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If you have made your way to this site, you may be having an experience that I've had myself. The experience of being interested in learning about Catholic Indulgences but not knowing where to turn to find information, or how to apply such information once you've learned it.
It is my hope that this blog can help you with that.
NOTICE: This is only a personal reflection blog observing the topic of Indulgences and how they can be practiced. Please take the time to read the NOTICE page for more info on how the Catholic Church has installed regulations for the transfer of indulgence-related materials.
For The Sick And Impeded
A question that is sometimes asked about indulgences is if they can be done by the disabled. Or by the impeded, the sick, the home bound, and/or the bed reddened. Here I would like to cover some of the allowances that indulgences have, so as to be more accessible, and some of the plenary indulgences I would recommend. Starting off, let us look at the Norms of indulgences that are designed to make gaining indulgences (especially plenary indulgences) a little easier. Please not
catholicindulgence
Nov 29, 202513 min read
Noon to Midnight, Norm 14
Did you know that some plenary indulgence works can be done ‘early?’ For example, you may be able to do a work on a Saturday afternoon which would would count as that Sunday’s indulgence! This comes from Norm 14. Norm 14 states: If a visit to a Church or an oratory is required to obtain an indulgence attached to a particular day, this may be accomplished from noon of the preceding day until midnight of the particular day. Why would we have this norm? My personal opinion is th
catholicindulgence
Oct 31, 202510 min read
How to NOT Gain an Indulgence
When trying to gain indulgences, there are right ways of doing it. This mean ‘legally’ (that is to say; based on how indulgences are written) and also ‘in spirit’, (that is, the attitude we use to interpret and do indulgences), Here are some common mistakes I’ve seen, and even have done myself, that hinder our abilities to gain indulgences. This is geared more towards gaining Plenary indulgences, although some of these also may apply to partial indulgences too. Don’t forgo st
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Oct 27, 202513 min read
All Souls Octave FAQs of 2024
Frequently asked Questions of the All Souls Octave (From November 1st-8th, 2024) This article is written to specifically address the All Souls Octave-Plenary indulgence, which takes place on November 1st-8th. Other indulgences, even indulgences for the dead of indulgences that can be done on the same days, may have different guidelines. 1) Must I do all 8 days, and what happens if I don’t? 2) Who can I gain this indulgence for? 3) What must I do each day, and is it possible t
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Oct 17, 20257 min read
Marian Titular Feast FAQs of 2025
Frequently asked Questions, asked on the Feast day of the Assumption of Mary (August 15, 2025) This article is written to specifically address the Titular Feast day of the Assumption, which takes place on August 15. There are may Feast Days attributed to the Virgin Mary and there are even more Titular Indulgences when we include other saints, and generally these same thoughts and rules apply. But these particular [adapted] questions were asked on this particular Holy Day. Is
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Aug 26, 20255 min read
Indulgences when there is No Pope
How do you gain an indulgence when there's no Pope? I came across this question in early May of 2025. Pope Francis has just passed away on April 21st, and it was still days away from when Pope Leo XIV would be elected. In that time, while the church was in the transition of mourning Pope Francis and electing his predecessor, someone asked this question: How do I gain indulgences since the Pope has passed? Remember, praying for the Pope’s Intentions is a necessary condition to
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Jun 25, 20255 min read
The Gift of The Indulgence- AP Address
APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY THE GIFT OF THE INDULGENCE In this address, Given in Rome at the offices of the Apostolic Penitentiary, 29 January 2000, the Church offers some new insights, and some old insights, in regards to indulgences. [original article source ] ----------------------------------------------- General Remarks On Indulgences 1. This is how an indulgence is defined in the Code of Canon Law (can. 992) and in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (n. 1471): "An i
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Dec 16, 20242 min read
The Weekly Indulgence Challenge
Have you ever considered trying to gain a plenary indulgence during the routine of a normal week? If not, I invite you to read the following questions below, to see if this may be right for you: 1) Do you regularly go to Mass on the weekend? 2) Are you okay with going to confession approximately once a month? 3) Do you half-enjoy praying the rosary or sitting down to read your Catholic bible? If so, you may be eligible to gain a plenary indulgence once every week! The First S
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Dec 5, 20246 min read
A Heart detached from Sin
If you were stuck on a desert island and you could only take 3 books, what would they be? If your house caught on fire and you could only grab 1 item to save, what would you save? If you could only eat 1 dessert for the rest of your life, what would you choose? If you had to give up 1 of your 5 senses, which one would you give up last? This may seem like an odd way to start the conversation, but in order for us to understand what a heart looks like that is detachment from sin
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Jul 25, 20248 min read
Eucharistic Adoration and Procession
An indulgence is attached to the work: EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AND PROCESSION For Who: Anyone For When: Any day of the year; Holy Thursday; Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi); Eucharistic congress For Where: Wherever the Eucharist is present inside or outside; Eucharistic congress; (partial)Anywhere Partial or Plenary: Both As written in the Manuel of Indulgences, under Grant 7: 7 EUCHARISTIC ADORATION AND PROCESSION §1 A plenary indulgence is granted
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Apr 29, 20247 min read
Indulgences for the Departed… Can we do that?
** Indulgence Grant 29 is presented halfway through this article. Here we will consider all the important information that we need to know about Indulgences and the deceased, which is written in the book “Manuel of Indulgences.” Starting off we look at Norm 3: N3. The faithful can obtain partial or plenary indulgences for themselves, or they can apply them to the dead by way of suffrage. Suffrage, in the dictionary, has one definition that is faith-based: a series of interces
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Apr 26, 202412 min read
The Marian Rosary
An indulgence is attached to the work: Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary For Who: Anyone For When: Any day of the Year For Where: In a church, oratory; in a family, a religious community, an association of the faithful; in general when several of the faithful gather for some honest purpose; along with the Supreme Pontiff by live broadcast, radio, or television;(partial)Any location Partial or Plenary: Both As written in the Manuel of Indulgences, under Grant 17: 17 PRAYER
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Apr 16, 202411 min read
Approved Scripture for Scripture Reading
Now that we know that Scripture Reading can allow us to obtain an indulgence! Yet it's only obtainable under the criteria that we read an “approved text.” So our next question would have to be; What is an approved text? As I mentioned in the post addressing the indulgence of Scripture Reading, there doesn’t seem to be an absolute rule or drawn-line on what is considered an approved work, or at what level someone has to be to approve it. But! We are not left to totally specula
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Apr 15, 20247 min read
Official Resources - Who, What, and Where?
Where can I find Information regarding Indulgences?: To start us off, I would like to present the website of the Holy See, also known as the Website for the Vatican. The Holy See, Apostolic Penitentiary, and the Roman Pontiff (the Pope) all make use of this website in regards of releasing official documents and statements. So, naturally, if an indulgence document needs to be publicized, they will post it on this website. Here is the link to the Website for the Vatican The ne
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Apr 11, 20246 min read
Scripture Reading
An indulgence is attached to the work: Reading of Sacred Scripture. For Who: Anyone For When: Any day of the year For Where: Any location Partial or Plenary: Both As written in the Manuel of Indulgences, under Grant 30: 30 READING OF SACRED SCRIPTURE §1 A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who read the Sacred Scriptures as spiritual reading, from a text approved by competent authority and with the reverence due to the divine word, for at least a half an hour; if
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Apr 8, 20247 min read
How to do an Indulgence - The Basics
Presented under the title “Other Concessions,” the Catholic Church gives this information: “ 5. To obtain a plenary indulgence, as stated in Norm 20, the performance of the work, the fulfillment of the three conditions, and a generous disposition of heart, which would exclude all attachment to sin, are required. The performance of the prescribed work and at least a contrite heart are required for a partial indulgence, as noted in Norm 4.” So to start us off, if you would like
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Mar 27, 20247 min read
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