March 9 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!

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

March

9

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

• 586. Miserere mei, Deus

  • partial indulgence… Grant 9

  587. Dies ira, dies illa

  • partial indulgence… Grant 15

  718. A Prayer - Graciously hear the prayers

  • partial indulgence… Grant 15

NOTE:

• Every prayer may be eligible for a partial indulgence, if applied correctly, under Grant 15.

• 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 VIII. ‘FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED’ – III. Psalms and Sequence

586. The faithful who devoutly recite the 50th Psalm, Miserere for the souls detained in purgatory, may gain: An indulgence of 3 years; A plenary indulgence once a month, on the usual conditions, if the daily recitation of the same (S. P. Ap., March 9, 1934)

This actually maintains its indulgence in full! (Except that it is not reserved for the souls in purgatory only, but rather is labeled as an Act of contrition now.) This Psalm is now explicitly named as an act of contrition under Grant 9. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who, especially in preparation for sacramental confession, devoutly recite an act of contrition, according to any legitimate formula (e.g., the Confiteor, the psalm De profundis, or the psalm Miserere, or any of the gradual or penitential psalms).

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CHAPTER VIII. ‘FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED’ – III. Psalms and Sequence

587. SEQUENCE - Dies ira, dies illa -

Day of wrath and doom impending,

David's word with Sibyl's blending,

Heaven and earth in ashes ending!

O what fear man's bosom rendeth,

When from heaven the Judge descendeth,

On whose sentence all dependeth!

Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth,

Through earth's sepulchres it ringeth,

All before the throne it bringeth.

Death is struck, and nature quaking,

All creation is awaking,

To its Judge an answer making.

Lo! the book exactly worded,

Wherein all hath been recorded;

Thence shall judgment be awarded.

When the Judge His seat attaineth,

And each hidden deed arraigneth,

Nothing unavenged remaineth.

What shall I, frail man, be pleading?

Who for me be interceding,

When the just are mercy needing?

King of majesty tremendous,

Who dost free salvation send us,

Fount of pity, then befriend us!

Think, kind Jesu!-my salvation

Caused Thy wondrous Incarnation;

Leave me not to reprobation.

Faint and weary Thou hast sought me,

On the Cross of suffering bought me;

Shall such grace be vainly brought me?

Righteous Judge! for sin's pollution

Grant Thy gift of absolution,

Ere that day of retribution.

Guilty, now I pour my moaning,

All my shame with anguish owning;

Spare, O God, thy suppliant groaning!

Through the sinful woman shriven,

Through the dying thief forgiven,

Thou to me a hope hast given.

Worthless are my prayers and sighing,

Yet, good Lord, in grace complying,

Rescue me from fires undying.

With Thy sheep a place provide me,

From the goats afar divide me,

To Thy right hand do thou guide me.

When the wicked are confounded,

Doomed to shame and woe unbounded,

Call me, with thy Saints surrounded.

Low I kneel, with heart's submission,

See, like ashes my contrition!

Help me in my last condition!

Ah! that day of tears and mourning!

From the dust of earth returning,

Man for judgment must prepare him:

Spare, O God, in mercy spare him!

Lord, all-pitying, Jesu blest,

Grant them thine eternal rest. Amen.

(Roman Missal). (tr. W. J. Irons)

An indulgence of 3 years. A plenary indulgence once a month, on the usual conditions, if this is recited daily in a spirit of devotion (S. P. Ap., March 9, 1934)

Every prayer may be eligible for a partial indulgence, under Grant 15. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who for their personal edification devoutly spend time in mental prayer.

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CHAPTER IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – Art. VII. “MISCELLANEOUS DEVOTIONS” – XLII. Against the Persecutors of the Church

718. A Prayer - Graciously hear the prayers of Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord; that her enemies and all heresies may be brought to naught, and that she may serve Thee in perfect security and freedom. Through Christ our Lord. Amen (Roman Missal). An indulgence of 3 years. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, when this prayer has been said with devotion every day for a month (S. P. Ap., March 9, 1934).

NOTE: A prayer to the B. V. Mary in behalf of the Church is found under n. 412.

This prayer is safely granted a partial indulgence, under Grant 15. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who for their personal edification devoutly spend time in mental prayer.

BUT, I also wonder if this prayer could be put to use on ‘DAYS DESIGNATED UNIVERSALLY FOR A CERTAIN RELIGIOUS INTENTION.’ Perhaps it can be used on May 24 for World Day of Prayer for the Church in China (a heavily persecuted portion of the Church). Or it may be

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.