Prayer to Implore the Conversion of Africa

The New Raccolta, 1903, no. 25

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Printed in	THE NEW RACCOLTA, OR, COLLECTION OF PRAYERS AND GOOD WORKS. TO WHICH THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFFS HAVE ATTACHED HOLY INDULGENCES. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR MASS, AND VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS.
Imprint	PHILADELPHIA, PETER F. CUNNINGHAM & SON, 1903
Number	25
Pages	pp. 554–555
Scan	leaf 563, leaf 564 of the Internet Archive copy
Approval	FROM THE THIRD ITALIAN EDITION AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF HOLY INDULGENCES. Imprimatur: ✠ JACOBUS, CARD. GIBBONS, ARCHIEP. BALTIMORENSIS. BALTIMORE, July 20, 1887. Imprimatur: ✠ PATRICK JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1900. Moreover, Our Holy Father, Leo XIII., by virtue of his apostolic authority, has approved this Collection issued from the press of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and, therefore, it must be regarded by all as the correct and authorized collection of indulgences hitherto granted for all the faithful and for such as are in communities specially designated. Wherefore, if by chance any doubt should arise either as to sense of the grant or the conditions requisite for gaining the indulgences, it must be determined solely by this Raccolta which His Holiness has directed to be considered the complete guide. On this account he has ordered the present decree to be prepared and prefixed to the present edition. Given at Rome, at the office of the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics, on the 23d day of July, 1898. FR. H. M. CARD. GOTTI, Prefect. L. ✠ S. † A. SABATUCCI, Archiep. Antinoen. Secretary. The Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics has approved of, as authentic, and permitted to be printed and published, this English translation of the Italian Raccolta, a book containing various prayers and pious exercises, to which the Roman Pontiffs have attached indulgences. This approbation was given after the work had been duly examined by two professors of theology of Woodstock College, who testified that they found this translation to be entirely faithful and in full accord with the Italian original, published in the year 1886 by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. Given at Rome, at the Office of the Secretary of this same Sacred Congregation, April 28, 1887. FR. THOMAS MARIA CARD. ZIGLIARA, Prefect. [L. ✠ S.] ALEXANDER, BISHOP OENSIS, Secretary. DECRETUM ANNI 1886.
Indulgence	His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, June 23, 1885, granted to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall recite this prayer, with the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory be to the Father: AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS, each time. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a month, if, having recited it as above, at least once a day for a month, on any day, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall visit a church or public oratory, and pray there, for some time, for the intention of his Holiness. His Holiness, also by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, March 29, 1889, granted that all the faithful who were illiterate or who did not have at hand a copy of the above prayer could gain the same indulgence by reciting two Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glories.
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Saints: St. Joseph
Prayers for: the missions

Angel Holding the Sacred Heart, hand-coloured woodcut, Low Countries, 1490–1510. Rijksmuseum.

Oremus et pro miserrimis Africæ populis, ut Deus omnipotens tandem aliquando auferat maledictionem Chami a cordibus eorum detque illis benedictionem, unice in Jesu Christo, Deo et Domino nostro consequendam. Let us pray for the most wretched people in Africa, that almighty God may at length move the curse of Cham from their hearts, and grant them the blessing to be found only in Jesus Christ, our God and Lord.

OREMUS. LET US PRAY.

Domine Jesu Christe unice Salvator universi generis humani, qui jam “dominaris a mari usque ad mare et a flumine usque ad terminos orbis terrarum,” aperi propitius sacratissimum cor tuum etiam miserrimis Africæ animabus, quæ adhuc in tenebris et umbra mortis sedent; ut intercedente piissima Virgine Maria Matre tua immaculata, ejusque sponso gloriosissimo beato Joseph, relictis idolis, coram te procidant Africani et Lord Jesus Christ, the only Saviour of the entire human race, who already rulest from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth, open propitiously thy sacred heart also to the most wretched souls of Africa, who are still seated in the darkness and the shadow of death, that, through the intercession of the most pious Virgin Mary, thy immaculate mother, and of her most glorious spouse, S. Joseph, the Africans, having abandoned

Ecclesiæ tuæ sanctæ aggregentur. their idols, may prostrate themselves before thee, and be joined to thy holy Church.

Qui vivis, etc. Who livest, etc.

Pater, Ave, et Gloria. Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father.

His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, June 23, 1885, granted to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall recite this prayer, with the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory be to the Father:

AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS, each time.

A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a month, if, having recited it as above, at least once a day for a month, on any day, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall visit a church or public oratory, and pray there, for some time, for the intention of his Holiness.

His Holiness, also by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, March 29, 1889, granted that all the faithful who were illiterate or who did not have at hand a copy of the above prayer could gain the same indulgence by reciting two Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glories.

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