31/10/2025
๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ-๐ด
Yes, you read that right! Catholics can gain a plenary indulgence for the souls in purgatory if you visit a cemetery during the โOctaveโ (November 1-8) of All Saints Day.
Whatโs an โoctaveโ? An โoctaveโ is a one-week celebration of a feast day in the Church. We have โoctavesโ for Christmas, Easter, and All Saints Day, as well as other feast days during the year.
The latest edition of the Enchiridion of Indulgences tells us how:
Grant 29:
1. A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful who,
on any and each day from November 1 to 8, devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, if only mentally, for the departed; on All Soulsโ Day (or, according to the judgment of the ordinary, on the Sunday preceding or following it, or on the solemnity of All Saints), devoutly visit a church or an oratory and recite an Our Father and the Creed. Catholics can also gain a partial indulgence throughout the rest of the year:
2. A partial indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful who
1. devoutly visit a cemetery and at least mentally pray for the dead;
2. devoutly recite lauds or vespers from the Office of the Dead or the prayer Eternal rest
The โEternal restโ prayer, or โRequiem aeternamโ is:
โEternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.โ
The conditions for gaining the indulgence are:
Do the work while in the state of grace
Make a sacramental confession within 20 days
Receive Communion
Pray for the Popeโs intentions
Have no attachment to sin, even venial sin (this can involve resolving to love God and reject sin).
Photo by: Sr. Ma. Jenny Mhy-sy Yasa
