Vatican City, 28 November 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father, on the occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life,
will concede plenary indulgences, with the customary conditions
(sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer in keeping
with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff) to all members of the
institutes of consecrated life and other truly repentant faithful
moved by a spirit of charity, starting from the first Sunday of
Advent this year until 2 February 2016, the day of the closure of the
Year of Consecrated Life. The indulgence may also be offered for
departed souls in Purgatory.
Indulgence may be obtained:
- In Rome, in participation in the
international meetings and celebrations established in the calendar
of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the
Societies of Apostolic Life, and pious reflection on for a suitable
period of time, concluding with the Lord's Prayer, the Profession of
Faith in any legitimate approved form, and invocations of the Virgin
Mary;
- In all the particular Churches,
during the days devoted to consecrated life in the diocese, and
during diocesan celebrations organised for the Year of Consecrated
Life, by visiting the cathedral or another sacred place designated
with the consent of the Ordinary of the place, or a convent church or
oratory of a cloistered monastery, and publicly reciting the Liturgy
of the Hours or through a suitable period of time of devout
reflection, concluding with the Lord's Prayer, the Profession of
Faith in any legitimate approved form, and pious invocations of the
Virgin Mary.
Members of the Institutes of
Consecrated Life who, on account of ill health or other serious
reasons are prevented from visiting these sacred places, may
nonetheless receive Plenary Indulgence if, completely detached from
any type of sin and with the intention of being able to fulfil the
three usual conditions as soon as possible, devoutly carry out the
spiritual visit and offer their illness and the hardships of their
life to God the merciful through Mary, with the addition of the
prayers as above.
To facilitate this access to divine
grace by means of pastoral charity, the Apostolic Penitentiary
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, who signed the decree, asks that the canons,
members of the Chapter, the priests of the Institutes of Consecrated
Life and all others able to hear confessions offer themselves
willingly and generously to the celebration of the Sacrament of
Reconciliation and regularly administer Holy Communion to the sick.
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