Plenary Indulgence (Sacred Heart)

[Nelka]

On this Friday, the feast of the Sacred Heart a plenary indulgence is available if you recite this prayer (and the usual conditions) if recited on the day in public.

What does it mean by public? Do I have to stand in the street and pray it?

ourladyswarriors.org/indulge/g26.htm

*A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the above act of reparation.

A plenary indulgence is granted if it is publicly recited on he feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. *

Thanks.

 

[porthos11]

On this Friday, the feast of the Sacred Heart a plenary indulgence is available if you recite this prayer (and the usual conditions) if recited on the day in public.

What does it mean by public? Do I have to stand in the street and pray it?

ourladyswarriors.org/indulge/g26.htm

*A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the above act of reparation.

A plenary indulgence is granted if it is publicly recited on he feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. *

Thanks.

In common, usually in a church, say, after Mass.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

You can say it in any public place. A church open to the public (in other words, not your private chapel or in your own house) would be sufficient. You could also say it in the public street if you wished.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Not to hijack the thread, but since this relates to the plenary indulgence topic, does anyone know if the prayers for the Holy Father as required by the usual conditions have to be vocal for the plenary? I noticed that in a 1918 Catholic encyclopedia it was stated that they must be vocal; however the 1968 Enchiridion doesn’t seem to address this or at least not in the edited online versions I’ve found.

 

[USMC_Convert]

Not to hijack the thread, but since this relates to the plenary indulgence topic, does anyone know if the prayers for the Holy Father as required by the usual conditions have to be vocal for the plenary? I noticed that in a 1918 Catholic encyclopedia it was stated that they must be vocal; however the 1968 Enchiridion doesn’t seem to address this or at least not in the edited online versions I’ve found.

Huh, I hope not, I’ve always just said them quietly to myself…

 

[porthos11]

Not to hijack the thread, but since this relates to the plenary indulgence topic, does anyone know if the prayers for the Holy Father as required by the usual conditions have to be vocal for the plenary? I noticed that in a 1918 Catholic encyclopedia it was stated that they must be vocal; however the 1968 Enchiridion doesn’t seem to address this or at least not in the edited online versions I’ve found.

The vocal thing is presumed, hence the word, “recite.”

And yes, the prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father, Confession and Communion within the prescribed time frame and a complete detachment from sin remain “the usual conditions.” The Prayer is the “indulgenced work.”

 

[Tis_Bearself]

The vocal thing is presumed, hence the word, “recite.”

Thanks, I just found it in a more complete version of the 1999 Enchiridion online. Sometimes I have recited the prayers for the Holy Father out loud and sometimes just mentally to myself so I guess I will have to do a bunch of them for other people over now and be sure to do all the Holy Father prayers out loud.

 

[porthos11]

Thanks, I just found it in a more complete version of the 1999 Enchiridion online. Sometimes I have recited the prayers for the Holy Father out loud and sometimes just mentally to myself so I guess I will have to do a bunch of them for other people over now and be sure to do all the Holy Father prayers out loud.

Recite does not necessarily mean “out loud”. Silently with the lips, in a subdued voice, or in a whisper is also considered “recitation.”

 

[Nelka]

Thanks.

 

[Vico]

On this Friday, the feast of the Sacred Heart a plenary indulgence is available if you recite this prayer (and the usual conditions) if recited on the day in public.

What does it mean by public? Do I have to stand in the street and pray it?

ourladyswarriors.org/indulge/g26.htm

*A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful, who piously recite the above act of reparation.

A plenary indulgence is granted if it is publicly recited on he feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. *

Thanks.

There are norms that cover the deaf and mute using mental prayer in public with others (Norm 26), and also those that mentally repeat with another that is reciting (Norm 23). Publicly is " in a manner observable by or in a place accessible to the public." Merriam-Webster Dictionary

The norms from 1968 have been abrogated but in the current norms from 1999 (fourth edition of Enchiridion Indulgentiarum) this is concession 3.

3 Act of Reparation
A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who, on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, publicly recite the act of reparation (Iesu dulcissime) a partial indulgence is granted for its s in other circumstances.