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V. Eternal rest give  to  them,  O Lord;

R. And  let  perpetual  light shine upon  them.

Indulgence, applicable  to  the poor souls alone, 50 days each time. — Leo XIII.,  March  22,  1902

HIS chaplet  for  the  dead  is  composed  of  four  decades, that is  to  say,  forty  beads,  in  honor  and  memory of the  forty  hours  that  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  passed  in Limbo,  to  deliver  and  conduct  to  heaven  all  the  souls  of  the saints who  died  before  Him.

Begin with  the  De  Profundis.  (Those  who  do  not  know it  can  say  an  Our  Father  and  Hail  Mary  instead.)

On the  large  beads  say:  Eternal  rest  give  to  them,  O  Lord. And let  perpetual  light  shine  upon  them. May they  rest  in peace. Amen. O my  God,  I  believe  in  Thee,  because  Thou art truth  itself;  I  hope  in  Thee,  because  Thou  art  infinitely merciful; I  love  Thee  with  my  whole  heart,  and  above  all things, because  Thou  art  infinitely  perfect,  and  I  love  my neighbor  as  myself  for  the  love  of  Thee. I am  truly  sorry for having  sinned,  because  Thou  art  infinitely  good,  and sin displeases  Thee. I firmly  resolve,  with  the  help  of  Thy grace, never  more  to  offend  Thee. Amen. On each  of  the  small  beads  say:

Sweet heart  of  Mary,  be  my  salvation. Conclude with the ''De  Profundis. ''

Indulgence of  60  years  each  time,  applicable  to  the  souls  in purgatory.

ORD God  almighty,  I  beseech  Thee,  by  the  precious blood which  Thy  divine  Son  Jesus  shed  in  the  garden, deliver the  souls  in  purgatory,  and  amongst  them  all,  especially