Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him plenteous redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
The Sovereign Pontiff, Clement XII, by a brief, Caeleste Ecclesue thesauros, Aug. n, 1736, granted an indulgence of one hundred days to all the faithful who, at the sound of the bell, at the first hour after nightfall, shall say devoutly on their knees the psalm De prqfundis, or the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Requiem ceternam.
The Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VI, by a rescript of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, March 18, 1781, granted these indulgences to all the faithful who may happen to dwell in a place where no bell for the dead is sounded, provided they shall say the De profundis, or the Our Father and the Hail Mary, etc., about nightfall.
Have mercy, O Lord, have mercy on the poor souls in purgatory.
V. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord;
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them!
V. O Lord, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto Thee!
Let us pray
O God! the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of Thy servants departed the remission of all their sins, that through pious supplications they may obtain that pardon which they have always desired, Who livest and reignest now and forever. Amen.
