HOW TO GAIN A PLENARY INDULGENCE EACH DAY DURING THE HOLY WEEK.

HOW TO GAIN A PLENARY INDULGENCE EACH DAY DURING THE HOLY WEEK.

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Conditions to gain a plenary indulgence

  • Confession – 20 days before or after the prescribed act of piety with indulgence
  • Holy Communion during the day.
  • Pray for the Pope’s intentions (with one Our Father and one Hail Mary).
  • Struggle to avoid any sin, even venial.
  • Fulfilling one of the following acts of piety during the particular day:

HOLY THURSDAY

  • Visit and adore the Blessed Sacrament for at least 30 min or
  • Pray/sing the Tantum Ergo during the Transfer of the Blessed Sacrament within the Holy Thursday Evening Mass of Our Lord’s Supper (Enchiridion indulgentiarum, n. 60).

GOOD FRIDAY

  • Pray the “Way of the Cross” with piety or
  • Participate in the Passion of Our Lord (Good Friday Service) where the Adoration of the Holy Cross takes place (Enchiridion indulgentiarum, n. 17).

HOLY SATURDAY

  • Pray the Holy Rosary together with your family or friends, accompanying Our Lady.

EASTER VIGIL

  • Attend the Easter Vigil and renew your Baptismal promises during the ceremony (Enchiridion indulgentiarum, n. 70).

EASTER SUNDAY

  • Receive the Urbi et Orbi Blessing from Pope Francis or the Apostolic Blessing given by the Diocesan Bishop through radio, TV, or social media (Enchiridion indulgentiarum, n. 70).

An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church. It could be partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin. The faithful can gain indulgences for themselves or apply them to the dead.
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1471-

One could gain a plenary indulgence daily as well throughout the year fulfilling the prescribed conditions above and an act of piety prescribed by the Church, for example:

  • Mental prayer or visit to the Blessed Sacrament for at least 30 minutes.
  • Praying the Holy Rosary with your family/friends.


Let us make the most out of the many graces God wishes to grant us to have a purified soul and thank Him as well for giving Her Church the task of dispensing the treasures of His Great Mercy.
A Blessed Holy Week to all! Fr. Rolly Arjonillo

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