Litany of Saints

LORD, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
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 GHOST, 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 YE HOLY ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY ORDERS OF BLESSED SPIRITS, pray for us.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, pray for us. ST. JOSEPH, pray for us.
ALL YE 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. THADDEUS, pray for us.
ST. BARNABAS, pray for us.
ST. LUKE, pray for us.
ST. MARK, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY APOSTLES AND EVANGELIST, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY DISCIPLES OF OUR LORD, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY INNOCENTS, pray for us.

ST. STEPHEN, pray for us.
ST. LAWRENCE, pray for us.
ST. VINCENT, pray for us.
SS. FABIAN AND SEBASTIAN, pray for us.
SS. JOHN AND PAUL, pray for us.
SS. COSMOS AND DAMIAN, pray for us.
SS. GERVASE AND PROTASE, pray for us.
ALL YE 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 YE HOLY BISHOPS AND CONFESSORS, pray for us.
ALL YE 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 YE HOLY PRIESTS AND LEVITES, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY MONKS AND HERMITS, pray for us.

ST. MARY MAGDALEN, pray for us.
ST. AGATHA, pray for us.
ST. LUCY, pray for us.
ST. AGNES, pray for us.
ST. CECILIA, pray for us.
ST. CATHERINE, pray for us.
ST. ANASTASIA, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY VIRGINS AND WIDOWS, pray for us.
ALL YE MEN AND WOMEN, SAINTS OF GOD, make intercession for us.

BE MERCIFUL, spare us, O Lord!
BE MERCIFUL, graciously hear us, O Lord!

FROM ALL EVIL, O Lord, deliver us.
FROM ALL SIN, O Lord, deliver us.
FROM THY WRATH, O Lord, deliver us.
FROM A SUDDEN AND UNPROVIDED 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 GHOST, THE PARACLETE, O Lord, deliver us.

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, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST BRING US TO TRUE PENANCE, We Beseech Thee hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST GOVERN AND PRESERVE THY HOLY CHURCH, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST PRESERVE OUR APOSTOLIC PRELATE AND ALL ECCLESIASTICAL ORDERS IN HOLY RELIGION. We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST TO HUMBLE THE ENEMIES OF THY HOLY CHURCH, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST TO GIVE PEACE AND TRUE CONCORD TO CHRISTIAN KINGS AND PRINCES, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST GRANT PEACE AND UNITY TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST 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 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, RELATIVE, AND BENEFACTORS FROM ETERNAL DAMNATION, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST GIVE AND PRESERVE THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST GIVE ETERNAL REST TO ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, We beseech Thee, hear us.
THAT THOU WOULDST GRACIOUSLY 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.
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 on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.

(Silently)
Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins. As we forgive those who sin against us.
V- And Lead Us Not Into Temptation.
R- But Deliver Us From Evil.

Psalm LXIX (69)
Incline unto my aid, O God.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul.
Let them be turned backward and blush for shame that desire evils to me.
Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame that say to me, “Tis well, ’tis well.”
Let all that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; and let such as love Thy salvation say always, The Lord be magnified. But I am needy and poor: O God, help me.
Thou art my helper and my deliverer; O Lord, make no delay.

Glory Be To The Father, etc.

V- Save Thy servants.
R- Trusting in Thee, O my God.

V- Be unto us, O Lord, a tower a strength.
R- From the face of the enemy.

V- Let not the enemy prevail against us.
R- Nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt us.

V- O Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins.
R- Neither reward us according to our iniquities.

V- Let us pray for our chief bishop: (name)
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 those who do us good.

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 Thy holy place.
R- And from Sion protect them.

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 petition, that we and all Thy servants who are bound by the chain of sin, may, by the compassion of Thy goodness, mercifully be absolved.

Hear, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the prayers of Thy supplicants, and pardon the sins of those who confess to Thee, that, in Thy bounty, Thou mayest grant us both pardon and peace.

In Thy clemency, O Lord, show Thy unspeakable mercy to us, that so 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, who make supplication to Thee, and turn away the scourges of Thine anger, which we deserve for our sins.

O almighty and eternal God, have mercy on Thy servant (N)., our chief bishop, and direct him according to Thy clemency, in the way of everlasting salvation, that, by Thy grace, he may desire the things that are pleasing to Thee, and perform them with all his strength.

O God, from Whom are all holy desires, righteous counsels, and just works, give to Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that, our hearts being disposed to keep Thy commandments, and the fear of enemies taken away, the times, by Thy protection, may be peaceful.

Inflame, O Lord, our reins and hearts with the fire of the Holy Spirit; 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 they have always desired.

Direct, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our actions by Thy holy inspirations, and carry them on by Thy gracious assistance; that every prayer and work of ours may always begin from Thee, and through Thee be happily ended.

O almighty and eternal God, Who hast dominion over the living and the dead, and art merciful to all who Thou foreknowest will be Thine by faith and good works: we humbly beseech Thee that they for whom we have purposed to offer our prayers, whether this present world still detains them in the flesh or the next world hath already received them divested of their bodies, may, by the intercession of Thy saints and the clemency of Thy goodness, obtain pardon and full remission of all their sins.

Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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 my the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R- Amen.

The Athanasian Creed

This is the Athanasian Creed also known as the “Quicumque Vult” form the first two words in Latin.
Though the actual author(s) of the Creed are not known, the content of the Creed especially the focus on the Trinity and the two-fold nature of Christ show that it has a true and early Christian foundation.

The Athanasian Creed (Written against the Arians)

Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the catholic faith.
Which faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall perish everlastingly.
And the catholic faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity;
Neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the Substance.
For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost.
But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is all one: the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost.
The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Ghost uncreated.
The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible.
The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal.
And yet they are not three Eternals, but one Eternal.
As there are not three Uncreated nor three Incomprehensibles, but one Uncreated and one Incomprehensible.
So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Ghost almighty.
And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty.
So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God.
And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Ghost Lord.
And yet not three Lords, but one Lord.
For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord, So are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say, There be three Gods, or three Lords.
The Father is made of none: neither created nor begotten.
The Son is of the Father alone; not made, nor created, but begotten.
The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son: neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts.
And in this Trinity none is before or after other; none is greater or less than another;
But the whole three Persons are coeternal together, and coequal: so that in all things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshiped.
He, therefore, that will be saved must thus think of the Trinity.
Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation that he also believe faithfully the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the right faith is, that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man;
God of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the worlds;
and Man of the substance of His mother, born in the world;
Perfect God and perfect Man, of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting.
Equal to the Father as touching His Godhead, and inferior to the Father as touching His manhood;
Who, although He be God and Man, yet He is not two, but one Christ: One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking the manhood into God;
One altogether;
not by confusion of Substance, but by unity of Person.
For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man, so God and Man is one Christ;
Who suffered for our salvation;
descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead;
He ascended into heaven;
He sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty; from whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies, and shall give an account of their own works.
And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting;
and they that have done evil, into everlasting fire.
This is the catholic faith; which except a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot be saved.

Full Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel by Pope Leo XIII (from the Roman Ritual Rite of Exorcism)

O glorious Prince of the Heavenly host, Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle and fearful warfare that we are waging against the principalities and powers, against the rulers of this world of darkness, against the evil spirits. Come thou to the assistance of men, whom Almighty God created immortal, making them in His own image and likeness and redeeming them at a great price from the tyranny of Satan. Fight this day the battle of the Lord with thy legions of holy Angels, even as of old thou didst fight against Lucifer, the leader of the proud spirits and all his rebel angels, who were powerless to stand against thee, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And that great dragon was cast forth, the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and satan, who seduces the whole world; and he was cast forth upon Earth, and his angels were
sent with him.

But behold! the ancient enemy of mankind and a murderer from the beginning has been fiercely aroused. Changing himself into an angel of light, he goes about with the whole multitude of the wicked spirits to invade the earth and blot out the Name of God and of His Christ, to plunder, to slay, and to consign to eternal damnation the souls that have been destined for a crown of everlasting life. This wicked serpent, like an unclean torrent, pours into men of depraved minds and corrupt hearts the poison of his malice, the spirit of lying, impiety and blasphemy, and the deadly breath of impurity and every form of vice and iniquity.

Be favorable to Thy Church, the Bride of the Lamb without spot, whose enemies have filled to overflowing with gall and inebriated with wormwood. They have laid profane hands upon Her most sacred treasures. Where the See of the most blessed Peter and the Chair of Truth has been constituted as a light to the nations, there they have placed a throne of their abomination and impiety; so that with the Pastor struck, they may prevail to disperse the flock.

Therefore, most invincible Leader, be with the people of God against this spiritual wickedness and bring about victory. Thou art venerated by Holy Church as Her guard and patron; Thou art glorified as our defender against the impious powers of earth and of hell. Unto thee the Lord hath handed over the souls of the redeemed to be placed in happiness above. Entreat the God of peace, to obliterate satan beneath our feet, lest he prevail further to hold men captive, and to injure the Church. Offer our prayers in the sight of the Most High, so that the mercy of the Lord may swiftly overtake us, and apprehend the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the devil and satan, and send him bound into the abyss, so that he may seduce the nations no more. Henceforth having been confided to thy escort and protection, we sacred ministers by our authority [if recited by a layman, or cleric who has not yet taken up the order of exorcist, say instead, “by the authority of Holy Mother Church”], do undertake to repel the infestations of diabolical deceit in the Name of Jesus Christ, Our God and Lord.

V. Behold the Cross of the Lord, depart from us, our adversaries.
R. The Lion of the tribe of Juda, root of David, has conquered.
V. Let Thy mercy be upon us Lord.
R. As much as we hope in Thee.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
[If recited by at least a deacon add the following
V. The Lord be with you all.
R. And with thy spirit.]

Let us pray

O God, and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we invoke Thy Holy Name, and we humbly implore Thy clemency so that, through the intercession of Mary, the Immaculate ever-Virgin Mother of God, of blessed Michael the Archangel, of blessed Joseph, the Spouse of the same blessed Virgin, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, Thou may deign to offer us aid against satan, and all the other unclean spirits, who wander through the world to injure the human race and to destroy souls. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Little Office Of The Immaculate Conception

V. Come, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful;
R. And enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created;
R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let us Pray: O God, Who by the light of the
Holy Ghost, didst instruct the hearts of the
faithful, grant us by that same Holy Ghost that
we may be made truly wise, and ever to
rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen.

MATINS and LAUDS
V. Come, my lips + and loud proclaim,
R. The Blessed Virgin’s spotless fame.
V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me;
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily
defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Ghost;
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be, forever, unto ages of ages. Amen.

(Alleluia) From Septuagesima to Easter, Alleluia is replaced by: Praised be to Thee, O Lord, King
of eternal glory.

HYMN
Hail, Queen of the Heavens, hail, Mistress of
earth;
Hail, Virgin most pure of Immaculate Birth.
Clear Star of the morning, in beauty enshrined,
O Lady, make speed to the help of mankind.
Thee God in the depth of eternity chose,
And formed thee all fair as His glorious spouse.
And called thee His Word’s own Mother to be,
By Whom He created the earth, sky and sea.
Amen.

V. God elected her and pre-elected her;
R. He made her to dwell in His tabernacle.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray
O Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the whole
world, who never forsakest or despisest
anyone, look upon us with an eye of pity, and
beg of thy beloved Son the pardon of all our
sins, that we who now devoutly celebrate thy
Immaculate Conception may receive the
reward of eternal joy, through the mercy of
Jesus Christ our Lord, Whom thou, pure Virgin,
didst bring into the world, and Who with the
Father and the Holy Ghost, in perfect Trinity,
liveth and reigneth one God, forever, unto ages
of ages. Amen.

V. O Lady, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God and the intercession
of Mary rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R. We love Thee, save souls.

PRIME
V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily
defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father…

HYMN
Hail, Virgin most wise, hail, Deity’s shrine,
With seven fair pillars, and table Divine.
Preserved from the guilt which hath come on
us all;
Exempt in the womb from the taint of the Fall.
O new Star of Jacob, of Angels the Queen,
O Gate of the saints, O Mother of men,
O Terrible as the embattled array,
Be thou of the faithful the Refuge and Stay.
Amen.

V. The Lord Himself created her in the Holy
Ghost;
R. And poured her out among all His works.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray:
O Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the whole
world, who never forsakest or despisest
anyone, look upon us with an eye of pity, and
beg of thy beloved Son the pardon of all our
sins, that we who now devoutly celebrate thy
Immaculate Conception may receive the
reward of eternal joy, through the mercy of
Jesus Christ our Lord, Whom thou, pure Virgin,
didst bring into the world, and Who with the
Father and the Holy Ghost, in perfect Trinity,
liveth and reigneth one God, forever, unto ages
of ages. Amen.

V. O Lady, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God and the intercession
of Mary rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R. We love Thee, save souls.

TIERCE
V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me;
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily
defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father…

HYMN
Hail, Solomon’s throne, pure Ark of the law,
Fair Rainbow and Bush which the patriarch saw.
Hail, Gideon’s Fleece, Hail, Blossoming Rod;
Samson’s Sweet Honeycomb, Portal of God.
Well fitting it was that a Son so Divine
Should preserve from all touch of original sin;
Nor suffer by smallest defect to be stained,
That Mother whom He for Himself had
ordained.
Amen.

V. I dwell in the highest,
R. And my throne is on the pillar of the clouds.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray
With all my heart, I praise thee, most holy
Virgin Mary, above all the Angels and Saints in
Paradise; Beloved Daughter of the Eternal
Father, I consecrate to thee my soul with all its
faculties. Hail Mary…

V. O Lady, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God and the intercession
of Mary rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R. We love Thee, save souls.

SEXT
V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily
defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father…

HYMN
Hail, Virginal Mother, hail, Purity’s Cell;
Fair shrine where the Trinity loveth to dwell.
Hail, Garden of Pleasure, Celestial Balm,
Cedar of Chastity, martyrdom’s palm.
Thou Land set apart from uses profane,
And free from the curse which in Adam began.
Thou City of God, thou Gate of the East,
In thee is all grace, O Joy of the Blest.
Amen.

V. As the lily among the thorns,
R. So is my Beloved among the daughters of
Adam.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray
With all my heart, I praise thee, most holy
Virgin Mary, above all the Angels and Saints in
Paradise; admirable Mother of the Son of God,
I consecrate to thee my body with all its
senses.
Hail Mary…

V. O Lady, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God and the intercession
of Mary rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R. We love Thee, save souls.

NONE
V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily
defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father, etc.

HYMN
Hail, City of Refuge, hail, David’s High Tower,
With battlements crowned and girded with
power.
Filled at thy Conception with love and with
light,
The dragon by thee was shorn of his might.
O Woman most valiant, O Judith thrice blest,
As David was nursed in fair Abisag’s breast;
As the Saviour of Egypt upon Rachel’s knee,
So the world’s great Redeemer was cherished
by thee.
Amen.

V. Thou art all fair, my Beloved,
R. And the original stain was never in thee.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray
With all my heart, I praise thee, most holy
Virgin Mary, above all the Angels and Saints in
Paradise; faithful Spouse of the Holy Ghost, I
consecrate to thee my heart with all its
affections and beseech thee to obtain for me
from the most Holy Trinity all the graces
necessary for salvation.
Hail Mary…

V. O Lady, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God and the intercession
of Mary rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R. We love Thee, save souls.

VESPERS
V. O Lady + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily
defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father…

HYMN
Hail, dial of Achaz, on thee the true Sun
Told backward the course which from old He
had run.
And that man might be raised, submitting to
shame,
A little more low than the Angels became.
Thou wrapt in the blaze of His Infinite Light,
Doth shine as the morn on the confines of
night.
As the moon on the lost through obscurity
dawns,
The serpent’s destroyer, a lily amid thorns.
Amen.

V. I made an unfailing light to arise in Heaven,
R. And as a mist I overspread the whole earth.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray
O Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the whole
world, who never forsakest or despisest
anyone, look upon us with an eye of pity, and
beg of thy beloved Son the pardon of all our
sins, that we who now devoutly celebrate thy
Immaculate Conception may receive the
reward of eternal joy, through the mercy of
Jesus Christ our Lord, Whom thou, pure Virgin,
didst bring into the world, and Who with the
Father and the Holy Ghost, in perfect Trinity,
liveth and reigneth one God, forever, unto ages
of ages. Amen.

V. O Lady, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God and the intercession
of Mary rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R. We love Thee, save souls.

COMPLINE
V. May Jesus Christ thy Son, reconciled by thy
prayers, O Lady, + convert our hearts.
R. And turn away His anger from us.
V. O Lady, + make speed to befriend me.
R. From the hands of the enemy mightily
defend me.
V. Glory be to the Father, etc.

HYMN
Hail, Mother most pure, Hail Virgin renowned,
Hail, Queen with the stars as a diadem
crowned.
Above all the Angels in glory untold,
Standing next to the King in a vesture of gold.
O Mother of Mercy, O Star of the Wave, O Hope of the guilty, O Light of the Grave, Through thee may we come to the Haven of rest And see Heaven’s King in the courts of the blest.
Amen.

V. Thy name, O Mary, is as oil poured out.
R. Thy servants have loved thee exceedingly.
V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us Pray
O Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the whole
world, who never forsakest or despisest
anyone, look upon us with an eye of pity, and
beg of thy beloved Son the pardon of all our
sins, that we who now devoutly celebrate thy
Immaculate Conception may receive the
reward of eternal joy, through the mercy of
Jesus Christ our Lord, Whom thou, pure Virgin,
didst bring into the world, and Who with the
Father and the Holy Ghost, in perfect Trinity,
liveth and reigneth one God, forever, unto ages
of ages. Amen.

V. O Lady, hear my prayer,
R..And let my cry come unto thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord. (Benedicamus Domino)
R. Thanks be to God. (Deo Gratias)
V. May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God and the intercession
of Mary rest in peace.
R..Amen.
V. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
R..We love Thee, save souls.

COMMENDATION
These praises and prayers I lay at thy feet,
O Virgin of virgins, O Mary most sweet.
Be thou my true Guide through this pilgrimage
here,
And stand by my side when death draweth
near.
V. Deo Gratias.
Antiphon: There is a bough in which no blur of
either kind, original or wrought, hath touched
the Virgin rind.
V. In thy Conception, O Virgin, thou wast Immaculate;
R. Pray for us to the Father, Whose Son thou didst bear.

Let us Pray
O God, Who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary didst prepare a worthy habitation for Thy Son, we beseech Thee, that
as by the foresight of His death Thou didst exempt her from all stain, so we, purified by her intercession, may come to Thee, through
the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy
Ghost, forever, unto ages of ages. Amen.

Literal Translation Of The Lord’s Prayer

I just found this literal translation of the Lord’s prayer.
One look at it and you will understand why the Church had to re-arrange it. In this form, the prayer seems unorganized.

“Father of-us the in the heavens,
let-be made-holy the name of-you,
let-come the kingdom of-you,
let-come-about the will of-you,
as in heaven also upon earth.
The bread of-us the daily give to-us today
and dismiss to-us the debts of-us,
as also we dismissed to-the debtors of-us.
And not into-bring us into trial,
but deliver us from the evil.”

Chaplet of Acts of the Love of God

Saying this prayer gains one

I) A partial indulgence if said once a day for 300 Days.
II) A Plenary indulgence once a year, to those who say them at least ten times a month.
(Special conditions for gaining the plenary indulgence are Confession,Communion,Visit to a church or public chapel and Prayer according to the Pope’s intention.)

THE PRAYER
(1st Decade)
O My GOD, and Sovereign Good, would that I had always loved Thee!
2. My GOD, I detest that time when I loved Thee not.
3. How could I ever live so long without thy holy love?
4. And Thou, too, my GOD, how couldst Thou bear with me?
5. My GOD, I give Thee thanks for thy great patience.
6. But now I desire to love Thee for ever.
7. I am content rather to die than love Thee not.
8. Take from me my life, O my GOD, if I am not to love Thee.
9. The grace I beg of Thee is to love Thee ever.
10. With thy love I shall be blessed.

Gloria PATRI.

(2nd Decade)
MY GOD, I would see Thee loved by all.
2. Happy should I be, could I but shed my blood that all might love Thee.
3. He who loves Thee not is blind indeed.
4. My GOD, give him thy light.
5. Miserable indeed are they who love not Thee, the Sovereign Good.
6. My GOD, let me never be one of those wretched ones who love Thee not.
7. My GOD, be Thou my joy, and all my good.
8. I would be wholly thine for ever.
9. Who shall separate me from thy holy love?
10. Come, all ye creatures, love ye my GOD.

Gloria PATRI.

(3rd Decade)
MY GOD, I would I had a thousand hearts wherewith to love Thee.
2. I would that I had all hearts of all men wherewith to love Thee.
3. I would there were more worlds, that all might love Thee.
4. How blessed would he be who could love Thee with the hearts of all possible creatures!
5. Thou meritest, my GOD, to be so loved.
6. My heart is too poor, too cold, to love Thee.
7. Alas for the dead coldness of men in not loving their Sovereign Good!
8. Alas for the miserable blindness of the world which knows not Thee, who art true love.
9. O blessed inhabitants of heaven, who know and love him!
10. O blessed necessity of loving GOD!

Gloria PATRI.

(4th Decade)
MY GOD, when will the time come that I shall burn with love for Thee?
2. Oh, then what happiness were mine!
3. But, since I know not how to love Thee, I will at least rejoice that there are so many others who love
Thee with their whole hearts.
4. In particular I rejoice that Thou art loved by all angels and all saints in heaven.
5. With the hearts of all these I unite the love of my poor heart.
6. In a special manner I intend to love Thee with the love with which those Saints who loved Thee best
have loved Thee.
7. Wherefore I intend to love Thee with the love wherewith St Mary Magdalene, St Catherine and St
Teresa loved Thee.
8. With the love wherewith St Augustine, St Dominic, St Francis Xavier, St Philip Neri and St Louis
Gonzaga loved Thee.
9. With the love wherewith thy Holy Apostles, especially St Peter, St Paul, and the beloved Disciple,
loved Thee.
10. With that same love wherewith St Joseph the great Patriarch loved Thee.

Gloria PATRI.

(5th Decade)
MOREOVER, I intend to love Thee with that love wherewith Mary most holy, loved Thee when on
earth.
2. In particular with that love wherewith she loved Thee when she conceived thy Divine SON in her
virgin womb, when she brought Him forth, when she suckled Him, and when she saw Him die.
3. Yet more, I intend to love Thee with that love wherewith she loves Thee, and will love Thee forever in
heaven.
4. But to love Thee worthily, O my GOD of infinite goodness, not even this love suffices.
5. Wherefore I would love Thee as thy SON, the Divine Word made Man, did love Thee.
6. As He loved Thee when He was born.
7. As He loved Thee when He died upon the Cross.
8. As He loves Thee ever in those sacred tabernacles where He lies hid.
9. And with that love with which He loves Thee and will love Thee in heaven for all eternity.
10. Lastly, I would fain love Thee with that love with which Thou lovest thyself; but since that is
impossible, grant me, O my GOD, of thy tender pity, that I may love Thee as far as I know how and am
able, and as Thou art pleased that I should love Thee. Amen and Amen.

Gloria PATRI.

Let us pray.
O GOD, who hast prepared invisible good things for them that love Thee, pour into our hearts such a
desire of thy love, that we, loving Thee in all things and above all things, may attain thy heavenly
promises, which exceed all that we can desire. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.

Taken from the Raccolta.