catholicsoul:The Three Hours on Good Friday and any other FridayThe Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VII., by
catholicsoul:The Three Hours on Good Friday and any other FridayThe Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VII., by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences, Feb. 14, 1815, granted the plenary indulgences to all the faithful who shall practice the devotion of the Three Hours’ Agony, on Good Friday, beginning it after midday, and continuing it for the three hours following, up to that moment in which the memory of our divine Redeemer’s death is annually recalled. This pious practice may be performed either in public or in private, alone or with others, under the direction of a priest or other sacred minister, or using any pious book that is approved, and meditating, according to each one’s ability, on the great sufferings which our Saviour endured during those three hours, and on the seven words He uttered on the cross, or, instead of this, by reciting psalms, hymns or prayers. An Indulgence of Two Hundred Days to all who, on every Friday of the year, shall, with devotion, recall the memory of our Saviour’s agony, and pray devoutly, for some time, in the manner aforesaid. -- source link