HOW TO SPING A SOUL FROM PURGATORY INDULGENCES

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Here's the text: 13. Visit to a Cemetery (Coemeterii visitatio) An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed. he indulgence is plenary each day from the !st to the "th of #ovember$ on other days of the year it is partial. %n order for the indulgence to be plenary, the following conditions must also be met alone with the visit and prayers at the cemetery: !. Sacramental confession within &about twenty days'(!) of the actual day of the Plenary %ndulgence. *. +ucharistic ,ommunion on the day of the Plenary %ndulgence. -. Prayer for the intentions of the Pope on the day of the Plenary %ndulgence. 4. %t is further re.uired that all attachment to sin, even venial sin, be absent.(*) a/ing young people, particularly teenagers, to cemeteries to pray for the dead is a wholesome thing. 0oung people are not usually aware of their mortality. %t's a good thing to recogni1e the tombs of the dead...and pray for them. Perhaps our culture's fascination with death and horror movies is related to the fact that young people are isolated from death and prevented from attending funerals. 2o you agree3 Please leave a comment. (!) Apostolic Penitentiary, Prot. #. -45675% 8!" 9ebruary *667:. (*) %f the latter detachment from sin is in any way less than perfect or if the prescribed three conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence will be partial only. %n accordance with the canonical norms -; and -7 of the Enchiridion of Indulgences 8!4<":, a confessor or bishop can dispense someone of one or two of the norms above. Do you enjoy reading Canterbury ales by aylor !arshall" !a#e it easier to receive daily $osts. It%s free. &lease clic# here to sign u$ by 'eed or here to sign u$ by Email. &lease also e($lore EASIEST PLENARY INDULGENCE DURING LENT
Behold, !ind and most sweet "esus, # cast myself upon my !nees in thy sight, and with the most fer$ent desire of my soul, pray and beseech thee that thou wouldst impress upon my heart li$ely sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, with true contrition for my sins and a firm purpose of amendment% while with deep affection and grief of soul # ponder within myself and mentally contemplate thy fi$e wounds, ha$ing before my eyes the words which &a$id the prophet put on thy lips concerning thee: '(y hands and my feet they ha$e pierced, they ha$e numbered all my bones.) *he conditions for gaining the +lenary #ndulgence are as follows: 1. *he act accomplished 2. ,acramental -ommunion .. ,acramental -onfession within 20 days 4. +rayer for the intention of the /oly 0ather 1. 0reedom from attachment to sin 2Be not afraid3 *his last condition doesn4t mean that you will no longer be tempted towards sin but that, with this action, you are willing to root out anything in your life which is displeasing to 5od and to lo$e /im abo$e all things6.

What does the Catholic Church teach about Purgatory

Posted by 2r. aylor =arshall oday is All Souls and the day raises many .uestions from ,atholics and non>,atholics ali/e. So what does the ,hurch teach about Purgatory3

he following is from the official Catechism of the Catholic Church. Please read carefully. he paragraphs below dispel many Protestant 8and +astern ?rthodox: misconceptions about Purgatory: !6-6 All who die in @od's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation$ but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the Aoy of heaven. !6-! he ,hurch gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. he ,hurch formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the ,ouncils of 9lorence and rent. he tradition of the ,hurch, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, spea/s of a cleansing fire: )s for certain lesser faults* +e must believe that* before the 'inal ,udgment* there is a $urifying fire. -e +ho is truth says that +hoever utters blas$hemy against the -oly .$irit +ill be $ardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. 'rom this sentence +e understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age* but certain others in the age to come. 8St. @regory the @reat, 2ial. ;,-4:PB CC,-4<$ cf. =t !*:-!.: his teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: D herefore (Eudas =accabeus) made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin.D 9rom the beginning the ,hurch has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the +ucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of @od. he ,hurch also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and wor/s of penance underta/en on behalf of the dead: /et us hel$ and commemorate them. If ,ob%s sons +ere $urified by their father%s sacrifice* +hy +ould +e doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation" /et us not hesitate to hel$ those +ho have died and to offer our $rayers for them. (011 .t. ,ohn Chrysostom* -om. in 1 Cor. 11*23&4 01*3015 cf. ,ob 132.) So first of all, Purgatory is not eternal Hell. Secondly, only the elect, that is saved ,hristians, will go there. Purgatory is a place only for those on their way to Heaven. %t is the final purification of those who die in fellowship with ,hrist. here are Scripture passages relating to prayer for the dead. %f one accepts * =accabees 8as .uoted above: as canonical, then once must accept prayer for the dead. =any scholars believe that St Paul prays for a dead friend in * imothy chapter !: (!<) =ay the Bord grant mercy to the household of ?nesiphorus, for he often refreshed me$ he was not ashamed of my chains, (!C) but when he arrived in Fome he searched for me eagerly and found me >> (!") may the Bord grant him to find mercy from the Bord on that 2ay >> and you well /now all the service he rendered at +phesus. ?ur Savior ,hrist also mentions that there is opportunity for forgiveness in this life and after death: =atthew !*:-* And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven$ but whoever spea/s against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. Gut the most convincing passage for me was ! ,orinthians -:!->!7:

(!-) each man's wor/ will become manifest$ for the 2ay will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of wor/ each one has done. (!;) %f the wor/ which any man has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. (!7) %f any man's wor/ is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. 9irst of all, each man will be Audged and his wor/ Dwill be revealed with fire.D he good we have done will survive the fire and will be our Dreward.D he evil we have done will be Dburned upD and Dhe will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.D Here we see that this /ind of fire is not Hell, but Dhe himself will be saved, but only as through fire.D he @ree/ word for fire is DpurD and it is the same %ndo>+uropean root from which DPHF>gatoryD derives. Purgatory is that state of

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he Protestant might as/ at this point, DIell if somebody is already saved, then why do that have to pass through this fire3 2idn't ,hrist die for all their sins3D 0es, ,hrist died for their sins and has redeemed them. Gut He died that we might become actually holy. DGe holy as % am holy.D he fire of Purgatory is the fire of @od's love causing us to Dsuffer lossD by a sort of final repentance from our sins. %t is therefore painful because we must let go of the desires of the flesh and face our failings. his is what it means to Dsuffer lossD. Ie can't get around the words of St Paul who says that ,hristians must pass through fire after death. %f H11ah was /illed by @od for merely touching the Ar/ of the ,ovenant, then we must be fully sanctified to enter Heaven. he debt has been paid but we have not fully been transformed into the image of ,hrist. ,hrist died to ma/e us actually and really holy. Purgatory is this final transformation by which our ,hrist>centered actions are ac/nowledged and our sinful affections are burned away.

! ,or !*:*< %f one member suffers, all suffer together$ if one member is honored, all reAoice together. Gest of all, we should have the Holy Sacrifice of the =ass offered for the faithful departed. Ie are a family and we're all in this together. ?ne thing %'m learning as a ,atholic is that we really are one huge family in ,hrist. Ihen we pray for the departed we are as/ing @od Dwho is a consuming fireD to assist those who are undergoing their final repentance and purification as they prepare to entere His All>Holy presence. % commend to you Eudaism two of my and recent blog posts: Purgatory

?rthodox ,S Bewis and Purgatory

Sai!t Gregory the Great o! Purgatory

@regory the @reat was a saint, church father, pope, liturgist, theologian, and patron of missionary wor/ in pagan lands. %n the passage cited below, Saint @regory discusses purgatory. 9irst, he states that there is Dcleansing fireD that DpurgesD away Dminor faultsD. Second, he cites Scripture to substantiate the doctrine. hird, he ma/es a logical argument from the words of ,hrist demonstrating that sins can and will be forgiven in the world to come. D+ach one will be presented to the Eudge exactly as he was when he departed this life. 0et, there must be a cleansing fire before Audgment, because of some minor faults that may remain to be purged away. 2oes not ,hrist, the ruth, say that if anyone blasphemes against the Holy Spirit he shall not be forgiven Deither in this world or in the world to comeD 8=t !*:-*:3 9rom this statement we learn that some sins can be forgiven in this world and some in the world to come. 9or, if forgiveness is refused for a particular sin, we conclude logically that it is granted for others. his must apply, as % said, to slight transgressions.D Pope Saint @regory the @reat, Dialogues, ;:-4 8A.2. 74;:. Ihat's the ta/e>home principle3 %t's this. he ,hurch 9athers already had a robust theology of post>mortem purgation by the sixth century and they found it Austified in Sacred Scripture. 9or more Scriptural proof for Purgatory visit: The A"ostle Paul o! Purgatory a!d Prayers #or the Dead.