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Indulgences

In my own words, an indulgence is the act of saying special prayers, called "indulgences", in order to eliminate or lessen the time we or whomever we are praying for will spend in purgatory for their/our sins.

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the word indulgence (Lat. indulgentia, from indulgeo, means to be kind or tender) originally meant kindness or favor; in post-classic Latin it came to mean the remission of a tax or debt. In Roman law and in the Vulgate of the Old Testament (Is., lxi, 1) it was used to express release from captivity or punishment. In theological language also the word is sometimes employed in its primary sense to signify the kindness and mercy of God. But in the special sense in which it is here considered, an indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment due to sin, the guilt of which has been forgiven. Among the equivalent terms used in antiquity were pax, remissio, donatio, condonatio.

I am going to add a new section of Indulgence prayers to make it easier for the viewer to understand. Please be patient and return to this Web page, as I am researching and finding these very useful prayers. For now, below is a link to some of the procedures to receive an indulgence.
Indulgence Prayers and Procedures

What An Indulgence Is Not

To facilitate explanation, it may be well to state what an indulgence is not. It is not a permission to commit sin, nor a pardon of future sin; neither could be granted by any power. It is not the forgiveness of the guilt of sin; it supposes that the sin has already been forgiven. It is not an exemption from any law or duty, and much less from the obligation consequent on certain kinds of sin, e.g., restitution; on the contrary, it means a more complete payment of the debt which the sinner owes to God. It does not confer immunity from temptation or remove the possibility of subsequent lapses into sin. Least of all is an indulgence the purchase of a pardon which secures the buyer's salvation or releases the soul of another from Purgatory. The absurdity of such notions must be obvious to any one who forms a correct idea of what the Catholic Church really teaches on this subject.

I have always said certain prayers which are indulgences, and always said them because they were either beneficial to my deceased friends and relatives, or for someone who was dying, or for my family and myself. These prayers are not hard to say, and they give a great comfort and feeling of accomplishment toward something that is just about the most positive thing we can do for ourselves. Talk about good for you...indulgences are probably one of the best things you can do for yourself and if you think the time is wasted saying the prayers, well, the only way to know that is yet to come. I will list links to various pages on indulgences, and I will also list a page which refers to the indulgence prayers themselves.

There are different kinds of indulgences also. Plenary indulgences wipe away all sin, and temporal indulgences wipe away only some of the time you will spend in purgatory thereby wiping away only some of the sins, that is the time you would spend in purgatory for those sins.

How Indulgences Work
An Introduction to Indulgences
A Primer On Indulgences
Enchiridion of Indulgences

Whatever you decide to do with your life, saying prayers to our Lord and Savior is never wasted time. You can pray while you drive to work, or do your chores or errands, and you can sing God's praises anytime at all. Talking to God is being in touch with Him, who loves us so much. It would be rude, or unthoughtful to ignore or shun anyone you love and who loves you, therefore, why would you ignore the One Who loves you the most. The One Who gave you everyone and everything you come in contact with, and only He can change things in your life. All you have to do is ask.

Please keep in mind that we plan for our retirement by investing in retirement plans such as IRAs. Penary Indulgences are sort of like that, if you think about it...preparing our souls for Heaven...


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