Litany for Children

Jesus, the almighty God,
Jesus, the God of peace,
Jesus, the lover of mankind,
Jesus, model of meekness and humility,
Jesus, model of innocence and simplicity,
Jesus, model of truth and sincerity,
Jesus, model of chastity and purity of heart,
Jesus, pattern of submission and obedience,
Jesus, pattern of mildness and gentleness,
Jesus, pattern of charity and good-will to men,
Jesus, pattern of all virtues,
Have mercy on us.

Be merciful, O Jesus, and spare us.
Be merciful, O Jesus, and hear us.

From all irreligion,
From profane ridicule and contempt of what is holy,
From the neglect of what we know to be our duty,
From carelessness in performing it,
From indevotion at our prayers,
From the neglect of thy calls, and inspirations,
From lying, deceit, and hypocrisy,
From all disrespect and disobedience to our parents and superiors,
From stubbornness and obstinacy,
From ingratitude to those who do us good,
From all ill-will,
From hatred and aversion,
From all ill-nature and spitefulness,
From seeking revenge,
From a heedless and unthinking life,
From too great a love of ourselves and our own wills,
From the contempt of advice,
From inattention to learning and the instructions of our superiors,
From all loss of the valuable time of youth,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.

We sinners, beseech thee, hear us.

That we may love thee above all things, and our neighbour as ourselves,
That our love of thee may show itself in the observance of thy commandments,
That the love of our neighbour may appear in always doing to him as we wish him to do to us,
That we may never deceive our neighbour by fraud, lying, or any cunning device of the heart,
That we may be grateful to thee, the giver of all good gifts,
That we may live soberly, justly, and godly; and keep our thoughts free from all the defilements of sin,
That our thoughts, words, and actions, may be directed to thee, who art the author of life here, and happiness hereafter,
That we may be sensible of the advantage we have over many others, of knowing thee and our duty,
That we may make a good use of this advantage, by seeking instruction, loving our prayers, our learning, and all other duties,
That we may love order, regularity, and good discipline,
That we may hate idleness, as the source of much wickedness,
That we may always remember, that cursed is he who doeth the work of God negligently,
That a spirit of mildness and gentleness to others may appear in all our actions,
That we may bear with others' failings, as we wish them to bear with our own,
That we may live together as brothers, children of the same Father, and looking for the blessed hope, and coming of thee, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
We beseech thee, hear us.

Christ Jesus, hear us.
Christ Jesus, graciously hear us.

Let us Pray.

O JESUS, our merciful Redeemer, who didst call children to thee, didst embrace them, and give them thy blessing, give thy blessing to us also, we beseech thee, for this day, and through the course of our lives. Grant that we may ever love thee above all things and with our whole hearts, love our neighbour as ourselves, and ardently aspire after that happiness, for which we were created.

Bless our parents, teachers, relations, and benefactors: preserve them from evil, and direct them to all good: and grant that we may all meet together in thy eternal kingdom. Amen.