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thomasf
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Also, if you’re going to a devotion service today and intend to go to confession, plan on going early. From what I’ve experienced, the lines are long at the services today.
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TheRealJuliane
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I wasn’t expecting a long line at confession yesterday, since it’s only one week after Easter Sunday, but
the line WAS long and there were 2 priests hearing confessions.
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Monte_RCMS
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Our pastor said, yesterday, at Mass that we had/have 20 days to get to Confession to fulfill that part of the requirement. During Mass, he conducted a service to venerate the image of Jesus. And he had previously arranged/scheduled a parish penance service so that everyone who attended automatically satisfied the requirements for both the papal blessing plenary indulgence AND the Divine Mercy Sunday plenary indulgence.
Maybe you all can discuss with your pastor so that the next time some similar opportunity for a plenary indulgence comes along, he can schedule things accordingly.
Maybe you all can discuss with your pastor so that the next time some similar opportunity for a plenary indulgence comes along, he can schedule things accordingly.
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Megan7
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Thanks for the link.
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Vico
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It is about 20 days, either before or after the performance of the indulgenced act(s). (And must be in the state of grace to receive the indulgence.)
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Paolopaolo
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Hi guys,
Just an important aspect of the discussion with regards to the special grace of Divine Mercy Sunday that has not been mentioned anywhere so I think it’s important to clarify. The special grace that Jesus spoke of to St Faustina is NOT a mere plenary indulgence. It is a unique grace specific to this feast day. Pope John Paul II did attach a plenary indulgence to the feast as well, but this is not the main grace that Jesus is offering us on this day.
A plenary indulgence consists only of the remission of temporal punishment for committed sins, never the remission of the sin itself. Whereas the grace of Divine Mercy Sunday is for the remission of all sins and punishment, which is found only elsewhere in the sacrament of Baptism.
The special graces that our Lord promised for Mercy Sunday come solely through the reception of Holy Communion on that day, in a state of grace, with trust in The Divine Mercy. Any plenary indulgence granted by the Church, on the other hand, involves the fulfilment of a number of conditions, including prayer for the pope’s intentions, confession and Holy Eucharist, and the carrying out of the special indulgenced work (in this case: participating in public devotions to The Divine Mercy on Mercy Sunday itself).
The special graces promised by our Lord for Mercy Sunday can be received by a soul in a state of grace, but with imperfect love for God, and imperfect contrition for sin—as long as the soul merely trusts in the Mercy of God, and clings to Him because of His promised benefits. It can only be received for oneself, a plenary indulgence, however, can be offered for oneself, or for souls in purgatory.
For further information see: thedivinemercy.org/celebrate/greatgrace/
Just an important aspect of the discussion with regards to the special grace of Divine Mercy Sunday that has not been mentioned anywhere so I think it’s important to clarify. The special grace that Jesus spoke of to St Faustina is NOT a mere plenary indulgence. It is a unique grace specific to this feast day. Pope John Paul II did attach a plenary indulgence to the feast as well, but this is not the main grace that Jesus is offering us on this day.
A plenary indulgence consists only of the remission of temporal punishment for committed sins, never the remission of the sin itself. Whereas the grace of Divine Mercy Sunday is for the remission of all sins and punishment, which is found only elsewhere in the sacrament of Baptism.
The special graces that our Lord promised for Mercy Sunday come solely through the reception of Holy Communion on that day, in a state of grace, with trust in The Divine Mercy. Any plenary indulgence granted by the Church, on the other hand, involves the fulfilment of a number of conditions, including prayer for the pope’s intentions, confession and Holy Eucharist, and the carrying out of the special indulgenced work (in this case: participating in public devotions to The Divine Mercy on Mercy Sunday itself).
The special graces promised by our Lord for Mercy Sunday can be received by a soul in a state of grace, but with imperfect love for God, and imperfect contrition for sin—as long as the soul merely trusts in the Mercy of God, and clings to Him because of His promised benefits. It can only be received for oneself, a plenary indulgence, however, can be offered for oneself, or for souls in purgatory.
For further information see: thedivinemercy.org/celebrate/greatgrace/
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DavidWJackson
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Attachment to sin probably means an addiction to a sin for Christ said, even a just man sins seven times a day. Attachment to sin may be: knowingly violating the just laws of man everyday, going out after work on fridays getting overly drunk with your friends each week, being a christian around your church friends, but not keeping a christian attitude with your non chruch friends in conversation or otherwise just to fit in or whatever. Addiction or the unwillingness to stop, drugs, alcohol and purverse practices is more likely what attachment to sin means.
Just my thoughts.
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Vico
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Every turning from God through lack of charity or vanity is an unhealthy attachment to creatures, and brings a need to break that attachment. Since it is not eternal it can be overcome in time through works of mercy and charity, prayer, and penitential practices, thus putting on the “new man”.
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DavidWJackson
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What you say is absolutely true. However, attachment to sin as used in this thread most likely means continuing in sin without remorse and proper confession. No one can reach a state of substained sinlessness in this life without the devine graces of God. You can probably count on your fingers the people throughout history that pocessed the graces from God to live in a state of sinlessness.
Yes, the past can be overcome. But, the future and our sins to come are still before us. That’s why I pointed out Christ’s words “Even the just man sins seven times a day.” Scripture also says something to the fact; we are born in sin and we will die in sin, but by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ we can be saved.
These words in the prior paragraph are why I believe attachment to sin in this since means to committ sin with the desire to do so. To sin with no remorse; because, you enjoy the sin you are partaking in. And, to not confess your sin because you enjoy your sin over self sacrafice and the love of God.
Christ is the Divine Mercy. If you do not sin, you do not need Christ’s Mercy. So, thinking that just because there is sin in your life you may not partake in the Indulgence of the Divine Mercy is simply the spiritual workings of anti-christ.
Jesus, I trust in you.
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Vico
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Certainly there is no hope of obtaining mercy while “continuing in sin without remorse and proper confession”. This surely does include attachment. What you describe is lack of contrition for sin. It is sufficient for mercy to have the imperfect contrition called attrition, which includes the will not to sin (the mortal sin) and does not require the perfect love of God. Attachments, which are emotional dependence on a person or on a real or illusory object, may still remain.
One that cannot meet the requirements for plenary indulgence can still obtain a partial indulgence, if in a state of grace, for Divine Mercy Sunday (or any other plenary indulgence). Otherwise the indulge is not available, but still there can be other help obtained on that day, leading to eventual attrition or contrition.
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