July 5-6 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!

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

July

5 & 6

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

• 253. For the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

  • Notwithstanding

• 228. Sacred Heart of Jesus

  • partial indulgence… General Grant 1

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. VII. “THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS” – V. Pious Practices

253. The faithful who devoutly take part in public services in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus during the month of June, or some other, according to the prudent judgment of the most Reverend Ordinary, may gain:

An indulgence of 10 years on any day of the month; A plenary indulgence, if they are present at these services on at least ten days of the month and, in addition, make their confession, receive Holy Communion and pray for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff.

Those who perform their devotions privately during such a month may gain: An indulgence of 7 years once on any day of the month; A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, provided that they perform these devotions daily throughout the month and are lawfully excused from taking part in public exercises where the latter are held (S. C. Ind., May 8, 1873 and May 30, 1902; S. P. Ap., March 1, 1933).

Moreover, if the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart is solemnly celebrated, namely, with a sermon either daily or in the form of a retreat (with at least two discourses each day) for a period of eight days, whether in a church, public oratory or semi-public oratory (for those who may lawfully make use of the latter), there is granted:

1° A plenary indulgence for each visit made on the day on which the month is closed, to be gained by those who have been present at ten at least of the sermons on prayers, or have assisted at all the exercises of the retreat (performing their devotions from time to time), if they make their confession, receive Holy Communion and say the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be six times at each visit for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff;

2° a) An indulgence of 500 days, for those who perform some work of piety that this devout practice may be more widely spread or receive an increase; b) A plenary indulgence as often as they receive Holy Communion during the aforesaid month, on condition of confession, a visit to a church or public oratory and prayer for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff;

3° The indult of a personal "privileged" altar on the final day of the month, to the preachers and rectors of churches or oratories where the aforesaid service is solemnly held (S. C. Ind., Aug. 8, 1906; Pius X in a private audience, the document having been exhibited on Jan. 26, 1908; S. P. Ap., Nov. 15, 1927 and July 5, 1930).

This indulgence, as a whole, is Notwithstanding.

However, as we have established: most exercises or practices do not directly correlate to a current indulgence grant, but they could be expressed under other grants that are more generalized. In this case ‘public services,’ and ‘private devotions’ are what we are referring to. General Grants 2, 3, or 4, offer partial indulgences for giving to those in need, abstaining, and/or witnessing to the faith. It is these type of works that the public services or private devotions would need to conform to.

That is, unless your private devotions are some form of prayers. Then Grant 15 offers a partial indulgence for mental prayers.

Lastly, the final portion of this indulgence addresses retreats. Retreats still offer a plenary indulgence today (Under Grant 10), but without so many words. (“A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who spend at least three entire days in

the spiritual exercises of a retreat.”)

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CHAPTER III. ‘GOD THE SON’ – Art. VII. “THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS” – I. Ejaculations and Invocations

228. Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thy kingdom come! An indulgence of 300 days (Pius X, Audience, June 29, 1906, exhib. July 6, 1906).

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.

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.