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 The
indulgence is the remission of temporal punishment (penalty to be
paid on earth) because of sin whose guilt and eternal punishment
(damnation
to hell) have already been forgiven in the sacrament of Confession.
The temporal punishment can be expiated through prayer, fasting,
almsgiving, the sufferings of Purgatory, of obtaining an indulgence.
An indulgence can be partial
or plenary, referring to whether the remission of the temporal punishment
is limited or complete. Indulgences are applied to the living per
modum absolutionis (as a grant); to the dead per modum suffragii
(as a supplication). |
| In order to gain the
Plenary Jubilee Indulgence during the Holy Year, for oneself or for a dead
person, the faithful must personally visit a designated church and perform
on the same day three good works: |
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Sacramental Confession, leading
to a genuine conversion of heart.
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Holy communion
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Prayers for the intentions
of the Pope (Our Father-Hail Mary-The Apostolic Creed; or the Rosary;
or the Way of the Cross),
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A visit to a jubilee church.
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Charitable works (towards the
sick, those in prison, elderly who are alone, abandoned children, young
people in trouble, and all who are in need, because Christ is in each one
of them.
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| The Indulgence can be
acquired only once a day. Sick people, unable to visit a church,
can perform the three works in any place. |
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