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Sirach2
Guest
Dear friends,
So many of us have loved ones that may be still in purgatory, and would like to do something special for them. I wonder if you know about the Church’s special grant to obtain a plenary indulgence for them, which absolves all temporal punishments remaining to them. Here’s the wording of the grant:
A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful who,
Could anything be easier? Note that this is a one-time only grant for a plenary for the departed. Other prayers offered for them outside of this special week are “partial” only.
What an incredible gift, and yet so few of us know about it – at least, I did not until I bought my book “Manual of Indulgences” published by the USCCB.
So many of us have loved ones that may be still in purgatory, and would like to do something special for them. I wonder if you know about the Church’s special grant to obtain a plenary indulgence for them, which absolves all temporal punishments remaining to them. Here’s the wording of the grant:
A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful who,
- on any and each day from November 1 to 8, devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, if only mentally for the departed;
- On All Souls’ Day (or, according to the judgment of the ordinary, on the Sunday preceding or following it, or on the solemnity of All Saints), devoutly visit a church or an oratory and recite an Our Father and the Creed.
Could anything be easier? Note that this is a one-time only grant for a plenary for the departed. Other prayers offered for them outside of this special week are “partial” only.
What an incredible gift, and yet so few of us know about it – at least, I did not until I bought my book “Manual of Indulgences” published by the USCCB.