An Advent Litany of Repentance
Based upon the Litany of St Cyprian for a Great Repentance and Revival
"At the setting of the sun also, and at the ending of the day, we must of necessity pray. For since Christ is the true Sun and the true Day, it is for his return that we are asking for when we pray and ask that the sun might return to us and it is the return of Christ which shall give us the grace of the light that never cease for when without light, who has light in his heart Or when is one without the sun and the day, when one’s Sun and Day is Christ?”
-- Saint Cyprian of Carthage --
Penitential Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143
Note this Litany gives the option of reciting select Latin phrases, derived from the oldest Litany of all, the Litany of the Saints.
Reader: IN PEACE let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Reader: FOR the peace from on high and for the salvation of our \
souls, let us pray to the Lord.
Reader: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: PROTECT us, save us, have mercy on us, and preserve us, O Lord, according to Thy grace.
People: Lord have mercy.
Pater de caelis, Deus, miserere nobis.
Reader: O HOLY, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and
one God.
People: Lord have mercy,
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, miserere nobis.
Reader: O EMMANUEL, Jesus, Saviour, Redeemer of the world:
People: Lord, have mercy.
Christe, audi nos Christe, audi nos.
Reader: O REMEMBER not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; spare us, good Lord, spare Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy most precious blood.
People: Lord have mercy.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, miserere nobis.
Reader: FROM all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting condemnation.
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Reader: FROM all uncleanness in thought, word, and deed; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil.
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, miserere nobis.
Reader: FROM blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory and hypocrisy; from idolatry, avarice and envy, from lying, mocking & bullying.
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FROM domestic, spousal and all forms of child neglect and
abuse.
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Reader: FROM all coercion, slavery, and cruelty; from malice, hatred, violence, and all desires and ambitions of the flesh.
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Sancta Dei Genetor, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FROM all exploitation of Thy Creation, Its Oceans and its Land, All plant life, the air and water, and cruelty to animals,
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Reader: WE sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord God: and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way.
People: We beseech thee, good Lord.
Reader: FOR our parish churches, and for those who enter them with faith, reverence and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancta Virgo virginum, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR His Holiness the Pope who sits on Peter's Chair, give Thine own sovereign Light and Leading, inspiring his intentions, choices and decisions, Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: FOR the Patriarchs of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church: All Bishops, Priests and Deacons. Pour out Thy grace upon them giving them true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and show it accordingly, Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancte Michael, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR All Theologians, Teachers and Catechists, granting them Thy Spirit's gifts of knowledge, understanding and utterance. And for all lay Ministers, and pastoral visitors, to send forth labourers into thy harvest, to bless and help all Missionaries and the witnesses of the New Evangelization, Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Sancte Gabriel, ora pro nobis.
Readers: TO BLESS and call forth servants and witnesses to the Consecrated Life; for all Oratories, Abbeys, Monasteries, Friaries and Convents; for all Monks, Nuns, Hermits, Brothers and Sisters, the Quality and Reality of the Contemplative Life, and their teaching of the same, to the edification of Thy Church and the enlightening of the world, Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: FOR the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, The Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter, The Deanery of St John the Baptist, the Ordinariate of the Southern Cross and for the growth and expansion of their pathway to unity, their doctrinal purity and orthodoxy, their holiness of life and witness, Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancte Raphael, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR all and every Family; for all Mothers and Fathers, for Holy Matrimony, that we may witness faithfully to the Teaching of the Lord and the Tradition of the Apostles, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli, orates pro nobis.
Reader: O LORD deliver Thy Church from all sedition, conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart and contempt of thy Word and Commandment,
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Reader: BY THINE Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Holy Cross & Passion; by thy Wounds and precious Death and by thy glorious Resurrection.
People: Good Lord, deliver us.
Reader: FOR an angel of peace, a faithful guide and guardian of our souls and bodies, let us Pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancte Ioannes Baptista, ora pro nobis.
Reader: O GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that Thou didst in their days, and in old time before them.
People: O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for Thine
honour.
Reader: FROM our enemies defend us, O Christ;
People: Graciously look upon our afflictions.
Sancte Ioseph, ora pro nobis.
Reader: PITIFULLY behold the sorrows of our hearts;
People: Mercifully forgive the sins of Thy people.
Reader: FAVOURABLY with mercy hear our prayers;
People: O Son of David, have mercy upon us.
Sancte Petre,ora pro nobis.
Reader: BOTH now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ;
and may Thy Holy Spirit be no more grieved with us,
People: Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us,
O Lord Christ.
Sancte Paule, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William and all the Royal Family, to keep and strengthen them in the true worshipping of Thee, in holiness of life, and in devotion to their people.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: FOR the Governor General and Prime Minister of Canada; for the Premiers of the Provinces; for the Commonwealth; for Legislators and all our civil authorities; for the Armed Forces, reserves and for our veterans; let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancte Ioannes, ora pro nobis.
Reader: WE humbly beseech Thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of Thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in Thy mercy, and evermore serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living, to Thy honour and glory; through our Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord.
People: Amen.
Sancte Matthaee, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR Repentance in the Nations, Repentance in Canada and the Commonwealth, for Repentance in Great Britain, for Repentance in the United States and all states in the Americas. Let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Omnes sancti martyres, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR the peace, safety and Blessing of Thy Ancient and
Hebrew People, the Deliverance of Israel, for Jerusalem,
Bethlehem, and Galilee, Hebrew Catholic Church and
shrines of the Holy Land, let us pray to the Lord,
People: Lord have mercy.
Sancte Ambrosi, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR the crisis of leadership in our countries, for the Light and wisdom we need for the choosing for election candidates; for contrition and repentance, and for soberness of mind and heart, to elect candidates who can turn the present tide, so we can end abortion.
.
People: Lord have mercy.
Reader: O LORD, deal not with us according to our sins;
People: Neither reward us according to our iniquities.
Sancte Augustine, ora pro nobis.
Reader: WE humbly beseech Thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in Thy mercy, and evermore serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living, to Thy honour and glory; through our Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
People: GRANT it, O Lord. Have mercy Lord, have mercy.
Reader: FOR our Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Egypt and all parts of Africa and the Middle East.
People: Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Sancte Martine , ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR all those brothers & sisters in the Armed Forces, arrayed against terrorists.
People:
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Reader: FOR our Intelligence workers and all the Police services,
who are working within our countries to protect us.
People: Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Omnes sancti Doctores, ora pro nobis.
Reader: O GOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful: Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought; and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
People: Grant it, O Lord. Have mercy; Lord have mercy.
Sancte Antoni, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR youth, for the elderly, the disabled and infirm, all who help them and their families, that the Holy Spirit may protect and strengthen their faith, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: FOR this city, for every city and country, and for the faithful who live in them, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancte Benedicte, ora pro nobis.
Reader: THAT the Lord would protect us, Preventing nuclear war,
and from Natural Disaster, we pray to the Lord,
People: Lord have mercy.
Sancte Dominice, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR the decisive and continual consecration of Russia to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Mother and Holy
Queen.
People: Ave Maria, Misrerei Dominus Nobis.
Reader: THAT we may spend the rest of our life in peace and
repentance, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord have mercy.
Sancte Francisce, ora pro nobis.
Reader: AMONG our countrymen forgive our enemies and turn
their hearts;
People: Lord have mercy.
Reader: FOR favuorable weather, an abundance of the fruits of the
earth, and temperate seasons, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: FOR travelers by sea, land and air, for the sick, the suffering, the captives and for their safety and salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancta Maria Magdalena, ora pro nobis.
Reader: FOR our deliverance from all tribulation, wrath, danger and
necessity, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: FOR a Christian, painless, unashamed, peaceful end of our
life, and for a good account before the fearsome judgment
seat of Christ, let us pray to the Lord.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Sancta Catharina, ora pro nobis.
Reader: LET us be Attentive to the Word of God:
SURGE, ILLUMINARE. Isaiah 60. 1.
"ARISE, shine, for thy light is come, / and the
glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, /
and gross darkness the people.
But the LORD shall arise upon thee, / and his
glory shall be seen upon thee. "
People: Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost.
Reader: O LORD, Lover of us all, make our prayer ascend to Thee like incense and accept it as a sweet fragrance. Grant that we may spend the present evening and the coming night in peace; clothe us with the armor of light; grant that the sleep given us will refresh our fatigue may be free from all illusions of the Devil. Enlightened by meditation on Thy commands, may we rise with gladdened soul to give glory to Thy goodness, offering prayers and supplications to Thy compassion for our sins and those of all Thy people. Visit us with mercy through the intercession of the holy Theotokos. For Thou, O God, art gracious and love mankind.
People: Grant it, gracious Lord.
Reader: LORD our God Who bowed the heavens and came down for the salvation of the human race. Look upon Thy servants and upon Thine inheritance, for we bow our heads and bend our necks to Thee, the awesome Judge and Lover of mankind. We do not expect human help but await Thy mercy and long for Thy salvation. Protect us at all times, this evening and tonight, from every enemy, from all the devil’s assaults, from vain thoughts and evil imaginings.
People: Grant it, gracious Lord.
Reader: HELP us, save us, have mercy on us, and keep us, O God,
by Thy grace.
People: Lord, have mercy.
Reader: REMEMBERING our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos, the ever-Blessed Virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.
People: To Thee, O Lord.
Reader: MAY Christ our true God, risen from the dead, have mercy
on us and save us. Yea may we worship Jesu Christ always
with awe and love; praising, singing, and glorifying Thine
inexpressible goodness. So now also we commit unto Thee
this pleading cry for Repentance and Revival with the
bending of our necks,
ALL MERCIFUL MASTER, Lord Jesus Christ our God, make our prayer acceptable through the prayers of our all-pure Lady, the Theotokos, the ever-virgin Mary; through the power of Thy precious and life-creating Cross; through the protection of the honourable, heavenly, and angelic powers; through the prayers of the honorable and glorious Prophet, the Forerunner and Baptist, John; of the holy, glorious, and illustrious Apostles; of our holy fathers, the great hierarchs and Universal Teachers, through the Holy Catholic intercession of St Peter the Rock, the Enlightener of the gentiles, St Paul, the Holy Orthodox Prayers of St John the Divine Theologian, St Cyprian the Lover of the Catholic Church, St Basil the Righteous Founder of Hospitals and Monasteries, of our holy father Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia; of the holy equals, the apostles and teachers of the Slavs, Cyril and Methodius; of the prayers of the Servant of servants St Gregory the Dialogist, the Pope of Rome and Good Shepherd of the British, the Wonderworker and Equal to the Apostles St Patrick, the mighty Converter of the Celts, Columba, the Teacher of the Way St Dunstan, the Chronicler St Bede, and the righteous King, St Edward the Confessor, the Penitent of Saint Thomas a Becket, the Good Scholar St Anselm, and the Teacher of Teachers Thomas Aquinas, the Evangelist St Dominic and the Heart of hearts St Francis, the Mighty Thunderings of St Boniface and through the prayers of the holy and righteous ancestors of God, Joachim and Anna and of all the Saints for Christ is good and is the Lover of all mankind.
MAY GOD, THE HOLY TRINITY bless us now in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
People: Amen and Amen.
Reader: St Maximos the confessor,
People: Ora pro nobis.
People: Ora pro nobis.
Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us.
St. Peter, pray for us.
St. John the Baptist, pray for us.
St. Thomas More, pray for us.
St. John Houghton and the Carthusian Martyrs, pray for us.
St. John Fisher, pray for us.
St. Edmund Campion, pray for us.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us.
Blessed John Henry Newman, pray for us.
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