To gain a partial indulgence you must be in a state of grace at least at the time when the indulgenced work is completed. A plenary indulgence can only be received once per day under ordinary circumstances. In addition to being in a state of grace, to receive a plenary indulgence you must also:
- Have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin
- Have sacramentally confessed your sins
- Receive the Holy Eucharist
- Pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff
Even if you don't think you have met the criteria for a plenary indulgence, such as being completely detached from all sin, it is still worth attempting to gain such an indulgence. In our prayerful attempts to receive this complete remission of the temporal punishment due to us for our already forgiven sins we grow closer in God and become closer to being detached from sin.
- Have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin
- Have sacramentally confessed your sins
- Receive the Holy Eucharist
- Pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff
Even if you don't think you have met the criteria for a plenary indulgence, such as being completely detached from all sin, it is still worth attempting to gain such an indulgence. In our prayerful attempts to receive this complete remission of the temporal punishment due to us for our already forgiven sins we grow closer in God and become closer to being detached from sin.
COLLECT THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE:
Almighty ever-living God,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of the universe,
grant, we pray,
that the whole creation, set free from slavery,
may render your majesty service
and ceaselessly proclaim your praise.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
PREFACE PROPER TO THE SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE:
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God.
For you anointed your Only Begotten Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ, with the oil of gladness
as eternal Priest and King of all creation,
so that, by offering himself on the altar of the Cross
as a spotless sacrifice to bring us peace,
he might accomplish the mysteries of human redemption
and, making all created things subject to his rule,
he might present to the immensity of your majesty
an eternal and universal kingdom,
a kingdom of truth and life,
a kingdom of holiness and grace,
a kingdom of justice, love and peace.
And so, with Angels and Archangels,
with Thrones and Dominions,
and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven,
we sing the hymn of your glory,
as without end we acclaim:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts...
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PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION ON THE SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE:
Having received the food of immortality,
we ask, O Lord,
that, glorying in obedience
to the commands of Christ, the King of the universe,
we may live with him eternally in his heavenly Kingdom.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
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This advent season, the preparation for the birth of our Lord, I ask you to ponder this question: how are you heeding John’s call to repentance and how are you preparing for Jesus fiery return?
New Post: https://fretheim.blog/posts/heeding-john-the-baptists-call/
Jackson Fretheim
Heeding St. John the Baptist's Call
The great John the Baptist proclaimed the coming of Jesus, the savior, one who is mightier than even John himself (Mark 1:7). John’s baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins was essential in fulfilling the role of the one crying out in the wilderness…
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"The comforts and tribulations of this life are momentary and small, but the comforts and tribulations of the next life are everlasting and great beyond measure."
—St. Robert Bellarmine
—St. Robert Bellarmine
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Someone close to me is coughing up blood, please pray for them.
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"Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent" (Proverbs 17:28).
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Make sure that you fulfill both your obligation for Sunday and Christmas, details below:
"Hence we see that these senses are, as it were, five gates through which all kinds of sin can enter into the soul. If, then, we carefully guard these gates, we shall easily avoid a multitude of sins, and therefore we shall be enabled to live well and die well."
—St. Robert Bellarmine, The Art of Dying Well
—St. Robert Bellarmine, The Art of Dying Well
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St. Robert Bellarmine, quoting Augustine, provides the following remedy for temptations to unchastity:
"The holy Father [St. Augustine] thus speaks: 'If you cast your eyes upon anyone, fix them upon no one.' Wherefore, if we do not purposely accustom ourselves to look upon a beautiful person, and should, by chance, cast our eyes upon one, and then quickly turn them aside, there will be no danger to us; for truly does St. Augustine remark that the danger is not in the glance, but in the dwelling upon the object" (The Art of Dying Well, 108-109).
"The holy Father [St. Augustine] thus speaks: 'If you cast your eyes upon anyone, fix them upon no one.' Wherefore, if we do not purposely accustom ourselves to look upon a beautiful person, and should, by chance, cast our eyes upon one, and then quickly turn them aside, there will be no danger to us; for truly does St. Augustine remark that the danger is not in the glance, but in the dwelling upon the object" (The Art of Dying Well, 108-109).
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"Peter’s successors in the primacy were unequivocal in testifying to their preeminence and universal jurisdiction in the Church."
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
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"The history of the Church in the first millennium is replete with instances of the Popes deposing heretical patriarchs and bishops, hearing appeals from bishops of East and West, calling local councils, ratifying or annulling the decisions made in ecumenical councils, and making other doctrinal judgments to safeguard the 'deposit of faith,' which Christ gave to the College of Bishops united to their head and center of unity, the Bishop of Rome."
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
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"These great Popes insist that the primacy of the Chair of Peter in the Church was not the consequence of the political status of “Old Rome,” but of the words of power Christ spoke to Blessed Peter."
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
—James Likoudis, The Divine Primacy of the Bishop of Rome and Modern Eastern Orthodoxy
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