Comments on: Mensis Novembris pro sanctis animis in purgatorio

By: Ambrosius

Ambrosius — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:50:00 +0000

Dear Iosephus, your response was not supposed to be humorful — the concern was that you missed the humor implicit in the original comment / question of PP.

By: Iosephus

Iosephus — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 08:05:00 +0000

I don’t get it. Was my response supposed to have been humorful?? I was only trying to answer your question, POD patrol.

By: POD patrol

POD patrol — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:09:00 +0000

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=97
quite humorless indeed.

By: Ambrosius

Ambrosius — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:55:00 +0000

pod patrol — is that like a pod person? ;)

I trust Ioephus’ slightly humorless reply answered your query? We will indeed be praying the gradual psalms, and they are an excellent choice for prayer for the dead.

By: Iosephus

Iosephus — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:08:00 +0000

There is no “prayer” that is supposed to be said on the Feast of All Souls. But the Gradual Psalms, as I mention in a later post, are the traditional way of praying for the dead, whether one is in the cemetery or not (they can also be said in choir, I mean). You can see them here.

By: POD patrol

POD patrol — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:45:00 +0000

Any one of you jokers able to supply the prayer that is supposed to be said in a graveyard for the Day of the Dead?

By: Iosephus

Iosephus — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:15:00 +0000

Ambrosius, what you say is certainly what I thought as well, thus I asked the question. For as many times as we’ve read about indulgences, I’ve never come across that sort of language before. In the newsletter, these conditions are also described as “current regulations in force by Pope Benedict XVI.” That could be an explanation: it’s changed since John Paul II. But if the conditions had been changed, that would be awfully poor of them not to tell anyone. I just checked at the Apostolic Pententiary, and nothing new has been posted there in any language.

By: Ambrosius

Ambrosius — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:46:00 +0000

Iosephus,

It seems to me likely that Holy Communion must only be received once with the intention of gaining all the indulgences, though I write under correction.