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If those who use the seven-decade teries must be announced according to ap­ make a slight change in the mysteries they proved local custom. In the private praying recall in each of the decades, they can gain of the decades, this is not necessary as long the same which have been grant­ as on the mysteries is added to ed for the so-called Dominican Rosary of the vocal . Alt/zuugh the beads are help­ fifteen decades. All one has to do is to make ful, they are not required for gaining the the first five of the seven mysteries coincide . with the five Joyful Mysteries, and then add Besides the Rosary (five decades), there two of the Glorious Mysteries for the two are three other pious exercises for which one additional decades, as follows: (I) The An­ can gai11 " plenary indulgence on any day: nunciatwn. (2) The Visitation. (3) The (I) a half-hour Visit to the Blessed Sacra­ Birth of Our Lord, including the Adoration ment; (2) Reading the /Jible for a half hour; of the Magi. (4) The Presentation of fesus (3) the Statio11s of the Way uf the Cross. called also the ROSARY OF in the Temple and the Purification of the Only one plenary i11dulge11ce can be gained THEThe SEVENFRANCISCAN JOYS CROWNTHE Blessed Virgin. (5) The Finding of fesus in on any single ,Ia�·. Do 1101 forget the Our dates back to the year 1422. The famousOF Francis­ the Temple. (6) The Resurrection of Our Father and fur the i11te11tio11s of can historian, Fr. , relatesBL. VIRGIN, that a very pious young . Lord. (7) The Assumption of Our Lady into the Holy Father. man, who had been admitted to Heaven. the Franciscan Order in that �ear, had. previous to his recep. Praying the Franciscan Crown in this way, t1on, been accustomed to adorn a statue of the Bl. Virgin with a we can gain the following indulgences: (a) '>NTeath of frc�h and beautiful a plenary indulgence for praying a third part flowers as a mark of hie;; piety and devotion. Not being able to (five decades) of the Rosary continuously, C?�tinue this practice in the no. v1t1atc, he repined very much, either in a church or public oratory, or in and finally decided to quit the the family, a religious community, or a pious and return to the world. Our Lady then appeared to him association; (b) a partial indulgence for the and p�evented him from carrying same in other places or al other times out h1s purpose. "Do not be sad a�d cast down. my son.·· she no. 48). aa1d sweetly, "because you are To gain these indulgences, it is required(En­ CUM PERMISSU SUPERIORUM no longer permitted to place wreaths of flowers on my statue. thatchiridion, we meditate or reflect on the mystery of Copyright 1970 each decade ( that is, five decades). When FRANCISCAN HERALD PRESS the decades are recited publicly, these mys- 1434 West 51st Street Chicago, 11linois 60609

LIST Of INDULGENCES ON JUNE 15, 1968, Paul VI abro­ tion into heaven, when I was crowned Queen "I shall teach you to change this pious prac­ gated the indulgences previously granted by of heaven and earth. If you recite these tice into one that will be far more pleasing to the Church and approved a new and reduced me and far more meritorious to your soul. In as I have directed, rest assured, dear collection of 'indulgences for the universal place of the flowers that soon wither and can son, you will weave for me a most beautiful Church Vati­ not always be found, you can weave for me a and acceptable crown and will merit for your­ can, 1968). A limited number of new indul­ crown from the flowers of your prayers that self innumerable graces." gences were(Enchiridion also granted lndulgentiarum, to the members of will always remain fresh and can always be When Our Lady had disappeared, the over­ one Our Father and ten Hail Marys the Orders of St. Francis, but among these had. joyed at once began to recite the pray­ there are none for the praying of the Francis­ "Recite ers in honor of her Seven Joys, as she had can Crown. This does not mean that this in honor of the joy I experienced when the directed. While he was deeply engrossed in form of prayer must be given up or that the angel announced to me the Incarnation of the this devotion, the novice master happened to seven-decade beads should be discarded. The Son of God. Repeat these same prayers in pass by and, behold! he saw an angel weaving Crown is still a prayer that is pleasing to honor of the joy I felt on visiting my Cousin a marvelous wreath of roses and after every God and to our Heavenly Mother. Elizabeth. Say them again in honor of the tenth rose he inserted a golden lily. When· the If the seven Jecade rosary is blessed, it is supreme happiness that filled my heart on wreath was finished, the angel placed it on the one of those blessed objects (crucifixes, giving birth to Christ the Savior, without pain head of the praying novice. The master then crosses, , , medals) for which and without the loss of my virginity. Recite demanded under holy obedience that the youth the Church has granted new indulgences, if the same prayers a fourth time in honor of the tell him the meaning of the vision. Joyfully, they are used in a pious manner. If the Crown joy I felt when presenting my Divine Son to yet fearfully, the novice complied. The good is blessed by a , the faithful can gain the adoration of the Magi. Repeat them for priest was 50 impressed with what he had a partial indulgence by using it piously; and the fifth time in honor of the joy that thrilled seen and heard, that he immediately made it if it is blessed by the pope or a bishop they my soul when, after seeking with deep known to his brethren. Thus the practice of can gain a plenary indulgence on the feast sorrow for three days. I found Him at last reciting the Crown of the Seven Joys of the of Sts. Peter and Paul ( June 29), under the among the doctors in the Temple. Sixthly, Bl. Virgin soon spread over the entire Fran­ usual conditions (confession, Communion, recite the one Our Father an