Sun Nov 25 - Get the Plenary Indulgence today for the Feast of Christ the King

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Don’t forget you can get a Plenary Indulgence today for the Feast of Christ the King!
You can keep it for yourself or give it away to a soul in Purgatory.

To get it, here’s what you do:
  • Be in a state of grace
  • Receive Holy Communion (should be easy, since this is Sunday, but you can receive within a few days so if you already received at Saturday vigil you can use that one)
  • Go to Confession within 20 days before or after today
  • Pray (out loud) for the intentions of the Holy Father (one Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be is sufficient)
  • Be free from all attachment to sin (just do the best you can there)
And Publicly Recite the following prayer. It is sufficient if you read it out loud softly in a church open to the public.
Act of Dedication of the Human Race to Jesus Christ The King
Most sweet Jesus,
Redeemer of the human race,
look down upon us humbly prostrate before You.
We are Yours, and Yours we wish to be;
but to be more surely united with You,
behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today
to Your Most Sacred Heart.
Many indeed have never known You;
many, too, despising Your precepts, have rejected You.
Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus,
and draw them to your Sacred Heart.
Be King, O Lord,
not only of the faithful who have never forsaken You,
but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned You;
grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s
house,
lest they die of wretchedness and hunger.
Be King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions,
or whom discord keeps aloof,
and call them back to the harbor of truth
and the unity of faith,
so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd.
Grant, O Lord, to Your Church assurance of freedom
and immunity from harm;
give tranquility of order to all nations;
make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry:
Praise to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation;
to it be glory and honoUr for ever.

Amen.
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I thought “recite publicly” meant that it had to be recited by a whole bunch of people, in a Church or Oratory open to the public. Is this not the case? Wouldn’t it otherwise be private recitation?
 
I think you’re confusing “private devotion” with “private recitation”.

If you’re reciting something out loud in a place open to the public, then by definition it is a public recitation. It’s still a private devotion because it’s not something the Church is doing along with you, in other words the Church, or your diocese, is not telling you to all say the prayer together on this day. It’s optional.

Also, when the Manual of Indulgences requires a prayer like the Rosary to be said in a group to get an indulgence, then it specifically states “in a group” and may state the type of group (family group, religious community etc). Where it doesn’t state that, one person saying the prayer is sufficient.

Other than the Rosary and the Divine Mercy, I have never seen or heard of any church having everybody group together to pray an indulgenced prayer on a particular day. There are a number of days throughout the year where you’re invited to publicly recite a certain prayer on that day for a plenary indulgence. Generally this is done only by those people who are really into indulgence practice and keep track of what prayer goes with what day.
 
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@Tis_Bearself

Thanks so much,i was just thinking, is there any specific prayer or something, or an indulgence i forgot altogether. now its done.
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Pray (out loud) for the intentions of the Holy Father (one Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be is sufficient)
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A question though, do we have to say the I believe in God too ?
 
One Our Father and the Creed is required for the “visiting sacred places” indulgence, like I said it 2 days ago when I went to St Clement parish church on St Clement feast day, and yesterday when I went to a Mercedarian church with a holy door. It is not required for the Christ the King indulgence today. You can still say it if you want.
 
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http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-act...-of-christ-the-king-2018-lectionary-notes.cfm

On the last Sunday of each liturgical year, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, or Christ the King.

Pope Pius XI instituted this feast in 1925 with his encyclical Quas primas (“In the first”) to respond to growing secularism. He recognized that attempting to “thrust Jesus Christ and his holy law” out of public life would result in continuing discord among people and nations. Today reminds us that while governments come and go, Christ reigns as King forever.

During the early twentieth century, in Mexico, Russia, and in many parts of Europe, atheistic regimes threatened not just the Catholic Church and its faithful but civilization itself. Pope Pius XI’s encyclical gave Catholics hope and—while governments around them crumbled—the assurance that Christ the King shall reign forever. Pope Pius XI says that Christ “reign ‘in the hearts of men,’ both by reason of the keenness of his intellect and the extent of his knowledge, and also because he is very truth, and it is from him that truth must be obediently received by all mankind.”

In 2018, the Church faces pressures from without and crisis from within. In addition to the challenges that Christians in a secular society must confront, the body of Christ must also tend to the wounds inflicted on the Church by priests and bishops who either committed acts of sexual abuse themselves or failed to respond to abuse with justice when they had the opportunity. Pope Pius XI reminds the faithful that Christ reigns as king of the entire world forever. Let us rededicate ourselves this year to acknowledging the reign of Jesus Christ and his Sacred Heart in every aspect of our lives.

First Reading – Daniel 7:13-14​

Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 93:1, 1-2, 5​

Second Reading – Revelation 1:5-8

Gospel - John 18:33b-37​

Pilate said to Jesus,
“Are you the King of the Jews?”
Jesus answered, “Do you say this on your own
or have others told you about me?”
Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I?
Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me.
What have you done?”
Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world.
If my kingdom did belong to this world,
my attendants would be fighting
to keep me from being handed over to the Jews.
But as it is, my kingdom is not here.”
So Pilate said to him, “Then you are a king?”
Jesus answered, “You say I am a king.
For this I was born and for this I came into the world,
to testify to the truth.
Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”
 
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We had a good homily today from an older priest on why the Pope instituted this feast. He explained how so many people were leaving the Church after WWI because they couldn’t believe God would allow so much death and horror. He pointed out that it was earthly kings and leaders seeking power who created all the trouble and that Jesus is King of Peace.
 
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