Receive First Holy Communion

Receive the Eucharist for the first time.

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Time required Reception of First Communion within its celebration

When: Your First Holy Communion
Where: At the First Communion celebration
Who: A person receiving Holy Communion for the first time
Application: Self or the departed

The prescribed work

Receive First Holy Communion devoutly.

The work and its conditions

A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.

Conditions common to every indulgence

The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.

Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.

Time required

Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.

Prescribed work

Complete the prescribed event

Reception of First Communion within its celebration

No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. The prescribed act is the devout first reception of Communion, not a timed prayer; plan for the scheduled liturgy.

Timing sources

What the time estimate excludes

Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions, except where the prescribed work itself includes Communion or a liturgical celebration

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.