With Reformation Day just past, I’ve pulled from my bookshelf a reminder that the Reformation still matters, from The Holy Bible: Confraternity Edition (1958).
Indulgences
A
The faithful who spend at least a quarter of an hour in reading Holy Scripture with the reverence due to the Word of God and after the manner of spiritual reading, may gain: An indulgence of 3 years.
B
Those, however, who read at least a few verses of the Gospel and further kiss the book of the Gospels, devoutly reciting one of the following invocation: Through the Gospel's words may our sins be blotted out—May the reading of the Gospel be our health and protection—May Christ the Son of God, teach us the words of the Holy Gospel, are granted: An indulgence of 500 days;
A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, if they perform this act daily for an entire month, as given above;
A plenary indulgence at the hour of death, if they frequently performed this devout exercise during their lives, provided that they have made their confession and received the holy Communion or are at least contrite, and invoke devoutly the most holy Name of Jesus with their lips, if possible, otherwise in their hearts and accept death patiently form the hand of God as the just penalty for sin.
“Oh, but that all changed with Vatican II,” you say? Think again.
[F]or Catholic leaders, most prominently the pope, the focus in recent years has been less on what Catholics have in common with other religious groups than on what sets them apart — including the half-forgotten mystery of the indulgence.
“It faded away with a lot of things in the church,” said Bishop DiMarzio. “But it was never given up. It was always there. We just want to people to return to the ideas they used to know.”
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