refreshing dew as we sing: ALLELUIA.
Thy light, O Christ our God, has shone upon those sitting in
the darkness and shadow of death and those in Hell who
cannot cry to Thee. Descend into the infernal regions of the
earth, O Lord, and bring out into the joy of grace Thy
children who have been separated from Thee by sin but who
have not rejected Thee.
For they suffer cruelly. Have mercy on them.
For they sinned against Heaven and before Thee,
and their sins are infinitely grievous,
and Thy mercy is infinite.
Visit the bitter misery of souls separated from Thee.
Have mercy, O Lord, on those who hated the truth out of
ignorance.
May Thy love be to them not a consuming fire
but the coolness of Paradise:
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.