Scriptural Litany

Abridged from the Paradisus Animæ.

O God the heavenly Father,
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
O God the Holy Ghost,
O Sacred Trinity, one God,
O God, from whom, in whom, and by whom are all things. Rom. xi. 36.
O God, in whom we live, we move, and we exist. Acts, xvii. 28.
O God, who alone hast immortality, and dwellest in inaccessible light. 1 Tim. vi. 16.
O God, whose majesty filleth the whole earth. Ps. lxxi. 19.
O God, whom heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain. 2 Kings, viii. 27
O God, who hast made all things for thyself. Prov. xvi. 4.
O God, who dost multiply nations, and destroy them, and restore them again. Job, xii. 23.
O God, in whose hand is the soul of every living creature, and the spirit of all flesh. Job, xii. 10.
O God, who hast power to cast body and soul into hell. Matt. x. 28.
O God, who dost great, unsearchable, and wonderful things without number. Job, v. 9.
O God, whose eyes are brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men. Eccl. xxiii. 28.

Have mercy on us.

O God, who catchest the cunning in their deceit, and confoundest the counsel of the wicked. Job, v. 13.
O God, who searchest the heart, and triest the reins. Jer. xvii. 10.
O God, whose judgments are incomprehensible, and whose ways are unsearchable. Rom. xi. 33.
O God, who art merciful and patient, of much compassion, and true. Num. xiv. 18.
O God, who art the Father of the poor, and the judge of widows. Ps. cxliv. 16.
O God, our Protector, and our Reward exceedingly great. Gen. xv. 1.
O God, who art the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. 1 Tim. vi. 13.
O God, who art the King of ages, immortal and invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17.

Have mercy on us.

Be merciful to us ;—And spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful to us ;—And hear us, O Lord.

From all sin,
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 thy only begotten Son,

O Lord deliver us.

We sinners—Beseech thee to hear us.

That we may love thee, the Lord our God, with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind,
That we may adore thee alone, and serve thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives,
That we may never profane thy holy name by oaths, curses, or profane words,
That we may remember to keep holy the days consecrated to thy service,
That we may give due honor to our parents and lawful superiors,
That we may not injure our neighbor 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 another what we would not have others do to us,
That thou wouldst make every grace of thine abound in us,
That we may exhibit 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 beginning of the world,

We beseech thee to hear us.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Hear us, O Lord.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.—As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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 superior to 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 two-fold duty May we never be so presumptuous as to oppose our uncertain reasoning to thy infallible truth; and may we never be so daring as deliberately to transgress thy most high and holy commands. Thus continuing until death in an entire subjection to thee, may we then come to the clear and perfect enjoyment of thee, who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.

Here may be added any of the Prayers at the end of the foregoing Litany of the Holy Mass, or the following Prayer.

O ALMIGHTY Lord of heaven and earth, behold I, a wretched sinner, presume to appear before thee this day, to offer up to thee, by the hands of our High Priest, Jesus Christ thy Son, the sacrifice of his body and blood, in union with the sacrifice which he offered to thee on the Cross: 1st, for thy own honor, praise, adoration and glory; 2dly, in remembrance of his death and passion; 3dly, in thanksgiving for thy blessings bestowed upon him, and on his whole Church, whether triumphant in heaven, or militant on earth, and especially for those bestowed on me the most unworthy of all 4thly, for obtaining pardon and remission of all my sins, and those of all others, whether living or dead, for whom I ought to pray; and lastly, for obtaining all graces and blessings both for myself, and for thy whole Church. O be thou pleased to assist me in such manner by thy grace, that I may so commemorate the death and passion of thy Son, as to partake most plentifully of the fruits thereof through the same Jesus Christ. Amen.