I thought this latest update from Zackery King was interesting. I though he was already gone to meet his maker; but it seems he is still on the mission Blessed Mother asked him to do. Last I heard he needed a kidney donor; but it appears God healed him, so he is still working for Our Lady.
What a complete turn around for this man. I listened to his conversion story and other podcasts about him a couple years ago. It was something to listen too. Our Father is so amazing and gives pure gifts sometimes Thank you for posting this. It was a nice listen.
His conversion depended on a pious Catholic woman obeying Our Blessed Mother and giving him a miraculous medal. Clearly Our Lady had him in her crosshairs and meant to have him.
I wonder if Zack has gone for a Plenary Indulgence? Having been a former Satanist maybe some of his chickens are coming home to roost so to speak. He maybe needs the brand new slate a Plenary Indulgence would bring. On the other hand he may simply be a Victim Soul. Still a Plenary Indulgence would do no harm...... to protect from the physical consequences of grave sin. Ordinary confession won't do this. https://archokc.org/news/what-is-a-plenary-indulgence
There would be many, many pacing curses, hexs and what not on him as well. So many Sacramentals and always, always in a state of grace. But I'm sure he knows this already.
Padraig, you need to listen to his conversion story. There was a very famous Priest involved. In the beginning Blessed Mother came to him and took him by the hand, turned him round and there was Merciful Jesus standing behind him. At Mass he could see Jesus and thought everyone else could too. When he went to Eucharistic Adoration he could see Jesus, and did not realise everyone else could not see Jesus. There is a lot to his story. I suspect his suffering is atonement for his past. Blessed Mother asked him to help her end abortion. That is his mission.
He could maybe avoid the atonement with a plenary indulgence. I hope he reads this. I know he has been on the forum, we used to be friends on facebook. Maybe we still are.
I had never heard of plenary indulgences being used to get us off the hook this side of the pale before. But we learn something new every day.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_P4G.HTM "An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, The punishments of sin 1472 To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence. Grave sin deprives us of communion with God and therefore makes us incapable of eternal life, the privation of which is called the "eternal punishment" of sin. On the other hand every sin, even venial, entails an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called Purgatory. This purification frees one from what is called the "temporal punishment" of sin. These two punishments must not be conceived of as a kind of vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin. A conversion which proceeds from a fervent charity can attain the complete purification of the sinner in such a way that no punishment would remain.83 1473 The forgiveness of sin and restoration of communion with God entail the remission of the eternal punishment of sin, but temporal punishment of sin remains. While patiently bearing sufferings and trials of all kinds and, when the day comes, facing death, the Christian must strive to accept this temporal punishment of sin as a grace. He should strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the "old man" and to put on the "new man."84
Well, I confess to have always understood this to mean, indulgences partial and plenary were invested in the bank of Heaven to atone to God for our sins after we have confessed and gained pardon in the confessional. A form of atonement in the spiritual realm. An act of pure Faith and Trust. I never considered God would be following us around setting traps to punish us when we failed. I thought He was patient and merciful, and waiting for us to turn to Him and His ways in this journey through life. It looks like I need to rethink what we were taught as children about indulgences. Miracles will be indulgences, but I don't think people are granted miracles because they have merited them with or without indulgences. This whole new concept needs a lot of thinking about. In the meantime I will be glad to leave any indulgences gained in that Heavenly bank account. You never know there could be interest piling up. I have always been happy with the idea of getting that pie in the sky. Always been happy with whatever came my way in life as long as God was at the end of it.
When you are as big a sinner as me you always have your eyes open for the main chance. As soon as I read about, 'Remission of temporal Punishment' I was on it like a shot. Its bargain basement sale for a hardened old sinner like me. I try never ever to miss a Divine Mercy Sunday for instance.
We are Spirits true. But we are bodies, we are material as well. I think we Catholics are too inclined to forget this. Yes hopefully we are on Pilgrimage to Heaven. But in the meantime our poor bodies are walking this Earth. We must cherish and take care of them. Plenary Indulgences are a massive way of doing so. As are all Sacramentals too. Plenary Indulgences are very , very, very important.
I don’t know if anyone remembers when COVID was really getting bad in Italy, that Pope Francis declared that if you said the Divine Mercy along with an Act of Contrition and prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father for the COVID victims, that you would receive a Plenary Indulgence. It could be done daily. A friend and I have done this without fail (except the day her family buried her mother-in-law) since we heard of it. The only bad thing — if you follow the rules— is that we were without the sacraments for awhile, so we were only earning the partial indulgences. But I’m hoping we are storing up those graces— for ourselves and our deceased loved ones.
I honestly believe dear God and Blessed Mother and Jesus are always and ever seeking ways to save us. I love the way Blessed Mother came to Padraig when he was far from God all those years ago. God did not wait for Padraig to deserve or earn salvation, He simply sent His most precious mother in person to give Padraig a simple solution. Forgive everyone and start again. What a grace. It is quite possible that with generations of practising Catholics having gone before, when Catholics fall from grace and the practice of the Faith, they have access to graces and blessings in Heaven stored up by their forefathers. At least I hope so. Divine Mercy Sunday is the greatest grace ever afforded to us, along with the Portiuncular on 2nd August, when we can go to confession, receive Holy Eucharist and get a clean slate. And pray for the Pope. This is a beautiful gift of grace as we journey through life, and who would not want to avail themselves of it. @Denise P. What a beautiful practice you and your friend have been doing. Surely you will be sending deposits to the bank of Heaven for your own souls and the souls of others. I have not remembered to do that, God forgive me. With the other devotions I am trying to stay faithful to, that would be yet another, and it can get too much to remember every new devotion that comes to our attention.
I'm laughing Padraig because I feel the same. I am always glad for a plenary indulgence! Especially Divine Metcy Sunday.
A Plenary Indulgence is an amazing, amazing thing. I was thinking the other night, 'What if God were not Merciful?' Just imagine how awful things would be. It is His Mercy that is the source of all our hope.
I think all sins of course are totally abominable off course but that Satanism is out there in a special place all its own as one of the places that, 'Cries out to God for Vengeance'. Or to put it another way, it is a species of Son that Provokes God's anger (I speak in a human way). So that some sort of Reparation must be made to chill things down so to speak. The same with some other things like , say blasphemies against Our Lady. If I were to take a hammer and attack a statue of Our Lady going to confession would be great but I 'd be looking to top that off with reparation. I think gaining a Pleanary Indulgence is a great place to go.
On ewtn the priests pray a rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament exposed (live) daily at 9 am. Yesterday I was praying along and the priest added, “prayers for the Pope so as to gain a plenary indulgence”. I do remember that indulgence because before Covid I would go to the Basilica, go to Confession, go to Adoration. Then someone would lead the rosary aloud. THEN, Mass! I miss it so much. That was heavily indulgenced!
Denise, I think you were gaining plenary indulgences because the Pope gave a dispensation from Confession and Communion because those Sacraments were unavailable. That would be my understanding, and the reason why he included the Act of Contrition. Imho
