June 16-17 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!

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

June

16 & 17

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

• 379. Prayers on Good Friday

  • Notwithstanding

• 490. Invocation – O Joachim, husband of holy Anne

  • partial indulgence… General Grant 1

• 666. A Prayer - May it please Thee, O Lord

  • partial indulgence… Grant 24

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 V. “THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN MARY” – Art. III. THE BLESSED VIRGIN SORROWING - III. Devout Exercise

379. The faithful who, between three o’clock on the afternoon of Good Friday and noon of the following day, spend some time in devout meditation or offer some prayers, either in public or in private, in honor of the B. V. M. Sorrowing, may gain: A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions.

Those who at other seasons of the year perform the same devout exercises between three o'clock on Friday afternoon and noon of the following Sunday, may gain: An indulgence of 5 years; A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if they preform this devout exercise each week for a month (S. C. Ind., June 18, 1822; S. P. Ap., June 16 1931)

Certain actions may be covered under the General Grants (like GG2, GG3, or GG4) and Mental prayer may be covered under Grant 15. Hover, because this Grant doesn’t specify a prayer, and only certain actions are given their own Grant, this traditional indulgence, as a whole, will have to be labeled as Notwithstanding

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CHAPTER VII. - “THE SAINTS” – Art. IV “IN HONOR OF OTHER SAINTS” – I. Saint Joachim, Father of the B.V.M.

490. Invocation – O Joachim, husband of holy Anne, father of the merciful Virgin, hither bring thy servants help for their salvation. An indulgence of 300 days, once a day (Pius X, Rescript in his own hand, May 28, 1906; exhib. June 16, 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.

NOTE: This does include invocations addressed to the saints.

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CHAPTER IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – Art. VII. “MISCELLANEOUS DEVOTIONS” – VII. For Benefactors

666. A Prayer - May it please Thee, O Lord, to reward with eternal life all those who do good to us for Thy Name's sake. Amen (Roman Breviary) An indulgence of 300 days (S. C. Ind., Dec. 17, 1892; S. P. Ap., June 17, 1933).

This Prayer is mentioned specifically under current Grant 24 as an example of a prayer to be prayed for Benefactors. It is called the “Retribuere dignare, Domine.” The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who, moved by supernatural gratitude, devoutly recite a duly approved prayer for benefactors (e.g., Retribuere dignare, Domine).

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.