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INDULGENCES:  A Brief on Indulgences: Although mortal sins are forgiven in the Sacrament of Confession, we still have to do penance and shorten our time in Purgatory. A Plenary indulgences “cancels” all our time while a partial indulgence shortens it. We can gain one plenary indulgence a day and they can be applied to purgatory but not another living person. An indulgence is not based on the abuse of God’s mercy of paying into Heaven but doing good works and having the merits of Mary and the Saints applied to you.  The Handbook of Indulgences  How to Gain Indulgences  1) Have the right intention of gaining the indulgence.  2) Be in the state of grace (Confession 20 days before or after receiving the indulgence. One confession suffices for all indulgences obtained in this period.)  3) Fulfillment of the good work prescribed.  4) Receive Holy Communion within 20 days of gaining the indulgence, for every indulgence desired Communion should be received....

Please call 988 whenever you need someone to talk to and feel alone, someone is always there for you, you are loved and you matter!! Also see “Letters to Stay” below. The following is information I found helpful during my own mental health journey with anxiety, depression and OCD.         Note for this chart, there are some things that you "can do something about it", but are products of overthinking and obsession, in these cases seek help. A big help to me is to stop in the moment, recognize my intention and keep justice in mind and ask What Would Jesus Do? If experiencing worrisome thoughts, I let them pass and if I find it too difficult I write them down to save for later and ask my therapist. Next to sin anxiety is what God wants us to stray from. Below I have included resources for those who are scrupulous, anxious or experiencing any mental health concerns. God is merciful and kind and will not let those who love Him be lead astray, that is our first and...