August 1 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!

We are evaluating old indulgences that have been approve on todays date of: 

August

1

List of Traditional materials we will be looking at today, and the current/withstanding grants that they satisfy (directly or indirectly).

• 188. By the sign of the holy Cross

  • partial indulgence… General Grant 1

• 375. Holy Mother, pierce me through

  • partial indulgence… General Grant 1

• 378. SEQUENCE - Stabat Mater

  • partial indulgence… Grant 17

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.

CHAPTER III. ‘GOD THE SON’ – Art. V. “JESUS CRUCIFIED” – I. Ejaculations and Invocations.

188. By the sign of the holy Cross, deliver us from our enemies, O our God (Roman Breviary). An indulgence of 3 years. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if the daily recitation of this invocation is prolonged for an entire month (S. P. Ap., Aug. 1, 1934). NOTE: Another invocation is found under n. 132, a.

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.

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CHAPTER V. “THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” – Art. III. THE BLESSED VIRGIN SORROWING – I. Invocations

375. Holy Mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew, Of my Saviour crucified (Roman Missal). An indulgence of 500 days. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this invocation is devoutly repeated every day for a month (S. P. Ap., Aug. 1, 1934)

NOTE: For the indulgences attached to the recitation five times of the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be with the above stanza, see n. 198.

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.

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CHAPTER V. “THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” – Art. III. THE BLESSED VIRGIN SORROWING – II. SEQUENCE

378. SEQUENCE - Stabat Mater - At the Cross her stations keeping Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last.

Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, All His bitter anguish bearing, Lo! the piercing sword had passed.

O how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother, highly blessed, Of the sole-begotten One.

Woe-begone, with heart's prostration, Mother meek, the bitter Passion Saw she of her glorious Son.

Who on Christ's dear Mother gazing, In her trouble so amazing, Born of woman, would not weep?

Who on Christ's dear Mother thinking, Such a cup of sorrow drinking, Would not share her sorrow deep?

For His people's sins rejected, Saw her Jesus unprotected, Saw with thorns, with scourges rent:

Saw her Son from judgment taken, Her Beloved in death forsaken, Till His spirit forth He sent.

Fount of love and holy sorrow, Mother! may my spirit borrow Somewhat of thy woe profound;

Unto Christ, with pure emotion, Raise my contrite heart's devotion, Love to read in every wound.

Those five wounds on Jesus smitten, Mother! in my heart be written, Deep as in thine own they be;

Thou, thy Savior's Cross who bearest, Thou, thy Son's rebuke who sharest. Let me share them both with thee.

In the Passion of my Maker, Be my sinful soul partaker, Weep till death and weep with thee;

Mine with thee be that sad station, There to watch the great salvation, Wrought upon the atoning tree.

Virgin, thou of virgins fairest, May the bitter woe thou bearest, Make on me impression deep.

Thus Christ's dying may I carry, With Him in His Passion tarry, And His wounds in memory keep.

May His wound both wound and heal me, He enkindle, cleanse, anneal me, Be His Cross my hope and stay.

May He, when the mountains quiver, From that flame which burns for ever, Shield me on the judgment day.

Jesus, may Thy Cross defend me, And Thy Mother's prayer befriend me, Let me die in Thy embrace;

When to dust my dust returneth, Grant a soul that to Thee yearneth, In Thy paradise a place. Amen (tr. Cento).

An indulgence of 7 years. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if this sequence is recited daily for a month (S. C. Ind., June 18, 1876; S. P. Ap., Aug. 1, 1934).

This Sequence sounds familiar to me… I’m thinking that the first 14 verses are prayed along with the 14 stations of the cross? If so, this prayer may possibly offer some sort of indulgence under Grant 13.

Regardless, this prayer is granted a partial indulgence under Grant 17, because it has been “approved” at least once. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who devoutly address the Blessed Virgin Mary with some approved prayer.

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.