The paradise of the Christian soul/Chap. III. Litanies to the most Holy Trinity, and to each of the Divine Persons.

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The paradise of the Christian soul (1877)
by Jacob Merlo Horstius

Chap. III. Litanies to the most Holy Trinity, and to each of the Divine Persons.

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3860603The paradise of the Christian soul — Chap. III. Litanies to the most Holy Trinity, and to each of the Divine Persons.1877Jacob Merlo Horstius

CHAPTER III.

CONTAINING SEVERAL LITANIES TO THE MOST HOLY TRINITY, AND TO EACH OF THE DIVINE PERSONS.

Observe, devout reader, that this and the following Litanies which are chiefly gathered from Holy Scripture, embrace the names, titles, attributes, and divine praises, applied to the divine nature, as well as to each separate person. More of the same kind might have been collected, but that the limits of this little book did not allow it. This, too, is to be said, that if any one, more captious than pious, thinks that these epithets should appear in the vocative rather than in the nominative case, he may supply or understand at such places the words, “Thou who art. Let him, however, remember, that the Church also prays thus; as, for instance, Agnus Dei, &c., miserere nobis: “Lamb of God, &c., have mercy upon us.” And again, Sanctus Deu sanctus fortis, sanctus immortalis, miserere nobis: “ Holy God, holy mighty, holy immortal, have mercy on us.”

A LITANY TO THE MOST HOLY TRINITY.

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
God, of whom, by whom, and in whom, are all things,	Rom. xi.
Who alone art God,	Psal. lxxv
Who didst discover thy name to Moses, I AM WHO AM,	Exod. iii.
God, the Lord of all Gods,
God, in whom we live, and move, and are,
God the Lord, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children,	Exod. xx.
To whom alone all honour and glory is due,	1 Tim i.
With whose majesty the whole earth is filled,	Psal. lxxi.
Who alone doest great wonders,	Psal. cxxxv.
Who art the most high Lord over all the earth,	Psal. xcvi.
Who alone art good,	Luke xviii.
God, whose wrath no man can resist,	Job ix.
Who art, and who wast, and who art to come,	Apoc. i.
God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob,	Exod. iii.
King of kings, and Lord of lords,	1 Tim. vi.
Who loosest the belt of kings, and girdest their loins,	Job xii.
Who alone hast immortality, and inhabitest light inaccessible.	1 Tim. vi.
Lord of hosts, God of Israel,	Isa. xxxvii.
Most mighty God of the spirits of all flesh,	Num. xvi.
Who hast made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.	Psal. cxlv.

Who executest judgment for them that suffer wrong, and givest food to the hungry,	Psal. cxlv.
God, who art compassionate, patient, full of mercy, and true,	Num. xiv.; Psal. lxxxv.
God, the just judge, strong and patient,	Psal. vii.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh,	Job xii.
Our God, who art a consuming fire,	Heb. xii.
God, who art faithful, and without any iniquity, just and upright,	Deut. xxxii.
God, whose wrath no man can resist,	Job ix.
God, who searchest the heart and provest the reins,	Jer. xvii.
Who openest thine hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature,	Psal. cxliv
Who art great in counsel, and incomprehensible in thought,	Jer. xxxii.
Who doest great things, and unsearchable, and wonderful, of which there is no number,	Job v. and ix.
Father of orphans, and the judge of widows,	Psal. lxvii.
Who loosest the fettered, and enlightenest the blind,
Our mighty Lord, of whose wisdom there is no number,
The Lord, who liftest up the meek, and bringest the wicked down to the ground,
Whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the children of Adam,
Who art the one lawgiver and judge, that is able to destroy and to deliver,
Who healest the broken of heart, and bindest up all their bruises,
The Lord, who killest and makest alive, who bringest down to hell, and bringest back again,
God, who wiliest not iniquity,
Who hast power to cast body and soul into hell,
The Lord, who formest the light, and createst darkness; who makest peace, and createst evil,
Who multipliest nations, and destroyest them, and restorest them again after they are overthrown,

Whose eyes are far brighter than the sun, beholding round about all the ways of men,

Who discoverest deep things out of darkness, and bringest up to light the shadow of death,

God, with whom there is no respect of persons,

Who catchest the wise in their craftiness, and disappointest the counsel of the wicked,

Who quickenest the dead, and callest those things that are not as those that are,

God of all flesh, to whom no word is hard, Who hast made the earth by thy power, and prepared the world by thy wisdom,

Who givest rain upon the face of the earth, and waterest all things with waters,

Who givest food to all flesh,

Who hast made all things for thyself,

Who livest for ever and ever,

Who hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight,

Whom heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain,

Who art terrible in thy counsels over the sons of men,

Before whom the whole world is as the least grain of the balance.

Who workest all things according to the counsel of thy will,

Who hast measured the waters in the hollow of thy hand, and hast weighed the heavens with thy palm,

Who rulest the power of the sea, and appeasest the motion of its waves,

Who hast poised with three fingers the bulk of the earth, and weighed the mountains in scales,

The Lord, a great God, and a great King above all gods,

King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only wise,

Holy, holy, holy,

God our protector, and our exceeding great reward, Have mercy on us,	Gen. xv.
One God, and Father of all, who art above all, and through all, and in us all, Have mercy on us,	Eph. iv.
Be favourable to us, Spare us, O holy Trinity.
Be favourable to us, Graciously hear us, O holy Trinity.
From all evil,	Deliver us,
From all pride, and haughtiness of mind,	O holy Trinity.
From gluttony, surfeiting, and all greediness,
From anger, envy, and all ill-will,
From all luxury and impurity,
From all sloth and unregulated sorrow,
By the immensity of thy power,
By the infinitude of thy wisdom,
By the abundance of thy goodness,
By the eternity of thy glory and majesty,
By the depth of thy knowledge and providence,
By the unspeakable greatness of thy love and mercy,
By the unfathomableness of thy justice and judgments,
In the day of judgment,	We sinners,
That we may serve thee in holiness and justice all our days,	Beseech thee hear us.
That we may adore thee, our Lord God, and serve thee alone,
That we may never take thy holy name in vain,
That we may sanctify the feasts and holy days of the Church by pious and charitable works,
That we may render due honour, reverence, and obedience to pur parents, prelates, and superiors, and those who are to us in the place of parents,
That we may never, through anger, hatred, or envy, injure the life, character, or honour of another,
That we may hurt no one by damage, theft, or wrong of any kind, by force or fraud,
That we may keep our heart from impure affections, and unlawful desires of the flesh,
That we may never bear false witness, or speak a lie against our neighbour,
That we may not desire our neighbour’s goods,
That we may love thee our God, with our whole heart, and with our whole soul, and with our whole strength,
That we may love thee above all things, and our neighbour, for thy sake, as ourselves,

That we may not do to another what we would not have done to us,

That thou wouldst make all grace abound in us,

That we may not despise the riches of thy goodness, patience, and long-suffering.

That we may present our bodies, a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to the kingdom which thou hast prepared for us from the foundation of the world,

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Appease the Father for us.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world.

Be favourable to us sinners.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Give us the Holy Ghost.

O blessed Trinity, Hear us.

O adorable Trinity, Graciously hear us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Our Father. Hail Mary.

V. Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers,

R. And worthy to be praised, and glorious for ever.

V. Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven.

R. And worthy to be praised, and glorious, and highly exalted for ever.

V. Let all thy Angels and Saints bless thee.

R. And praise thee, and glorify thee for ever.

V. Let us bless the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Ghost.

R. Let us praise and exalt him above all for ever.

V. Lord, hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come to thee.

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast given to thy servants, in the confession of the true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of Majesty to adore the Unity; grant, we beseech thee, that, by steadfastness in this faith, we may ever be defended from all adversities.

O God, who showest thy almighty power most chiefly in showing mercy and pity; multiply upon us thy mercy, that in running to thy promises, thou mayest make us partakers of heavenly blessings. Almighty and everlasting God, who in the abundance of thy goodness surpassest both the merits and desires of thy suppliants; pour out thy mercy upon us, to forgive us all that our conscience fears, and to give us all that we presume not to ask. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A LITANY TO GOD THE FATHER.

Gathered out of Holy Scripture.

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Holy Father, Hear us.
Just Father, Graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,	Have mercy
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,	on us.
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Our Father, who art in heaven.	Matt. vi.
Blessed God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,	i Pet. i.
The Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation,	2 Cor. i.
Who comfortest us in all our tribulation,	Ibid.
God the Father, blessed for ever,	Rom. ix.
The Father, who seekest adorers in spirit and in truth,	John iv.
The Father, of whom are all things,	1 Cor. viii.
The Father of glory, and Lord of heaven and earth,	Eph. i.
Who hast sent thine only-begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him,	1 John iv.
Father of Christ, who workest until now,	John v.
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named,	Eph. iii.
Who hast chosen us in thy Son before the foundation of the world,	Eph. i.
Who hast predestinated us to the adoption of children through Jesus Christ,	Ibid.
Who hidest mysteries from the wise, and revealest them to little ones,	Matt. xi.
Who hast blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places,	Eph. i.

Who forgivest us our sins,	Matt. vi.
Who hast chosen us that we should be holy and unspotted in thy sight,	Eph. i.
Who givest the good Spirit to them that ask thee,	Luke xi.
Father of lights, from whom cometh down every best gift, and every perfect gift,	James i.
Father, who raisest up the dead, and givest life,	John v.
Father, who seest in secret,	Matt. vi.
Father, who hast life in thyself,	John v.
Husbandman, who workest until now.
Who makest thy sun to rise upon the good and the bad,
Who rainest upon the just and the unjust,
Who hast numbered all the hairs of our head,
Who hast not spared even thine own Son, but hast delivered him up for us all,
Who hast called us to the fellowship of thy Son.
Who hast graced us with grace in thy beloved Son,
Whose Son took the form of a servant, that he might redeem servants,
Who hast translated us into the kingdom of the Son of thy love,
Who hast made us worthy to be partakers in the lot of the Saints,
Who hast called us to the marriage of thy Son,
Who hast loved us, and hast given us everlasting consolation.
Who hast so loved the world, as to give thine only-begotten Son,
Who by a voice coming down from heaven, from the excellent glory, didst glorify thy Son,
Who art well pleased in thy Son,
Who hast been pleased to give us a kingdom,
Whose face the Angels in heaven always see,
Who hast bestowed upon us such charity, that we should be called; and be thy sons,

Who hast willed us to be made conformable to the image of thy Son,
Who hast prepared a kingdom for thine elect from the foundation of the world,
Who, without respect of persons, judgest according to every one’s work,
In whose house are many mansions.
Father, to whom all things are possible,
Father, who lovest the Son, and hast given all things into his hand,
Without whom no one cometh to the Son, except thou, Father, draw him,
Be favourable, O Lord, and spare us.
Be favourable, O Lord, and hear us.
Be favourable, O Lord, and deliver us.
From all evil,	Deliver us,
From the power of Satan,	O Lord.
From anger, hatred, and all ill-will,
From the dangers that threaten sinners,
From everlasting death,
By thy knowledge, most deep, by which thou seest into the depths,
By thy immense power, by which thou hast created all things out of nothing,
By thy tender providence, by which thou governest all things,
By thy eternal love, with which thou hast loved the world,
By thy infinite goodness, with which thou fillest all things. In the day of judgment,	We sinners,
That thy name may always and every where be sanctified,	Beseech thee,
That thou wouldst permit thy kingdom to come to us,	hear us.
That thy will may ever be done by us on earth, as it is in heaven,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give us our daily bread,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe mercifully to forgive us our trespasses,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to protect us under the shadow of thy wings, and to free us from all temptation,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to deliver us from all evil.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give the good Spirit to them that ask thee,

That what we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually,
That thou wouldst grant us, according to the riches of thy glory, to be strengthened by thy Spirit with might unto the inward man,	Eph. iii.
Father, in the name of thy Son,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, &c.

V. Look upon us, O God, our protector.

R. And behold the face pf thy Christ.

V. Remember us, O Lord, in thy good will.

R. Visit us with thy salvation.

V. Show us, O Lord, thy mercy.

R. And grant us thy salvation.

V. Convert us, O Lord God of Hosts.

R. Show us thy face, and we shall be saved.

V. Lord, hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come to thee.

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, direct our actions by thy good will, that, in the name of thy beloved Son, we may merit to abound in good works.

O God, the height of the lowly, and the strength of the upright, who by thine only-begotten Son hast vouchsafed so to teach the world, that every action of his should be made our instruction; stir up in us the fervour of thy Spirit, that we may be able effectually to imitate, what by word and example he savingly taught.

O God, from whom all good things proceed, grant to thy suppliants, by thy inspiration to think right thoughts, and by thy guidance to accomplish them. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

A LITANY,

Containing the principal names, titles, praises, and offices of the Incarnate Word, our Saviour Jesus Christ.

From the Scriptures of both Testaments.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

God the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us.

Our Father. Hail Mary.

V. Create in me a clean heart, O God.

R. And renew a right spirit within me.

V. Cast me not away from thy face.

R. And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.

V. Restore to me the joy of thy salvation.

R. And strengthen me with a perfect spirit.

V. Let the grace of the Holy Spirit

R. Enlighten our senses and our hearts.

V. Lord, hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come to thee.

Let us pray.

O God, to whom every heart is open, every wish speaketh, and from whom no secret is hid, purify the thoughts of our hearts by the infusion of the Holy Spirit, that we may merit to love thee perfectly, and to praise thee worthily.

Let the power of the Holy Ghost be with us, O Lord, we beseech thee, both graciously to purify our hearts, and to defend us from all adversities.

Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is sanctified and governed, hear the supplications that we make for every degree and order therein, that, by the gift of thy grace, they may all faithfully serve thee. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The paradise of the Christian soul/Chap. III. Litanies to the most Holy Trinity, and to each of the Divine Persons.

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