Author Topic: Stations of the Cross for home prayer. (Read 4398 times)

Miseremini · « **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2020, 11:29:24 PM »

To gain plenary indulgences attached to the way of the cross within 8 days of confession and communion:
AT CHURCH: An act of contrition, then walk the stations while meditating on one or any of the stations of the passion. no prayers are required but you MUST walk them.

AT HOME: An act of contrition and while holding a crucifix blessed for this purpose, pray a Pater, Ave and Gloria 20 times. (that's 14 times for the 14 stations, 5 times in compassion of the 5 wounds of Christ and one time for the intentions of the Holy Father.

Ask your priest to bless a crucifix (maybe on your rosary if you don't have another) for the purpose of praying the stations. No special formula is required as noted in the chaplet instructions at the beginning of this thread.

It is interesting that the stations' indulgences have always been "toties quoties" meaning you gain all the indulgences as often as you pray the devotion. The stations has always been THE ONE devotion where you can gain more than one plenary indulgence in a day. A great act of charity as you keep one for yourself and give the rest to the souls in purgatory.

donkath · « **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2020, 11:46:20 PM »

St. Gertrude relates that St. Mary Magdalen said to St. Mechtilde:

"Whosoever shall give God thanks for all the tears I shed upon the feet of Jesus, our most, merciful God will grant him,

through my intercession, remission of all his sins before his death, and a great increase of love to God."

In the process of seeking prayerfully the gift of true sorrow - picture oneself standing between Our Lady (Immaculate) and Mary Magdalen (great sinner) then pray this prayer beneath the Crucifix. It brings with it a sense of Our Lord receiving an act of true sorrow through the intercession of St. Mary Magdalen who can no longer suffer for her sins, but through our suffrage Our Lord can be truly consoled. Praying thus daily brings one closer to receiving the gift of TRUE sorrow for our own sins thus increasing our love to God. AND it is all offered through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. If we claim any merit for ourselves whilst or during the practice of this devotion we would be glorifying ourselves rather than Our Lord. It was the humble Publican that obtained the graces he sought, not the proud Pharisee.
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Miseremini · « **Reply #12 on:** March 21, 2020, 10:59:05 AM »

Quote from: donkath on March 20, 2020, 11:46:20 PM

our most, merciful God will grant him,
through my intercession, remission of all his sins before his death, and a great increase of love to God."

If we claim any merit for ourselves whilst or during the practice of this devotion we would be glorifying ourselves rather than Our Lord.
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What is your point?? I don't see what this has to do with the Stations of the Cross which tradition tells us was first practiced by Our Sorrowful Mother and St. John after the Ascension of Our Lord.

Secondly, your two statements above are totally contradictory. The first offers merit (a plenary indulgence) and the second states if we claim that merit, we would be glorifying ourselves rather than Our Lord.

donkath · « **Reply #13 on:** March 21, 2020, 11:02:38 PM »

Quote from: Miseremini on March 21, 2020, 10:59:05 AM

What is your point?? I don't see what this has to do with the Stations of the Cross which tradition tells us was first practiced by Our Sorrowful Mother and St. John after the Ascension of Our Lord.

Secondly, your two statements above are totally contradictory. The first offers merit (a plenary indulgence) and the second states if we claim that merit, we would be glorifying ourselves rather than Our Lord.

Thank you for pointing out the discrepancy. Of course what you say is true. I have never thought of it as being promised a plenary indulgence which would be completely false.

I understood the devotion as granting progress of the soul in responding as MM did. That is - to be horrified at the price Our Lord willingly paid for her conversion (not unlike St. Peter who shed tears for the rest of his life after he denied Our Lord). In both cases Mary Magdalen (as also St. Peter) had been publicly forgiven for her sins when she washed Our Lord's feet. With St. Peter Our Lord verbally had pre-forgiven him (for want of a better word).

I guess that would be the equivalent of Our Lord granting a plenary indulgence directly to them enabling them* to never escape the knowledge and price Our Lord was about to pay for their sins. When they witnessed the price of the Person they loved above and beyond any human love the only solace they would have had from that moment would be in knowing that Our Lord had never stopped loving them. In other words, I believe they experienced what true Charity meant, and were from that moment enabled to love God and others in a way hitherto unknown to man.

The reason I brought this matter up in regard to the Stations of the Cross is that when we say the final prayer 'Behold O kind and most sweet Jesus [...]' we are at the foot of the Cross between Mary Immaculate and Mary Penitent. It provides a profound opportunity to meditate on co-redemptive power of mercy that God provides through His Mother's intercession for Mary Magdalen (and by extension to us) and who never left the Virgin's side since her conversion. (According to Mary of Agreda)

*The Church had not been established til Pentecost with its Sacraments enabling us to receive plenary indulgences. I understand that through their intercession and merits we can come closer to loving God and neighbour as they did - that is with the true Charity that is above and beyond any human love. They heard the words of Our Lord directly - I have not heard them, but believe them with the certainty of faith. In addition, I understand that in receiving the grace through the merits of the saints, I honour that saint (and thus God) through whom God grants that grace unearned by me. The grace does not obviate me from still having to do the purgatory, on earth or after death, for my own sins.

donkath · « **Reply #14 on:** March 22, 2020, 12:32:55 AM »

For the record:

REMISSION OF SIN
Definition

The true and actual forgiveness of sin. When mortal sin is remitted, this includes pardon of the eternal punishment due to it, but temporal penalty may still remain. When venial sin is remitted, the guilt is removed and as much of the temporal punishment as the person's dispositions warrant from the grace of God.

PLENARY INDULGENCE
Definition

An indulgence that can remove all the temporal punishment due to forgiven sin. No one but God knows for certain when a plenary indulgences is actually gained, because only he knows whether a person's dispositions are adequate. One norm for such dispositions is that "all attachment to sin, even venial sin, be absent." If these dispositions are in any way less than complete, the indulgence will only be partial. The same provision applies to the three external conditions necessary to gain a plenary indulgence: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Pope. If these conditions are not satisfied, an otherwise plenary indulgence becomes only partial. These conditions may be satisfied several days before or after the performance of the prescribed work, though preferably Communion should be received and the prayers offered for the Pope on the same day as the indulgenced work. A plenary indulgence can be gained only once a day.

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