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Litanies.
The following Litanies may be used as occasion serves, either by themselves or in connection with other parts of this book. They have been selected with the view of supplying a series of devotions adapted to the festivals and holy seasons of the Church, and are capable of being varied as piety may suggest.
The subjoined Table shews the particular devotion by which it is a common practice to consecrate each day of the week:
Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To the Holy Trinity. | |
Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To the Holy Ghost. | |
Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To the Holy Angels. | |
Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To St. Joseph. | |
Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To the B. Sacrament | |
Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To the Passion of our Lord. | |
Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
To the Blessed Virgin. | |
But, besides appropriating certain Litanies to the days of the week usually recommended for their use, it would be a profitable exercise, both for individuals and for families, to dedicate a week to Jesus and Mary, in the following way:
Sunday . Litanies of the Holy Name of Jesus and of Loretto.
Monday . Litanies of the Incarnate Word and the Immaculate Conception.
Tuesday . Litanies of the Infant Jesus and of Lorette.
Wednesday . Litanies of the Holy Name of Jesus, and ditto of Mary.
Thursday . Litanies of the Life of Jesus, and ditto of Mary.
Friday . Litanies of the Passion and of the Seven Dolours.
Saturday . Litanies of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and ditto of Mary, Particular feasts will naturally suggest their corresponding devotions,-e.g. the several festivals of our Lord and his Blessed Mother, the Holy Angels, S: Joseph, &c. ; and no further guidance will be needed than that which is afforded by any Catholic Directory. But, for the readier fulfilment of the plan proposed, the following Table is prefixed, which gives the Litanies proper to each season in their order,
Table of Litantes throughout the Year.
Advent . . . Litany of the Incarnate Word, and ditto of Penance.
Christmas . . . Litany of the Infant Jesus.
Epiphany . . . Litany of the Infant Jesus, and the Life of ditto.
Septuagesima . . . Litany of the Life of Jesus; and on Fridays, that of the Passion.
Lent . . . Litany of Penance; and on Wednesdays Lent and Fridays, that of the Passion.
Passion and Holy Weeks . . . Litany of the Passion.
Maunday Thursday . . . the Blessed Sacrament.
Good Friday . . . the Passion and of the Holy Cross.
Easter . . . the Resurrection.
Ascension Day to to Whit-Sunday . . . Jesus glorified.
Whitsuntide . . . the Holy Ghost.
Trinity Sunday, and Sundays after Pentecost . . . the Most Holy Trinity.
Corpus Christi. . . . the Blessed Sacrament.
Devotion will contrive numerous combinations, by which the peculiar character of each day or season may be duly observed, and the several aspects of the Divine Mysteries receive their proper measure of attention and contemplation.
The Litany of the Saints, as also the Litany for England, way very suitably be used on the festivals of those eminent Saints whose names are especially commemorated in them.
Litanies, again, form appropriate devotions for particular Novenas,[1] and for consecrating the several months of the year to some special object. To this end the following Table is given, shewing
THE TIMES OF NOVENAS AND OTHER DEVOTIONS,
which may be performed at discretion.
Litany of the Saints.
Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our fathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin of Virgins, pray for us.
St. Michael, pray for us.
St. Gabriel, pray for us.
St. Raphael, pray for us.
All you Holy Angels and Archangels pray for us.
St. John the Baptist, pray for us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
All you Holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for us.
St. Peter, pray for us.
St. Paul, pray for us.
St. Andrew, pray for us.
St. James, pray for us.
St. John, pray for us.
St. Thomas, pray for us.
St. James, pray for us.
St. Philip, pray for us.
St. Bartholomew, pray for us.
St. Matthew, pray for us.
St. Simon, pray for us.
St. Jude, pray for us.
St. Matthias, pray for us.
St. Barnabas, pray for us.
St. Luke, pray for us.
St. Mark, pray for us.
All you Holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.
All you Holy Disciples of the Lord, pray for us.
All you Holy Innocents, pray for us.
St. Stephen, pray for us.
St. Lawrence, pray for us.
St. Vincent, pray for us.
St. Fabian and Sebastian, pray for us.
St. John and Paul, pray for us.
St. Cosmas and Damian, pray for us.
All you Holy Martyrs, pray for us.
St. Sylvester, pray for us.
St. Gregory, pray for us.
St. Ambrose, pray for us.
St. Augustine, pray for us.
St. Jerome, pray for us.
St. Martin, pray for us.
St. Nicholas, pray for us.
All you Holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for us.
All you Holy Doctors, pray for us.
St. Anthony, pray for us.
St. Benedict, pray for us.
St. Bernard, pray for us.
St. Dominic, pray for us.
St. Francis, pray for us.
All you Holy Priests and Levites, pray for us.
All you Holy Monks and Hermits, pray for us.
St. Mary Magdalene, pray for us.
St. Agatha, pray for us.
St. Lucy, pray for us.
St. Agnes, pray for us.
St. Cecilia, pray for us.
St. Anastasia, pray for us.
St. Catherine, pray for us.
St. Clare, pray for us.
All you Holy Virgins and Widows, pray for us.
All you Holy Saints of God, pray for us.
Lord, be merciful, O Lord, deliver us.
From all evil, O Lord, deliver us.
From all sin, O Lord, deliver us.
From your wrath, O Lord, deliver us.
From a sudden and unlooked-for death, O Lord, deliver us.
From the deceits of the devil, O Lord, deliver us.
From anger, hatred, and all ill will, O Lord, deliver us.
From the spirit of fornication, O Lord, deliver us.
From lightning and tempest, O Lord, deliver us.
From the scourge of earthquake, O Lord, deliver us.
From pestilence, famine, and war, O Lord, deliver us.
From everlasting death, O Lord, deliver us.
Through the mystery of thy holy incarnation, O Lord, deliver us.
Through thy coming, O Lord, deliver us.
Through thy nativity, O Lord, deliver us.
Through thy baptism and holy fasting, O Lord, deliver us.
Through thy cross and passion, O Lord, deliver us.
Through thy death and burial, O Lord, deliver us.
Through thy holy resurrection, O Lord, deliver us.
Through thine admirable ascension, O Lord, deliver us.
Through the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, we beseech thee, hear us.
In the day of judgment, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst spare us, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst pardon us, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to true penance, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to govern and preserve thy holy church, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve our apostolic prelate and all ecclesiastical orders in holy religion, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to humble the enemies of thy holy church, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give peace and true concord to Christian kings and princes, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant peace and unity to all Christian people, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring back to the unity of the church all those who have strayed away, and lead to the light of the gospel all unbelievers, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to confirm and preserve us thy holy service, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst lift up our minds to heavenly desires, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst render eternal blessings to all our benefactors, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst deliver our souls and those of our brethren, relations, and benefactors from eternal damnation, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give and preserve the fruits of the earth, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst vouchsafe graciously to hear us, we beseech thee, hear us.
Son of God, we beseech thee, hear us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O lord. Graciously hear us, O Lord
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us
Our Father (secretly).
V. And Lead Us Not Into Temptation.
R. But Deliver Us From Evil.
Psalm lxix.
1 O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me.
2 Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul:
3 Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame: that desire evil unto me.
4 Let them be straightway turned backward blushing for shame, that say unto me: 'Tis well, 'tis well.
5 Let all that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be magnified.
6 But I am needy and poor: O God, help thou me.
7 Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no long delay.
Glory be, &c.
V. Save thy servants.
R. Who hope in thee, O my God.
V. Be unto us, O Lord, a tower of strength.
R. From the face of the enemy.
V. Let not the enemy prevail against us.
R. Nor the son of iniquity approach to hurt us.
V. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins.
R. Neither requite us according to our iniquities.
V. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff, N.
R. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth; and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
V. Let us pray for our benefactors.
R. Vouchsafe, O Lord, for thy name’s sake, to reward with eternal life all them that do us good. Amen.
V. Let us pray for the faithful departed.
R. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them.
V. May they rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. For our absent brethren.
R. Save thy servants, who hope in thee, O my God.
V. Send them help, O Lord, from the sanctuary,
R. And defend them out of Sion.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
Let us pray.
O God, whose property is always to have mercy and to spare, receive our humble petition; that we, and all thy servants who are bound by the chain of sins, may, by the compassion of thy goodness, mercifully be absolved.
Graciously hear, we beseech thee, O Lord, the prayers of thy suppliants, and forgive the sins of them that confess to thee; that, in thy bounty, thou mayest grant us both pardon and peace.
Shew forth upon us, O Lord, in thy mercy, the unspeakable loving kindness; that thou mayest both loose us from all our sins, and deliver us from the punishments which we deserve for them.
O God, who by sin art offended, and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of thy people making supplication to thee, and turn away the scourges of thine anger, which we deserve for our sins.
Almighty, everlasting God have mercy upon thy servant N., our Sovereign Pontiff, and direct him, according to thy clemency, into the way of everlasting salvation ; that by thy grace he may both desire those things that are pleasing to thee, and perform them with all his strength.
O God, from whom all holy desires, all right counsels, and all just works do come, give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts being devoted to the keeping of thy commandments and the fear of enemies being removed, our times, by thy protection, may be peaceful.
Inflame, O Lord, our reins and heart with the fire of the Holy Ghost; that we may serve thee with a chaste body, and please thee with a clean heart.
O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, give to the souls of thy servants departed the remission of all their sins; that through pious supplications they may obtain the pardon which they have always desired.
Prevent, we beseech thee, O Lord, our actions by thy inspirations, and further them with thy continual help; that every prayer and work of ours may always begin from thee, and through thee be likewise ended.
Almighty, everlasting God, who hast dominion over the living and the dead, and art merciful to all, who thou foreknowest will be thine by faith and works; we humbly beseech thee that they for whom we intend to pour forth our prayers, whether this present world still detain them in the flesh, or the world to come hath already received them stripped of their mortal bodies, may, by the grace of thy loving kindness, and by the intercession of all the Saints, obtain the remission of all their sins. Through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. R. Amen.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. May the almighty and merciful Lord graciously hear us.
R. Amen.
V. And may the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Litany of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.
An Indulgence of three hundred days was granted by Rescript, dated April 28, 1864, to the faithful in England for the devout recitation of the Litany of the Most Holy Name, by our Most Holy Father Pope Pius IX., who at the same time prohibited and form but that of which the following is a translation, authorised by the Bishops. .
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Jesus hear us.
Jesus graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of. the world, Have, &c. God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Jesus, Son of the living God.
Jesus, splendour of the Father,
Jesus, brightness of eternal light,have mercy on us.
Jesus, King of glory,
Jesus, Sun of justice,
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary,
Jesus, most amiable,
Jesus, most admirable,
Jesus, mighty God,
Jesus, Father of the world to come,
Jesus, Angel of great counsel,
Jesus, most powerful,
Jesus, most patient,
Jesus, most obedient,
Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
Jesus, lover of chastity,
Jesus, lover of us,
Jesus, God of peace,
Jesus, Author of life,
Jesus, example of virtues,
Jesus, zealous lover of souls,
Jesus, our God,
Jesus, our refuge,
Jesus, Father of the poor,
Jesus, treasure of the faithful,
Jesus, Good Shepherd,
Jesus, true light,
Jesus, eternal wisdom,
Jesus, infinite goodness,
Jesus, our way and our life,
Jesus, joy of Angels,
Jesus, a King of Patriarchs,
Jesus, Master of Apostles,
Jesus, Teacher of Evangelists,
Jesus, strength of Martyrs,
Jesus, light of Confessors,
Jesus purity of Virgins,
Jesus, crown of all Saints,
Be merciful unto us,
Spare us, O Jesus.
Be merciful unto us,
Graciously hear us, O Jesus.
From all evil, Jesus deliver us.
From all sin,
From thy wrath,
From the snares of the devil,
From the spirit of uncleanness,
From everlasting death,
From the neglect of inspirations,
Through the mystery of thy holy Incarnation,
Through thy Nativity,
Through thine infancy,
Through thy most divine life,
Through thy labours,
Through thine agony and passion,
Through thy Cross and dereliction,
Through thy faintness and weariness,
Through thy death and burial,
Through thy resurrection,
Through thine ascension,
Through thy joys,
Through thy glory,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Jesus.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Jesus.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O Jesus.
Jesus hear us.
Jesus graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, who hast said: Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; give, we beseech thee, to us who ask, the grace of thy most divine love, that with all one heart, words, and works, we may love thee, and never cease to praise thee.
Make us, O Lord, to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name, for thou never failest to govern those whom thou dost solidly establish in thy love. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Litany of the Blessed Virgin.
We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God despise not our petitions in our necessities; but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear 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,
Holy Mary, Pray for us,
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us.
Mother of Christ,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable.
Mother most admirable,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Saviour,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual Vessel,
Vessel of honour,
Vessel of singular devotion,
Mystical Rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
Ant. We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God, despise not our petitions in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may, by his Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
V. May the divine assistance remain always with us.
R. Amen.
Litany of the Dying
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Holy Mary, Pray for him.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels,
Holy Abel,
All ye choirs of the Just,
Holy Abraham,
St. John Baptist,
St. Joseph,
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets,
St. Peter,
St. Paul,
St. Andrew,
St. John,
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists,
All ye Disciples of our Lord,
All ye holy Innocents,
St. Stephen,
St. Lawrence,
All ye holy Martyrs
St. Sylvester
St. Gregory,
St. Augustin,
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for him.
St. Benedict,
St. Francis,
All ye holy Monks and Hermits,
St. Mary Magdalen,
St. Lucy,
All ye holy Virgins and Widows,
All ye men and women, Saints of God,
Intercede for him.
Be merciful,
Spare him, O Lord.
Be merciful,
Graciously hear us, 0 Lord.
Be merciful unto him,
Deliver him, O Lord.
From thy wrath, Deliver him, O Lord.
From the peril of death,
From an evil death,
From the pains of hell,
From all evil,
From the power of the devil,
Through thy Nativity,
Through thy Cross and Passion,
Through thy Death and Burial,
Through thy glorious Resurrection,
Through thine admirable Ascension,
Through the grace of the Holy Ghost the Paraclete,
In the day of judgment,
We sinners.
Beseech thee, hear us.
That thou spare him,
We beseech thee, hear us.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Litany of the Most Holy Trinity.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Blessed Trinity, hear us.
Adorable Unity, graciously hear 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,
Father, from whom are all things,
Son, through whom are all thing;
Holy Ghost, in whom are all things,
Holy and undivided Trinity,
Father everlasting,
Only-begotten: Son of the Father,
Spirit, who proceedest from the Father and the Son,
Co-eternal Majesty of Three Divine Persons,
Father the Creator,
Son the Redeemer,
Holy Ghost the Comforter,
Holy, holy, holy Lord God hosts,
Who art, who wast, and who art to come,
God, Most High, who inhabitest eternity,
To whom alone are due all honour and glory,
Who alone doest great wonders,
Power infinite,
‘Wisdom incomprehensible,
Love unspeakable,
Be merciful.
Spare us, O Holy Trinity.
Be merciful.
Graciously hear us, O Holy Trinity.
From all evil, deliver us, O Holy Trinity.
From all sin,
From all pride,
From all love of riches,
From all uncleanness,
From all sloth,
From all inordinate affection,
From all envy and malice,
From all anger and impatience,
From ever thought, word, and deed, contrary to thy holy law,
From thy everlasting malediction,
Through thy mighty power,
Through thy plenteous loving-kindness,
Through the exceeding treasures of thy goodness and love,
Through the depths of thy wisdom and knowledge.
Through all thy unspeakable perfections,
Deliver us, O holy Trinity.
We sinners, Beseech thee, hear us.
That we may ever serve thee alone, We Beseech thee, hear us.
That we may worship thee in spirit and in truth,
That we may love thee with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength,
That, for thy sake, we may love our neighbour as ourselves,
That we may faithfully keep thy holy commandments,
That we may never defile our bodies and our souls with sin,
That we may go from grace to grace, and from virtue to virtue,
That we may finally enjoy the sight of thee in glory,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to hear us,
O blessed Trinity,
We beseech thee, deliver us.
O blessed Trinity,
We beseech thee, save us.
O blessed Trinity,
Have mercy on us
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
V. Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven.
R. And worthy to be praised, and glorious, and highly exalted for ever.
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 toil, we may ever be defended from all adversities. Through our Lord Jesus Christ.
A Scriptural Litany
(Abridged from the "Paradisus Anime.")
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy,
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
God, of whom, by whom, and in whom are all things, have mercy on us. Rom. xi. 36.
God, in whom we live, and move and are, have mercy on us. Acts xvii. 28
Who alone hast immortality, and dwellest in light inaccessible, 1 Tim. vi. 16.
Whose majesty filleth the whole earth, Ps. lxxi. 19,
Whom heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain, 2 Kin. viii. 27.
Who hast made all things for thyself, Prov. xvi. 4.
Who workest all things according to the counsel of thy will, Eph. i. 11.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh, Job xii. 10.
Who openest thine hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature, Ps. cxliv, 16.
Who hast power to cast body and soul into hell, Matt. x. 28.
Who dost great things and unsearchable, and wonderful things without number, Job v. 9.
Whose eyes are brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, Eccl. xxiii.28
Who catchest the wise in their craftiness, and disappointest the counsel of the wicked, Job v. 13.
Who searchest the heart, and triest the reins, Jer. xvii. 10.
Whose judgments are incomprehensible, and whose ways are unsearchable, Rom. xi. 33.
Who art the Father of orphans, and the Judge of widows, Ps. lxvii. 6.
Merciful and patient, of much compassion, and true, Ps. lxxxv. 16.
Our protector, and our reward exceedingly great, Gen. xv. 1.
King of kings, and Lord of lords, 1 Tim. vi. 18.
King of ages, immortal and invisible, 1 Tim. i. 17.
Be merciful, Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
From all sin, O Lord, deliver us.
From pride and vain-glory,
From avarice and worldly solicitude,
From anger, resentment, and envy,
From calumny, detraction, and rash judgment,
From gluttony, drunkenness, and impurity,
From spiritual sloth, and the forgetfulness of our salvation,
From the abuse of thy grace, and a reprobate sense,
From the worm that never dieth, and the fire that shall never be extinguished,
From being deprived of the sight and enjoyment of thee,
Through thy almighty power and infinite wisdom,
Through thy incomprehensible majesty and eternal glory,
Through thy ineffable bounty and superabundant mercy,
Through all the humiliations and sufferings of thine only begotten Son, We sinners, Beseech thee, hear us.
That we may love thee, the Lord our God, with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind, We beseech thee, hear us.
That we may adore thee alone, and serve thee in holiness, and righteousness all the days of our lives,
That we may never take thy holy name in vain,
That we may sanctify the feasts and holy days of the Church,
That we may give due honour and obedience to our parents, and lawful superiors,
That we may not injure our neighbour in body, soul, or peace of mind,
That we may crucify the flesh, with its vices and concupiscences, and be ever clean of heart,
That we may not do to others what we would not have others do to us,
That we may not covet our neighbour's goods,
That thou wouldst make all grace abound in us,
That we may present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to thee,
That thou wouldst 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,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was in the beginning, &c.
Let us pray.
O adorable Lord, in Three distinct and equal Persons One God, who requirest the homage of our reason by the belief of mysteries which are above our understanding, and that of our will by the observance of precepts which are mortifying to our natural inclinations; give us thy grace to perform this twofold duty, and grant that we may never oppose our uncertain reasoning to thy infallible truth, nor deliberately transgress thy most high and holy commands. Thus continuing until death in entire subjection to thee, may we come at last to the clear and perfect enjoyment of thee. Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.
Litany of the holy Ghost.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy. Lord havs mercy.
Lord have mercy,
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear 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,
Holy Ghost, who prooeedest from the father and the Son,
Holy Ghost, co-equal with the Father and the Son,
Promise of the Father, most loving and most bounteous,
Gift of the most high God,
Ray of heavenly light,
Author of all good,
Source of living water,
Consuming Fire,
Burning Love,
Spiritual Unction,
Spirit of truth and of power,
Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
Spirit of counsel and of fortitude,
Spirit of knowledge and of piety,
Spirit of the fear of the Lord,
Spirit of compunction and of penance,
Spirit of grace and of prayer,
Spirit of charity, peace, and joy,
Spirit of patience, longanimity, and goodness,
Spirit of benignity, mildness, and fidelity,
Spirit of modesty, continence, and chastity,
Spirit of adoption of the sons of God,
Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier,
Who in the beginning didst move over the waters,
By whose inspiration spake the holy men of God,
Who didst overshadow Mary,
Who didst co-operate in the miraculous conception of the Son of God,
Who didst descend upon
Him at his baptism,
Who, on the day of Pentecost, didst appear in fiery tongues upon the disciples of the Lord
By whom we also are born again,
Who dwellest in us,
Who governest the Church,
Who filtest the whole world,
Holy Ghost, We beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst renew the face of the earth,
That thou Wouldst shed abroad thy light in our hearts,
That thou wouldst write thy law in our hearts,
That thou wouldst inflame them with the fire of thy love,
That thou wouldst open to us the treasures of thy grace,
That thou wouldst teach us to ask for them according to thy will,
That thou wouldst enlighten us with thy heavenly inspirations,
That thou wouldst keep us to thyself by thy powerful attractions,
That thou wouldst grant to us the knowledge alone necessary,
That thou wouldst help us to love and bear with each other,
That thou wouldst lead as
in the way of thy commandments, We beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst make us obedient to thy inspirations,
That thou wouldst teach us to pray, and thyself pray within us,
That thou wouldst clothe us with love and compassion towards our brethren,
That thou wouldst inspire us with a horror of evil,
That thou wouldst direct us in the practice of good,
That thou wouldst give us the grace of all virtues,
That thou wouldst cause us to persevere in justice,
That thou wouldst be thyself our everlasting reward,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
V. Create in us a clean heart, O God.
R. And renew a right spirit within us.
Let us pray.
Grant, O merciful Father, that thy divine Spirit may en- lighten, inflame, and cleanse our hearts ; that he may pene- trate us with his heavenly dew, and make us fruitful in good works. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Litany of the Incarnate Word
(Abridged from the "Paradisus Animae.")
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
"Word made flesh,
Word full of grace and truth,
God by whom all things were made,
Lord God of Israel, blessed for evermore,
Only -begotten Son of God,
Saviour, Christ, and Lord,
Great God, Son of the Most High,
God with us, Emmanuel,
Only-begotten Son, who art in the bosom of the Father,
Well-beloved Son of God, in whom the Father is well pleased,
Wisdom set up from all eternity,
Image of the invisible God,
Whose Name is above every
name,
"Who upholdest all things by the word of thy power,
Beginning of the creation of God,
First-born of every creature.
First-born among many brethren,
Heir of all things,
Flower of the field, and Lily of the valleys,
Bud of justice,
Angel of the Lord,
Angel of the Testament,
Star arisen out of Jacob,
Lion of the tribe of Judah,
Rod of Jesse,
Son of David,
Son of man,
Jesus of Nazareth,
Meek and humble of heart,
Good Shepherd, who givest thy life for thy sheep,
Shepherd and Bishop of our souls,
Saint of saints,
Prince of pastors,
Great Prophet, mighty in word and work,
Who wast sent to preach the gospel to the poor,
The Lord our lawgiver,
Light of the world,
True Light, which enlightenest every man that cometh Into the world,
Key of David,
Ark of the testament,
Living Stone, elect of God,
Stone that art become the head of the corner,
Stone of foundation laid in the midst of Sion,
Prince of the kings of the earth,
Master and Lord,
King of kings and Lord of lords,
Man of sorrows, acquainted with infirmity,
Who hast truly borne our infirmities,
By whose bruises we are healed,
Lamb without blemish,
Lamb slain from the beginning of the world,
Our Prince and Saviour,
Our Lord and our God,
Salvation of God sent to the Gentiles,
The Propitiation for our sins,
The Apostle and High Priest of our confession,
The one Mediator between God and man,
Mediator of the New Testament,
Author and Finisher of faith,
First-begotten of the dead,
The Resurrection and the Life,
The Pasch and nourishment of our souls,
Who hast the keys of death and hell,
Our Advocate with the Father,
The Temple and the Lamp of the holy city,
Hope of mortals,
Tree of life,
Light of life,
Fountain of life,
The Beginning and the End,
Judge of the living and the dead,
God blessed for ever,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away
the sins of the world,
Grant us thy peace.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
O God, who, by thy co-eternal Wisdom, didst make
man when he was not, and
mercifully restore him when
he was lost; grant, we beseech thee, that by the inspiration of the same Wisdom,
we may both love thee with
our whole soul, and fly to
thee with our whole heart.
Through the same Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
Litany Of The Infant Jesus.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Infant Jesus, hear us.
Infant Jesus, graciously hear ues.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Infant Jesus,
Infant, very God,
Infant, Son of the living God,
Thine, Son of the Virgin Mary,
Infant, begotten before the morning star,
Infant, Word made flesh,
Infant, Wisdom of thy Father,
infant Purity of thy Mother,
Infant, only Son of thy Father,
Infant, Only-Born of thy Mother,
Infant, Image of thy Father,
Infant, Creator of thy Mother,
Infant, Splendour of they Father,
Infant, Honour of thy Mother,
Infant, equal to thy Father,
Infant, subject to thy Mother,
Infant, Joy of thy Father,
Infant, Riches of thy Mother,
Infant, Gift of thy Father,
Infant, Offering of thy Mother,
Infant, precious gift of a Virgin,
Infant, Creator of man,
Infant, Power of God,
Infant, our God,
Infant, ancient from thy Childhood,
Infant, Father of ages,
Infant of days,
Infant, giving life, and nourished on the breast,
Infant, Eternal Word, and making thyself dumb,
Infant, weeping in the crib,
Infant, thundering in the heavens,
Infant, Terror of hell,
Infant, Joy of paradise,
Infant, dreaded by tyrants,
Infant, desired by the Magi,
Infant, exiled from thy people,
Infant, King in exile,
Infant, Destroyer of idols,
Infant, Vindicator of the glory of God,
Infant, strong in weakness,
Infant, powerful in abasement,
Infant, Treasure of grace,
Infant, Fountain of love,
Infant, Author of the blessings of heaven,
Infant, Repairer of the evils of earth,
Infant, Head of the Angels,
Infant, Stem of the Patriarchs,
Infant, Word of the Prophets,
Infant, Expectation of nations,
Infant, Joy of the shepherds,
Infant, Light of the Magi,
Infant, Salvation of chidren,
Infant, Hope of the just,
Infant, Teacher of Doctors,
Infant, First-fruits of the Saints,
Be merciful.
Spare us, O Infant Jesus. Be merciful.
Graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus.
From the bondage of the children of Adam, infant Jesus, deliver us.
From the slavery of the devil,
From the corruption of the world,
From the lust of the flesh,
From the pride of life,
From an immoderate desire of knowledge,
From blindness of mind,
From perversity of will,
From our sins,
Through thy most pure conception,
Through thy most humble Birth,
Through thy Tears,
Through thy most painful Circumcision,
Through thy most glorious Epiphany,
Through thy most devout Presentation,
Through thy most innocent Conversation in the world,
Through thy most holy Life,
Through thy Poverty,
Through thy Sorrows,
Through thy Labours and Travails,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Infant Jesus.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Infant Jesus.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O Infant Jesus.
Infant Jesus, hear us.
Infant Jesus, graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus, who didst vouchsafe so to annihilate the greatness of thy Incarnate Divinity and most Sacred Humanity, as to be born in time, and become a little child; grant that we may acknowledge Infinite Wisdom in the silence of a child, Power in weakness, Majesty in abasement ; so that, adoring thy humiliations on earth, we may contemplate thy glories in heaven. Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Litany of the Life of Jesus Christ.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear 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,
Jesus, sent into the world by the Father,
Jesus, conceived by the Holy Ghost,
Jesus, who didst put on the form of a servant,
Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary,
Jesus, adored by thy Mother,
Jesus, wrapped in swaddling clothes,
Jesus, cradled in a manger,
Jesus, nourished at a virgin's breast,
Jesus, manifesting thyself to shepherds,
Jesus, submitting to the law of circumcision,
Jesus, adored by the Magi,
Jesus, presented in the Temple,
Jesus, received into the arms of the just Simeon,
Jesus, exiled into Egypt,
Jesus, persecuted by Herod,
Jesus, brought up at Nazareth,
Jesus, found in the Temple in the midst of the Doctors,
Jesus, subject to thy Parents,
Jesus, baptised by John,
Jesus, tempted in the desert,
Jesus, choosing for thy disciples the poor and ignorant,
Jesus, assisting the afflicted,
Jesus, transfigured on the mountain,
Jesus, weeping over Jerusalem,
Jesus, entering Jerusalem as King of peace,
Jesus, driving the buyers and sellers from the Temple,
Jesus, washing thy discipies' feet,
Jesus, eating the Pasch with thy disciples,
Jesus, giving thy Body for food, and thy Blood for drink,
Jesus, praying in the Garden of Olives,*[2]
Jesus betrayed by Judas,
Jesus, hated and despitefully treated,
Jesus, scourged and crowned with thorns,
Jesus, going up to Calvary,
Jesus, crucified between two thieves,
Jesus, made the scorn of men,
Jesus, dying upon the cross,
Jesus, after thy death, going down into hell,
Jesus, rising again for our
justification,
Jesus, ascending into heaven,
Jesus, sitting down at the right hand of the Father,
Jesus, crowned with glory and honour,
Jesus, sending down on thy disciples the Holy Ghost the Paraclete,
Jesus, preparing for the just an eternal kingdom,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord Jesus.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord
Jesus.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O Lord Jesus.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
O God, who willest not the death, but the conversion of sinners ; look favourably on thy pens who, honouring the humiliations and the glories of thy holy life, fly to thy refuge with a contrite heart; and in thy merciful kindness turn from us war, famine, pestilence, and all the other scourges of thine anger. Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.
Litany of the Passion.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Jesus, the Eternal Wisdom,
Jesus, conversing with men,
Jesus, hated by the world,
Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver,
Jesus, prostrate on the ground in prayer,
Jesus, strengthened by an angel,
Jesus, in thine agony, bath in a bloody sweat,
Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss
Jesus, bound by the soldier
Jesus, forsaken by thy disciples,
Jesus, brought before Annas by and Caiaphas,
Jesus, struck by a servant on the face,
Jesus, accused by false witnesses,
Jesus, declared worthy of death,
Jesus, spit upon in the face,
Jesus, blindfolded,
Jesus, smitten on the cheek,
Jesus, thrice denied by Peter,
Jesus, delivered up to Pilate,
Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod, Jesus, clothed in a white garment,
Jesus, rejected for Baabbas,
Jesus, torn with scourges,
Jesus, bruised for our sins,
Jesus, esteemed as a leper,
Jesus, covered with a purple robe,
Jesus, crowned with thorns,
Jesus, struck with a reed upon the head,
Jesus, demanded for crucifixion by the Jews,
Jesus, condemned to an ighominious death,
Jesus, given up to the will of thine enemies,
Jesus, loaded with the heavy’ weight of the cross,
Jesus, led like a sheep to the slaughter,
Jesus, stripped of thy garments,
Jesus, fastened with nails to the cross,
Jesus, wounded for our iniquities,
Jesus, praying to thy Father for thy murderers,
Jesus, reputed with the wicked,
Jesus, blasphemed and scoffed at on the cross,
Jesus, reviled by the malefactor,
Jesus, promising Paradise to the penitent thief,
Jesus, commending St.John to thy Mother as her son,
Jesus, declaring thyself forsaken by thy Father,
Jesus, in thy thirst given gall and vinegar to drink,
Jesus, testifying that all things written concerning thee were accomplished
Jesus, commending thy spirit into the hands of thy Father,
Jesus, obedient even to the death of the cross,
Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Jesus, made a propitiation for us,
Jesus, taken down from the cross,
Jesus, laid in the sepulchre,
Jesus, rising gloriously from thé dead,
Jesus, ascending into heaven,
Jesus, our Advocate with the Father,
Jesus, sending down on thy disciples the Holy Ghost the Paraclete,
Jesus, exalting thy Mother above the choirs of-Angels,
Jesus, who shalt come to judge the living and the dead,
Be merciful.
Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful.
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
From all evil, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From all sin,
From anger, hatred, and every evil will,
From war, famine, and pestilence,
From all dangers of mind and body,
From everlasting death,
Through thy most pure Conception,
Through thy miraculous Nativity,
Through thy humble Circumcision,
Through thy Baptism and holy Fasting,
Through, thy Labors and Watchings,
Through thy cruel Scourging and Crowning,
Through thy Thirst, and Tears, and Nakedness,
Through thy precious Death and Cross,
Through thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension,
Through thy sending forth the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete,
In the day of judgment,
We sinners,
Beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst spare us, We beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldst pardon us,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to true penance,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe mercifully to pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spirit,
That thou would vouchsafe to defend and propagate thy holy Church,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve and increase all societies assembled in thy holy Name,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bestow upon us true peace, humility, and charity,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give us perseverance in grace and in thy holy service,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to deliver us from unclean thoughts, the temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to unite us to the company of thy Saints,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe graciously to hear us,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee.
R. Because through thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.
Let us pray.
O God, who for the redemption of the world wast pleased to be born, to be circumcised, to be rejected by the Jews, to be betrayed by the traitor Judas with a kiss, to be bound with thongs, to be led as an innocent lamb to the slaughter, and to be shamefully presented to the gaze of Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, and Herod; to be accused by false witnesses, to be insulted with scourgings and revilings, to be spit upon and crowned with thorns, to be buffeted upon the face and struck with a reed, to be blindfolded, to be stripped of thy clothes, to be fastened with nails to the cross, to be hoisted up thereon, to be reckoned among thieves, to have gall and vinegar given thee to drink, and to be pierced with a lance; through these thy most holy Sufferings, which we, thy unworthy servants, devoutly call to. mind, and by thy holy Cross and by thy Death, deliver us (or this thy servant N. in his agony) from the pains of hell, and vouchsafe to conduct us whither thou didst conduct the thief who was crucified with thee. Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God, world without end. Amen.
Litany of the Holy Cross.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear 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,
Holy Cross, whereon the Lamb
God was offered for the sins of the world,
Deliver and save us.
Hope of Christians,
Pledge of the resurrection from the dead,
Shelter of persecuted innocence,
Guide of-the blind,
Way of those who have gone astray,
Staff of the lame,
Consolation of the poor,
Restraint of the powerful,
Destruction of the proud,
Refuge of sinners,
Trophy of victory over hell,
Terror of demons,
Mistress of youth,
Succour of the distressed,
Hope of the hopeless,
Star of the mariner,
hour of the wrecked,
Rampart of the besieged,
Father of orphans,
Defence of widows,
Counsel of the just,
Judge of the wicked,
Rest of the afflicted,
Safeguard of childhood,
Strength of manhood,
Last hope of the aged,
Light of those who sit in darkness,
Splendour of kings,
Civiliser of the world,
Buckler impenetrable,
Wisdom of the foolish,
Liberty of slaves,
Knowledge of the ignorant,
Heralded by prophets,
Preached by apostles,
Glory of martyrs,
Study of anchorites,
Chastity of virgins,
Joy of priests,
Foundation of the Church,
Salvation of the world,
Destruction of idolatry,
Stumbling-block of the Jews,
Condemnation of the ungodly,
Support of the weak,
Medicine of the sick,
Health of the leprous,
Strength of the paralytic,
Bread of the hungry,
Fountain of those that thirst,
Clothing of the naked,
Lamb of God, who wast offered on the cross for the
sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who wast offered on the cross for the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who: wast offered on the cross for the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee.
R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world,
Let us pray.
O God, who, for the redemption of the world, wast pleased to be born in a stable, and to die upon a cross; O Lord Jesus Christ, by thy holy Sufferings, which we, thy unworthy servants, devoutly cull to mind, by thy holy Cross, and by thy Death, deliver us from the pains of hell, and vouch- safe to conduct us whither thou didst conduct the thief who was crucified with thee. Who livest and reignest eternally in heaven. Amen.
Litany of the Resurrection.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear 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,
Jesus, Redeemer of mankind,
Jesus, who hast cleansed us by thy blood,
Jesus, Conqueror of sin and death,
Jesus, the Holy One and the Just,
Jesus, the First-Born from the dead,
Jesus, the Second Adam,
Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life,
Jesus, the Author of life,
Jesus, the Author of our salvation,
Jesus, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of by Jacob,
Christ graciously hear us.
Jesus, who by death didst destroy him who had the empire of death,
Jesus, who didst bring life and immortality to light,
Jesus, who didst lay down thy life for thy sheep,
Jesus, who hadst power to lay it down and hadst power to take it up again,
Jesus who after three days didst rise again from the dead,
Jesus, who didst rise very early in the morning on the first day of the week, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, who didst hasten to visit thy blessed Mother in her solitude, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, who didst appear to Mary Magdalen while it was yet dark,
Jesus, who didst graciously console her in her affliction,
Jesus, who didst send thy angels to announce to the women, that thou wast risen as thou hadst said,
Jesus, who didst suffer thyself to be seen of the women, and to be adored by them,
Jesus, who didst appear to Peter, the chief of the apostles,
Jesus, who didst appear, in another shape, to the two disciples going to Emmaus,
Jesus, who didst make thyself known unto them in the breaking of bread,
Jesus, who didst appear to the eleven, saying, Peace be unto you,
Jesus, who didst breathe upon them, and give unto them the Holy Ghost,
Jesus, who didst confirm the faith of Thomas, by shewing unto him thy hands and thy feet,
Jesus, who didst shew thyself again to thy disciples, at the sea of Tiberius,
Jesus, who didst commission Peter to feed thy lambs and thy sheep,
Jesus, who didst converse with thy disciples, upon the mountain of Galilee,
Jesus, who wast seen by more than five hundred brethren at once,
Jesus, who wast seen by James,
Jesus, who didst go in and out among thy apostles, speaking to them of the kingdom of God, and eating with them,
Jesus, who didst lead them out as far as Bethany, and, while they looked on, wast carried up to heaven,
Jesus, who shalt come again with great power and glory, to judge the living and the dead,
Jesus, Son of God,
We sinners,
Beseech thee, hear us.
That we may put off the old man with his acts, Beseech thee, hear us.
That we may put on the new man, who is created in justice and holiness of truth, Beseech thee, hear us.
That we may walk in newness of life,
That we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of thee,
That we may persevere unto the end,
That, having risen with thee, we may die no more,
That we may attain unto the resurrection of the just,
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to feed us continually with the bread of life,
That thou wouldst reform the body of our lowliness, and make it like unto the body of thy glory,
That we may have confidence before thee at thy coming,
That we may behold thy face with joy, We beseech thee, hear us.
That we may be placed on thy right hand in the judgment,
That we may hear those words of joy: Come, ye blessed of my Father, peseess ye the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world,
That thou wouldst give us part in thy heavenly glory,
That, thou wouldst give rest and peace to the faithful departed,
That with them we may obtain everlasting life,
That we may be with thee always, for ever and ever,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us O Lord,
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us,
V. Christ is risen. Alleluia.
R. He is risen indeed, and hath appeared unto Simon. Alleluia.
Let us pray.
O God, who, by thine only-begotten Son, hast (this day) opened the passage to eternity, through his victory over death; vouchsafe, we beseech thee, so to confirm us by thy grace, that we may walk in all our ways like those who have been redeemed from sin. Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Litany of Jesus glorified.
Lord have mercy;
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ nave mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God the Father of heavens, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
Jesus, King of Glory,
Jesus, Lord and Christ,
Jesus, Prince and Savior,
Jesus, blessed and only mighty,
Jesus, who only hast immortality,
Jesus, who didst ascend into heaven,
Jesus, who didst ascend above the stars into the heaven of heavens,
Jesus, who didst ascend to thy Father and our Father, to thy God and our God,
Jesus, who ledst captivity captive,
Jesus, who despoiledst principalities and powers, triumphing over them,
Jesus, who art exalted by the right hand of God,
Jesus, who art exalted far above all principality and power,
Jesus, to whom all power is given in heaven and earth, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, who art seated at the right hand of the Father, Have mercy on us.
Jesus, who art crowned with glory and honour,
Jesus, who art glorified with the glory which thou hadst with the Father before the world was,
Jesus, who art glorified, in thy Sacred Humanity, at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Jesus, who must reign till thou hast put all things under thy feet,
Jesus, whose throne is for ever and ever,
Jesus, who aft adored by all the Angels of God,
Jesus, who art anointed with the oil of gladness above thy fellows,
Jesus, who art the happiness of the Blessed,
Jesus, in whose presence is life,
Jesus, who hast opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers,
Jesus, who hast entered into heaven itself for us,
Jesus, the Mediator of the New Testament,
Jesus, our High Priest forever, according to the order of Melchisedech,
Jesus, who always livest to make intercession for us,
Jesus, who art able to save for ever those that come unto God by thee,
Jesus, Head over all the Church,
Jesus, who didst send down the Holy Ghost on thy disciples,
Jesus, who didst promise that whatsoever we asked in thy name thou wouldst do it,
Jesus, who art gone up into heaven, and yet art present with us in the Sacrament of the Altar,
Jesus, who didst assume thy blessed Mother with glory into heaven,
Jesus, who didst crown her with the brightest diadem of glory,
Jesus, who art gone to prepare a place for us,
Jesus, who shalt come again in like manner as thou wentest away,
Jesus, who didst promise new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth justice,
Jesus, who livest for ever,
Jesus, Son of God,
We sinners,
Beseech thee, hear us,
That we may seek the things that are above, and not the things that are upon earth, We beseech thee, hear us,
That thou wouldst cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God, We beseech thee, hear us,
That we may live the rest of our time in the flesh, not after the desires of men, but according to the will of God,
That thou wouldst dwell in our hearts by faith, That thou wouldst come unto us, and make thy abode with us,
That we may hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,
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- ↑ A Novena is a devotion of nine days, in honour of some mystery of our redemption, to obtain a particular request, or in honour of the B. v. Mary, or some of the Saints, to beg their intercession in obtaining it. It may be performed with any forms of prayer.
- ↑ This Litany may be connected with the following, by passing from this asterisk to that in the next page Taken thus together, they form one continuous Litany.