Apostolic Blessing-Ron Smith

Apostolic Blessing
MARCH 2011 "Not to oppose error is to approve it, and not to defend the truth is to suppress it" - Pope St. Felix III Note: In this report I may occasionally use bold print, Italics, or word underlining for emphasis. This will be my personal emphasis and not that of the source that I am quoting. Please "Apostolic Pardon prayer". I have read regarding this Q:send to explain theThank you and of course anxious for your reply. Rita L.and would like to my sister. Childers A: I believe that you are referring to either the 'Apostolic Blessing' or the 'Last Blessing'. "Apostolic Blessing: The benediction bestowed upon the faithful by the Pope. He gives the papal blessing at the conclusion of Mass and at various liturgical functions; in addition, he may bestow the blessing at the end of a papal audience, as he does on solemn occasions such as the event of his election and Christmas Day, when he grants the blessing Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World). A plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, is attached to the papal blessing and may be earned even by listening to the blessing over the radio or television. The blessing is delegated to bishops; a priest may give the apostolic blessing on the occasion of his first solemnly celebrated Mass and when he attends the sick at the moment of death."1 "Last Blessing: The apostolic blessing given to a dying person, after the administration of anointing, which bestows a plenary indulgence. The English text of the Last Blessing is, 'By the power the Apostolic See has given me, I grant you a plenary indulgence and pardon for all your sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.' The indulgence which is granted is then gained at the moment of death."2 "An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints."3 "Indulgences are either plenary (when all punishments are remitted) or partial (when only part of that punishment is remitted)."4 "To gain a plenary indulgence, further conditions must be met. To gain a plenary indulgence, one must be a member of the Church in good standing and in the state of grace, must do the specific work to which the indulgence is attached, and within several days before or after must receive the sacraments of penance and Eucharist, and pray for the popes intentions. It also is necessary to be free of all attachment to sin, even venial sin. The prayer for the popes intentions need be no more than one Our Father and Hail Mary, and may be some other prayer."5 I hope this answers your question! This report prepared on May 29, 2007 by Ronald Smith, 11701 Maplewood Road, Chardon, Ohio 44024-8482, E-mail: [email protected]. Readers may copy and distribute this report as desired to anyone as long as the content is not altered and it is copied in its entirety. In this little ministry I do free Catholic and occult related research and answer your questions. Questions are answered in this format with detailed footnotes on all quotes. If you would like to be on my list to get a copy of all Q&As I do, please send me a note. If you have a question(s), please submit it to this landmail or e-mail address. Answers are usually forthcoming within one week.
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Our Sunday Visitors Catholic Encyclopedia, ISBN: 0-87973-669-0, (1998), Rev. Fr. Peter Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., - Editor, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., Huntington, IN., P. 160 2 Our Sunday Visitors Catholic Encyclopedia, ISBN: 0-87973-669-0, (1998), Rev. Fr. Peter Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., - Editor, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., Huntington, IN., P. 160 3 Catechism of the Catholic Church, ISBN: 0-932406-23-8, (1994), Apostolate for Family Consecration, Bloomingdale, OH., Paragraph 1471, P. 370 4 Our Sunday Visitors Catholic Encyclopedia, ISBN: 0-87973-669-0, (1998), Rev. Fr. Peter Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., - Editor, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., Huntington, IN., P. 533 5 CD-ROM 2.0 Welcome to the Catholic Church, (1997), Harmony Media Inc., Gervais, OR.
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