복되신 동정 마리아의 루르드 발현 150주년 전대사
2007년 12월 5일 교황청 내사원장 제임스 프랜시스 스태포드 추기경과 부내사원장 잔프랑코 지로티 주교가 서명하여 발표한 내사원 교령에 따르면, 베네딕토 16세 교황 성하께서는 복되신 동정 마리아의 루르드 발현 150주년을 맞이하여 신자들에게 전대사를 수여하기로 하셨다.
교령에 따르면, “지극히 거룩하신 마리아께서 베르나데트 수비루에게 당신 자신을 원죄 없이 잉태된 이라고 밝히시며 루르드 마을의 ‘마사비엘’로 알려진 곳에 순례지를 세우고 공경하기를 바라셨다. 이 날을 기념하는 150주년은 영혼들의 초자연적 생명과 육신의 건강이 하느님의 전능하신 선하심으로 큰 유익을 얻은 수많은 이적들을 일깨워 준다.”
“실제로, 신자들은 복되신 동정 마리아께서 발을 디디셨던 장소에서 그분을 공경함으로써 거룩한 성사들에서 양분을 얻고 장차 그리스도인으로서 더 충실하게 살아가겠다는 확고한 의지를 보이게 된다.” 또한 “교회의 의미를 생생하게 인식하게 된다. …… 세월의 흐름과 더불어 계속되는 놀라운 사건들을 통해 우리는 복되신 동정 마리아와 교회의 공동 활동을 가늠할 수 있다. 1854년 복되신 동정 마리아의 원죄 없으신 잉태 교의가 선언되었고, 1858년에는 지극히 거룩하신 마리아께서 그 교의대로 ‘나는 원죄 없이 잉태된 이다.’라고 말씀하시며 베르나데트 수비루에게 나타나셨다.”
또한 교령에서는 다음과 같이 말한다. “이 거룩한 기념일을 통하여 성화의 쇄신에서 더 풍성한 열매를 얻을 수 있도록, 베네딕토 16세 교황 성하께서는 신자들에게 전대사의 은총을 수여하시기로 결정하셨다.” 이를 위해 신자들은 전대사의 일반 조건(고해성사, 영성체, 교황님의 지향에 따른 기도)을 지키고 다음과 같은 방식을 따라야 한다.
가) 2007년 12월 8일부터 2008년 12월 8일 사이에 신자들이 되도록 다음에 제시된 순서에 따라 (1) 베르나데트가 세례 받은 성당의 세례대, (2) ‘지하 감옥’으로 알려진 베르나데트 수비루의 생가, (3) 마사비엘 동굴, (4) 베르나데트가 첫영성체를 한 경당을 방문하고, 그 모든 곳에서 기도와 신심 묵상의 적절한 시간을 갖고 마지막에 주님의 기도, 신경, …… 그리고 대희년 기도나 다른 마리아 청원 기도를 드리면, 전대사를 받을 수 있다.
나) 2008년 2월 2일부터 루르드의 복되신 동정 마리아 기념일이며 루르드의 성모 발현 150주년 기념일인 2월 11일 사이에, 신자들이 성당이나 동굴, 엄숙한 장소에 공적 공경을 위해 장엄하게 현시된 루르드의 성모상을 방문하여, 그 성모상 앞에서 마리아 신심의 경건한 활동에 참여하거나 적어도 기도와 신심 묵상의 적절한 시간을 갖고 마지막에 주님의 기도, 신경, …… 그리고 마리아 청원 기도를 드리면 전대사를 받을 수 있다.
이 교령은 다음과 같은 점을 상기시키며 끝맺는다. “질병이나 고령 또는 다른 정당한 이유로 집을 떠날 수 없는 신자들도, …… 다시는 어떠한 죄도 짓지 않겠다는 마음으로 2008년 2월 2일부터 11일까지 가능한 빨리 전대사의 세 가지 일반 조건을 이행하려는 의향을 가지고, 같은 마음으로 앞에서 언급한 장소들을 영적으로 방문하고 그러한 기도를 드리며, 믿음으로 마리아를 통하여 하느님께 그들 영육의 고통을 봉헌하면, 전대사를 받을 수 있다.”
바티칸 통신(Vatican Information Service), 2007년 12월 5일자.
** 교황청 내사원 교령 전문 **
APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY
DECREE
according to which is granted a daily Plenary Indulgence
on the 150th Anniversary of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes
On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes, a daily Plenary Indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, from 8 December 2007 until 8 December 2008, devoutly and in accordance with the established conditions, visit the Grotto of Massabielle, as well as those who, from 2-11 February 2008, visit a blessed image of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes solemnly displayed for public veneration in any church, oratory, grotto or suitable place.
God's omnipotence and infinite love have joined together in a marvellous bond the role of Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ and hence, Mother of his Mystical Body the Church, and the salvific work of the Church herself: Blessed Abbot Guerric thus connects the protection sought by the Christian faithful from Mother Mary with the Catholic Church's universal ministry of salvation: "The Blessed Mother of Christ, insofar as she sees herself the mother of Christians by way of mystery, also shows herself to be a mother by her solicitude and tender affection for them.... Consider if her children, prompted by a certain spontaneous sense of faith, do not also acknowledge her as mother as they find refuge, before all else, at the invocation of her name in every trial and danger just like children in the arms of their mother" (Sermo I, In Assumptione B. Mariae Virg.).
Similarly, the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium of the Second Vatican Council highlights what we might call the "joint" mission of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary and the Catholic Church: "For Mary, who since her entry into salvation history unites in herself and re-echoes the greatest teachings of the faith as she is proclaimed and venerated, calls the faithful to her Son and his sacrifice and to the love of the Father. Seeking after the glory of Christ, the Church becomes more like her exalted Type, and continually progresses in faith, hope and charity, seeking and doing the will of God in all things" (n. 65).
The history of the Church and the marvellous signs of Marian devotion continually and clearly confirm the ways of Divine Providence and foster devotion among the faithful.
A glance over the nearly 150 years since Mary Most Holy, revealing herself to little Bernadette Soubirous as the Immaculate Conception, wanted a shrine, a treasury of grace, to be built and maintained in the place called Massabielle, in the city of Lourdes, brings to mind the countless number of signs by which the supernatural life of souls and even the health of bodies have benefited much from the goodness of Almighty God. This plan of Divine Providence, accompanied by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, clearly demonstrates that the integral end of man is the good of the whole human person, both here on earth and especially in eternal salvation.
Since the establishment of the Shrine at Lourdes, the Christian faithful have understood that there the Blessed Virgin Mary, through the ministry of the Catholic Church, desires to provide most lovingly for the complete health of men and women.
For as they venerate the Blessed Virgin Mary in the place "touched by her feet", they refresh themselves with the sacraments, make firm resolutions to lead more perfect Christian lives, perceive more clearly the meaning of the Church and experience the solid reasons for all these things: the very connection of these remarkable events over time has clearly attested to the joint action of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Church: indeed, the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was defined in 1854, and in 1858, Mary Most Holy appeared to the devout young girl Bernadette Soubirous with ineffable motherly sweetness, uttering the words of the dogmatic definition: "I am the Immaculate Conception".
In order to allow the fruits of renewed holiness to grow from this blessed commemoration, the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI has generously decreed that the gift of a Plenary Indulgence be granted according to the following conditions:
Each and every member of the Christian faithful who, truly repentant, is purified through sacramental confession, restored through the Most Holy Eucharist and offers prayers for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, will be able to gain a Plenary Indulgence daily, which may also be applied, by way of suffrage, to the souls of the faithful in Purgatory:
A) If, during the year running from 8 December 2007 until the end of 8 December 2008, they devoutly visit the following places, preferably in this order - 1) the parish baptismal font used for the Baptism of Bernadette; 2) the house of the Soubirous family called the "cachot"; 3) the Grotto of Massabielle; 4) the chapel of the hospice where Bernadette made her First Communion - and pause to reflect for an appropriate length of time at each of these Jubilee sites, concluding with the Lord's Prayer, some legitimate form of the Profession of Faith, and the Jubilee prayer or some other Marian invocation.
B) If, from the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord on 2 February 2008 until the end of the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lourdes on 11 February 2008, which is also the 150th Anniversary of the Apparition, they devoutly visit a blessed image of the Holy Virgin Mary of Lourdes in any church, chapel, grotto or other suitable place in which it is solemnly displayed, and in the presence of that image perform some pious act of Marian devotion, or at least pause to reflect for an appropriate length of time, concluding with the Lord's Prayer, some legitimate form of the Profession of Faith, and the Jubilee prayer or some other Marian invocation.
C) The elderly, sick, and all those unable to leave home for a just cause, if they consciously reject all sin and have the intention to fulfil the above-mentioned conditions as soon as possible, are likewise able to obtain - at home or wherever they may be - a Plenary Indulgence, if, between the days of 2 and 11 February 2008, they complete a "spiritual visit" (to the aforementioned places) in the desire of their heart, recite the prayers indicated above, and trustingly offer the pains and discomforts of their own lives to God through Mary.
In order that the Christian faithful may partake more readily of these heavenly gifts, priests who have received approval to hear confessions by the competent ecclesiastical authorities should welcome them with a willing and generous spirit and solemnly lead the recitation of public prayers to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary.
Given in Rome, at the Offices of the Apostolic Penitentiary, 21 November 2007, on the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cardinal James Francis Stafford
Major Penitentiary
Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv.
Titular Bishop of Meta, Regent