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Indulgences For Saying The Rosary |
Indulgences For Praying The Rosary: a) Those who reverently recite five decades of the Rosary, may gain an indulgence of 5 years. b) Those who reverently recite five decades of the Rosary in unison with others, publicly or privately, may gain: An indulgence of 10 years, once a day. A plenary indulgence on the last Sunday of each month, with the addition of Confession, Communion, and a visit to a church or public oratory, if the Rosary is recited at least three times in any of the preceding weeks. In addition, a partial indulgence of 10 years, if the Rosary is recited in unison with the family. A plenary indulgence twice a month, if the same is recited daily for a month with the addition of Confession, Communion, and a visit to a church or public oratory. c) Those who reverently recite five decades of the Rosary in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, either exposed publicly or reserved in the tabernacle, may gain: A plenary indulgence under the conditions of Confession and Communion. Note: Each decade may be said at different times as long as the chaplet of five decades is completed on the same day. ______________________________________ The Canon Code further specify that "An indulgence is partial or plenary insofar as it partially or totally frees from the temporal punishment due to sins" (Canon Law 993). It is also important to note that the Code adds, "Any member of the faithful can gain partial or plenary indulgences for oneself or apply them to the dead by way of suffrage" (Canon 994). What gives the Bishops and Priests the authority to issue indulgences? This authority comes from the power granted to all disciples of Christ to bind and loose, as stated in the Bible passage John 20:22-23 22 And when he (Jesus) had said this, he breathed on them (disciples) and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. 23 Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." Indulgences are grounded in Biblical teachings and have the full authority given by Christ. Indulgences are part of the Church's infallible teaching. Indulgences do not forgive sin, they only lessen the punishment due after sins have been forgiven. In order to gain an indulgence, you must first satisfy these conditions stated by Canon Law 994, "To be capable of gaining indulgences, a person must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least at the end of the prescribed works." You are in a state of grace after going to Confession. You must also, "have at least the general intention of acquiring them (the indulgences)" (Can 994) which means it must be your intention beforehand to gain the indulgence associated with the act you are performing. You cannot pray a Rosary, and then ten minutes afterwards say, "Hey, there is such and such indulgence with that act...I claim it." Instead your initial intention prior to the act, must be for the sole purpose of gaining that indulgence. Also, you "must fulfill the enjoined works in the established time and the proper method, according to the tenor of the grant," (Can 994) meaning you have to complete the entire act associated with the indulgence in order to gain it. |
Rosary Recitation Indulgences |
What is an indulgence? In the Code of Canon Law, which is in the official body of laws for Catholics, an indulgence is defined as "the remission before God of temporal punishment for sins whose guilt is already forgiven, which a properly disposed member of the Christian faithful gains under certain and defined conditions by the assistance of the Church which as minister of redemption dispenses and applies authoritatively the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints" (Canon Law 992). |
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