Traditional Litany for the English Nation on St George's Day
And said on Thursday's throughout the year.
Remember not, O Lord, our
offences, nor those of our fathers; neither take thou vengeance of
our sins.
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy
Christ have mercy,
Christ have mercy
Lord have mercy,
Lord have mercy
Jesus, receive our
prayers,
Lord Jesus, receive our
petitions
God the Father, Creator of
the world,
Have mercy on England
God the Son, Redeemer of
mankind,
Have mercy on England
God the Holy Ghost,
Perfector of the elect,
Have mercy on England
Holy Trinity, three
Persons and one God,
Have mercy on England
Holy Mary , Mother of God,
Pray for England
Holy Mary, Queen of
Angels, who alone destroyest all heresies, Pray for England
Holy Mary, Virgin of
virgins,* whose eminent sanctity our Lord hath honoured with so many
miracles,
Pray for England
St. Michael,* prince of
the Church,
Pray for England
St. Gabriel,* glorious
messenger of our Saviour’s Incarnation,
Pray for England
St. Raphael,*
faithfulguide of those who have lost their way,
Pray for England
Holy Angel, to whose pious
custody this province is committed, Pray for England
AH ye holy Angels and
blessed Spirits of heaven,* who celebrate with joy the conversion of
sinners,
Pray for England
St. John Baptist,*
precursor of the Messias, and great example of penance,
Pray for England
All ye holy Patriarchs and
Prophets,* friends of God, and advancers of his truth,
Pray for England
St. Peter,* prince of the
Apostles, and supreme pastor of Christ’s sheep,
Pray for England
St. Paul,* doctor
of the Gentiles, who, of a persecutor,
becamest a preacher,
Pray for England
St. Andrew,* first
disciple of Christ, and constant lover of the Cross,
Pray for England
All ye holy Apostles and
Evangelists,* chief planters of the Christian faith, and zealous
maintainer of Catholic unity,
Pray for England
St. George, our principal
patron,
Pray for England
St. Alban, our first
martyr,
Pray for England
St. Thomas of Canterbury,
who, as a faithful shepherd, laidst down thy life in defence of the
Church,
Pray for England
All ye holy Martyrs of
this nation, * who voluntarily lost your lives here to find them in a
joyful eternity,
Pray for England
St. Gregory, most
vigilant Bishop of the Universal Church,* whoso pious zeal sent
missioners from
Rome for the conversion of our ancestors,
Pray for England
St. Augustine, Apostle of
this nation,* bv whom our forefathers were reclaimed from paganism
and infidelity,
Pray for England
St. Bede, most
venerable Confessor,* by whose religious life and learned writings
the Catholic faith was eminently propagated amongst us,
Pray for England
All ye holy Bishops and
Confessors, by whose wisdom and sanctity this island was once a
flourishing seminary of religion,
Pray for England
St. Helen, most holy
queen,* and mother of the First Christian emperor,
Pray for England
St. Ursula, most blessed
martyr,* who diedst in the glorious defence of faith and chastity,
Pray for England
St. Winefride, most
admirable virgin,* even in this unbelieving generation still
miraculous,
Pray for England
All ye holy Saints of this
nation,* who, amidst the * innumerable joys of heaven, still retain a
particular charity for the salvation of your country,
Pray for England
All ye holy Saints of all
places,* who, though divided here in several regions, were united in
the same faith, and now enjoy one common felicity,
Pray for England
Be merciful,
Spare us, 0 Lord.
Be merciful.
Graciously hear us, O
Lord.
From the dangers most
justly threatening* our sins,
Deliver England, O Lord
From the spirit of pride,
rebellion, and apostasy,
Deliver England, O Lord
From the spirit of
hypocrisy, profaneness, and sacrilege, Deliver England, O Lord
From the presumption of
private opinion, and contempt of the authority of Thy Church,
Deliver England, O Lord
From schism, heresy, and
all blindness of heart,
Deliver England, O Lord
From gluttony,
drunkenness, and the false liberty of an undisciplined life,
Deliver England,O Lord
O Lord. We sinners,
Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee to
hasten the conversion of this our miserable country, and reunite it
to the ancient faith and communion of thy Church,
That it may please thee
particularly to have mercy on our relations, friends, and
benefactors, and open their eyes to see the beauty of thy truth, and
embrace it,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee to
comfort and strengthen thy servants, who suffer for the Catholic
faith,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please
Thee not to permit the weakest of us, by any temptation whatsoever,
to fall away from
thee and thy truth,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee to
assist with thy special grace those good pastors who venture their
lives for their flock,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee
daily to augment in them the fire of thy love and the zeal of gaining
souls,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee to
preserve the Catholics of this land from all sin and scandal,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee so
to adorn their lives with solid piety, that others, seeing their good
works, may glorify thee our heavenly Father,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee to
enlighten all schismatics with thy powerful grace,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please thee to
s shew them the danger of their state, and the great importance of
eternal salvation,
We Beseech thee, hear us
That it may please
thee mercifully to look down from heaven on the tears of the
afflicted, and the blood of so many martyrs, who have spent their
lives, and suffered death to convert us to thee,
We Beseech thee, hear us
Son of God,
Lamb of God, who takest
away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord
Lamb of God, who takest
away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O
Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest
away the sins of the world,
Have, mercy on us
Christ hear us,
Christ graciously hear us
Let us pray.
Almighty and everlasting
God, whose judgments are righteous and counsels unsearchable ; who
visitest the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the
third and fourth generation, and yet at length rememberest mercy ;
forgive, we beseech thee, the sins of our forefathers, and turn away
thy wrath from their posterity : deliver the ignorant from being
seduced by false teachers, and the learned from being abused by their
passions, and the whole nation from the spirit of contradiction,
licentiousness, and discord ; that instead of so many divisions and
changes in religion, under which they labour, they may again be
restored to that unity of mind, steadiness of faith and tranquility
of conscience, which is nowhere to be sought but in the communion of
thy Church, nor possible to be found but by the conduct of thy grace,
Through our Lord Jesus Christ
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