The Catholic Prayer Book and Manual of Meditations/Old Irish Litany of the Blessed Virgin
Old Irish Litany of the Blessed Virgin.
O GREAT Mary,
O Mary, the greatest of Marys,
O Most exalted among women,
Queen of the Angels, pray for us[1]
Empress of the Heavens,
Woman replete and overflowing with the grace of the Holy Spirit,
Blessed and thrice Blessed,
Mother of eternal glory,
Mother of the heavenly and earthly Church,
Mother of love and mercy,
Mother of the golden effulgence,
Honour of the sky,
Harbinger of peace,
Gate of Heaven,
Golden Ark,
Couch of charity and indulgence,
Shrine of the Divinity,
Beauty of the Virgins,
Lady-Chief of the tribes,
Fountain of the gardens,
Cleansing of sins,
Purifying of souls,
Mother of the orphans,
Breast of the infants,
Refuge of the poor,
Star of the sea,
Handmaid of God,
Mother of Christ,
Abode of the Godhead,
Graceful as the dove,
Serene like the moon,
Resplendent like the sun,
Thou who dost cancel Eve’s disgrace,
O Renewer of life,
Perfection of women,
Head of the Virgins,
Garden enclosed,
Fountain ever- refreshing,
Mother of God,
Perpetual Virgin,
Holy Virgin,
Prudent Virgin,
Comely Virgin,
Chaste Virgin,
Temple of the Living God,
Royal Throne of the Eternal King,
Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit,
Virgin of the root of Jesse,
Cedar of Mount Lebanon,
Cypress of Mount Sion,
Crimson rose of the land of Jacob,
Blooming like the palm,
Fruitful like the olive
Glorious son-bearer,
Light of Nazareth,
Glory of Jerusalem,
Beauty of the world,
Noblest born of the Christian fold,
O Queen of life,
O Ladder of Heaven,
Hear the petition of the poor; spurn not the wounds and the groans of the miserable.
Let our devotion and our sighs be carried through thee to the presence of the Creator, for we are not ourselves worthy of being heard because of our evil deserts.
O powerful Queen of heaven and earth, wipe out our trespasses and our sins.
Cancel our wickedness and depravity.
Raise the fallen, the miserable, and the fettered. Loose the condemned. Repair through thyself the faults of our unworthiness and our iniquity. Bestow upon us through, thyself the brightness and ornaments of good actions and virtues. Appease for us the Judge by thy prayers and thy Supplications. Allow us not, for mercy sake, to be carried off from thee among the spoils of our enemies. Allow not our souls to be condemned, but take us to thyself for ever under thy protection.
We, moreover, beseech and pray thee, O holy Mary, to obtain, through thy great power with thy only Son, that is, with Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, that He may guard us from all dangers and temptations. Obtain also for us from the God of all creatures, the forgiveness and remission of all our sins and trespasses; and may we receive from Him further, through thy intercession, the everlasting dwelling in the heavenly kingdom, through all eternity, in the presence of the saints and the saintly virgins of the world; which may we deserve, may we enjoy, in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
- ↑ Not in the original text.