The Holy Gospel According to Saint John [antikvár]

INDULGENCES FOR READING HOLY SCRIPTURE (a) To the faithful who shall have read the books of Sacred Scripture for at least a quarter of an hour with the reverence due to the Divine Word, and as spiritual reading, there is granted: an indulgence of 3 years. (b) To those, moreover, who shall have read at least some verses of the Gospel with a devout mind and shall have, furthermore, devoutly recited one of the following invocations, while kissing the Gospel: By the words of the Gospel may our sins be blotted out; May the reading of the Gospel be to us salvation and protection; May Christ the Son of God teach us the words of the Holy Gospel, there is granted: an indulgence of 500 days; a plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, provided that they shall have read the same, daily, for a whole month; a plenary indulgence in the hour of death, if they shall have carried out this pious exercise often during life, provided that, having confessed and been strengthened with the Holy Communion, or being at least contrite, they shall have devoutly invoked the Most Holy Name of Jesus with their lips, if capable of this, or at least in their hearts, and shall have patiently accepted death from the Lord's hand as the wages of sin. THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF INDULGENCES AND RELICS, 13 December, 1898; THE SACRED PENITENTIARY, 22 March, 1932 and 24 April, 1945.