{"id":85814,"date":"2015-09-01T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T22:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=85814"},"modified":"2024-12-31T14:22:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T22:22:13","slug":"mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pope_Francis_at_the_Wednesday_general_audience_in_St_Peters_Square_on_August_26_2015_Credit_LOsservatore_Romano_CNA_8_26_15\"<\/a><\/p>\n

R<\/span>eleased today and, weirdly, also dated today, Pope Francis has published some instructions pursuant to the upcoming Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

S<\/span>ome highlights:<\/p>\n

How Indulgences are to be Granted:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I wish that the Jubilee Indulgence<\/a> may reach each one as a genuine experience of God\u2019s mercy, which comes to meet each person in the Face of the Father who welcomes and forgives, forgetting completely the sin committed.<\/p>\n

To experience and obtain the Indulgence, the faithful are called to make a brief pilgrimage to the Holy Door, open in every Cathedral or in the churches designated by the Diocesan Bishop, and in the four Papal Basilicas in Rome, as a sign of the deep desire for true conversion. …<\/p>\n

Additionally, I am thinking of those for whom, for various reasons, it will be impossible to enter the Holy Door, particularly the sick and people who are elderly and alone, often confined to the home. … Living with faith and joyful hope this moment of trial, receiving communion or attending Holy Mass and community prayer, even through the various means of communication, will be for them the means of obtaining the Jubilee Indulgence.<\/p>\n

My thoughts also turn to those incarcerated, whose freedom is limited. … They may obtain the Indulgence in the chapels of the prisons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All Priests (rather than only Bishops) May Absolve the Sin of Abortion:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A widespread and insensitive mentality has led to the loss of the proper personal and social sensitivity to welcome new life. The tragedy of abortion is experienced by some with a superficial awareness, as if not realizing the extreme harm that such an act entails. Many others, on the other hand, although experiencing this moment as a defeat, believe they they have no other option. …<\/p>\n

The forgiveness of God cannot be denied to one who has repented, especially when that person approaches the Sacrament of Confession with a sincere heart… For this reason too, I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured it and who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reconciliation Faculties Granted to the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) Worldwide:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A final consideration concerns those faithful who for various reasons choose to attend churches officiated by priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X. This Jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one. …<\/p>\n

I trust that in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion with the priests and superiors of the Fraternity. In the meantime, motivated by the need to respond to the good of these faithful, through my own disposition, I establish that those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X<\/a> to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of their sins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Released today and, weirdly, also dated today, Pope Francis has published some instructions pursuant to the upcoming Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. Some highlights: How Indulgences are to be Granted: I wish that the Jubilee Indulgence may reach each one as a genuine experience of God\u2019s mercy, which comes to meet each person in the Face of the Father who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,130,3,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holy-days","category-jubilee","category-moments-in-time","category-pope-francis-i"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1aGBK-mercy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":84792,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/jubilee\/","url_meta":{"origin":85814,"position":0},"title":"Jubilee!","author":"Thom","date":"15 March 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Francis has announced a Jubilee Year for 2016. 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