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I am starting The New St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism TODAY and was looking at the inside front cover and I need a quick information session on indulgences.
What does this mean?
"An indulgence of 5 years"-it expires?
What is a plenary indulgence? usual conditions?
And I have been meaning to come and ask about the Prayers for Every Day page. Aren't there certain times that some prayers are said--The Angelus, Regina Coeli are 2 I think have certain seasons to be said.
Last question--what are ejaculations and the days noted after?
I should be fine with the rest of the book 
And thank you all for helping me learn after a pathetic catholic education. You all help me put my kids in a better place than I was as a young adult. One of my goals is for them to know our faith. I cannot make them stay Catholic but at least if the know the truth they can make decisions and defend it.
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Ejaculations are those short prayers that burst forth from you especially in times of need like, "Jesus I Trust in You!" or "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph". The numbers probably refer to days off of Purgatory.
I know there are more knowledgeable people who can share great links about purgatory and indulgences (as well as answer your other questions), but I think that anymore we don't count up days or years off purgatory so you can probably safely ignore those. We approach indulgences as "partial" or "plenary/full".
New Advent article on indulgences
That should give a better and more complete answer.
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mom2mpr wrote:
I am starting The New St. Joseph Baltimore Catechism TODAY and was looking at the inside front cover and I need a quick information session on indulgences.
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This from EWTN really answers "What Is An Indulgence?" and some of your particular questions.
Updated in 1968, the Enchiridion of Indulgences is the current document that explains the teaching of indulgences and lists the conditions and has particular indulgenced devotions and prayers. Start by reading the norms.
Formerly the indulgenced prayers were listed in the Raccolta.
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No, before the change partial indulgences were granted with time -- days, weeks, years. From the EWTN page:
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Note on Partial Indulgences (days and years)
In the past partial indulgences were "counted" in days (e.g. 300 days) or years (e.g. 5 years). Catholics often mistakenly thought that this meant "time off of purgatory." Since there is no time in purgatory, as we understand it, it meant instead the remission of temporal punishment analogous to a certain amount of penitence as practiced in the early Church. This was a very generous standard, since the penitence required for sacramental absolution in the early centuries was arduous, indeed. However, with Pope Paul VI's 1968 revision of the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum (Collection or Handbook of Indulgences), this confusing way of counting partial indulgences was suppressed, and the evaluation of a partial indulgence left to God.
There are many prayers still circulating on prayer cards and in prayer books which have partial indulgences in days and years attached to them. However, all grants of indulgence issued prior to 1968, unless re-issued in the Enchiridion or specifically exempted by papal decree or privilege, were suppressed by Pope Paul VI. Thus, these many specific prayers with their attached indulgences, as well as the manner of measuring partial indulgences, are no longer valid. Some of them may still receive an indulgence, though, because of being re-issued in the new Enchiridion (e.g. the Anima Christi, the Prayer before a Crucifix and many other formal prayers). All other prayers previously indulgenced could, nonetheless, receive a partial indulgence under the general grants of indulgence which Pope Paul VI, and Pope John Paul II in his 1999 revision of the Enchiridion, established. These general grants establish partial indulgences for devout prayer, penitence and charity, and are a new and very generous inclusion in the Church's grants of indulgence. They have made it unnecessary to grant specific indulgences to prayers and other pious acts, as was done in the past. |
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"An indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due for sins already forgiven as far as their guilt is concerned." And this can be either partial remission, which is a partial indulgence, or complete remission, which is a plenary indulgence.
The usual conditions are as follows. To receive any kind of indulgence, you must be baptized and in the state of grace, have the intention to gain them when performing the works in the way they are described.
In addition, to acquire a plenary indulgence you must fulfill the 3 conditions of sacramental confession,
Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. These can be fulfilled several days before or after the performance of the devotion. In addition, there must be no attachment to any sin, including venial.
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| And I have been meaning to come and ask about the Prayers for Every Day page. Aren't there certain times that some prayers are said--The Angelus, Regina Coeli are 2 I think have certain seasons to be said. |
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Angelus is said 3 times a day, traditionally at dawn (6:00), mid-day (noon), and evening (6:00 pm).
From the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, Principles and Guidelines:
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| 195. The Angelus Domini is the traditional form used by the faithful to commemorate the holy annunciation of the angel Gabriel to Mary. It is used three times daily: at dawn, mid-day and at dusk. It is a recollection of the salvific event in which the Word became flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, through the power of the Holy Spirit in accordance with the salvific plan of the Father. |
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The Angelus is said throughout the year EXCEPT for the Easter Season, and the Regina Coeli is recited in its place.
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I think Rachel May answered this while I was typing my long dissertation. Ejaculations also known as invocations or aspirations or ejaculatory prayers. The days after are for indulgences, and we're back to the above. 
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I will look at the links later. Thank you, thank you, thank you....I am much more ready to work with ds and this book now. You all are so helpful and wonderful!
Anne
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