Gem Tuam Sustinui Te, Do- Reason of Thy Law I Have

mine. waited for Thee, O Lord. Sustinuit anima mea in My soul hath relied on verbo ejus: speravit anima His word: my soul hath * mea in Domino. hoped in the Lord. A custodia matutina us- From the morning watch que ad noctem, speret Israel even unto night, let Israel in Domino. hope in the Lord Digitized by 2l6 Evening Prayer Quia apud Dominum Because with the Lord misericordia, et copiosa there is mercy: and with apud eum redemptio. Him plenteous redemption. Et ipse redimet Israel And He shall redeem ex omnibus iniquitatibus Israel from all his iniqui- ejus. ties. The Sovereign Pontiff, Clement XII, by a brief, Cceleste 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 I V.

O Lord, hear my prayer; R. And let my cry come unto Thee ! Lei us pray OGod ! theCreator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of Thy servants departed the remission of all their sins, that through pious supplica- tions they may obtain that pardon which they have al- ways desired, Who livest and reignest now and forever. Amen