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Ali
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Posted: Mon Oct 8th, 2007 08:53 am |
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Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
On the first Sunday of October in 1571, it is believed that Heaven rewarded the faith of those who had recourse to the Rosary to stop the advance of the Turks, and the naval victory of Lepanto gained by Don John of Austria over the Turkish fleet corresponded wonderfully to the processions made in Rome on that same day by the members of the Rosary confraternity. St Pius V thereupon ordered that a commemoration of the Rosary should be made upon that day, and in 1573, Pope Gregory XIII instituted this feast in all churches which possessed an altar dedicated to the Holy Rosary.
In 1671 the observance of this feast was extended by Clement X to the whole of Spain, and somewhat later, Clement XI, after the important victory over the Turks gained by Prince Eugene on 6 August, 1716 (the feast of Our Lady of the Snows), in Hungary, commanded the feast of the Rosary to be celebrated by the universal Church.
Leo XIII has added to the Litany of Loreto the invocation "Queen of the Most Holy Rosary". On this feast, in every church in which the Rosary confraternity has been duly erected, a plenary indulgence toties quoties is granted upon certain conditions to all who visit therein the Rosary chapel or statue of Our Lady. This has been called the "Portiuncula" of the Rosary.
My question is about the indulgence that can be recieved. Does a person have to be at a certain church in order to gain the indulgence or can it be any church that has an altar dedicated to the Rosary? Where could I find more information out about this?
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Ali
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Mon Oct 8th, 2007 10:14 am |
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From the way the advertisement reads, Ali, it sounds as if the only requirements are that a Rosary confraternity exist within the parish, that there be either a Rosary chapel or a statue of Mary within the church, and that the person visit this church and offer prayers, especially the Rosary and the Litany of Loreto, on this day. The person would, of course, also have to fulfill the usual requirements for a plenary indulgence. (“To aquire a plenary indulgence it is necessary to perform the work to which the indulgence is attached and to fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental confession, eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. It is further required that all attachment sin, even venial sin, be absent. If the latter disposition is in any way less than perfect or if the prescribed three conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence will be partial only, saving the provisions… concerning those who are ‘impeded.’” – from the Manual of Indulgences)
However, I suspect that what may have been intended was that the person must be a member of the Rosary confraternity and participate in prayers and devotions with the group in the church setting. This would have to be checked more thoroughly.
“Toties quoties” is Latin for “every time you do it.” So more than one plenary indulgence can be gained on that day.
Since the first Sunday of October is now past for this year, I would remind everyone that there is a standing indulgence available anytime for saying the Rosary. It is listed under “Other Grants of Indulgences” in the Manual of Indulgences. Here is the text:
48. Recitation of the Marian Rosary (Rosarii marialis recitatio)
A plenary indulgence is granted, if the Rosary is recited in a church or public oratory or in a family group, a religious Community or pious Association; a partial indulgence is granted in other circumstances.
“Now the Rosary is a certain formula of prayer, which is made up of fifteed decades of ‘Hail Marys’ with an ‘Our Father’ before each decade, and in which the recitation of each decade is accompanied by pious meditation on a particular mystery of our Redemption.” (Roman Breviary)
The name “Rosary,” however, is commonly used in reference to only a third part of the fifteen decades.
The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms:
1) The recitation of a third part only of the Rosary suffices; but the five decades must be recited continuously.
2) The vocal recitation must be accompanied by pious meditation on the mysteries.
3) In public recitation the mysteries must be announced in the manner customary in the place; for private recitation, however, it suffices if the vocal recitation is accompanied by meditation on the mysteries.
4) For those belonging to the Oriental rites, amongst whom this devotion is not practiced, the Patriarchs can determine some other prayers in honor of the Blessed Birgin Mary (for those of the Byzantine rite, for example, the Hymn “Akathistos” or the Office “Paraclisis”); to the prayers thus determined are accorded the same indulgences as for the Rosary.
Again, to qualify for a plenary indulgence, the usual conditions must be fulfilled.
David
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