Description
The Chaplet for the Dead contains 45 beads. It begins with the Crucifix, 5 introductory beads and 4 sets of 10 beads (40 beads). The Chaplet for the Dead always has a crucifix instead of a medal.
Black Tourmaline Wire-Wrapped Chaplet for the Dead Parts
Beads: Genuine Black Tourmaline Semiprecious Stone, Grade AAA (Brasil), 8 mm (43 beads), and 10 mm (5 beads)
Rosary Center: 3-Way Rosary Center 3/4″ (20 mm), Pewter
Crucifix: 1 3/4″ x 1 1/8″, Brass
Bead Caps: 10, Brass
Wire: Bronze
Method: Wire-wrapped by hand
Total Length: 29″ (73 cm)
Gift box: Included
How to pray the Chaplet for the Dead
Traditional Catholic funeral rites, like many other Catholic rituals, include a rosary prayer service on the evening before a funeral. Though pre-Christian spiritual traditions used prayer beads, the custom spread throughout Christendom during the thirteenth century and became associated with Catholic tradition.
The Chaplet for the Dead contains 45 beads. It begins with the Crucifix, 5 introductory beads and 4 sets of 10 beads (40 beads). This Chaplet has no medal. The 40 beads are in memory of the 40 hours which Our Lord is thought to have spent in Limbo.
On the Cross Say Psalm 129 (130)
Or say Pater and Ave
On the Large Beads
V. Eternal rest grant unto them (him/her), O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them (him/her).
Act of Faith
My God, I believe in Thee, because Thou art Truth itself;
I firmly believe the truths revealed to the Church.
Act of Hope
My God, I hope in Thee, because Thou art infinitely good.
Act of Charity
My God, I love Thee with all my heart, and above all things, because Thou art infinitely perfect; and I love my neighbor as myself, for the love of Thee.
On the Small Beads
Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love.
Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation.
At the End
V. Eternal rest grant unto them (him/her), O Lord.
R. And let perpetual light shine upon them (him/her).
V. May they (he/she) rest in peace.
R. Amen. ✞
V. May (his/her) soul and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen. ✞
May the love of God
and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ
bless us and console us
and gently wipe every tear from our eyes.
In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost.
R. Amen. ✞
Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
make my heart like unto Thine.
St. Joseph, model and patron
of those who love
the Sacred Heart of Jesus:
Pray for us.
