February 15 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!

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

February

15

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

• 107. O Jesus our Saviour

  • partial indulgence… General Grant 1

• 323. Alma Redemptoris Mater

  • partial indulgence… Grant 17

• 324. Ave, Regina caelorum

  • partial indulgence… Grant 17

• 504. Hymn - Wars and tumults fill the earth

  • partial indulgence… Grant 21

• 567. A Prayer – O God, who didst vouchsafe

  • partial indulgence… Grant 21

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 III. “GOD THE SON” – Art. I. “THE LORD JESUS CHRIST” – I. Ejaculations and Invocations.

107. O Jesus our Saviour, give us Thy blessing, deliver us from everlasting death, assist Thy holy Church, give peace to all nations, deliver the holy souls suffering in purgatory. An indulgence of 500 days S. P. Ap., Now. 29, 1923 and Feb, 15, 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.

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CHAPTER V. “THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” – Art. I “GENERAL DEVOTIONS TO THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN” – IV. Canticle, Hymns and Antiphons

323. Antiphon - Alma Redemptoris - Mother benign of our redeeming Lord, Star of the sea and portal of the skies, Unto thy fallen people help afford- Fallen, but striving still anew to rise. Thou who didst once, while wondering worlds adored, Bear thy Creator, Virgin then as now, O by thy holy joy at Gabriel's word, Pity the sinners who before thee bow (Roman Breviary). An indulgence of 5 years. A plenary indulgence once a month on the usual conditions, if the daily recitation of this antiphon is continued for a month (S. P. Ap., Feb. 15, 1941).

“Alma Redemptoris” or “Alma Redemptoris Mater” translates to the first sentence of the antiphon: “Mother benign of our redeeming Lord.”

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

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CHAPTER V. “THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” – Art. I “GENERAL DEVOTIONS TO THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN” – IV. Canticle, Hymns and Antiphons

324. Antiphon - Ave, Regina caelorum –

Hail, O Queen of heaven enthroned!

Hail, by Angels Mistress owned!

Root of Jesse, Gate of morn,

Whence the world's true Light was born:

Glorious Virgin, joy to thee,

Loveliest whom in heaven they see:

Fairest thou where all are fair,

Plead with Christ our sins to spare (Roman Breviary).

An indulgence of 5 years. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, when this antiphon has been repeated daily for a month (S. P. Ap., Feb. 15, 1941).

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

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CHAPTER VII. - “THE SAINTS” – Art. IV “IN HONOR OF OTHER SAINTS” – VIII. SAINT PIUS V, POPE AND CONFESSOR

504. Hymn- Belli tumultus ingruit -

Wars and tumults fill the earth:

Men the fear of God despise;

Retribution, vengeance, wrath,

Brood upon the angry skies.

[Holy Pius, Pope sublime!

Whom, in this most evil time-

Whom, of Saints in bliss, can we

Better call to aid than thee?]

None more mightily than thou

Hath, by holy deed and word,

Through the spacious earth below,

Spread the glory of the Lord.

[Holy Pius, etc.]

Thine it was, O Pontiff brave!

Pontiff of eternal Rome!

From barbaric yoke to save

Terror-stricken Christendom.

[Holy Pius, etc.]

When Lepanto's gulf beheld,

Strewn upon its waters fair,

Turkey's countless navy yield

To the power of thy prayer.

[Holy Pius, etc.]

Who meanwhile with prophet's eye,

Didst the distant battle see,

And announce to standers-by

That same moment's victory.

[Holy Pius, etc.]

Mightier now and glorified,

Hear the suppliant cry we pour;

Crush rebellion's haughty pride:

Quell the din of rising war.

[Holy Pius, etc.]

At thy prayers may golden peace

Down to earth descend again;

License, discord, trouble cease;

Justice, truth and order reign.

[Holy Pius, etc.]

To the Lord of endless days,

One Almighty Trinity,

Sempiternal glory, praise,

Honor, might and blessing be. Amen. (tr. E. Caswall).

An indulgence of 300 days (S. C. Ind., Oct. 2, 1830; S. P. Ap., Feb. 15, 1932)

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.

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CHAPTER VII. - “THE SAINTS” – Art. IV “IN HONOR OF OTHER SAINTS” – LII. - SAINT RITA, WIDOW

567. A Prayer – O God, who didst vouchsafe to communicate so great grace to Saint Rita that she imitated Thine example in the love of enemies and bore in her heart and on her countenance the sacred marks of Thy love and passion: grant, we beseech Thee, by her merits and intercession, that we may love our enemies and ever contemplate with deep contrition the sorrows of Thy Passion: Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen. An indulgence of 300 days, once a day. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if the daily recitation of this prayer is continued for a month (Pius X, Rescript in his own hand, March 8, 1905, exhib., March 28, 1905; S. P. Ap., Feb. 15, 1935).

Refer to the above (# 504) for the specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' regarding prayers in honor of the saints.

This concluded 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.