Litany of the Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

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,
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Jesus, the desired of all nations,
Jesus, sent by the Father into the world,
Jesus, conceived by the Holy Ghost,
Jesus, the word made flesh,
Jesus, taking the form of a servant,
Jesus, in the womb of Mary, visiting and sanctifying John the Baptist,
Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary,
Jesus, wrapped up in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger,
Jesus, adored by the shepherds, in the stable,
Jesus, subjecting thyself to the law of circumcision,
Jesus, adored by the wise men,
Jesus, presented in the temple,
Jesus, carried into Egypt,
Jesus, sought for by Herod to be destroyed,
Jesus, brought up in Nazareth,
Jesus, lost by thy holy Mother, and found in the temple, in the midst of the doctors,
Jesus, subject to thy parents,
Jesus, baptized by John,
Jesus, fasting, and tempted in the desert,
Jesus, conversing with men.
Jesus, choosing poor and illiterate men for thy disciples,
Jesus, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God,
Jesus, healing all diseases and infirmities among the people,
Jesus, transfigured on the mountain,
Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver,
Jesus washing thy disciples' feet,
Jesus, eating the Pasch with thy disciples.
Jesus, making a food of thy Body, and a drink of thy Blood, for the nourishment of our souls,

Jesus, prostrate in humble prayer in the garden of Olives,
Jesus, thrown into an agony, and covered with a bloody sweat,
Jesus, comforted by an Angel,
Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss,
Jesus, tied and bound by thy enemies,
Jesus, abandoned by thy disciples,
Jesus, arraigned before Annas and Caiphas,
Jesus, struck on the face by a servant,
Jesus, accused by false witnesses,
Jesus, judged guilty of death,
Jesus, spit upon, blindfolded and buffeted,
Jesus, denied thrice by Peter,
Jesus, delivered in chains to Pilate,
Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod,
Jesus, postponed to Barabbas,
Jesus, cruelly scourged with whips,
Jesus, wounded and bruised for our sins,
Jesus, clothed in derision with a purple garment,
Jesus, crowned with thorns,
Jesus, with a reed in thy hand instead of a sceptre, derided and insulted as a mock-king,
Jesus, most unjustly condemned to the ignominious death of the cross,
Jesus, loaded with a heavy cross, and carrying it to Calvary,
Jesus, led as an innocent lamb to slaughter,
Jesus, nailed to the cross, and elevated upon it, between two thieves,
Jesus, who hast loved us and delivered thyself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God,
Jesus, who didst wash us from our sins in thy blood,
Jesus, praying for thy enemies,
Jesus, blasphemed by those who passed by,
Jesus, promising paradise to the repenting thief,
Jesus, giving Mary to John for his mother,
Jesus, amorously complaining of being forsaken by thy Father.
Jesus, drenched in thy thirst with vinegar and gall,
Jesus, recommending thy spirit into thy Father's hands,
Jesus, bowing thy head, and expiring on the cross,

Jesus, whose side was opened with a spear, whence issued forth blood and water,
Jesus, taken down from the cross, wrapped up in a clean linen cloth, and laid in a new monument,
Jesus, whose soul, after thy death, descended into hell,
Jesus, who wast delivered up for our sins, and who didst rise for our justification.
Jesus, who, rising from the dead, diest now no more,
Jesus, ascending into heaven,
Jesus, who sittest at the right hand of God,
Jesus, crowned with honor and glory,
Jesus, King of kings, and Lord of lords,
Jesus, who hast gone to prepare a place for us in the house of thy Father,
Jesus, our advocate before the Father, always living to make intercession for us,
Jesus, who didst send the Holy Ghost to thy disciples,
Jesus, who wilt come at the last day to judge the living and the dead,
Jesus, who wilt cast out the wicked into everlasting fire,
Jesus, who wilt put thy elect in possession of thy eternal kingdom,

Have mercy on us.

Be merciful; Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful; Hear us, O Lord.
From all evil, Lord Jesus, deliver us.

From a sudden and unprovided death,
From the snares of the devil,
From anger, hatred, and ill-will,
From everlasting death,
Through thy most holy life,
Through thy most bitter passion,
Through thy unspeakable glory,
Through thy infinite merits,

Lord Jesus, deliver us.

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us.

That we may always bear about in our body thy mortification,
That we may crucify our flesh, with its vices and concupiscences,
That we may take up our cross, every day, and follow thee,
That we may seek, above all things, to know thee, our crucified Jesus,
That thy sacred blood may cleanse our consciences from dead works, to serve the living God,
That being dead to sin, and buried together with thee, we also may rise with thee, and walk in newness of life,
That looking at the example thou hast left us, we may follow thy steps,
That being partakers of thy sufferings, we may also be so of thy glory,

We beseech thee to hear us.

Lamb of God, &c.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

℣. Truly, he has borne our infirmities.

℟. And he has carried our sorrows.

LET US PRAY.

O GOD! whose only begotten Son, by his life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech thee, that commemorating those sacred mysteries, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise; through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.