Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-01
FORTY HOURS AD0RATI0N
Will Open at St Patrlek's Soon his-
 toy of tho Devotion.

Patriok's church commences Sunday
 December 9.
 | A historical sketch of the forty
 hours adoration will be interesting
 to readers of the Democrat.
 { The forty hours adoration of the
 Blessed Sacrament in memory of the
 forty hours during which the sacred body of Jesus Christ was in the se- pulchre began at Milan about the
 year 1534. It soon spread into other
 cities of Italy, and.. in 1851, was h. troduced into Rome, where 1t was
 celebrated on the first Sunday in
 every month by the archconfratern- ity della Trinite dei Pellegrini.
 founded by Saint Philip Neri in 154S, and on the third Sunday in
 every month by the archconfratern- ity di S. Maria dell Aragriane. By the Apostolic Constitution Graves ct dinturnae dated November
 25, 1592. Clement VIII provided that the Blessed Sacrament should be ex- posed for public adorat.on, in con tinuous succession on the altars Of certain churches in Rome. He en- riched the devotion with special in dulgences. On the first Sunday of Advent of that year the devotion was commenced in the chapel of the apostolical palace.
 Paul V, by the brief cum felic!s. recordationis. dated May 10. 1906, confirmed the decree of Clement VIII and established the devotion in perpetuum. Succeeding pontiffs is- sued various rules and directions for this devotion, which were collected by order of Clement XII, September 1. 1730. The instruction has the force of law in the city of Rome; out side of Rome only directive force. It belongs to the ordinary to decide whether the instruction Is to be fol- lowed ex tOle or ex parte; but 1t is highly praiseworthy to follow 1t in detail wherever local circumstances and diocesan laws permit.
 This devotion was first introduced to the diocese of Philadelphia in 1853 by the saintly Bishop Neuman; next, in 1858. into the archdiocese of Baltimore; and finally. at the plenary council of Baltimore in 1866, formally approved (conflrmed by papal indults) for all the dioceses of the United States. The Most Rev P. F. Kendrick, archbishop of Balti- more. feeling that not all the rules of the Clementine instruction could be strictly observed, had petitioned Plus TX to grant some notifications. A rescript dated December 10, 1857, and extended to all the dioceses of the United States, January 24, 1868, allowed the following concessions:
 (a) That the exposition need not be continued during the night.
 (b) That the procession may be omitted at the prudent dis erection of the pastor.
 (c) That the faithful should be abie to gain all the indulgences granted by the constitution grave ct dintulnae of Clement VIII.
 lndulgences. A plenary indul- gence is granted to all persons who. being truly repentant. receives the sacraments of penance and of the en- charist. visit the church in which the blessed sacrament Is exposed on one of the three days of the exposition. and pray for the intentions of the sovereign pontifr
 The intentions of the holy father are: the spread of the Catholic faith, the triumph of holy church, the con version of sinners. peace and union among Christian rulers, and the ex- tirpation of heresy.
 (a) The confession may be made | and communion may be received on | the day before the exposition begins. | or on the morning before the exposi l ton has actually taken place.
 tb) It is not required that the con fession be made or communion be re- ceived in the church in which the | blessed sacrament is exposed.
 Co If communion be received in | the church of exposition. and during | the exposition. this visit will answer | for the one prescribed as necessary to gain the indulgence.
 tdD The visit must be made during the exposition.
 te) The visit must not necessarily last one hour.
 Of) Invalids. and those suffering from chronic diseases. who are inca pable of making the required visit to The church or of receiving holy com- may be dispensed from one Dr both of these obligations, if. ae- rorling to their ability. they perform some other work prescribed by the For the sick and aged in religious communities the like excmp- lion was granted by Leo XIII. Jan. nary lG, 1ssS
 2 A partial indulgence of ten years and ten quarantines is granted 'otles quotics the church Is visited md short time spent In prayer. Sor- now for sins. with the firm resolve of yoing to confession. Is necessary to ,ain this indulgence.
 2. These indulgences are applica- ,le to the souls ia purgatory.
 PIONEER IN FLASH SIGNALS.