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One of the many pious customs which we still keep is the recitation of the Decenary of the Passion (decenario de la pasión in Spanish), otherwise known as the Rosary for the Dead (rosario del difunto in Spanish).

In some places, this rosary was sung publicly, as evidenced by Marcelo Adonay’s setting of the prayer said at the Pater bead, Lubháng maaawaíng Jesús ko, for three voices accompanied by strings and winds (listen to the first one minute or so of the piece here).

The original Spanish has been translated into the various languages of the archipelago, and now forms part of the customary novenas recited for the deceased.

The rosary is said this way: Kneeling before a Crucifix, make the sign of the Cross, and then say the Act of Contrition.

Afterwards, say the opening prayer, followed by the oblation. At the Pater bead, a prayer is said in the place of the mystery, followed by ten invocations to the Lord, to which Have mercy on the soul of N. is r