You do not have, because you do not ask. I would rather say five words devoutly with my heart, than five thousand which my soul does not relish with affection and understanding. He best knows how and when to supply thy wants. Imprimatur John Farley, Archbishop of New York. Rembrandt's image of St. Jerome Praying is in the Public Domain.
Indulgences are the remission of temporal punishment do to sin.
Although this is still the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, indulgences have had a smaller role in the church's spirituality since the Second Vatican Council. One simple way to understand them is to realize that when a pope felt very strongly about a prayer or other religious practice, he would encourage its use by granting an indulgence. Therefore, indulgenced prayer is officially encouraged prayer . The document issued on indulgences after the Second Vatican Council and the text of indulgenced prayers is given at Enchiridion of Indulgences 1968 . American Heritage Dictionary.