petua pace lætemur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen. thy service, that, over- R. Amen. our The Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Oct. 2, 1830, granted: A PLENARY INDULGENCE, on the feast of S. Pius (May 5), from first vespers to sunset, to all those who, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, shall say this hymu before any altar or relic of the saint, or in a church of the Order of Preachers, praying for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. AN INDULGENCE OF FORTY DAYS, once a day, to those who shall say it with contrite heart and devotion. 8. AGNES, V M. 152. PRAYER. O sweetest Lord Jesus Christ, source of all virtue, lover of virgins, most powerful conqueror of demons, most severe extirpator of vice! deign to cast thine eyes upon my weakness, and through the intercession of My most blessed, mother and virgin, and of thy beloved spouse, S. Agnes, glorious virgin and martyr, grant me the aid of thy heavenly grace, in order that I may learn to despise all earthly things, and to love what is heavenly, to oppose vice and to be proof against temptation; to walk firmly in the path of virtue. not to seek honors, to shun pleasures, to bewail my past offences, to keep far from the occasions of evil, to keep free from bad habits, to seek the company of the good, and persevere in righteousness, so that, by the assistance of thy grace, I may deserve the crown of eternal life, together with S. Agnes and all the saints, for ever and ever, thy kingdom. Amen. in His Holiness, Pius IX., by an autograph rescript, Oct. 30, 1854, granted to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall say this prayer: AN INDULGENCE OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS, once a day. 8. FRANCIS OF PAUL. 153. DEVOUT EXERCISE. The Sovereign Pontiff, Clement XII., in the brief, Cœ lestium munerum, Dec. 2, 1738, granted to all the faithful who, on thirteen successive Fridays preceding the feast of S. Francis of Paul (April 2), or at any other time of the year, being truly penitent, after confession and communion, shall visit a church of the Minims, commonly called the Paolotti, and pray there for peace and union among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the triumph of holy Mother Church: A PLENARY INDULGENCE on any one of the thirteen Fridays. AN INDULGENCE OF SEVEN YEARS AND SEVEN QUARANTINES, on each of the other Fridays, on the fulfilment of what is prescribed above. Moreover, wherever there are no churches of the above-named order, or where they are distant at least a mile from a person's own dwelling, the same Clement XII., by another brief, March 20, 1739, allowed the faithful, who shall have performed the other works eujoined, to visit any other church whatsoever, dedicated to God in honor of S. Francis of Paul, or any altar where there is a picture of this saint; and further, if these conditions cannot be complied with, to visit their own parish church. This devotion originated with S. Francis himself, who practised it in honor of our Lord Jesua Christ and his twelve apostles. For this purpose, on each of the thirteen Fridays, he used to say the Our Father and the Hail Mary, each thirteen times; and this devotion he promulgated, by word of mouth and by letter to his own devout followers, as an efficacious means of obtaining from God the graces they desired, provided they were for the greater good of their souls. Since the death of the saint, which took place April 2, 1307, the day on which in that year Good-Friday fell, this devotion has always been practised by the faithful throughout the whole Catholic world in honor of the holy founder; and 80, it came at last to be approved by the said Clement XII., who granted, besides, the indulgences above named, in order to animate all good Christians to adopt it. |