{"id":25136,"date":"2009-12-03T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T05:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/first-thursday-plenary-indulge\/"},"modified":"2009-12-03T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T05:00:50","slug":"first-thursday-plenary-indulge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2009\/12\/first-thursday-plenary-indulge\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thursday Plenary Indulgence for Lay Faithful for Year for Priests"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In response to questions about the Plenary Indulgence for
\nthe Year for Priests<\/b>, the decree says that, “all truly penitent
\npriests”–having confessed their sins and received Holy Communion–may
\nobtain a Plenary Indulgence each day by devoutly praying Lauds or Vespers
\nbefore the Blessed Sacrament, and by making themselves available “with a
\nready and generous heart” for the Sacrament of Penance and the other
\nsacraments.<\/p>\n

This Plenary Indulgence may be applied to the souls of priests in
\npurgatory. Priests may also obtain a partial indulgence so often as they offer
\nprayers to ask for the grace of sacerdotal holiness. As I mentioned the other day about praying for souls of our priests, this an opportunity for priests to come to the assistance of their brother priests in
\npurgatory!<\/p>\n

The decree also makes generous provision for the lay faithful. They
\nmay obtain a Plenary Indulgence on the opening and closing days of the Year of
\nthe Priest and on the 150th anniversary of the death of Saint John Mary Vianney
\n(August 4, 2009), on the First Thursday of the Month, or on any other day
\nestablished by the ordinaries of particular places for the good of the
\nfaithful. The particular conditions are given below.<\/p>\n

An example, a
\nprayer suitable for obtaining the Plenary Indulgence would be:<\/p>\n

O Jesus, Eternal
\nPriest, keep Thy priests within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart, where none may
\ntouch them. Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Thy Sacred
\nBody. Keep unsullied their lips, daily purpled with Thy Precious Blood. Keep
\npure and unworldly their hearts sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood.
\nLet Thy holy love surround them from the world’s contagion. Bless their labors
\nwith abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and
\nconsolation here and their everlasting crown hereafter. Mary, Queen of the
\nClergy, pray for us; obtain for us numerous and holy priests. Amen.<\/b><\/p>\n

To acquire
\na plenary indulgence it is necessary to perform the work to which the
\nindulgence is attached and to fulfil three conditions: sacramental confession,
\nEucharistic Communion and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. It
\nis further required that all attachment to sin, even to venial sin, be absent.<\/p>\n

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In response to questions about the Plenary Indulgence for the Year for Priests, the decree says that, “all truly penitent priests”–having confessed their sins and received Holy Communion–may obtain a Plenary Indulgence each day by devoutly praying Lauds or Vespers before the Blessed Sacrament, and by making themselves available “with a ready and generous heart” … Continue reading First Thursday Plenary Indulgence for Lay Faithful for Year for Priests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[2089,32104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}