hey first off is it ok for a Roman to pray a eastern Catholic prayer(im assume its ok but im making sure) and also i cant find any eastern Catholic prayers (primary Byzantine is what i’m looking for) or like a Theotokos prayer can someone please post some thanks and God bless
In fact many are indulgenced, for the faithful of any Church
sui iuris:
23 - The prayers of the Eastern Churches
By nature of the catholicity of the Church “the particular gifts the particular parts bring to the rest of the whole Church, such that the whole and each part increase” (LG 13) in all the spiritual gifts of Divine generosity – Hence it came about that the prayers from various traditions of the East, even among the faithful of the Latin rites,especially in these recent years, are employed, with considerable spiritual benefit in private or public piety.
§ 1.41 a plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who devoutly recite the Office of the Paraclisis or the Akathistos hymn in the church or oratory, or in a family, a religious community, and in general when several of the association of Christ’s faithful in the end agree to honorably and devoutly recite. In other circumstances, however, the indulgence will be partial.
But in regard to acquiring a plenary indulgence, it is not required for the recitation of a complete Akathistos hymn, but it is enough for an adequate continuous recitation of any part of legitimate according to custom.
In the Christian faithful of the Eastern Churches, where the practice of these devotions does not exist, other similar exercises in honor of the blessed Virgin Mary, of the statues established by the patriarchs, enjoy the same indulgences.
§ 2. A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who, for the time and on occasion of some devoutly recite the prayer from the following:
- The Prayer of Thanksgiving (from the Tradition of the Armenians);
- Evening Prayer, Prayer for the Faithful Departed (from the Byzantine Tradition);
- The Prayer of the Shrine, the Prayer "Lakhu Mara’, known as the “To thee, O Lord” (from the tradition of the Chaldeans);
- A Prayer for the Offering of Incense, Prayer to Glorify Mary the Mother of God (from the Coptic tradition);
- Prayer for the Remission of Sins, Prayer for Following in the Footsteps of Christ (from the Ethiopian Tradition);
- Prayer for the Church, Prayer After the Celebration of the Liturgy (from the Maronite Tradition); and the
- Intercessions for the Faithfully Departed from the Liturgy of St. James (from the Syrian-Antiochene Tradition).
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Preces Orientalium Ecclesiarum
Catholicitatis vi, Ecclesiae « singulae partes propria dona ceteris partibus et toti Ecclesiae afferunt, ita ut totum et singulae partes augeantur » (LG 13) quoad universa spiritalia Divinae largitatis munera: inde factum est ut preces ex variis traditionibus orientalibus, etiam apud fideles latini ritus, ultimis praesertim his annis, sparsae sint, et haud modico cum religiosae pietatis emolumento sive privatim sive publice usurpatae.
§ 1.41 Plenaria indulgentia conceditur christifideli qui hymnum Akathistos vel officium Paraclisis in ecclesia aut oratorio, vel in familia, in religiosa Communitate, in christifidelium consociatione et generatim cum plures ad aliquem honestum finem conveniunt pie recitaverit. In aliis rerum adiunctis vero indulgentia erit partialis.
Quod attinet vero ad hymnum Akathistos pro indulgentia plenaria acquirenda non requiritur recitatio integra, sed sufficit recitatio continua congruae alicuius partis iuxta legitimam consuetudinem.
Apud christifideles orientales, ubi harum devotionum praxis non habeatur, alia similia exercitia in honorem beatae Mariae V., a Patriarchis statuta, iisdem indulgentiis gaudent.
§ 2. Partialis indulgentia conceditur christifideli qui, pro tempore ac pro re, aliquam precem ex sequentibus devote recitaverit: Oratio pro gratiarum actione (ex Traditione Armenorum); Oratio vespertina, Oratio pro defunctis (ex Traditione Byzantina); Oratio Sanctuarii, Oratio « Lakhu Mara » seu « Ad te Domine » (ex Traditione Chaldaeorum); Oratio ad thurificationem, Oratio ad glorificandam Dei Matrem Mariam (ex Traditione Coptica); Oratio pro remissione peccatorum, Oratio pro adipiscenda sequela Christi (ex Traditione Aethiopica); Oratio pro Ecclesia, Oratio post expletam Liturgiam (ex Traditione Maronitarum); Intercessiones pro defunctis ex Liturgia S. Iacobi (ex Traditione Syro-Antiochena).
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