Heroic Act of Charity for the Souls in Purgatory
From The Raccolta, compiled by the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences, 1878, no. 202 Tools
Source
| Printed in | The Raccolta |
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| Imprint | Woodstock College, Maryland (title page). Printed at West Chester, New York (copyright page)., Woodstock College (title-page imprint). Copyright page: Stereotyped and Printed at the Boys' Protectory, West Chester, New York., 1878 |
| Number | 202 |
| Scan | leaf 481, leaf 482 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Approved and Commended. + John Card. McCloskey, Archbishop of New York. New York, Sept. 5th, 1878. (a commendation, not labelled imprimatur) Imprimatur: + Jacobus, Archiep. Baltimorensis. Die xxii Sept., 1878. Declaration of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics guaranteeing fidelity of the English translation, Given at Rome, June 17, 1878, signed Al. Card. Oreglia, a S. Stephano, Prefect, and A. Panici, Secretary. Not an imprimatur or nihil obstat. |
| Indulgence | I. THE INDULT OF A PRIVILEGED ALTAR, personally, every day in the year, to all priests who shall have made this offering. II. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, applicable only to the departed, to all the faithful who shall have made this offering, whenever they go to holy communion, provided they visit a church or public oratory, and pray there, for some time, for the intention of his Holiness. III. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, every Monday, to all who hear mass in aid of the souls in purgatory, provided they fulfil the other conditions mentioned above. All indulgences granted or to be granted, which are to be gained by the faithful who have made this offering, may be applied to the holy souls in purgatory. Decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Nov. 20, 1854: for all the faithful who cannot hear mass on Monday, the mass heard on Sundays should be available for gaining the indulgence mentioned in No. III.; and for those who have not yet made their first communion, or who are hindered from receiving holy communion, the will of their respective Ordinaries may authorize confessors to commute the works here enjoined. The indulgences were granted by Pope Benedict XIII., decree Aug. 23, 1728; Pope Pius VI., decree Dec. 12, 1788; and specified by Pope Pius IX., decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Sept. 30, 1852. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- the souls in purgatory
Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates, Office of the Dead, Hours of Charles the Noble, about 1405. Cleveland Museum of Art.
202.
THE HEROIC ACT OF CHARITY;
OR,
An offering of all works of satisfaction and atonement in behalf of the souls in purgatory.
This heroic act of charity in behalf of the souls in purgatory consists in a voluntary offering made to them, by any one of the faithful, of all works of satisfaction done by him in his life, as well as of all those which shall be offered for him after his death; placing them in the hands of the blessed Virgin, that she may distribute them in behalf of those souls whom it is her good pleasure to deliver from the pains of purgatory. By this offering he foregoes in their behalf only that special fruit which belongs to himself; so that a priest is not hindered thereby from applying the holy sacrifice of the mass for the intention of those who give him alms to that end.
This heroic act of charity, called also a vow or oblation, was enriched with many indulgences: first, by Pope Benedict XIII., in a decree, Aug. 23, 1728; and then by Pope Pius VI., in a decree, Dec. 12, 1788; and lastly, these indulgences were specified by the Sovereign Pontiff Pius IX., in a decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Sept. 30, 1852. They are as follows:
I. THE INDULT OF A PRIVILEGED ALTAR, personally, every day in the year, to all priests who shall have made this offering.
II. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, applicable only to the departed, to all the faithful who shall have made this offering, whenever they go to holy communion, provided they visit a church or public oratory, and pray there, for some time, for the intention of his Holiness.
III. A PLENARY INDULGENCE, every Monday, to all who hear mass in aid of the souls in purgatory, provided they fulfil the other conditions mentioned above.
All indulgences granted or to be granted, which are to be gained by the faithful who have made this offering, may be applied to the holy souls in purgatory.
Lastly, our holy Father, his Holiness, Pope Pius IX., having in view the young, who have not yet made their first communion, as well as the sick, those who are afflicted with chronic disorders, the aged, farm-laborers, prisoners, and others who are debarred from communion or are unable to hear mass on Mondays, vouchsafed, by another decree of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Nov. 20, 1854, to declare that, for all the faithful who cannot hear mass on Monday, the mass heard on Sundays should be available for gaining the indulgence mentioned in No. III.; and that in favor of those who have not yet made their first communion, or who are hindered from receiving holy communion, he has left it to the will of their respective Ordinaries to authorize confessors to commute the works here enjoined.
And note, lastly, that, although this act of charity is called a vow in some printed sheets, in which also is given a formula for making the offering, no inference is to be drawn therefrom that this offering binds under sin; neither is it necessary to make use of the said formula; since, in order to share in the said indulgences, no more is required than a heart-felt act of the will.
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