2-Communions-a-day? New* Vatican Decree (13/05/24) on "Granting of Indulgences during Ordinary Jubilee Year" helps Holy Souls in Purgatory w/ 2nd visit to Holy Sacrifice of the Mass! (Canon Law 917).

THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST |

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HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE: INFORMATION POST with RHP ANNOTATIONS / ETC.

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HAVE YOU EVER … GONE TO MASS TWICE IN ONE DAY?

SINCE MAY 13, 2024, THE VATICAN HAS ENCOURAGED THE FAITHFUL TO APPROACH THE HOLY TABLE TWICE IN A DAY SO AS TO PRAY DOUBLE FOR HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY! NOTE: PRAY THE CHAPLET TO ST. MICHAEL to amplify your goal of SAVING SOULS.

THE ROSARY HOUR PODCAST

In the era of increasing “Eucharistic Revival”, and in the midst of what seems to be an explosion of interest in the Rosary, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Pilgrimage and Eucharistic Adoration, one might observe that we have entered into a special time of the Church — perhaps the great fruit of the awakening of many hearts longing for God.

Manifesting itself in the virginal light of Our Lady whom we address when we offer our Rosaries alone before the tabernacle or in chorus (in common) is the grace of a post-pandemic explosion of online learning has led so many people to re-discover the “Why” of our prayers and the role of indulgences which form the great and yet untapped Treasury of Christ’s Church in our times.

Since it was published on May 13th, 2024, the Feast of Our Lady of Fátima (Portugal) this document titled "Granting of Indulgences during Ordinary Jubilee Year" is worthy of a second, or even weekly review — and is reformatted by the Rosary Hour Podcast team for easy-to-review device scrolling for today’s post.

As we ponder during Evening Prayer I for the Liturgy of the Hours, the courage and witness of St. Boniface and companions — we might imagine them being taken by surprise by thieves who were searching for “treasure” on June 5, 754 (see the resources above) — and who left behind all the sacred texts / Codex / letters / writings by St. Boniface, etc. all considered “worthless” a whole 1270 years ago that … this post, we hope, will help you help others you encounter to rediscover the authentic treasures of God’s kingdom through:

• the power of prayer,

• pilgrim journeys,

• and an attitude of confidence and hope that exists in this very important document, forming us to become pilgrims of hope.

In the true words of scripture we can allow the Holy Spirit to move us to have the faith of Martyrs.

Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)

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and

“For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” ( Luke 12:34)

St. Boniface, and companions pray for us!¹

INVITATION TO READ & INTERNALIZE THIS SPECIAL JUBILEE INVITATION

We invite you to READ THIS DOCUMENT WITH ONE OTHER PERSON² during the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025 as we enter into that Jubilee Year of Prayer. Each of us is invited by His Holiness Pope Francis” to grow in holiness; and we invite you to start a journal for yourself on how you began your own personal journey in 2024 as a Pilgrim of Hope! Send us your Pilgrim Journey experience here.

Click below for multiple languages:

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• CLICK HERE TO READ IN PORTUGUESE: SOBRE A CONCESSÃO DA INDULGÊNCIA DURANTE O JUBILEU ORDINÁRIO DO ANO 2025

  PROCLAMADO POR SUA SANTIDADE O PAPA FRANCISCO

• CLICK TO READ IN FRENCH: NOTE SUR L’INDULGENCE PLÉNIÈRE

  CONCÉDÉE DURANT LE JUBILÉ ORDINAIRE DE L’ANNÉE 2025

  ANNONCÉ PAR SA SAINTETÉ LE PAPE FRANÇOIS

• CLICK TO READ IN SPANISH: SOBRE LA CONCESIÓN DE LA INDULGENCIA

  DURANTE EL JUBILEO ORDINARIO DEL AÑO 2025

  CONVOCADO POR SU SANTIDAD EL PAPA FRANCISCO

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DECREE ON THE GRANTING OF THE INDULGENCE:

IN ENGLISH (FROM HOLY SEE PRESS RELEASE)

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“Now the time has come for a new Jubilee, when once more the Holy Door will be flung open to invite everyone to an intense experience of the love of God” (Spes non confundit, 6). In the Bull announcing the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, at a moment in history in which "heedless of the horrors of the past, humanity is confronting yet another ordeal, as many peoples are prey to brutality and violence" (Spes non confundit, 8), the Holy Father calls on all Christians to become pilgrims of hope. This is a virtue which must be sourced above all in the grace of God and in the fullness of His mercy. It is to be rediscovered in the signs of the times, which, encompassing "the yearning of human hearts in need of God’s saving presence, ought to become signs of hope" (Spes non confundit, 7).

Previously, in the Bull announcing the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in 2015, Pope Francis underlined how the Indulgence acquired "an even more important meaning" in that context (Misericordiae vultus, 22), since God's mercy becomes the "indulgence on the part of the Father who, through the Bride of Christ, his Church, reaches the pardoned sinner and frees him or her from every residue left by the consequences of sin" (ibid.). Similarly, now the Holy Father declares that the gift of the Indulgence "is a way of discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy. Not by chance, for the ancients, the terms ‘mercy’ and ‘indulgence’ were interchangeable, as expressions of the fullness of God’s forgiveness, which knows no bounds" (Spes non confundit, 23). The Indulgence, therefore, is a Jubilee grace.

And so, also during the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, by will of the Supreme Pontiff, this ‘Court of Mercy’, which is responsible for all that concerns the granting and use of indulgences, wishing to encourage the souls of the faithful and nourish the pious desire to obtain the Indulgence seen as a gift of grace specific to each Holy Year, establishes the following indications, so that the faithful may take advantage of the "norms for obtaining and rendering spiritually fruitful the practice of the Jubilee indulgence" (Spes non confundit, 23).

During the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, all other Indulgences previously granted remain in force. All the faithful, who are truly repentant and free from any affection for sin (cf. Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, IV ed., norm. 20, § 1), who are moved by a spirit of charity and who, during the Holy Year, purified through the sacrament of penance and refreshed by Holy Communion, pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, will be able to obtain from the treasury of the Church a plenary indulgence, with remission and forgiveness of all their sins, which can be applied in suffrage to the souls in Purgatory in the following ways:

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I.- Pilgrimages³

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The faithful, pilgrims of hope, will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence granted by the Holy Father if they undertake a pious pilgrimage:

to any sacred Jubilee site:

• by devoutly participating in Holy Mass (where the liturgical norms allow for it, the Mass of the Jubilee might fruitfully be chosen, or one of the Votive Masses:

• for Reconciliation, for the Remission of Sins, for the Promotion of Charity or to Foster Harmony);

• a ritual Mass for the conferral of the sacraments of Christian Initiation or the Anointing of the Sick;

• or any of the following:

  • a celebration of the Word of God;

  • the Liturgy of the Hours (office of readings, lauds, vespers);

  • the Via Crucis;

  • the Marian Rosary;

  • the recitation of the Akathist hymn;

  • a penitential celebration, which ends with the individual confessions of the penitents, as established in the Rite of Penance (form II);

in Rome: by visiting at least one of the four Major Papal Basilicas:

• St. Peter’s in the Vatican,

• the Archbasilica of the Holy Saviour (St John Lateran’s),

• Saint Mary Major’s,

• and St. Paul’s Outside the Walls;

in the Holy Land: by visiting at least one of the three basilicas:

• the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem,

• the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem,

• or the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth;

in other ecclesiastical areas: by visiting the Cathedral or other church or sacred place designated by the local Ordinary.

Bishops will take into account the needs of the faithful as well as the opportunity to reinforce the concept of pilgrimage with all its symbolic significance, so as to manifest the great need for conversion and reconciliation;

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II.- Pious visits to sacred places

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Likewise, the faithful can obtain the Jubilee Indulgence if, individually or in a group, they devoutly visit any Jubilee site and there, for a suitable period of time, engage in

• Eucharistic adoration and meditation, concluding with the Our Father, the Profession of Faith in any legitimate form, and invocations to Mary, the Mother of God, so that in this Holy Year everyone "will come to know the closeness of Mary, the most affectionate of mothers, who never abandons her children" (Spes non confundit, 24).

During the Jubilee Year, in addition to the aforementioned places of pilgrimage, the following sacred places may also be visited under the same conditions:

in Rome: 

• the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem,

• the Basilica of St Lawrence at the Verano,

• the Basilica of St. Sebastian, (the traditional visit to "the seven Churches of Rome", so close to the heart of St. Philip Neri is also highly recommended),

• the Sanctuary of Divine Love (the ‘Divino Amore’),

• the Church of the Holy Spirit in Sassia,

• the Church of St Paul at the Tre Fontane, (the site of the Martyrdom of the Apostle),

• the Roman Catacombs;

• the churches of the Jubilee Pathways dedicated respectively to the Iter Europaeum and to the Female Patrons of Europe and Doctors of the Church (the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva,

• and the churches of St. Brigid at Campo de' Fiori, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Trinità dei Monti, the Basilica of Saint Cecilia in Trastevere,

• and the Basilica of Sant'Augustine in Campo Marzio);

in other places in the world:

• the two Minor Papal Basilicas in Assisi – those of St Francis and Our Lady of the Angels;

• the Pontifical Basilicas of

  • Our Lady of Loreto,

  • Our Lady of Pompeii,

  • and St Anthony in Padua;

• any minor basilica, cathedral church, co-cathedral church, Marian sanctuary, any distinguished collegiate church or sanctuary designated by the diocesan bishop or Eparchy for the benefit of the faithful, and national or international sanctuaries, "sacred places of welcome and privileged spaces for the rebirth of hope" (Spes non confundit, 24), as indicated by Episcopal Conferences.

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The faithful who are truly repentant of sin but who cannot participate in the various solemn celebrations, pilgrimages and pious visits for serious reasons (especially cloistered nuns and monks, but also the elderly, the sick, prisoners, and those who, through their work in hospitals or other care facilities, provide continuous service to the sick), can obtain the Jubilee Indulgence, under the same conditions if, united in spirit with the faithful taking part in person, (especially when the words of the Supreme Pontiff or the diocesan Bishop are transmitted through the various means of communication), they

• recite the

  • Our Father,

  • the Profession of Faith in any approved form,

  • and other prayers in conformity with the objectives of the Holy Year,

    • in their homes or wherever they are confined (e.g. in the chapel of the monastery, hospital, nursing home, prison...)

  • offering up their sufferings or the hardships of their lives;

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III. Works of mercy and penance

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In addition, the faithful will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence if, with a devout spirit, they participate in popular missions, spiritual exercises, or formation activities on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, held in a church or other suitable place, according to the mind of the Holy Father.

*HOLY COMMUNION TWICE A DAY for HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY!*

Despite the rule that only one plenary indulgence can be obtained per day (cf. Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, IV ed., norm. 18, § 1), the faithful who have carried out an act of charity on behalf of the souls in Purgatory,⁴

• if they receive Holy Communion a second time that day, can obtain the plenary indulgence twice on the same day, applicable only to the deceased (this must take place within a Eucharistic celebration; see can. 917 and the Pontifical Commission for the authentic interpretation of the CIC, Responsa ad dubia, 1, 11 July 1984).⁵

- Through this double act, a praiseworthy exercise of supernatural charity is carried out, through that bond by which the faithful still journeying on this earth are united in the mystical Body of Christ, with those who have already completed their journey, by virtue of the fact that “the Jubilee indulgence, thanks to the power of prayer, is intended in a particular way for those who have gone before us, so that they may obtain full mercy” (Spes non confundit, 22).

In a special way "during the Holy Year, we are called to be tangible signs of hope for those of our brothers and sisters who experience hardships of any kind" (Spes non confundit, 10).

Therefore, the Indulgence is also linked to certain works of mercy and penance, which bear witness to the conversion undertaken. The faithful, following the example and mandate of Christ, are encouraged to carry out works of charity or mercy more frequently, especially in the service of those brothers and sisters who are burdened by various needs.

More especially, they should rediscover these “corporal works of mercy:

• to feed the hungry,

• give drink to the thirsty,

• clothe the naked,

• welcome the stranger,

• heal the sick,

• visit the imprisoned,

• and bury the dead " (Misericordiae vultus, 15) and

rediscover also "the spiritual works of mercy:

• to counsel the doubtful,

• instruct the ignorant,

• admonish sinners,

• comfort the afflicted,

• forgive offences,

• bear patiently those who do us ill,

• and pray for the living and the dead" (ibid.).

In this way, the faithful will be able to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence if they visit, for an appropriate amount of time, their brothers and sisters who are in need or in difficulty (the sick, prisoners, lonely elderly people, disabled people...), in a sense making a pilgrimage to Christ present in them (cf. Mt 25, 34-36) according to the usual spiritual, sacramental and prayer conditions. The faithful can repeat these visits throughout the Holy Year, even daily, acquiring a plenary indulgence each time.

The Jubilee Plenary Indulgence can also be obtained through initiatives that put into practice, in a concrete and generous way, the spirit of penance which is, in a sense, the soul of the Jubilee. In particular the penitential nature of Friday can be rediscovered through abstaining, in a spirit of penance, at least for one day of the week from futile distractions (real but also virtual distractions, for example, the use of the media and/or social networks), from superfluous consumption (for example by fasting or practising abstinence according to the general norms of the Church and the indications of the Bishops), as well as by donating a proportionate sum of money to the poor; by supporting works of a religious or social nature, especially in support of the defence and protection of life in all its phases, but also by supporting the quality of life of abandoned children, young people in difficulty, the needy or lonely elderly people, or migrants from various countries “who leave their homelands behind in search of a better life for themselves and for their families” (Spes non confundit, 13); it can also be obtained by dedicating a reasonable portion of one’s free time to voluntary activities that are of service to the community or to other similar forms of personal commitment.

All diocesan bishops and eparchs and those who are equivalent to them in law, on the most appropriate day of this jubilee period, on the occasion of the main celebration in the cathedral and in the individual jubilee churches, may impart the Papal Blessing with the attached plenary indulgence, obtainable by all the faithful who receive this Blessing under the usual conditions.

In order to facilitate access to the sacrament of Penance and the obtaining of divine forgiveness through the ‘Power of the Keys’, local Ordinaries are invited to grant to the Canons and Priests, who in the Cathedrals and Churches specially designated for the Holy Year, hear the confessions of the faithful, the faculties limited to the internal forum for the faithful of the Eastern Churches covered by can. 728, § 2 of the CCEO, and in the case of a possible reservation, those for can. 727, excluding, clearly, those cases listed in can. 728, § 1; while for the faithful of the Latin Church, the faculties referred to in can. 508, § 1 of the CIC.

In this regard, this Penitentiary urges all priests to offer generous availability and self-dedication to allow the greatest possible opportunity for the faithful to benefit from the means of salvation, by adopting and publishing time slots for confessions, in agreement with parish priests or rectors of neighbouring churches, by making time to be available in the confessional, planning penitential celebrations on a fixed and frequent basis, and also making the widest possible use of retired priests who do not have other defined pastoral roles. Depending on the possibilities, priests should remember, in accordance with the Motu proprio Misericordia Dei, the pastoral opportunity that also exists in hearing Confessions during the celebration of Holy Mass.

To facilitate the task of confessors, the Apostolic Penitentiary, by mandate of the Holy Father, grants to priests who accompany or join Jubilee pilgrimages outside their own Diocese the right to make use of the same faculties which they have been granted in their own Diocese by the legitimate authority. Special faculties will be conferred by this Apostolic Penitentiary to the penitentiaries of the Papal Basilicas in Rome, and to Canon Penitentiaries or Diocesan Penitentiaries established in individual ecclesiastical circumscriptions.

Confessors, after having lovingly instructed the faithful on the gravity of the sins to which a reservation or censure is attached, should determine, with pastoral charity, appropriate sacramental penances, so as to lead penitents, as far as possible to stable repentance and, depending on the nature of the case, invite them to repair any scandal and damages.

Finally, the Penitentiary warmly invites Bishops, as bearers of the triple munus of teaching, guiding, and sanctifying, to explain clearly the provisions and principles proposed here for the sanctification of the faithful, taking account of local circumstances, cultures and traditions. A catechesis appropriate to the socio-cultural characteristics of each people will propose the Gospel and the entirety of the Christian message effectively, rooting more deeply in people’s hearts the desire for this unique gift, obtained through the mediation of the Church.

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This Decree is valid for the entire Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary.

Given in Rome, from the Offices of the Apostolic Penitentiary, on 13 May 2024, Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Fatima.

Angelo Cardinal De Donatis

Major Penitentiary

+ Krzysztof Nykiel

Regent

SOURCE: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/05/13/240513f.html

JUBILEE YEAR 2025: PREPARATORY PRAYER GOAL

• PRAY THE COMMON OF MARTYRS (re: ST. BONIFACE) FOR EVENING PRAYER I or II (The Liturgy of the Hours).

BONUS AUDIO BELOW:

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ETERNAL WISDOM:

From a letter by Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr

(Ep. 78: MGH, Epistolae, 3, 352-354)

AUDIO BY TRAVESSA DA SENRA HOUSE PRESS (PORTO, PORTUGAL)

"The careful shepherd watches over Christ’s flock. In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course. The ancient fathers showed us how we should carry out this duty:

Clement, Cornelius and many others in the city of Rome, Cyprian at Carthage, Athanasius at Alexandria. They all lived under emperors who were pagans; they all steered Christ’s ship—or rather his most dear spouse, the Church. This they did by teaching and defending her, by their labors and sufferings, even to the shedding of blood. I am terrified when I think of all this.

Fear and trembling came upon me and the darkness of my sins almost covered me.

I would gladly give up the task of guiding the Church which I have accepted if I could find such an action warranted by the example of the fathers or by holy Scripture. Since this is the case, and since the truth can be assaulted but never defeated or falsified, with our tired mind let us turn to the words of Solomon:

• Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own prudence.

• Think on him in all your ways, and he will guide your steps.

In another place he says:

• The name of the Lord is an impregnable tower. The just man seeks refuge in it and he will be saved.

Let us stand fast in what is right and prepare our souls for trial. Let us wait upon God’s strengthening aid and say to him: O Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations. Let us trust in him who has placed this burden upon us. What we ourselves cannot bear let us bear with the help of Christ. For he is all-powerful, and he tells us:

“My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Let us continue the fight on the day of the Lord.

The days of anguish and of tribulation have overtaken us; if God so wills, let us die for the holy laws of our fathers, so that we may deserve to obtain an eternal inheritance with them. Let us be neither dogs that do not bark nor silent onlookers nor paid servants who run away before the wolf.

Instead let us be careful shepherds watching over Christ’s flock. Let us preach the whole of God’s plan to the powerful and to the humble, to rich and to poor, to men of every rank and age, as far as God gives us the strength, in season and out of season, as Saint Gregory writes in his book of Pastoral Instruction. (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/36011.htm)

RHP NOTES / ANNOTATIONS ABOUT 
SAINT BONIFACE

- Birth c. 675, Wessex, England
- Martyred on June 5, 754, Dokkum, Frisia [now in the Netherlands]; 
- FEAST: June 5
- PATRON SAINT OF GERMANY

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA: 

He was "an English missionary and reformer, often called the apostle of Germany for his role in the Christianization of that country. Boniface set the church in Germany on a firm course of undeviating piety and irreproachable conduct. In his letters and in the writings of his contemporaries, he appears as a man of purpose and dedication, an innovator with a powerful though willful personality."

Aherne, Consuelo Maria. "Saint Boniface". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Jun. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Boniface. Accessed 4 June 2024.

FRANCISCAN MEDIA: 

"In order to restore the Germanic Church to its fidelity to Rome and to convert the pagans, Boniface had been guided by two principles. 

- The first was to restore the obedience of the clergy to their bishops in union with the pope of Rome. 

- The second was the establishment of many houses of prayer which took the form of Benedictine monasteries. 

A great number of Anglo-Saxon monks and nuns followed him to the continent, where he introduced the Benedictine nuns to the active apostolate of education."

Reflection: 

Boniface bears out the Christian rule: 

"To follow Christ is to follow the way of the cross. For Boniface, it was not only physical suffering or death, but the painful, thankless, bewildering task of Church reform. Missionary glory is often thought of in terms of bringing new persons to Christ. It seems—but is not—less glorious to heal the household of the faith."

St. Boniface, pray for us!

LINK TO ORIGINAL CODEX of ST. BONIFACE HERE: 

https://ia801306.us.archive.org/12/items/CodexSangallensis56/CodexSangallensis56.pdf

From the CODEX

Evening Prayer: pray the Magnificat with Amelia. Link to Fr. Anthony’s discussion of the Magnificat after praying with the recording.

REVIEWED BY KAREN ROCHA and IZZY NUNZIATO

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FOOTNOTES:

1. Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

2. BALTIMORE CATECHISM: https://www.drbo.org/cat/htm/02033.htm

Q. 435. What is an indulgence?
A. An indulgence is the remission granted by the Church of the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven.

 * An indulgence does not take away sin. Neither does it take away the eternal punishment due to mortal sins. An indulgence can produce its effects in the soul only after sins are forgiven and, in the case of mortal sins, only after their eternal punishment is taken away. Many who are not Catholic wrongly understand an indulgence to be a permission to commit sin, or a pardon for future sin, or a guarantee against temptation. By an indulgence the Church merely wipes out or lessens the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven.

 * The Church from the beginning has granted indulgences. Up to the sixth century indulgences generally took the form of a lessening of the public penances imposed for sins. In the early centuries it was customary for those who were to be martyred to ask that indulgences be granted to certain individuals.

 * > "And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 16:19-20)

 * Also, read 2 Kings 24:1-25.

 * Q. 436. How many kinds of indulgences are there?
A. There are two kinds of indulgences, plenary and partial.

 * Q. 437. What is a plenary indulgence?
A. A plenary indulgence is the remission of all the temporal punishment due to our sins.

 * A plenary indulgence is understood to be so granted that if a person should be unable to gain it fully, he will nevertheless gain it partially, in keeping with his disposition. A plenary indulgence, unless it is otherwise expressly stated, can be gained only once a day, even though the prescribed work is performed several times.

 * The conditions ordinarily prescribed for gaining the plenary indulgence and designated by the familiar phrase, "under the usual conditions," are the following: confession, Communion, a visit to a church or public oratory, or even a semi-public oratory in certain cases, and prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff.

 * The confession that may be required for gaining any particular indulgences may be made within the eight days which immediately precede the day to which the indulgences are appointed; the Communion may take place on the previous day; or both conditions may be satisfied on the day itself or within the following octave.

 * The following are several examples of plenary indulgences that can be gained by all the faithful:

 * Those who piously recite a third part of the Rosary (five decades) in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, publicly exposed or even reserved in the tabernacle, may gain a plenary indulgence, on condition of confession and Communion (The Raccolta, No. 395, c).

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 * The faithful who, with at least a contrite heart, whether singly or in company, perform the pious exercises of the Way of the Cross, when the latter has been legitimately erected according to the prescriptions of the Holy See, may gain a plenary indulgence as often as they perform the same, and another plenary indulgence if they receive Holy Communion on the same day, or even within a month after having made the Stations ten times (The Raccolta, No. 194).

 * The faithful who recite devoutly the prayer, "Behold, O good and sweetest Jesus" before an image of Jesus Christ Crucified, may gain a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions (The Raccolta, No. 201).

 * Q. 438. What is a partial indulgence?
A. A partial indulgence is the remission of part of the temporal punishment due to our sins.

 * A partial indulgence, unless the contrary is expressly stated, can be gained frequently throughout the day, whenever the prescribed work is repeated.

 * To say that an indulgence of so many days or years is granted means that the amount of temporal punishment is remitted which, in the sight of God, would have been remitted by so many days or years of penance in the early Church. God alone knows exactly how much of the temporal punishment is actually taken away by an indulgence.”

SEE: https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2N.HTM

WE are looking into the "RACCOLTA"

3. https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/05/13/240513f.html

4. This is a great grace that we will explore in a future post.

5. CANON LAW REGARDING: “THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST” (Cann. 897 - 958)

Can. 897 The most August sacrament is the Most Holy Eucharist in which Christ the Lord himself is contained, offered, and received and by which the Church continually lives and grows. The eucharistic sacrifice, the memorial of the death and resurrection of the Lord, in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated through the ages is the summit and source of all worship and Christian life, which signifies and effects the unity of the People of God and brings about the building up of the body of Christ. Indeed, the other sacraments and all the ecclesiastical works of the apostolate are closely connected with the Most Holy Eucharist and ordered to it.

Can. 898 The Christian faithful are to hold the Most Holy Eucharist in highest honor, taking an active part in the celebration of the most august sacrifice, receiving this sacrament most devoutly and frequently, and worshiping it with the highest adoration. In explaining the doctrine about this sacrament, pastors of souls are to teach the faithful diligently about this obligation.

CHAPTER I.

THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION

Can. 899 §1. The eucharistic celebration is the action of Christ himself and the Church. In it, Christ the Lord, through the ministry of the priest, offers himself, substantially present under the species of bread and wine, to God the Father and gives himself as spiritual food to the faithful united with his offering.

§2. In the eucharistic gathering the people of God are called together with the bishop or, under his authority, a presbyter presiding and acting in the person of Christ. All the faithful who are present, whether clerics or laity, unite together by participating in their own way according to the diversity of orders and liturgical functions.

§3. The eucharistic celebration is to be organized in such a way that all those participating receive from it the many fruits for which Christ the Lord instituted the eucharistic sacrifice.

Art. 1.

THE MINISTER OF THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST

Can.  900 §1. The minister who is able to confect the sacrament of the Eucharist in the person of Christ is a validly ordained priest alone.

§2. A priest not impeded by canon law celebrates the Eucharist licitly; the provisions of the following canons are to be observed.

Can. 901 A priest is free to apply the Mass for anyone, living or dead.

Can. 902 Unless the welfare of the Christian faithful requires or suggests otherwise, priests can concelebrate the Eucharist. They are completely free to celebrate the Eucharist individually, however, but not while a concelebration is taking place in the same church or oratory.

Can. 903 A priest is to be permitted to celebrate even if the rector of the church does not know him, provided that either he presents a letter of introduction from his ordinary or superior, issued at least within the year, or it can be judged prudently that he is not impeded from celebrating.

Can. 904 Remembering always that in the mystery of the eucharistic sacrifice the work of redemption is exercised continually, priests are to celebrate frequently; indeed, daily celebration is recommended earnestly since, even if the faithful cannot be present, it is the act of Christ and the Church in which priests fulfill their principal function.

Can. 905 §1. A priest is not permitted to celebrate the Eucharist more than once a day except in cases where the law permits him to celebrate or concelebrate more than once on the same day.

§2. If there is a shortage of priests, the local ordinary can allow priests to celebrate twice a day for a just cause, or if pastoral necessity requires it, even three times on Sundays and holy days of obligation.

Can. 906 Except for a just and reasonable cause, a priest is not to celebrate the eucharistic sacrifice without the participation of at least some member of the faithful.

Can. 907 In the eucharistic celebration deacons and lay persons are not permitted to offer prayers, especially the eucharistic prayer, or to perform actions which are proper to the celebrating priest.

Can. 908 Catholic priests are forbidden to concelebrate the Eucharist with priests or ministers of Churches or ecclesial communities which do not have full communion with the Catholic Church.

Can. 909 A priest is not to neglect to prepare himself properly through prayer for the celebration of the eucharistic sacrifice and to offer thanks to God at its completion.

Can. 910 §1. The ordinary minister of holy communion is a bishop, presbyter, or deacon.

§2. The extraordinary minister of holy communion is an acolyte or another member of the Christian faithful designated according to the norm of can. 230, §3.

Can. 911 §1. The pastor, parochial vicars, chaplains, and, with regard to all those dwelling in the house, the superior of a community in clerical religious institutes and societies of apostolic life have the duty and right of bringing the Most Holy Eucharist as Viaticum to the sick.

§2. In the case of necessity or with at least the presumed permission of the pastor, chaplain, or superior, who must be notified afterwards, any priest or other minister of holy communion must do this.

Art. 2.

PARTICIPATION IN THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST

Can. 912 Any baptized person not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion.

Can. 913 §1. The administration of the Most Holy Eucharist to children requires that they have sufficient knowledge and careful preparation so that they understand the mystery of Christ according to their capacity and are able to receive the body of Christ with faith and devotion.

§2. The Most Holy Eucharist, however, can be administered to children in danger of death if they can distinguish the body of Christ from ordinary food and receive communion reverently.

Can. 914 It is primarily the duty of parents and those who take the place of parents, as well as the duty of pastors, to take care that children who have reached the use of reason are prepared properly and, after they have made sacramental confession, are refreshed with this divine food as soon as possible. It is for the pastor to exercise vigilance so that children who have not attained the use of reason or whom he judges are not sufficiently disposed do not approach holy communion.

Can. 915 Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.

Can. 916 A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.

Can. 917 A person who has already received the Most Holy Eucharist can receive it a second time on the same day only within the eucharistic celebration in which the person participates, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 921, §2.

Can.  918 It is highly recommended that the faithful receive holy communion during the eucharistic celebration itself. It is to be administered outside the Mass, however, to those who request it for a just cause, with the liturgical rites being observed.

Can.  919 §1. A person who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from any food and drink, except for only water and medicine.

§2. A priest who celebrates the Most Holy Eucharist two or three times on the same day can take something before the second or third celebration even if there is less than one hour between them.

§3. The elderly, the infirm, and those who care for them can receive the Most Holy Eucharist even if they have eaten something within the preceding hour.

Can. 920 §1. After being initiated into the Most Holy Eucharist, each of the faithful is obliged to receive holy communion at least once a year.

§2. This precept must be fulfilled during the Easter season unless it is fulfilled for a just cause at another time during the year.

Can. 921 §1. The Christian faithful who are in danger of death from any cause are to be nourished by holy communion in the form of Viaticum.

§2. Even if they have been nourished by holy communion on the same day, however, those in danger of death are strongly urged to receive communion again.

§3. While the danger of death lasts, it is recommended that holy communion be administered often, but on separate days.

Can.  922 Holy Viaticum for the sick is not to be delayed too long; those who have the care of souls are to be zealous and vigilant that the sick are nourished by Viaticum while fully conscious.

Can.  923 The Christian faithful can participate in the eucharistic sacrifice and receive holy communion in any Catholic rite, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 844.

Art. 3.

THE RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION

Can.  924 §1. The most holy eucharistic sacrifice must be offered with bread and with wine in which a little water must be mixed.

§2. The bread must be only wheat and recently made so that there is no danger of spoiling.

§3. The wine must be natural from the fruit of the vine and not spoiled.

Can. 925 Holy communion is to be given under the form of bread alone, or under both species according to the norm of the liturgical laws, or even under the form of wine alone in a case of necessity.

Can. 926 According to the ancient tradition of the Latin Church, the priest is to use unleavened bread in the eucharistic celebration whenever he offers it.

Can. 927 It is absolutely forbidden, even in extreme urgent necessity, to consecrate one matter without the other or even both outside the eucharistic celebration.

Can. 928 The eucharistic celebration is to be carried out in the Latin language or in another language provided that the liturgical texts have been legitimately approved.

Can. 929 In celebrating and administering the Eucharist, priests and deacons are to wear the sacred vestments prescribed by the rubrics.

Can. 930 §1. If an infirm or elderly priest is unable to stand, he can celebrate the eucharistic sacrifice while seated, but not before the people except with the permission of the local ordinary; the liturgical laws are to be observed.

§2. A blind or otherwise infirm priest licitly celebrates the eucharistic sacrifice by using any approved text of the Mass with the assistance, if needed, of another priest, deacon, or even a properly instructed lay person.

Art. 4.

THE TIME AND PLACE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST

Can. 931 The celebration and distribution of the Eucharist can be done at any day and hour except those which the liturgical norms exclude.

Can. 932 §1. The eucharistic celebration is to be carried out in a sacred place unless in a particular case necessity requires otherwise; in such a case the celebration must be done in a decent place.

§2. The eucharistic sacrifice must be carried out on a dedicated or blessed altar; outside a sacred place a suitable table can be used, always with a cloth and a corporal.

Can. 933 For a just cause and with the express permission of the local ordinary, a priest is permitted to celebrate the Eucharist in the place of worship of some Church or ecclesial community which does not have full communion with the Catholic Church so long as there is no scandal.