Learn how and when to pray The Eternal Rest:
What is the Eternal Rest prayer?
Give Lord eternal rest.
Let perpetual light shine upon him.
Rest in peace.
Amen
When to pray The Eternal Repose?
Eternal rest is part of the prayers that are performed in a funeral rite. Whether it is when someone has passed away, a commemoration mass for the faithful departed or when praying for the repose of the souls in purgatory.
For the Eternal Rest prayer there is no set time when it should be done. It can even be performed by a consecrated cleric or any other person who wishes to lead the prayer.
The most common way in which this prayer is performed is during a rosary for eternal rest, mass in the present body and commemoration of the death of a person.