Plenary Indulgence

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I’d also like it in plain English but I don’t think it belongs in this forum.
 
The article explains various ways offered by the church to receive a plenary indulgence. Of course, there’s also the standard way that isn’t hard either. i.e. - If you’re in a state of grace by having gone to confession, and then pray the rosary in a church, or with a group, you can gain a plenary indulgence which removes all temporal punishment due to sin.
 
Caldera said:
The article explains various ways offered by the church to receive a plenary indulgence. Of course, there’s also the standard way that isn’t hard either. i.e. - If you’re in a state of grace by having gone to confession, and then pray the rosary in a church, or with a group, you can gain a plenary indulgence which removes all temporal punishment due to sin.
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Another one that is always available is found in the front of my New American Bible.

There is a short prayer to the Holy Spirit and a declaration that praying before reading the Scriptures with the worship due to God gains one a partial indulgence - or a PLENARY (Complete) Indulgence if the reading is for more than 30 minutes.

I must find the exact words, but it’s nice to know one is a near as my Bible. 🙂

cooltoolsforcatholics.blogspot.com/ <This link leads to these (below) and more …

There are four plenary indulgences that can be obtained at any time and any place:

“with the veneration due the divine word , making] a spiritual reading from Sacred Scripture…for at least one half an hour” [3]
recitation of the rosary “in a church or public oratory or in a family group, a religious Community or pious Association” [4] (see additional norms)
“make the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross” [5] (see additional norms)
“visit the Most Blessed Sacrament to adore it…for at least one half an hour” [6]
 
CaptFun said:
Another one that is always available is found in the front of my New American Bible.

There is a short prayer to the Holy Spirit and a declaration that praying before reading the Scriptures with the worship due to God gains one a partial indulgence - or a PLENARY (Complete) Indulgence if the reading is for more than 30 minutes.

I must find the exact words, but it’s nice to know one is a near as my Bible. 🙂

cooltoolsforcatholics.blogspot.com/ <This link leads to these (below) and more …

There are four plenary indulgences that can be obtained at any time and any place:

“with the veneration due the divine word , making] a spiritual reading from Sacred Scripture…for at least one half an hour” [3]
recitation of the rosary “in a church or public oratory or in a family group, a religious Community or pious Association” [4] (see additional norms)
“make the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross” [5] (see additional norms)
“visit the Most Blessed Sacrament to adore it…for at least one half an hour” [6]
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I should have added along with confession to receive holy communion too before praying the rosary in a church or group. However, I always thought that reading scripture for a half hour was considered a partial indulgence? If it’s true what you say that is nice to know. 🙂

I used to have a devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, and went to 10 consecutive first saturday of the month masses which required going to confession, receiving communion, then praying the rosary after mass. It was a powerful experience, and I had the luxury of a local Marian shrine that offered confession before every mass which I took well advantage of each time I visited.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa
czestochowa.us/
 
Two points not to forget. In addition to the act (i.e. reading scripture for 30 minutes, etc.,) also reconciliation, receiving the Eucharist, and praying for the intentions of the Holy Father are required. But, the second point, and more important is, don’t forget that the goal is not the pursuit of the indulgence, but in the giving of glory to God. The indulgence is just a side benefit.
 
Welcome Home. 🙂

Indulgences for Dummies
www.scta.org.au/catholicanswers/109indulgences.doc
  • this is a Word document, not a website
plenary-indulgences.webs.com/

Handbook of Indulgences
Third Edition, 1986

This announcement is a further grant of plenary indulgences attached to specific actions during this Year of Faith.
"(A) Each time they attend at least three sermons during the Holy Missions, or at least three lessons on the Acts of the Council (Vatican II) or the articles of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in church or any other suitable location.
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Many parishes are offering these sermons during Mission Week, or courses on the Acts of Vatican II or articles of the Catechism. Check with your parish office. They may be announced in the bulletin so you can plan on attendance. This is to promote education of the faithful on matters of faith. Many of the faithful are unaware of exactly what Vatican II was about, what was intended. They also seem lacking in knowledge of their faith, so classes on articles in the Catechism are indulgenced to promote learning.
"(B) Each time they visit, in the course of a pilgrimage, a papal basilica, a Christian catacomb, a cathedral church or a holy site designated by the local ordinary for the Year of Faith (for example, minor basilicas and shrines dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Apostles or patron saints), and there participate in a sacred celebration, or at least remain for a congruous period of time in prayer and pious meditation, concluding with the recitation of the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary and, depending on the circumstances, to the Holy Apostles and patron saints.
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Go on a pilgrimage to any of the designated holy sites and either participate at Mass or spend some time in prayer and meditation concluding with the required prayers. Your ordinary (meaning your bishop) will designate places within your diocese. This will enable those who can’t afford to go overseas to one of the more famous pilgrimage sites, like Fatima or Lourdes, to avail themselves.
"(C) Each time that, on the days designated by the local ordinary for the Year of Faith, … in any sacred place, they participate in a solemn celebration of the Eucharist or the Liturgy of the Hours, adding thereto the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form.
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Your bishop will announce holy days, where you may attend a designated sacred place and participate in either Mass or the Liturgy of the Hours.
"(D) On any day they chose, during the Year of Faith, if they make a pious visit to the baptistery, or other place in which they received the Sacrament of Baptism, and there renew their baptismal promises in any legitimate form.
“Diocesan or eparchal bishops, and those who enjoy the same status in law, on the most appropriate day during that period or on the occasion of the main celebrations, … may impart the papal blessing with the Plenary Indulgence”.
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You gain the indulgence if you go to the church where you were Baptised and renew your baptismal promises. (difficult for me - it is on the other side of the planet). In addition, Diocesan or eparchal bishops are empowered to impart a Papal Blessing on these occasions, so you can receive a blessing from the Pope without the Pope actually being there.
The document concludes by recalling how faithful who, due to illness or other legitimate cause, are unable to leave their place of adobe, may still obtain Plenary Indulgence “if, united in spirit and thought with other faithful, and especially at the times when the words of the Supreme Pontiff and diocesan bishops are transmitted by television or radio, they recite … the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and other prayers that concord with the objectives of the Year of Faith, offering up the suffering and discomfort of their lives”.
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If you are unable to attend any of these because you are sick or perhaps caring for the sick (other legitimate reason), you can also gain the indulgence by participating at home if the event is televised or broadcast on the radio.

All of these grants are, of course, subject to the Norms on Indulgences which must be met in addition to the above actions.

II. Norms
 
khuldar said:
annusfidei.va/content/novaevangelizatio/en/news/indulgentia.html

Hello,

Is someone able to put this into plain English for me please? I’m new to Catholicism and am still getting my head around things.

Cheers

😃
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Every sin has consequences. There are the eternal consequences and the temporal (i.e. earthly, non-eternal) consequences.

Through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, God forgives the eternal consequences of our sins. That’s the hard part. But the temporal consequences remain.

The popular analogy is hitting a baseball through your neighbor’s window. You may go up to him and apologize and he’ll say he forgives you (i.e. taking away the eternal consequences). But the window is still broken (i.e. the temporal consequences remain). And someone needs to pay to have it fixed.

Indulgences are the codified way the Church provides (through the power granted her by Jesus to bind and loose) for these temporal consequences of sin to be remitted (i.e. taken away).

There are two types of indulgences: plenary and partial. A plenary indulgence remits all temporal punishment due to sin. In other words, if you received a plenary indulgence and then died right away, you would go straight to heaven without needing to stop over in purgatory. A partial indulgence remits some of the punishment due to sin. If you died after receiving a partial indulgence, you may still go to purgatory, but your stay would be shorter.

The Church has a Manual of Indulgences which lists all the prayers and things a person can do to gain an indulgence. However, the Pope can (and does) give extra opportunities to gain indulgences as he sees fit. That is what he is doing here for the Year of Faith. He is giving four additional, different ways to gain a plenary indulgence.

To gain a plenary indulgence, one must do the following:
  • complete the indulgenced work (i.e say the prayer or do the thing)
  • be free of all attachment to sin, even venial sin
  • go to Confession
  • receive Communion
  • pray for the Pope’s intentions
If any of these conditions are not met, one can still receive a partial indulgence. It just would not be a plenary indulgence.

Does that help clarify things? :o
 
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