Sunday, Oct. 29, Plenary Indulgence Possible

October 15, 2023

Under the Traditional Calendar, the Sunday preceding the Feast of All Saints, this year October 29, is the feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. A plenary indulgence may be gained on that day if the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is prayed publicly and the usual conditions for a plenary indulgence are met. The prayer will be said after all the Sunday Masses.

The usual conditions to acquire a plenary indulgence are: sacramental confession, eucharistic Communion, prayer for the intention of the Holy Father, and detachment from sin, even venial sins. If the conditions are not met, the indulgence will be partial.

From Quas Primas, Encyclical of Pope Pius XI, December 11, 1925:

The kingship and empire of Christ have been recognized in the pious custom, practiced by many families, of dedicating themselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; not only families have performed this act of dedication, but nations, too, and kingdoms. In fact, the whole of the human race was at the instance of Pope Leo XIII, in the Holy Year 1900, consecrated to the Divine Heart.

We institute the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ to be observed yearly throughout the whole world on the last Sunday of the month of October; the Sunday, that is, which immediately precedes the Feast of All Saints. We further ordain that the dedication of mankind to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which our predecessor of saintly memory, Pope Pius X, commanded to be renewed yearly, be made annually on that day.