"Lay
my body anywhere," pleaded the dying St. Monica with her son, St.
Augustine, "only this I beg of you: remember me at the altar of God."
The month of November is dedicated to the Souls in
Purgatory. Is it not sad but true that the living so soon forget the dead? We
forget when we live, we are forgotten when we die.
Indulgences for All Souls Week
An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed. The indulgence is plenary each day from the first to the eighth of November; on other days of the year it is partial.
An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed. The indulgence is plenary each day from the first to the eighth of November; on other days of the year it is partial.
A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in
Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who on the day dedicated to the
Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed [November 2 {as well as on the
Sunday preceding or following, and on All Saints' Day}] piously visit a church.
In visiting the church it is required that one Our Father and the Creed be
recited.
To acquire a plenary indulgence it is necessary also to
fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental Confession, Eucharistic
communion, and prayer for the intention of the Holy Father. The three
conditions may be fulfilled several days before or after the performance of the
visit; it is, however, fitting that communion be received and the prayer for
the intention of the Holy Father be said on the same day as the visit.
The condition of praying for the intention of the Holy
Father is fully satisfied by reciting one Our Father and one Hail Mary. A
plenary indulgence can be acquired only once in the course of the day.
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