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From the October AD 1998
Our Lady of the Rosary
Parish Bulletin

Indulgences and Prayers for The Souls in Purgatory

Indulgences

    Those devoutly visiting a cemetery from November 1st through 8th and praying for the faithful departed may gain for them a plenary indulgence. On other days of the year the indulgence is partial (Enchiridion, #13)

    At any time we may gain a partial indulgence for the Souls in Purgatory, by reciting the verse, "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace." (Enchiridion, #46)

    Those devoutly visiting a church or an oratory on All Soul's Day may gain a plenary indulgence for the Souls in Purgatory. The visit may be made any time after noon on All Saints day and must include the recitation of the Our Father and the Creed. (Enchiridion, #67)

    There are numerous other indulgenced prayers and works, all of which may be applied to the Souls in Purgatory. For example:

*  A visit to the Blessed Sacrament: a partial indulgence; plenary if the visit lasts a half hour or more. (Enchiridion, #3)

*  Recitation of the Angelus (or Regina Cæli during Eastertide): partial. (Enchiridion, #9)

*  Praying five decades of the Rosary: a partial indulgence; plenary if recited in a church or oratory, or with a family group, religious community, or pious association. (Enchiridion #48)

*  Making the Sign of the Cross: partial. (Enchiridion, #55)

    Under current law, no more than one plenary indulgence may be gained in a day. Normally, partial indulgences may be gained more than once a day. The "usual conditions" for gaining a plenary indulgence include Sacramental Confession and Communion, and prayer for the Pope (at least and Our Father and a Hail Mary) within eight days before or after performing the indulgenced work. One must be in the state of grace to gain an indulgence for one's self, but there is probable opinion among theologians that one not in the state of grace may gain an indulgence for the souls in purgatory.1

Prayers for Each Day of the Week

On Sunday:
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in the garden, deliver the souls in Purgatory, and especially that soul among them all which is most destitute of spiritual aid; and vouchsafe to bring it to Thy glory, there to praise and bless Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Eternal Rest....

On Monday:
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in His cruel scourging, deliver the souls in purgatory, and that soul especially among them which is nearest to its entrance into Thy glory: that so it may forthwith begin to praise and bless Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Eternal Rest....

On Tuesday:
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in His bitter crowning with thorns, deliver the souls in purgatory, and particularly that one among them all which would be last to depart out of those pains, that it may not tarry so long a time before it comes to praise Thee in Thy glory and bless Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Eternal Rest....

On Wednesday:
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy divine Son Jesus shed in the streets of Jerusalem, when He carried the cross upon His sacred shoulders, deliver the souls in purgatory, especially that soul which is richest in merit before Thee: that so in the throne of glory which awaits it, it may magnify Thee and bless Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, etc.

On Thursday:
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Body and Blood of Thy divine Son Jesus, which He gave with His own hands upon the eve of His passion to His beloved apostles as their meat and drink, and which He left to His whole Church to be a perpetual sacrifice and the life giving food of His won faithful people, deliver the souls in purgatory, and especially that one which was most devoted to this mystery of infinite love, that it may with Thy divine Son, and with the Holy Ghost, ever praise Thee for Thy love therein in eternal glory. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Eternal Rest....

On Friday
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which Thy divine Son shed on this day on the wood of the cross, especially from His most sacred hands and feet, deliver the souls in purgatory, and in particular that soul for which I am most bound to pray: that no neglect of mine may hinder it from praising Thee in Thy glory and blessing Thee forever. Amen. Our Father, etc.

On Saturday
O Lord God almighty, I pray Thee by the Precious Blood which gushed forth from the side of Thy divine Son Jesus in the sight of and to the extreme pain of His most Holy Mother, deliver the souls in purgatory, and especially that one among them that was most devout to her: that it may soon attain unto Thy glory, there to praise Thee in her and her in Thee, world without end. Amen. Our Father, etc.


NOTE:
    1. H. Davis, S.J., Moral and Pastoral Theology (London: 1935) Vol. III, p. 428; Bouscaren and Ellis, Canon Law (Milwaukee: 1951) p. 389

 

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