A Requiem Rosary
Rosary Prayer For The Departed
O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, thou didst rejoice in God thy Saviour, consenting to be the Mother of Him who would bring salvation to souls. Thou didst announce His mercy as extending from generation to generation. Thou didst proclaim His kindness to the lowly, His mercy in feeding the hungry, His pity in remembering His servants. Mother of Jesus, appeal to Him, therefore, in behalf of His servants, the souls of the departed, especially (names), crying from the depths and hungering for the countenance of God, that they too may rejoice in His salvation. Queen of the Rosary, thou didst suffer with Jesus in His Passion, accepting the office of Mother of mankind at the foot of the Cross. Behold, Mother, thy children whom He commended to thy care. Behold the souls ransomed with the Blood of Thy Son. Behold the souls of the departed, whom we ask to be remembered by thee. Mother of mankind, speak to thy Son in behalf of those we commend to thee, that they may be speedily released from pain and admitted to Paradise, to the company of Jesus and thee. Queen of the Rosary, thou hast been enthroned in heaven, not only for thine own sake, but also for ours. To thy hands has been committed the distribution of favors and graces. Thy power reaches from the Church triumphant to the Church militant and the Church expectant. To thee, then, O Queen of mercy, who dwellest in the heavens, we banished children of Eve lift up our eyes and hearts in behalf of the souls of the departed, that thou look with favor upon them and bring them from captivity into the freedom of glorious Sion. Queen of the Rosary, help our dear ones who have departed this life; our parents, pastors, relatives, friends, benefactors, associates of the Rosary, and every suffering soul, that their night of sorrow being ended they may be borne to the eternal dawn. Offer for them thy joys, thy sorrows, thy glories, that thy prayer may supply for what is lacking in our own, thy holiness for our sinfulness, thy love for our indifference, thy power for our weakness. Win for those whom we have lost, the companionship of angels and saints in dwellings of light and peace; obtain for us that we may rejoin them one day in happiness unending. Amen!
Say one or more parts of the Rosary, and add after each decade the invocation for the departed:
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. May they rest in peace.
At the conclusion of the Rosary, after the Salve Regina, this collect may be added:
O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of thy departed servants, the remission of all their sins, that by pious prayers they may obtain that pardon which they always desired. Thou who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen!
