plenary indulgence

[miller_john]

I wanted to try and gain a plenary indulgence for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, on the 2nd of Nov. Ibelieve that one of the pre- requisites for the plenary indulgence, is that you must be free from all venial sin. How can I be sure that I do not have a few venial sins from five, ten, or even twenty years ago, which for one reason or another I have not confessed.

 

[laszlo]

I wanted to try and gain a plenary indulgence for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, on the 2nd of Nov. Ibelieve that one of the pre- requisites for the plenary indulgence, is that you must be free from all venial sin. How can I be sure that I do not have a few venial sins from five, ten, or even twenty years ago, which for one reason or another I have not confessed.

The Holy Communion expiates from venial sins.

 

[floresco]

When you go to Confession all your sins are forgiven unless you deliberately refrain from telling a mortal sin. A person who regularly makes a good Confession does not have venial sins left unforgiven from years earlier.

 

[newyorkcatholic]

Exactly, confession and Communion both forgive venial sins. You should resolve not to sin again (mortal or venial) and you receive the plenary indulgence. Don’t forget to pray for the intentions the Pope (it is said that one Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory be suffice).

 

[Scoobyshme]

The hardest part of getting a plenary indulgence is not having any attachment to sin.

What does this mean? Example: A young man and woman are at the altar, getting married. The priest asks the man, “Do you take this woman…etc.” He immediately says, “I do!” Then, he turns to the woman and asks, “Do you take this man…, etc.” and the woman is kind of looking off in the distance with a glaze in her eyes. Everyone is waiting, so the groom clears his throat and she comes back to reality, and says, “Oh, yes. I do.” Afterward, when they’re in the limo heading towards the reception, he asks her about that, why she seemed distracted, and she says, “Oh, we’re married and everything and I will love you forever. But at that moment, I was thinking about my previous boyfriend and how fantastic we had it together, and how wonderful he was. But that didn’t work out, so I’m yours now.” How do you think that young man felt then? God feels the same way when we have an attachment to sin, something that’s sinful that we just really would prefer not to give up.

 

[Marauder]

This is where you can be beating yourself up to much. The plenary indulgence requires detachment from ALL sin. That isn’t easy. Nobody said it would be easy. But don’t worry about it either. Best case you get the plenary indulgence, worse case you get a partial indulgence. There is no way which way it went until you are in the after-life. No reason worrying about it now.

 

[dailey]

The hardest part of getting a plenary indulgence is not having any attachment to sin.

What does this mean? Example: A young man and woman are at the altar, getting married. The priest asks the man, “Do you take this woman…etc.” He immediately says, “I do!” Then, he turns to the woman and asks, “Do you take this man…, etc.” and the woman is kind of looking off in the distance with a glaze in her eyes. Everyone is waiting, so the groom clears his throat and she comes back to reality, and says, “Oh, yes. I do.” Afterward, when they’re in the limo heading towards the reception, he asks her about that, why she seemed distracted, and she says, “Oh, we’re married and everything and I will love you forever. But at that moment, I was thinking about my previous boyfriend and how fantastic we had it together, and how wonderful he was. But that didn’t work out, so I’m yours now.” How do you think that young man felt then? God feels the same way when we have an attachment to sin, something that’s sinful that we just really would prefer not to give up.

Good analogy!