In the communion of Saints the importance of indulgences
"It is divinely revealed doctrine that sins involve penalties inflicted by the holiness and justice of God, to be discounted both on earth, with the pains, miseries, and calamities of this life and especially with death, and in the afterlife, [ in Purgatory], even with fire and torments or with purifying pains. … ”[PART Ia N. 2]
“It is to be considered that all wandering men on earth every day commit at least light sins; so that everyone needs God's mercy to be freed from the penal consequences of sins. ... "[PART Ia N. 3]
"The Only Begotten Son of God, in fact, has procured a treasure for the militant Church - It is known that the merits of the Blessed Mother of God and of all the elect constitute a further increase in this treasure - and entrusted it to Blessed Peter , clavigero of heaven and his successors, his vicars on earth, so that they would deliver him salutarily to the faithful and, for reasonable causes, mercifully apply him to those who had repented and had confessed their sins, sometimes totally forgetting [plenary indulgence ], and some others in a partial way [partial indulgence], the temporal punishment due for sins ”. [Part Ia N. 7]
"This remission of temporal punishment due for sins, already remitted with regard to guilt [with Confession], with proper term has been called" indulgence ".
The Church .. with an authoritative intervention, dispenses the faithful, duly disposed, with the treasure of the satisfactions of Christ and the Saints in order to remit the temporal punishment.
The goal ... is not only to help the faithful to pay the penalties of sin, but also to encourage them to do works of piety, penance and charity, especially those that help increase faith and the common good ". [Part Ia N. 8]
§ 1. Those who are baptized, not excommunicated, in a state of grace at least at the end of the prescribed works are capable of gaining indulgences.
§ 2. To effectively gain indulgences, the capable subject [the faithful] must have at least the intention of purchasing them and fulfilling the works ordered in the established time and in the due manner, under the terms of the concession. [CDC CAN. 996]
"Indulgence is partial or plenary according to the fact that it partially or totally frees the temporal punishment due for sins". [CDC CAN. 993]
"Every member of the faithful can make money for himself or apply partial and plenary indulgences to the deceased." [CDC CAN. 994]
CALENDAR OF PLENARY INDULGENCES
PENTECOSTE: with the public performance of the Veni Creator Spiritus
CORPUS DOMINI: with the prayer of Tantum ergo [We adore the Sacrament], recited piously and publicly in the liturgical action of this solemnity.
SACRED HEART OF JESUS: with the Act of reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: very sweet Jesus, whose immense love ... publicly recited on this solemnity. (26)
AUGUST 2: THE FORGIVENESS OF ASSISI. From noon on August 1st to midnight of the following day (1), the plenary indulgence can be gained only once (on the day).
(1) Or, with the consent of the Ordinary, on the preceding or following Sunday (from midday on Saturday until midnight on Sunday), Plenary indulgence can be gained only once [on the day].
Prescribed work: Visit to the parish church, reciting Our Father and the Creed
Apply the required conditions: Confession - Communion - Prayer for the Pope - Detachment from venial sin.
In parish churches, you can also make a profit [in addition to that of November 2], the plenary indulgence two more times a year, that is:
- on the feast of the titular saint
- and on August 2nd when the Porziuncola occurs ... [or Perdon of Assisi].
NOVEMBER 2 [Indulgence applicable only to the dead] From noon on day 1 (Feast of all Saints), until midnight on day two.
Prescribed work: Visit to the parish church, reciting the Our Father and the Creed; or you can make money as written below, from 1-8 November by visiting the cemetery.
Apply the required conditions: Confession - Communion - Prayer for the Pope - Detachment from venial sin.
NOVEMBER 1 - 8 BY VISITING THE CEMETERY [Indulgence applicable only to the deceased!].
Apply the required conditions: Confession - Communion - Prayer for the Pope - Detachment from venial sin.
"The faithful who visit the cemetery and pray, even if only mentally for the deceased, can profit once a day, the plenary indulgence".
SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST KING: with the act of Consecration of mankind to Christ the King, O very sweet Jesus, or Redeemer of mankind .. made publicly. (27)
DECEMBER 31: with the anthem Te Deum recited or sung publicly.
JANUARY 1: With the public invocation of the Holy Spirit with the Veni Creator Spiritus.
EVERY FRIDAY OF LENT: With the recitation of the prayer Here I am, my beloved and good Jesus.
Here I am, my beloved and good Jesus, prostrated in your most holy Presence I pray you with the most lively fervor to print in my heart feelings of faith, hope, charity, pain of my sins and a proposal not to be offended anymore, while I with all love and with all compassion go considering your five wounds, starting with what the holy prophet David said of you, O my Jesus, "They punctured my hands and my feet, they counted all the my bones. "
HOLY THURSDAY: With the public recitation, made with faith, of the Tantum ergo [We adore the Sacrament]
GOOD FRIDAY In the solemn liturgical action: when the faithful participates devoutly in the adoration of the Cross and kisses it. (17)
EASTER Vigil: with the renewal of the Baptismal Promises, made with any formula.
SPECIAL PLENARY INDULGENCES
FIRST COMMUNION Plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who approach the Holy Communion for the first time or who attend the pious ceremony of the First Communion. (42)
IN THE ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR BAPTISM: Renewing the baptismal promises with any formula. (70)
ON THE FEAST OF THE HOLY OWNER: to visit the parish church with the prescribed prayers ...
FIRST MASS OF THE PRIESTS For the Celebrating Priest and for the faithful who devoutly attend the same Mass. (43)
JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF THE PRIESTLY ORDER 25 °, 50 °, 60 °.
For the Priest and if the faithful who attend this Holy Mass are solemnly celebrated, they too can acquire the plenary indulgence. (49)
USE OF OBJECTS OF PIETY (35) The faithful who devoutly use an object of piety (Crucifix or Cross, crown, scapular, medal) blessed by the Supreme Pontiff or by a Bishop, can also acquire plenary indulgence on the feast of the Holy Apostles Pietro and Paolo, however adding the Profession of Faith with any legitimate formula.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES: Plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who participate in the Spiritual Exercises for at least three full days. (25)
TO THE PAPAL BLESSING: Plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who piously and devoutly receive, even via radio and television, the Blessing imparted by the Supreme Pontiff "urbi et orbi" [to the city and to the world]. (12)
AT THE DEATH POINT [IND.DN18]: - To the faithful in danger of death, who cannot be assisted by a Priest who administers the Sacraments and gives him the Apostolic Blessing with the attached plenary indulgence, the Holy Mother Church also grants the plenary indulgence at the point of death, provided that it is duly disposed, and has recited some prayers during life.
- For the purchase of this indulgence the use of the Crucifix or the Cross is recommended.
- This same plenary indulgence at the point of death can be gained by the faithful who have already purchased another plenary indulgence on the same day. (28)
THE PLENARY INDULGENCES OF EVERY DAY
* ADORATION OF THE SS. SACRAMENT FOR AT LEAST HALF (N.3)
* THE RECITATION OF THE ROSARY (N.48): Plenary indulgence is granted if the recitation of the Rosary takes place in a public oratory church, or in the family, in a religious community, in a pious association.
For the plenary indulgence these rules are established:
The recitation of the fourth part of the Rosary is sufficient; but the five decades must be recited without interruption.
To the vocal prayer we must add the pious meditation of the mysteries (enunciating them according to the approved current practice).
READING OF THE HOLY BIBLE AT LEAST HALF (N. 50)
EXERCISE OF THE VIA CRUCIS (N.73) For the purchase of the plenary indulgence, the following rules apply:
1. The pious exercise must be carried out in front of the legitimately erected stations of the Via Crucis.
2 . … For the completion of the pious exercise only a meditation of the Passion and Death of the Lord is required, without having to make a particular consideration on the individual mysteries of the stations.
3. You need to move from one station to another. If the pious exercise is done publicly and the movement of all those present cannot be done in order, it is enough that at least those who direct ...
4. The faithful ... legitimately impeded, will be able to acquire the same indulgence by dedicating a certain amount of time to the pious reading and meditation of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ, for example a quarter of an hour.
* DAILY WORK OFFER OF THE DAY
The generous heart of the Holy Father John XXIII found the drug to avoid the sufferings of purgatory by granting daily plenary indulgence to those who live their duties and endure daily crosses for the love of Jesus.
It is also necessary to recite the Creed, our Father and a prayer according to the intention of the Supreme Pontiff.
We remember the Holy Communion and Confession (which is sufficient made in the eight days).
CONDITIONS FOR MAKING PLENARY INDULGENCE
“To acquire the plenary indulgence is necessary
* perform the indulgent work e
* fulfill three conditions
- Sacramental Confession
- Eucharistic communion
- Prayer according to the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff
- It also requires that any affection for sin, including venial sin, be excluded.
If there is no full provision or the three conditions are not set, the indulgence is only partial ... "[Part IIa n.7]
THE INDULGENTIATED WORK It is established by the Church and must be completed in the time and in the manner required; it can be a Visit to a church with relative prayer to do (Pater and Creed) (Ex. Forgiveness of Assisi), or it is linked to a specific Prayer (Ex. Veni Creator, Here I am or my beloved and good Jesus ..), or to a "work" (Ex. Spiritual Exercises, First Communion, use of a blessed object ...)
THE CONFESSION: "The three conditions can be fulfilled several days before or after having completed the prescribed work". [Part IIa N. 8] "With a single sacramental confession you can buy more plenary indulgences ..." [Part IIa N.9]
SACRAMENTAL COMMUNION "It is convenient that Communion be made on the same day that the work is done". [Part IIa N.8]
"With a single Eucharistic Communion one can gain a single plenary indulgence". [Part IIa N. 9]
PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE INTENTIONS OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF "It is convenient that prayer according to the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff be made on the same day in which the work is carried out". [Part IIa N. 8]
"With a single prayer according to the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, only one plenary indulgence can be gained". [Part IIa N.9]
"The condition of prayer is fully fulfilled according to the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, reciting a Pater and an Hail according to his intentions; however, individual faithful are left free to recite any other prayer according to the piety and devotion of each one towards the Roman Pontiff ". [Part IIa N.10]
DOCUMENT: "INDULGENTIARUM DOCTRINA" Apostolic Constitution
by SS Paolo VI 1 January 1967 [IND. D.]
DOCUMENT: "ENCHIRIDION INDULGENTIARUM" [ENCH.IND.]
[Manual of Indulgences Norms and concessions] Holy Apostolic Penitentiary 29.06.1968
Vatican multilingual typography.
NB. The number at the end of the cited indulgences corresponds to the number of the indulgence
Granted, as is in the INDULGENCE MANUAL, CODE OF CANONIC LAW Can. 992 - 997