Plenary indulgences: Communion Q

[Koopa]

I know the conditions that are required in order to receive a plenary indulgence, but how long a time can there be between your Communion and the act that gains the indulgence? I know that for Confession the time limit is 8 days, but what about Communion? Does it have to be on the same day as the act that gains the indulgence? Thank you.

 

[LilyM]

I know the conditions that are required in order to receive a plenary indulgence, but how long a time can there be between your Communion and the act that gains the indulgence? I know that for Confession the time limit is 8 days, but what about Communion? Does it have to be on the same day as the act that gains the indulgence? Thank you.

My understanding is that the communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions both have to be done on the same day as the act which gains the indulgence.

8 days, by the way, is for the First Saturdays devotion (which also requires confession on or around the First Saturday of each month). For a plenary indulgence there isn’t really a set amount of time within which the confession has to be done.