Plenary Indulgences: The Most Misunderstood of all Church Teaching - Explaining the Faith 

When I enter church and kneel to pray before mass; I always dedicate the mass for the souls in purgatory.

Please father, never stop teaching us about our church. Thank you for your work. God bless.

March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, is also my birthday...the reason why I made St. Joseph my father as I grew up without one; my father died in an ambush when I was only 2 years old. I love St. Joseph. Thank you, Fr. Chris! Awesome. God bless you and your family.

I never stop learning from you Fr Chris. Your passion to get us all into heaven is humbling.

Fr. Chris, thank you so much for what you do. You know, your videos about Confession, 10 Comandments, and 7 deadly sins were the reasons why I was able to finally find the courage to go to my first Confession months ago after being an angry lapsed Catholic for so long. Yes, I'd been so mad at God after experiencing some traumatic experiences in the past when I was a kid. And your many other videos have helped me understand things I didn't. I'm gonna say 3 Hail Marys for you. Keep being a blessing to many people and may Jesus always bless you, father.

This is so important to learn I'm a cradle Catholic in my sixth decade and learned sooooooo much. Thank you Father Chris "And you get an indulgence, just for being you" Jesus I trust in You ❤❤❤

The issue of indulgences was a struggle for me, especially because I was influenced through the Protestant faith by Luther's 95 Theses and his massive attack on indulgences. I was taught that it was a way to "buy" salvation and therefore wrong. Thank you, Fr. Chris, for your thorough talk on this subject. I learned a lot from you informative talk!

Father Chris is such a blessing to the Catholic Church...Amen 🙏

I love these teachings. So did my husband before his death in October 2021. We learned so much to share with our non-Catholic Christian friends and family. I watch at least 3 of Fr Chris' teachings a day and they have helped my grief over losing my husband Clyde, especially the ones on death.

Praise be to God for the gift of all the Marian priests, brothers, & seminarians.

Pray for my son Mark Anthony for courage and strength of his daily Christian life and his program and endeavors in life. Thank you Fr Chris and God bless us all.

I didn’t realize the magnitude of helping souls by going to the cemetery. Literally watching this at the cemetery since I had time to spare. May they all be in eternal life w/ God, Jesus, & Mary ❤️

I’m a consistent watcher and learner , The information that is being shared is a blessing . Thank you , I will continue to pray for Our Priests and Spiritual Families.

Lord, I hope to live the rest of my life releasing souls from Purgatory!!!

I had to rewatch after the Livestream so I could pause and take notes. 3 Hail Marys for Fr. Chris Alar 🌹🌹🌹🙏🏻 and continued prayers for all of the Marian Fathers, Brothers and Marian Helpers 📿🙏🏻✝️

What always amazes me is how the Lord is sooo merciful to give us the feast of the Divine Mercy, that will wipe out even our temporal sin. Which means, no purgatory. This is truly a feast. Like on our birthday, we get showered with gifts. That day, He gives us this great grace. And people still doubt God’s mercy. Wow!

I guess that I am a "cradle Catholic" but just came back after 45 years. I like your videos Father. Please keep it up. 👍

Trying to evangelize my Protestant grandmother who uses this as one of her reasons. Please pray for her conversion! For one lost sheep who has returned is much more cause for celebration than 99 righteous sheep. Please pray for the conversion of confused Protestant souls! They have good hearts but have been confused by the devil’s temptation of sin enacted by others

How unfathomable is my ignorance Fr Chris. Thanks for your help.

I am from the Philippines and bec of Fr Chris I learned so much, thank you 😊 God bless you Fr Chris ❤

Praying for a miracle for Brian and his 7 children. Jesus release, my son Michael from the consequences of all his sins.

March 19 is also my Birthday, and my tween, and her son, and my niece. My Father was very devoted to Sain Joseph and so am I. And I think Saint Joseph acknowledged his love for hi. and gave him many relatives born on his day. And he gave me a miracle in my daugther's health

Congratulations !!.......ur talks/sermons are balsam for the soul.....may GOD keep u safe and secure in these historical, biblical Endtimes............rgds from Frankfurt, Germany........am an Irish Australian and mother of 4 sons......1 being in Heaven with 5 yrs in 2005......God is good , he took Manuel in order to bring me back to my faith , Thank God, i lost my faith without even knowing it, can u imagine..........God Bless u and all ur colleagues...............Mary Frances Cabrini Daly

Fr Chris is an answer to my prayers 🙏 I have prayed for a teacher of the catechism and asked two people to teach me who refused. So praise God for Fr Alar

I took a lot of notes. Valuable advice to start the day out asking for Grace for any actions that may merit an indulgence. With infinite partial indulgences per day, I hope to help release many many souls from Purgatory.

Thank you again Fr Chris for another great catechismal talk. You have clarified a lot of questions in my mind about Church teachings and still learning. God bless you always! You are great gift for us from God. Praying for your wisdom, patience, fortitude ; for your health and your family.🙏

Thank you, thank you. I learn so much with you. Please pray for more priests in Cannes. Hello from France.😇🙏❤

Thanks Fr Chris, i am saving this video , so much to learn on this video

Yes we tend to fall in love with the gifts and forget about the one who gives them to us!

Thank you, Father Chris for sharing this info. So many of us do these indulgenced acts each day but forget to make the intention of obtaining the indulgence for a poor soul!! Thank you also for pouring yourself out for the salvation of souls and thank you to all the Marian brothers and priests!

I pray for the illumination of the Holly Father by the Holly Spirit

He mentions Praying for the Intentions of the Holy Father. What I do is this. I pray for the HEAVENLY intentions of the Holy Father. This way I'm covered lol.

Thank you Fr, I’m growing in my faith, but more in my actions by living my faith🐨🦘🇦🇺

I'm so happy I've never understood these. Thank you Father Chris

Thank you Father Alar, your teaching is so needed on this subject right now. We just had this discussion at Our Altar and Rosary Society Wednesday. I tried explaining how important and necessary especially now that indulgences are. A couple of our ladies didn't believe that indulgences were still approved by the church. Now, because you are so faithful to teaching us more about our Faith, i am sending this teaching out to encourage our ladies to take advantage of the indulgences. Our Father continue to Bless you with His wisdom, protection, and continue to strengthen your fidelity to Him in Jesus Name.🙏🙏🙏

Wow father Chris another amazing talk we learnt so much. Pls keep teaching the deep values and treasures from the Catholic Church. God bless you.🙏

What a gift this talk on Indulgences.. Oh to grow in Holiness!!! Thank you Father Chris.

Your detail explanation of indulgences is initiating the wisdom and love I desire to be my best in the mystical body of Christ…thank you❤️‍🩹

I just came to know about Indulgence from my nephew.God bless him.I had the desire to know more.Somehow I came across this video just the next morning.Thank you Father Chris. It's such a blessing to know more about our faith .God bless you.

thanks so very much dear Fr Alar indeed God has guided us to you - am so very grateful for this blessing of finding your videos

Indulgences do get such a bad reputations these days. I remember my history classes boiling the issue down to “The Church sold indulgences, that was wrong, so Luther was justified in ‘reforming’ the Church” without any other clarification or context of the practice or its history. Man, I wish teenage me knew half the stuff that present me knows now. The idea of indulgences easing the consequence of sin makes a lot of sense if one believes in Purgatory. Purgatory really is God’s gift to us when we die. Since nothing unclean can enter Heaven, he could just lock the gates in our faces and permit only the best of the best inside. It’s what we deserve, but he doesn’t. He lets us detach ourselves from the things we still hold to and prepare ourselves for eternity with him. The fact he’s given Jesus’s Church authority to let living members heal their wounds while still on earth and help those in Purgatory is a strong sign of his love for us. I have quite a few scars on my body (mainly from stupid things like messing with a stapler), and probably would jump at the chance to erase those marks of my mistakes (though I have some on my knees with a good story). How much better the chance to ease those on my soul so I can join God much sooner, along with helping someone else enter into Heaven. Honestly, the idea of having so many chances to prepare my soul for Heaven and not facing those challenges on my own is so encouraging. Too often I hear non-Catholics say stuff like “you guys always feel you aren’t guaranteed to go to Heaven, so obviously you don’t love God and Jesus that much!”, when they seem to forget we are not owed Heaven at all. God can hold us to every little sin we’ve ever committed and not let us enter his Kingdom. Instead, he offers us forgiveness and mercy, and shows us we don’t have to face everything alone. We can help each other reach Heaven, which is much more comforting than “it’s you, only you, and no one else but God can help you.” Anywho, thanks for the talk Father Chris! Always great to learn something beautiful about the faith. Praying for you and the Marians, and the souls of my relatives and loved ones who have passes away 🙏 may God grant us mercy, and may all the saints in Heaven pray for us and those awaiting entrance into the kingdom.

A very enlightening video Fr. Chris. Thank you God that thru Fr. Chris we will be faithful to you & to your Commandments. And that thru Plenary & Partial Indulgences, we will be able to save our soûl & most of all the Poor Souls in Purgatory. God bless you Fr. Joseph aka Fr. Chris & all MIC.

After almost 20 yrs of being away from the church I, went to Confession last Saturday and Mass and Communion on Sunday❤ it felt like I was coming home I haven't felt so whole in a very long time❣️🤗 I felt like I was making my first Communion all over again, Thank you from the bottom of my heart Fr. Alarm, it was because of your in depth teachings on Catholicism that I could find my path home again, bless you and I am praying for you🙏❣️

Thank you Fr Chris for this doctrines. It’s so enriching. I pray for a plenary indulgence for all my deceased family members, friends and those who don’t have people to pray for them. May they rip, Amen.

This was the hardest topic for me to understand. I do remember the old prayer cards showing the number of days on them. So glad we have you Fr Chris!✝️🙏🏽💖

I'm glad I went to confession Saturday and communion yesterday then this pops up on my phone in time for all souls day !! 🙏🙏 ty father

Such powerful teachings Father Alar! Thank you! I am truly blessed to be able to hear your teachings to learn more and understand deeply my Catholic faith! God bless and protect you!🙏❤️🌹

I’m praying now for your family Fr. Chris. 🙏🏽🕊🙏🏽🕊🕊🕊

Fr. Chris, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, time, guidance and encouragement to work on spiritual graces for our salvation, for the living and the dead. I love the idea of having to deposit my corporal and spiritual works of mercy in my spiritual box in heaven. Everyday, I join two Masses celebration, one at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy by the MIC Fathers ( 9 AM, USA but 3 PM in Belgium), the other Mass is at 9 AM in Belgium. Because of the coming feast on All Souls Day, I offered a novena of Masses for all the Souls in Purgatory. I have reflected on their condition and felt a cry of help from them, I have to save them especially that they can’t do anything anymore to help themselves. Every little sacrifices, sufferings and mortification I can do, I offer them to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the whole world. If we are all God’s children, then they are my brothers and sisters loved by God the Father in heaven. We have to help each other. God bless us.

Thank you so much Father Chris for teaching us a lot about our faith. God bless you for working extra hours to prepare for this talks. I am so thankful. I have learned so much about my beloved church. I am so, so grateful I chose to be baptized Catholic when I was four years old. I grew up in a home where my mother took me to church she got baptized in a protestant church I think she was a teenager when that happened. My step father got baptized in a protestant church when he was an elderely man. i have always love my Catholic church and always felt that it is the true church.

Thank you, Fr. Chris, for a thorough, clear presentation on Plenary Indulgences. Learned some info I didn't know. God bless you in your ministry.

Thank you Father, I am a new follower of your “Explanation of Faith” series. I had forgotten all about Plenary Indulgences. I have been using the Association of Marian Helpers cards for many, many years, and visited the Shrine of Divine Mercy with my husband and parents about 20 years ago, but GOD brought me to your RU-vid site just three days ago 🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻

Thank you Fr Chris I had to replay again. Didn't hear the whole Talk traveling to NM yesterday. Visiting Our Lady of Loreto Chapel - St Joseph the Miraculous Staircase. Wow! glad I'm a proud Marian Helpers. Sharing videos and encouraging my relatives and friends to join. Praying for continued healing of your parents and family. God bless you Fr Chris your family and everyone ❤️🙏

Thank you Fr Chris! God bless you always.❤️🙏

Thank you Father Chris Alar!! Greetings from Los Angeles, California

Father Chris thank you for explanation of plenary indulgence. Almighty God bless you

Thank you Fr. Chris Alar. I just shared this teaching with 13 other people. I pray for them too.

Thank you Father Chris. For some time now, when praying, "May the souls of the faithful departed through the Mercy of God, rest in peace, Amen, " it came to me to add, esp most abandoned, those there because of my fault, those of my family and friends and those for whom I'm particularly obligated to pray for. I believe its because I am more aware of the needs of the Holy souls including , learning much from your videos. Also, I'm so blessed to now be, a Marian helper. God bless all Marian Fathers, Seminarians and helpers, Amen 🙏

Oh Dear Father Chris, How well you explain things to us. You answered questions for me I didn’t even know to ask. Plus clarified that whole... “money for indulgences “ conversation that so often comes up. Wow! Thank you for always explaining things so kindly to our non Catholic friends . 👍👍🙌 God Bless you for Eternity✝️ 🙏

Thank you again, Father Chris Alar. Thank you very much for educating us to increase our faith more and more. God bless you. Amen🙏

Fr. CHRIS I cannot thank you enough for your wisdom and spiritual guidance. You are a blessing to us all. I have a question which many ask and its pertinent to where i live in India. What happens to those who do not believe that Jesus is the only way to our Father ? They believe in God but do not share the same faith as we do.

Thank you Father for the website. I am going to leave my loved ones names. 🥰❤😎

Excellent video. Thank you Fr. Alar. We need this to correct our misconception about the Catholc church.

Excellent catechetical talk again today… I learned a LOT. Thank you Father Chris. Praying for you and for your family. God bless.✝️💐🤍🙏🏻

Great lecture today!! So much good stuff!!! I listened on my way home from Scott Hahn’s talk. Dr Hahn was amazing! 🔥 Lots of people attended so I didn’t think I’d get to meet him but our Lord worked a blessing ❤️ My friend & I returned to our seat early from the break and he was standing right there so I told him you said hello and he was so excited to hear from you! :) I was even able to get my picture taken with him (posted on IG). Thankful to catch your talk on replay!! Another great seminary class ! God bless 🙏

I needed this understanding! Thank you!

Thank you so much Fr. Chris! Great info! Would you please make a list of these indulgences? I tried to write them down but couldn’t keep up! 🤷‍♀️ Praise be to our Lord Jesus Christ! God bless everyone and I’m praying for your family! ❤️✝️🙏🏼❤️

LOVE THIS EPISODE!!!!!! Might I make a small petition? Father Chris, could you start all of the videos with a prayer which includes a petition for indulgences and help us learn to practice in everything we do? Especially for those who have memory issues, doing it with us each video may reinforce the practice so that asking for indulgences becomes as natural as saying our memorized prayers like the Our Father. By reinforcing this necessary part of our faith, it may help the negative reputation indulgences has had in the past. Could this too be why so few people know about or use indulgences such as asking for indulgences has not been taught by example? Be our example before each of your talks! Thank you so much for all that you do!

Thank you Fr Chris for this informative talk. I appreciate your time and your knowledge you share with us in these talks and at masses. God Bless you.

Pray for all souls in purgatory Amen

Thank you so much Fr Alar. May our Heavenly Father always bless you.

What a wonderful talk once again! Thank you so much Fr. Chris for this and all your other talks. What a wonderful blessing you are to all of us and the faith. For my wife and I, its just not a Saturday until we watch your latest talk. Hoping to come up to shrine again one weekend to watch a talk live.

I pray for the soul of my wife and the protection of my children and granddaughters hearts and faith.

Thank you, Fr. Chris for this wonderful explaining the faith series.

I will need to listen to this again and again....Thank You So Much Fr Chris

I have listened to.this 3 times and keep getting more knowledge out of it. Thank you Father Chris

You have opened my eyes with all of your talks Father Chris !!! You are such a gift and a blessing in my life ! Thank you Father Chris ...I'm praying for you everyday...at Holy Mass...Chaplet and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for this talk Father.

Fr very very great ✝️ to make every one to understand all of us it is so good to hear every words how to fallow Lord's words fr you are blessed fr William Casey from Bombay.

God bless you father

Thank you Father Chris Alar for another enlightened of our faith. God bless you.

Thank you father for this much needed clarification of this topic. I have learned so much from your lectures. God bless you and your ministry and thank you!

I loved the saving penny story and the partial indulgence analogy!!!!! I’m saving up 🙏🏽!!!! God bless you Fr. Chris & all of the MIC family ❤️❤️❤️!!!!

Another Great teaching keeps on getting better and better chalked full of information and wisdom that you can't get any where eles. Father Chris is Awesome!

Thank you Father Chris. You make indulgences easy to understand.

My grandaughters took me to see the movie purgatory, it is outstanding. Thank you Father Alar⚘

That’s the power of the adivine mercy!❤️

Indulgences are so important for ourselves and the souls in purgatory. Help love ones and those we don’t know. This is my goal. 🙏 Go to confession, holy communion and pray for the holy fathers intentions gains a plenary indulgence.

Father Chris, love you lots and thanks for allllllllllll your great insights. We appreciate you from the UK and I look forward to visiting Boston and your church which I have been in Carolina. Thank you father Chris and I just love listening to you. I would join the MIC. God bless and give you long life. 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for teaching Fr Alar

"Am giving Testimony Offered my husband"s Soul God was pleased I had been Blessed. Glory To God To The Son and to The Holy Spirit.

Thank you so much for these talks I am learning so much and are applying these talks to my life.🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

Great presentation Marian Fathers and Father Chris Keep looking up and keep living Divine Mercy 🙏❤️👀⬆️👍👍👍👍. Do you know when the purgatory movie will be available to purchase? I’m teaching about purgatory in my parish RCIA class in Early December and would like to see it again and take some notes before then.

Thank you sooo much Father Alar for all the information you share to educate us!

Thanks to you Father Chris, I did see the movie and I highly recommend it for anyone and everyone who has lost a loved one.

Thank you so much Fr.Chris for another great class with your .i have learnt and grown so much in faith on your talks and may God continue to grant you graces in His holy work of leading His people to His kingdom 🙏. Am truly blessed to have found you and your congregation at night of mercy with Jonathan Roumie..a talk that changed my life through Divine mercy. Praying for you all Mariana priest and brothers .Jesus we trust in you have mercy on us sinners. 🙏 🙏

I am in remote area in S'wak.thank you.at least I got infro. From Fr.Chris.(internet)..in month of Nov...... Once again.thank you!!!

Father Chris, thank you for everything! Hvala puno ! :)))

Great information as always! God bless you and your work

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you, blessed are you amongst women and blessed is the fruit if thy womb Jesus. Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our . Amen. Said this online for plenary indulgence. I pray for all the people on Australia that have lost their lives because corona virus or the vacine or suicide due to the stresses from mandates and fear of disease.