Da virtutis meritum, Da salutis exitum, Da perenne gaudium. Amen. Give them comfort when they die; Give them life with thee on high; Give them joys which never end. Amen. The Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VI., by a brief, May 26, 1796, granted to all the faithful who, once or oftener in the day, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall say the hymn, Veni Creator Spiritus, or the sequence, Veni Sancte Spiritus: A PLENARY INDULGENCE, once a month on any day, on which being truly penitent, after confession and communion, they shall pray for peace and union among Christian princes, for the extirpation of heresy, and for the triumph of holy Mother Church. AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS to all those who, on Whitsunday and during its octave, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall say this hymn or the sequence, praying as above directed. AN INDULGENCE OF ONE HUNDRED DAYS on all other days of the year, every time that, with at least contrite heart and devotion, they shall say this hymn or the sequence, praying as above directed. 2. NOVENA TO THE HOLY GHOST. The Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IX., by a rescript given at Gaeta, Jan. 5, 1849, and by another rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, dated Nov. 26, 1876, granted to all the faithful who, devoutly and with contrite heart, shall, at any time during the year, make a novena to the Holy Ghost, with any formula of prayer, provided it be approved by competent ecclesiastical authority. AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS, on each day. A PLENARY INDULGENGE, either during the course of the novena or upon one of the eight days immediately following it, if, being truly contrite, they go to confession and communion, and pray for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. 3. THE PRACTICE OF THE SEVEN GLORIA PATRI'S. The Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IX., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of the Propaganda Fide, March 12, 1857, granted to all the faithful who, devoutly and with contrite hearts, recite seven times the Glory be to the Father, with the intention of asking for the Seven Gifts, for the diffusion of the faith, and of praying according to the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff AN INDULGENCE OF SEVEN DAYS. 4. A NOVENA OF PREPARATION FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF PENTECOST. His Holiness, Leo XIII., by a brief of May 5, 1895, and by the Encyclical of May 9, 1897, granted to the faithful who, in public or in private, make the novena of preparation for the solemnity of Pentecost with special prayers to the Holy Ghost AN INDULGENCE OF SEVEN YEARS AND SEVEN QUARANTINES on each day; A PLENARY INDULGENCE, on one of the days of the Novena, or on feast of Pentecost itself, or on any other day of the Octave, on the usual conditions: Confession, Communion and prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. He also granted the same indulgences to be gained by any one who offers special prayers during the Octave of the same solemnity. |