Pope Francis Declares Year of St. Joseph: 8 Ways to Gain a
Plenary Indulgence Over the Next Year
This is amazing news!
Pope Francis declared the new liturgical year as the Year
of St. Joseph.
The year begins Dec. 8, on the 150th anniversary of Pope Bl.
Pius IX’s declaration of
St. Joseph as patron of the Catholic Church. It is also the Solemnity of the
Immaculate Conception.
Pope Francis establishes this year “in which every faithful
following [St. Joseph’s] example can daily strengthen their life of faith in
the full fulfillment of God’s will.”
“All the faithful will thus have the opportunity to commit
themselves, with prayers and good works, to obtain with the help of Saint Joseph,
head of the celestial Family of Nazareth, comfort and relief from the serious
human and social tribulations that today grip the contemporary world,” the
decree states.
The decree comes after Fr. Donald Calloway called for Pope
Francis to declare a Year of St. Joseph after releasing his book, Consecration
to St. Joseph. Fr. Calloway said he is unsure if this is a direct
response, but that “there is no doubt the pope saw and read my
letter.”
Pope Francis also added indulgence opportunities to the
decree. The decree explains four ways to obtain a plenary indulgence
throughout this liturgical year.
The indulgence requires the individual to follow the three
usual conditions with “the intention of complying as soon as possible).
One must receive sacramental confession, holy communion, and pray for the Holy
Father, as well as detach oneself from all sin.
Here’s 8 Ways to Gain a Plenary Indulgence During the
Year of St. Joseph:
1) Meditate for 30 minutes on the Our Father or attend a
spiritual day retreat that includes St. Joseph meditation
“Saint Joseph, an authentic man of faith, invites us to
rediscover the filial relationship with the Father, to renew fidelity to
prayer, to listen and to correspond with profound discernment to the will of
God.”
3) Carry out a corporal or spiritual work of mercy
“The virtue of justice practiced in an exemplary way by Joseph
is full adherence to the divine law, which is the law of mercy, ‘because it is
precisely the mercy of God that brings true justice to fulfillment.’
“Therefore those who, following the example of St. Joseph,
will carry out a corporal or spiritual work of mercy, will also be able to
obtain the gift of Plenary indulgence.”
4) Recite the Holy Rosary with your family (or if
engaged, with your future spouse)
“The main aspect of Joseph’s vocation was to be guardian of
the Holy Family of Nazareth, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and legal
father of Jesus. So that all Christian families are stimulated to recreate the
same climate of intimate communion, love and prayer that was lived in the Holy
Family.”
5) Entrust your day and/or work to St. Joseph, invoke his
protection and intercession
“The plenary indulgence can therefore be
achieved by anyone who entrusts their activity daily to the
protection of St. Joseph and any faithful who invoke the
intercession of the Artisan of Nazareth with prayers, so that
those looking for work can find a job and the work of everyone is more
dignified.”
6) Pray to St. Joseph for persecuted Christians
“The plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who will recite
the Litanies to St. Joseph (for the Latin tradition), or the Akathistos
to St. Joseph, in whole or at least some of it (for the Byzantine
tradition), or some other prayer to St. Joseph, proper to other liturgical
traditions, in favor of the Church persecuted ad intra and ad
extra and for the relief of all Christians who suffer every
form of persecution.”
7) “Recite any legitimately approved prayer or act of
piety in honor of St. Joseph”
“The Apostolic Penitentiary grants a plenary indulgence to
the faithful who will recite any legitimately approved prayer or act of piety in
honor of Saint Joseph, for example ‘To you, o Blessed Joseph,’ especially
on the recurrences of March 19 and May 1, on the Feast of the Holy
Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, on St. Joseph’s Sunday (according to
the Byzantine tradition), on the 19th of each month and every
Wednesday, day dedicated to the memory of the Saint according to the
Latin tradition.
8) For the elderly, sick, and dying: recite act of piety
in St. Joseph’s honor, entrust life and discomforts to St. Joseph
“In the current context of health emergency, the gift of the
plenary indulgence is particularly extended to the elderly, the
sick, the dying and all those who for legitimate reasons are unable to leave
the house, who with a soul detached from any sin and with the intention of
fulfilling, as soon as possible, the three usual conditions, in their own home
or where the impediment holds them, they will recite an act of piety in
honor of St. Joseph, comfort of the sick and patron of a happy death, offering
with trust in God the pains and discomforts of your life.”
St. Joseph, patron of the Catholic Church, pray for us!
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