Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles anniversary rescript (2026)

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Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles: Gospel visit to the sick

A parish visitor proclaims the current Sunday’s Gospel to a sick parishioner.

Time required Length of the parish visit and Sunday Gospel proclamation.

When
Once a week, from the anniversary opening Mass until the solemn closing Mass on 31 January 2027
Where
Where the parish representative visits a sick member of Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles parish, Juárez, Nuevo León, Mexico
Who
Sick members of Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles parish unable to attend Mass
Application
Self or the departed

The prescribed work

  1. Receive the visit of a parish representative, such as a missionary, extraordinary minister of Communion or catechist. The visitor proclaims the Gospel of the current Sunday.
  2. The recipient must be prevented from attending Mass by illness.
  3. This special concession is available once a week, from the anniversary opening Mass until the solemn closing Mass on 31 January 2027.

The work and its conditions

The general requirements include at least a general intention, the state of grace by the completion of the work, and a contrite heart. Complete the work as prescribed.

Conditions common to every indulgence

The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.

Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.

Time required

Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.

Receive the parish Gospel visit

Duration varies

Variable; no fixed number of minutes is prescribed.

No fixed minimum number of minutes is stated. The whole prescribed pastoral visit includes proclamation of that Sunday’s Gospel. The source gives no timed minimum; the Gospel length and visit circumstances vary.

Timing sources
What the time estimate excludes
  • Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work; required procession or pilgrimage activity remains included
  • Separate confession, Communion and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, except where a branch expressly includes the prescribed celebration
Stated start
31 January 2026
Stated end
31 January 2027

Source and exact reference

Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.