November 9-11 - Traditional Indulgence of the day!

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

November

9, 10, & 11

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

• 776. A VISIT TO THE LATERAN ARCHBASILICA

  • plenary indulgence… Grant 33

• 760. An Invocation - Seat of Wisdom

  • partial indulgence… General Grant 1

• 649. Grant, we beseech Thee

  • partial indulgence… Grant 15

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.

APPENDIX. “Indulgences attached to visiting certain holy places in Rome” – IV. A VISIT TO THE LATERAN ARCHBASILICA

776. “toties quoties” - The faithful, who after confession and Holy Communion, devoutly visit the Lateran Archbasilica and there piously recite six times the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be for the intention of His Holiness on each visit, are granted: A plenary indulgence as often as they do this (Apostolic Brief, Nov. 9, 1939)

This indulgence does still exist today under Grant 33, but not with these specifics requirements. That is that you don’t have to recite six times the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be. The specific reference in the 'Manuel of Indulgences' is as follows: §1 A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who visit, and there devoutly recite an Our Father and the Creed, 1° one of the four Patriarchal Basilicas in Rome, either as part of group making a pilgrimage to the basilica, or at least with the purpose of expressing during the visit filial submission to the Roman Pontiff;

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CHAPTER IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – PART II. “IN FAVOR OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF PERSONS” – VI. Prayers to be said by teachers

760. An Invocation - Seat of wisdom, pray for us. Teachers, who at the beginning of class devoutly recite once the Angelical salutation with this invocation are granted: An indulgence of 300 days (S. P. Ap., Nov. 10, 1940).

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 IX. “FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS” – Art. VI. FOR A HAPPY DEATH – IV. Prayers

649. Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that in the hour of our death we may be refreshed by Thy holy Sacraments and delivered from all guilt, and so deserve to be received with joy into the arms of Thy mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen (Roman Missal). An indulgence of 3 years. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if the daily recitation of this prayer is continued for one month (S. P. Ap., Nov. 11, 1936)

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.

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.