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Proposed Indulgences for Parents

by Cari Donaldson on March 6, 2012 · 19 comments

It’s not an exhaustive list, certainly, but I think it’s a good start.  Now I just need to figure out who I need to email it to.

*To gain any indulgence you must be a Catholic in a state of grace.  You also must have at least the habitual intention of gaining an indulgence by the act performed. To gain a partial indulgence, you must perform with a contrite heart the act to which the indulgence is attached. To gain a plenary indulgence you must perform the act with a contrite heart, plus you must go to confession (one confession may suffice for several plenary indulgences), receive Holy Communion, and pray for the pope’s intentions. (An Our Father and a Hail Mary said for the pope’s intentions are sufficient, although you are free to substitute other prayers of your own choice.) The final condition is that you must be free from all attachment to sin, including venial sin. 

If you attempt to receive a plenary indulgence, but are unable to meet the last condition, a partial indulgence is received instead.   (source)

 

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  • http://twitter.com/HouseUnseen Dwija Borobia

    Have I ever told you about my “Miracle Submission Form”?  Girl, we are THINKERS is what we are!

  • Lisa S

    GENIOUS!!!

  • Grasea

    Never not brilliant!!!!!

  • Sarah @ Amongst Lovely Things

    Awesome. Perhaps my favorite of your writing yet. Absolutely hilarious!

  • Maryhaseltine

    I love it!  I mean, praying the Stations of the Cross is a very welcome piece of cake to the mortification of some of these :)  

  • Colleen

    As funny as this is, it’s got to at least be partially true for all the crap we endure.  My problem is remembering to offer it up instead of just cursing under my breath :)

  • Colleen

    As funny as this is, it’s got to at least be partially true for all the crap we endure.  My problem is remembering to offer it up instead of just cursing under my breath :)

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  • http://allthingsgale.blogspot.com Lisa Gale

    You are hysterical :)  And so spot-on!!  I just read the whole list aloud to my spouse – but I’m pretty sure we always exempt ourselves from our indulgences…

  • steph

    I loved this!!! God is obviously giving me all kinds of ways to skip P town and go straight upstairs! 

  • AJ

    Does eating meat on Friday during lent get you 5000 or 10,000 years in Purgatory?  

  • evelyn Walton

    Loved this!  Those were the days!

  • http://twitter.com/HouseUnseen Dwija Borobia

    Hah!  Even the beer drinking while shopping?  I’m so jealous.  You’re my hero!

  • bobbi rol

    Can I hear an “Amen!”?

  • Nickkoeppel

    Thank you! You are very funny and parenting sounds difficult! :)

  • Pearline

    Raising 4 kids two years apart, with no. 4 coming only 1 yr after no. 3, then a 5th child coming 12 years after no. 4, with the three girls bookended by 2 boys, I can appreciate all these indulgences and should probably have a truck load of them! God is good and his plans, as well as his grace for us to cooperate with them, are just beyond our capacity to fully appreciate! Blessed be God!!

  • http://www.clan-donaldson.com/ Cari@Clan-Donaldson

    Oh gosh.  Yes, as self-appointed expert in the new list of indulgences, I decree that you have yourself a truck load of them!

  • http://www.clan-donaldson.com/ Cari Donaldson

    Luckily, children are spectacularly resilient, and they tolerate fumbling, fledgling attempts at parenting!

  • http://www.clan-donaldson.com/ Cari Donaldson

    I know.  I think I’ll print this, laminate it, and attach it to each of my kids’ shirts, so I have a constant reminder.