Enchiridion · Grant 9, 1°
Examination of conscience
Examine your conscience with a resolve to amend your life.
Time required Varies with the examination of conscience
- When
- Any day
- Where
- No special location prescribed
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Include a purpose of amendment.
- Especially suited to preparation for confession, although the grant is not confined to that occasion.
The work and its conditions
The general requirements include at least a general intention, the state of grace by the completion of the work, and a contrite heart. Complete the work as prescribed.
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
Duration varies
Varies with the examination of conscience
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. The examination includes a purpose of amendment; its duration depends on the person and occasion.
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
- Enchiridion indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)9, 1°
- Manual of Indulgences, approved USCCB English edition (2006), hosted copy9, 1°
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.