April 24 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!
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We are evaluating old indulgences that have been approve on todays date of:
April
24
List of Traditional materials we will be looking at today, and the current/withstanding grants that they satisfy (directly or indirectly).
353. In thy Conception
partial indulgence… General Grant 1
364. The Month of December
potential partial indulgence… General Grant 2, 3, or 4
559. A Prayer - Dear Saint Elizabeth
partial indulgence… Grant 21
668. A Prayer - O glorious Saint Camillus
partial indulgence… Grant 21
694. THE READING OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
plenary/partial indulgence… Grant 30
NOTE:
Every prayer may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if applied correctly, under Grant 15.
Every invocation may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if applied correctly, under ‘General Grant ’ 1
Every practice may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if it is applied correctly, under one of the ‘General Grant’s 2, 3, or 4
Some spelling errors may be present.
Abbreviations that are found at the end of an indulgence prayer/practice (like S. P. Ap., and S. C. Ind.,) are, in essence, a specific ecclesiastical approval for a particular indulgence.
Traditional indulgences are ordered by their last date of approval.
The full written outline of the requirements for a partial or plenary indulgence, found at the end of an indulgence prayer/practice, may be omitted if not all of the information is unique or notable. (You will see three dots when there is a break in text …)
CHAPTER V. “THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” – Art. II. “THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE B.V.M.” – I. Ejaculations and Invocations.
353. In thy Conception, O Virgin Mary, thou wast immaculate; pray for us to the Father whose Son Jesus, after He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, thou didst bring forth into the world. An indulgence of 300 days (S. C. Ind., Nov. 21, 1793; S. P. Ap., April 24, 1933).
Every invocation may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if applied correctly, under ‘General Grant’ 1. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, while carrying out their duties and enduring the hardships of life, raise their minds in humble trust to God and make, at least mentally, some pious invocation.
CHAPTER V. “THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” – Art. II. “THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE B.V.M.” - III. Devout Practices
364. The faithful who perform some act of devotion in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the B. V. M. during the month of December may gain: An indulgence of 5 years once, on any day; A plenary indulgence, on the usual conditions, if they perform it daily throughout the month (S. C. Ind., Nov. 13, 1907; S. P. Ap., April 24, 1933).
When it comes to traditional ‘Exercises’ and ‘Practices,’ many of them do not carried over “as is,” shall we say. Another way of putting it is this: There are not indulgences given under the title ‘Practices that Honor the Immaculate Conception of Mary.’
There is, however, a way to carry the essence of this indulgence into other indulgence categories that are up to date.
The categories I would like to mention in particular are the General-Grants 2, 3, and 4.
These General-Grants state:
G2) A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who led by the spirit of faith, give compassionately of themselves or of their goods to serve their brothers in need.
G3)A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in a spirit of penance, voluntarily abstain from something that is licit for and pleasing to them.
G4) A partial indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, in the particular circumstances of daily life, voluntarily give explicit witness to their faith before others.
Alms giving, and other types of giving may be considered an act of devotion. Abstaining may be considered an act of devotion. And lastly, you guessed it, witnessing one’s faith before others may be considered an act of devotion. Therefore, if you would like to personally link up 1) a habit of giving, 2) a period of abstinence, or 3) preforming an action of faith before another – with the sentiment of devotion to the Immaculate Conception of Mary - in the month of December, then this could be seen as a way to participate in the traditional grant # 364 and also satisfy current indulgence requirements.
CHAPTER VII. - “THE SAINTS” – Art. IV “IN HONOR OF OTHER SAINTS” – XLV. SAINT ELIZABETH, WIDOW
559. A Prayer - Dear Saint Elizabeth, chosen vessel of the highest virtues, thou didst show to the world, by thy shining example, what things can be wrought in a Christian soul by charity, faith and humility.
Thou didst make use of all the powers of thy soul in loving thy God alone; thou didst love Him with a love so pure and fervent that thou wast made worthy to enjoy upon earth a foretaste of those heavenly favors and blessings that are bestowed upon the souls invited to the marriage of the adorable Lamb of God.
Illuminated by supernatural light and resolute faith, thou didst show thyself to be a true child of the Gospel, giving refreshment to Jesus Christ in the person of thy neighbor and making Him the only object of thy love. Hence, thou didst find all thy joy in conversing with the poor and needy, serving them, wiping away all tears from their eyes, consoling them and assisting them with all manner of kindly offices in sickness and in the other miseries to which our human nature is subject.
Thou thyself becamest poor in order to relieve poverty in thy neighbor: poor, that is to say, in the goods of this world, in order to be made rich in the goods of heaven. So great was thy humility that thou didst exchange thy royal throne for a miserable hovel, and thy queenly attire for the lowly habit of the seraphic St. Francis; thou didst, moreover, subject thyself, though sinless, to a life of privation and penance, and didst embrace with holy joy the Cross of our divine Saviour, accepting gladly, after His divine example, the insults and unjust persecutions of thy fellow-men. In such wise didst thou forget the world and thyself in order to remember God alone.
O most amiable Saint, the object of God's predilection, vouchsafe to protect our souls and help us to become ever more acceptable to Jesus. From the heights of heaven, turn thy pitying eyes upon us, thine eyes one look of which sufficed on earth to heal the most distressing maladies of thy people.
In this our age, which is so wicked and corrupt, so indifferent to the things of God, we run to thy protection with the utmost confidence that thou wilt obtain for us from our Lord light for our minds and strength for our wills, thereby enabling us to attain to true peace of soul.
Defend and guard us in our perilous journey through life; intercede for the pardon and remission of all our sins; and reveal to us the way whereby we may enter with thee into the possession of the kingdom of God. Amen.
An indulgence of 300 days (Apostolic Brief, Aug. 9, 1861; S. P. Ap., Oct. 3, 1935 and April 24, 1949)
Approved prayers may be said on the memorial of any saint listed in the calendar, according to Grant 21. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who on the memorial of any saint listed in the calendar recite in that saint’s honor the prayer taken from the Missal or another one approved by legitimate authority.
CHAPTER IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – Art. VII. “MISCELLANEOUS DEVOTIONS” – VIII. For the Sick
668. A Prayer - O glorious Saint Camillus, special patron of the sick poor, thou who for forty years, with truly heroic charity, didst devote thyself to the relief of their temporal and spiritual necessities, be pleased to assist them now even more generously, since thou art blessed in heaven and they have been committed by Holy Church to thy powerful protection. Obtain for them from Almighty God the healing of all their maladies, or, at least, the spirit of Christian patience and resignation that may sanctify them and comfort them in the hour of their passing to eternity; at the same time obtain for us the precious grace of living and dying after thine example in the practice of divine love. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.
An indulgence of 300 days. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this prayer is said devoutly every day for a month (S. C. Ind., Feb. 27, 1894; S. P. Ap., April 24, 1931)
Although this is not labeled as a ‘Saint prayer,’ because it specifically acknowledges Saint Camillus, I would place this prayer under Grant 21. This grant says that approved prayers may be said on the memorial of any saint listed in the calendar. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who on the memorial of any saint listed in the calendar recite in that saint’s honor the prayer taken from the Missal or another one approved by legitimate authority.
CHAPTER IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – Art. VII. “MISCELLANEOUS DEVOTIONS” – XXVIII. THE READING OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
694. a) The faithful who spend at least a quarter of an hour in reading Holy Scripture with the reverence due to the Word of God and after the manner of spiritual reading, may gain: An indulgence of 3 years
b) Those, however, who read at least a few verses of the Gospel and further kiss the book of the Gospels, devoutly reciting one of the following invocations: Through the Gospel's words may our sins be blotted out (Per evangélica dicta deleántur nostra delicta) -
May the reading of the Gospel be our health and protection (Evangélica lectio sit nobis salus et protéctio) -
May Christ, the Son of God, teach us the words of the Holy Gospel (Verba sancti Evangélii dóceat nos Christus, Filius Dei),
are granted: An indulgence of 500 days; A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if they preform this act daily for an entire month, as given above; A plenary indulgence at the hour of death, if they have frequently performed this devout exercise during their lives, provided that they have made their confession and received holy Communion or are at least contrite, and invoke devoutly the most holy Name of Jesus with their lips, if possible, otherwise in their hearts and accept death patiently from the hand of God as the just penalty for sin (S. C. Ind., Dec, 13, 1898; S. P. Ap., Mar. 22, 1932 and Apr. 24, 1945).
Part “b” of traditional indulgence is Notwithstanding. Specifically, kissing the books of the Gospels and reciting an invocation may gain an indulgence under the General Grants (General Grants 1-4) but there is no specific Grant that outlines this portion.
As for Part “a,” that looks similar to the Current Grant 30, which is dedicated to scripture reading. Some additional guidelines have been added, and the time has been changed from a quarter of an hour, up to a half an hour. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who read the Sacred Scriptures as spiritual reading, from a text approved by competent authority and with the reverence due to the divine word, for at least a half an hour; if the time is less, the indulgence will be partial. (indulgences are granted, as mentioned above, for those who *listen under certain circumstance)
This concludes the Traditional Indulgences
Every prayer/practice that we evaluated today is taken from the last approved publication of the Raccolta. The Raccolta was once the official book/document/list of approved Indulgences. In its last publication there were 780+ individualized prayers/practices that were approved for gaining indulgences.
In 1967 indulgence practices were revised so that indulgences are now, today, granted more in the style of “category” of prayers/practices rather than individually. This leaves me with the question: how do the indulgenced prayers/practices from the Raccolta (traditional indulgence) line up with the indulgences of today? That question is what this “study” seeks to answer.
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