 23).
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yellowdaisy said:
… What exactly is plenary indulgence? I THINK it is a reduction in the amount of time spent in purgatory. …
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Norm 1 , (pg 19)
  1. Code: 
    An indulgence is the remission in the eyes of God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose culpable element has already been taken away. The Christian faithful who are rightly disposed and observe the definite, prescribed conditions gain this remission through the effective assistance of the Church, which, as the minister of redemption, authoritatively distributes and applies the treasury of the expiatory works of Christ and the saints.
Norm 2
  1. An indulgence is either plenary or partial, that is, it frees a person either from all or from some of the temporal punishment due to sin.
 
bpbasilphx said:
\I THINK it is a reduction in the amount of time spent in purgatory\

So it is popularly believed, but this is not the case.
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We can’t think of purgatorial punishment in terms of ‘time’ - otherwise it stands to reason that some of us would still have ‘time’ left to serve there at the Last Judgement, and what then?

An indulgence is certainly a reduction in the ***amount ***of punishment, whatever form the punishments of purgatory may take.
 
yes, perpetual adoration always has someone visiting the Blessed Sacrament. It is a must.
 
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