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Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

Offering Gregorian Masses for the Deceased and Experiencing Disabilities

Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)

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🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Josh answers questions about the Church's tradition of offering Gregorian Masses for the deceased, and whether a physical or mental disability can affect one's road to his or her vocation.

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The Sacred Congregation on Indulgences has declared that "the offering of Gregorian Masses has a special efficacy for obtaining from God the speedy deliverance of a suffering soul, and that this is a pious and reasonable belief of the faithful."

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