V.           The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, 
R.           And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary

V.           Behold the handmaid of the Lord,
R.           Be it done unto me according to your word.

Hail Mary

V.           And the Word was made flesh,
R.           And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary

V.           Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
R.           That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us Pray: Pour forth, we beg you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts: that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an Angel, may by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of his Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia, 
For he whom you merited to bear, alleluia,
Has risen, as he said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia.

V.           Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R.           Because the Lord is truly risen, alleluia.

Let us Pray: O God, who by the Resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, granted joy to the whole world: grant, we beg you, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, his Mother, we may lay hold of the joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen

A partial indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly recite these prayers during the times stated.  According to a praiseworthy custom these prayers are usually recited at dawn, noon, and in the evening.

O God, we praise you, and acknowledge you to be the supreme Lord.
Everlasting Father, all the earth worships you.
All the Angels, the heavens and all angelic powers,
All the Cherubim and Seraphim, continuously cry to you:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord; God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of your glory.
The glorious choir of the Apostles,
The wonderful company of Prophets,
The white-robed army of Martyrs, praise you.
Holy Church throughout the world acknowledges you:
The Father of infinite Majesty;
Your adorable, true and only Son;
Also the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
O Christ, you are the King of glory!
You are the everlasting Son of the Father.
When you took it upon yourself to deliver man,
You did not disdain the Virgin’s womb.
Having overcome the sting of death, you opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
You sit at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father.
We believe that you will come to be our Judge.
We, therefore, beg you to help your servants whom you have redeemed with your Precious Blood.
Let them be numbered with your Saints in everlasting glory.
Save your people, O Lord, and bless your inheritance!
Govern them, and raise them up forever.
Every day we thank you.
And we praise your Name forever; yes, forever and ever.
O Lord, deign to keep us from sin this day.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, for we have hoped in you.
O Lord, in you I have put my trust; let me never be put to shame.

A plenary indulgence is granted, if the hymn is recited publicly in the last day of the year.

Loving Jesus, Redeemer of the world, we are yours, and yours we wish to be. To bind ourselves to you even more closely we kneel before you today and offer ourselves to your most Sacred Heart.

R.            Praise to you, our Savior and our King.

Have mercy on all who have never known you and on all who reject you and refuse to obey you: gentle Lord, draw them to yourself.

R.           Praise to you, our Savior and our King.

Reign over the faithful who have never left you, reign over those who have squandered their inheritance, the prodigal children who now are starving: bring them back to their Father’s house.

R.           Praise to you, our Savior and our King.

 Reign over those who are misled by error or divided by discord. Hasten the day when we shall be one in faith and truth, one flock with you, the one Shepherd. Give to your Church freedom and peace, and to all nations justice and order. Make the earth resound from pole to pole with a single cry: Praise to the Divine Heart that gained our salvation; glory and honor be his for ever and ever. Amen.

R.           Praise to you, our Savior and our King.

A partial indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly recite the above Act of Dedication to Christ the King. This indulgence will be a plenary one when this Act is publicly recited on the solemnity of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the King.

A partial indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who recite the Miserere, Psalm 51, in a spirit of penitence.

Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense.
Wash away all my guilt; from my sin cleanse me.

For I know my offense; my sin is always before me. Against you alone have I sinned; I have done such evil in your sight, That you are just in your sentence, blameless when you condemn.

True, I was born guilty, a sinner, even as my mother conceived me. Still, you insist on sincerity of heart; in my inmost being teach me wisdom.

Cleanse me with hyssop, that I may be pure; wash me, make me whiter than snow. Let me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.

Turn away your face from my sins; blot out all my guilt. A clean heart create for me, God; renew in me a steadfast spirit.

Do not drive me from your presence, nor take from me your holy spirit. Restore my joy in your
salvation; sustain in me a willing spirit.

I will teach the wicked your ways, that sinners may return to you.

Rescue me from death, God, my saving God, that my tongue may praise your healing power.

Lord, open my lips; my mouth will proclaim your praise. For you do not desire sacrifice; a burnt
offering you would not accept. My sacrifice, God, is a broken spirit; God, do not spurn a broken, humbled heart.

Make Zion prosper in your good pleasure; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifice, burnt offerings and holocausts; then bullocks will be offered on your altar.  [Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.]

A partial indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who renew their baptismal promises through any customary formula. When they do this during the celebration of the Easter Vigil or on the anniversary of their own baptism, they obtain a plenary indulgence.

V.           Do you reject sin, so as to live in the freedom of God’s children? 

R.           I do.

V.           Do you reject the glamor of evil and refuse to be mastered by sin?

R.           I do.

V.           Do you reject Satan, father of sin and prince of darkness?

R.           I do.

V.           Do you believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth?

R.           I do.

V.           Do you believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin       Mary, was crucified, died, and was buried, rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father? 

R.           I do.

V.          Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting?

R.           I do.

V.           This is our faith. This is the faith of the Church. We are proud to profess it in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

R.           Amen.

A partial indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who read sacred scripture with the veneration due God’s word and as a form of spiritual reading. The indulgence will be a plenary one when such reading is done for at least one-half hour.

Most loving Jesus, how great is the love which you have poured out upon the world. How casual and careless is our response! Kneeling before you, we wish to atone for the indifference and the slights which pierce you to the heart.

R).            Praise to the heart of Jesus, our Savior and our God.

We ask forgiveness for our own shameful neglect. We wish to make amends for those who are obstinate in their unbelief, for those who turn away from the light and wander like sheep without a shepherd; and for those who have broken their baptismal promises and reject the gentle yoke of your law.

R).             Praise to the heart of Jesus, our Savior and our God.

We wish to make amends for the sins of our society: for lust and degradation, for the corruption of the young, for indifference and blasphemy, for attacks against your Church, for irreverence and even sacrilege against your love in this blessed sacrament, and for the public defiance of your law.

R).             Praise to the heart of Jesus, our Savior and our God.

These are the sins for which you died, but now we share in your atonement by offering on the altar in union with you the living sacrifice you made on the cross, joining to it the sufferings of your Virgin Mother, and those of all the saints and the whole Church.

R).            Praise to the heart of Jesus, our Savior and our God.

We promise faithfully that by your grace we shall make reparation for our own sins and for those of others by a strong faith, by holy living, and by obedience to the law of the Gospel, whose greatest commandment is that of charity.

R).             Praise to the heart of Jesus, our Savior and our God.

We also promise to do our best to discourage others from insulting you and bring those we can to follow you.

R).             Praise to the heart of Jesus, our Savior and our God.

Jesus, Lord, receive this loving act of homage together with the prayers of our Lady, who stood by the cross, our model in reparation. Keep us faithful, even to the point of death, give us the gift of perseverance and lead us all to our promised land in heaven, where you, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, live and reign for ever and ever. Amen. 

R).             Praise to the heart of Jesus, our Savior and our God.

A partial indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly recite the above act of reparation. This indulgence will be a plenary one when this Act of Reparation is publicly recited on the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

An indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, if only mentally, for the dead. This indulgence is applicable only to the souls in purgatory. This indulgence is a plenary one from November 1 through November 8 and can be gained on each one of these days. On the other days of the year this indulgence is a partial one.

May the Divine Assistance remain always with us, and may the souls of  the faithfully departed rest in peace.

Priests who minister the sacraments to the Christian faithful who are in a life-and-death situation should not neglect to impart to them the apostolic blessing, with its attached indulgence. But if a priest cannot be present, Holy Mother Church lovingly grants such persons who are rightly disposed a plenary indulgence to be obtained in articulo mortis, at the approach of death, provided they regularly prayed in some way during their lifetime. The use of a crucifix or a cross is recommended in obtaining this plenary indulgence.

 In such a situation the three usual conditions required in order to gain a plenary indulgence are substituted for by the condition “provided they regularly prayed in some way.” The Christian faithful can obtain the plenary indulgence mentioned here as death approaches (in articulo mortis) even if they had already obtained another plenary indulgence that same day.

The Christian faithful obtain a partial indulgence when they make devout use of a devotional object (such as a crucifix or cross, a rosary, a scapular, or a medal) which has been rightly blessed by any priest or deacon using prescribed liturgical formularies.

 If the devotional object has been blessed by the Pope or by any bishop, the Christian faithful can obtain a plenary indulgence while making devout use of it on the solemnity of the holy apostles, Peter and Paul, provided they add to its use a profession of faith made in any legitimate formula.

O Holy Spirit, by whose breath Life rises vibrant out of death; Come to create, renew, inspire; Come, kindle in our hearts your fire.

You are the seeker’s sure resource, Of burning love the living source, Protector in the midst of strife, The giver and the Lord of life.

In you God’s energy is shown, To us your varied gifts made known. Teach us to speak, teach us to hear; Yours is the tongue and yours the ear.

Flood our dull senses with your light; In mutual love our hearts unite. Your power the whole creation fills; Confirm our weak, uncertain wills.

From inner strife grant us release; Turn nations to the ways of peace. To fuller life your people bring, That as one body we may sing:

Praise to the Father, Christ, his Word, And to the Spirit: God the Lord, To whom all honor, glory be, Both now and for eternity. Amen.

A partial indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly recite the hymn, Veni, Creator. The indulgence will be a plenary one when this hymn is recited publicly on the first day of January and on the solemnity of Pentecost.

A plenary indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly take part in the adoration of the cross during the solemn liturgy of Good Friday

A plenary indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who devoutly participate in the solemn eucharistic rite which customarily closes a eucharistic congress.

A plenary indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who spend at least three full days of spiritual exercises during a retreat.