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Eternal rest

Requiem aeternam

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English text

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Estimated English reading time 5–15 seconds

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Actual displayed source text; editorial vocal pace 100–160 words/minute. Rounded range; headings/rubrics within this displayed text are included, but verse numbers and V./R./Ant. labels are not counted.

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Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.

Latin text

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Estimated Latin reading time 5–15 seconds

How the estimate was made

Actual displayed source text; editorial vocal pace 80–140 words/minute. Rounded range; headings/rubrics within this displayed text are included, but verse numbers and V./R./Ant. labels are not counted.

Reading estimate only; it does not establish the duration or satisfy other conditions of a related indulgenced work.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace. Amen.

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