General grant I
Prayer amid daily duties and difficulties
Raise your mind to God while doing your duties or bearing life’s hardships.
Time required Brief invocation within the duty or difficulty; duration varies
- When
- Any day
- Where
- No special location prescribed
- Who
- All eligible faithful
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Turn toward God with humble trust.
- Add a devout invocation, which may be entirely mental.
- The prayerful act within the duty or difficulty is the relevant work.
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
Brief invocation within the duty or difficulty; duration varies
No fixed number of minutes is prescribed. The prayerful duty or difficulty is the context of the grant; a detached invocation alone is not this general grant.
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
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements.
Source and exact reference
- Enchiridion indulgentiarum, fourth edition (1999)General grant I
- Manual of Indulgences, approved USCCB English edition (2006), hosted copyGeneral grant I
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.