What is An Indulgence and Why Should I Want One?

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This episode unpacks the concept of indulgences within the context of modern spirituality, highlighting their importance in the healing process of sin. Fr Damian, Deacon Mike and Mary Fugate discuss the relationship between guilt, temporal punishment, and practical pathways to obtain indulgences, reinforcing the idea that nurturing both spiritual and mental health is essential in our journeys of faith and recovery.

• Explaining indulgences as a grace that removes temporal punishment
• Distinguishing guilt from its lasting effects
• Emphasizing the need for healing post-confession without falling into the trap of favoring indulgence over the Sacrament of Confession.
• Outlining steps to obtain indulgences through specific practices
• Highlighting types of indulgences: partial vs. plenary
• Discussing the intersection of faith and therapy for holistic healing
• Exploring indulgences' communal aspect through offering for souls in purgatory
• Encouragement to embrace indulgences as a means of grace and restoration

Links for the Jubilee Year:
Pilgrimage sites in the Diocese of Cleveland
Requirements to receive the plenary indulgence
Jubilee Resources
Book: Jesus and the Jubilee

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