Litany of the Saints

I’ve read that this beautiful prayer is “the model of all other litanies.”

Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ, 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 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.
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
All you holy Angels and Archangels, pray for us.
All you holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
All you holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Andrew, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Thomas, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint Philip, pray for us.
Saint Bartholomew, pray for us.
Saint Matthew, pray for us.
Saint Simon, pray for us.
Saint Thaddeus, pray for us.
Saint Matthias, pray for us.
Saint Barnabas, pray for us.
Saint Luke, pray for us.
Saint Mark, pray for us.
All you holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.
All you holy Disciples of our Lord, pray for us.
All you holy Innocents, pray for us.
Saint Stephen, pray for us.
Saint Lawrence, pray for us.
Saint Vincent, pray for us.
Saints Fabian and Sebastian, pray for us.
Saints John and Paul, pray for us.
Saints Cosmas and Damian, pray for us.
Saints Gervase and Protase, pray for us.
All you holy Martyrs, pray for us.
Saint Sylvester, pray for us.
Saint Gregory, pray for us.
Saint Ambrose, pray for us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for us.
Saint Martin, pray for us.
Saint Nicholas, pray for us.
All you holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for us.
All you holy Doctors, pray for us.
Saint Anthony, pray for us.
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, pray for us.
Saint Dominic, pray for us.
Saint Francis, pray for us.
All you holy Priests and Levites, pray for us.
All you holy Monks and Hermits, pray for us.
Saint Mary Magdalen, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Catherine, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
All you holy Virgins and Widows, pray for us.
All you holy 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 Your wrath, O Lord, deliver us.
From a sudden and unprovided death, O Lord, deliver us.
From the snares of the Devil, O Lord, deliver us. 
From anger, and 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 earthquakes, O Lord, deliver us. 
From plague, famine, and war, O Lord, deliver us.
From everlasting death, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through the mystery of your holy Incarnation, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through your Coming, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through your Nativity, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through your Baptism and holy Fasting, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through your Cross and Passion, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through your Death and Burial, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through your holy Resurrection, O Lord, deliver us. 
Through your admirable Ascension, O Lord, deliver us.
Through the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, O Lord, deliver us. 
On the Day of Judgment, O Lord, deliver us. 

We sinners, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would spare us, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would pardon us, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would bring us to true penance, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to govern and preserve your holy Church, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to preserve our Apostolic Prelate, and all orders of the Church in holy religion, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to humble the enemies of the Holy Church, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to give peace and true concord to Christian kings and princes, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to grant peace and unity to all Christian people, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to call back to the unity of the Church all who have strayed from the truth and lead all unbelievers to the light of the Gospel, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to confirm and preserve us in your holy service, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would lift up our minds to heavenly desires, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would render eternal blessings to all our benefactors, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deliver our souls and the souls of our brethren, relations and benefactors, from eternal damnation, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to give and preserve the fruits of the earth, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech You, hear us.
That you would deign to graciously hear us, we beseech You, hear us.
Son of God, we beseech You, hear us.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, 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. 

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