Enchiridion · Grant 7 §2, 1°
Visit the Blessed Sacrament for adoration
Make an adoring visit to the Blessed Sacrament.
Time required Time spent devoutly visiting and adoring
- When
- Any day
- Where
- In the presence of the Blessed Sacrament
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Visit and adore devoutly.
- No minimum duration is stated for this partial grant.
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.
Prescribed work
Duration varies
Time spent devoutly visiting and adoring
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. This partial grant has no fixed minimum; do not import the separate plenary grant’s thirty minutes.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions, except where the prescribed work itself includes Communion or a liturgical celebration
Source and exact reference
- Enchiridion indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)7 §2, 1°
- Manual of Indulgences, approved USCCB English edition (2006), hosted copy7 §2, 1°
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.