Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. Litany of the Dying. Sancta Maria, Ora pro eo. Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli, Orate, &c. Sancte Abel, Omnis chorus Justorum, Sancte Abraham, Sancte Joannes Baptista, Sancte Joseph, Ora pro eo. Omnes sancti Patriarchæ et Sancte Petre, Ora, &c. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. All ye choirs of the Just, All ye holy Patriarchs St. Andrew, St. John, et All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, Sancte Andrea, Sancte Stephane, Ora, &c. All ye holy Disciples of our Lord, All ye holy Innocents, St. Stephen, St. Lawrence, St. Sylvester, Pray for him. Pray for him. All ye men and women, Saints of God, Intercede for him. Be merciful, Spare him, O Lord. Graciously hear us, O Lord. From the peril of death, From an evil death, From the power of the Through thy Nativity, Through thy Death and Through thy glorious Re- Through thine admirable Through the grace of the clete, In the day of judgment, We sinners, O Lord, deliver him. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. God the Father of heaven, the world, To whom alone are due all honour and glory, Who alone doest great wonders, Power infinite, Wisdom incomprehensible, Love unspeakable, Be merciful. Spare us, O Holy Trinity. Graciously hear us, O Holy From all love of riches, From all inordinate affection, From all envy and malice, From all anger and impatience, From every thought, word, and deed, contrary to thy holy law, From thy everlasting malediction, Through power, thy almighty Through thy plenteous loving-kindness, Through the exceeding treasures of thy goodness and love, Through the depths of thy wisdom and knowledge, Have mercy on us. Deliver us, O Holy Trinity. Through all thy unspeak- Beseech thee, hear us. That we may worship thee in spirit and in truth, That we may love thee with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our strength, That, for thy sake, we may love our neighbour as ourselves, That we may faithfully keep thy holy commandments, That we may never defile our bodies and our souls with sin, That we may go from grace to grace, and from virtue to virtue, That we may finally enjoy the sight of thee in glory, That thou wouldst vouchsafe to hear us, A Scriptural Litany. (Abridged from the " Paradisus Animæ.”) Christ have mercy. Have mercy,&c. Lord have mercy. God, the Father of heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Ghost, Holy Trinity, one God, God, of whom, by whom, and in whom are all things, God, in whom we live, and move, and are, Rom. xi. 26. Acts vii. 18. Who alone hast immortality, and dwellest in light inaccessible, Whose majesty filleth the whole earth, Who hast made all things for thyself, In whose hand is the soul of every living Who openest thine hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature, Who hast power to cast body and soul into hell, Who dost great things and unsearchable, and wonderful things without number, Whose eyes are brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, Who catchest the wise in their craftiness, and Who art the Father of orphans, and the Merciful and patient, of much compassion, Our protector, and our reward exceedingly great, King of kings, and Lord of lords, King of ages, immortal and invisible, Be merciful, Spare us, O Lord. Be merciful, Graciously hear us, O Lord. From all sin, From pride and vain-glory, From avarice and worldly solicitude, From anger, resentment, and envy, Have mercy on us. From calumny, detraction, and rash judgment, From gluttony, drunkenness, and impurity, 1 Tim. vi. 16. Ps. lxxi. 19. 2 Kin. viii. 27. Prov. xvi. 4. Eph. i. 11. Job xii. 10. Ps. cxliv. 16. Matt. x. 28. Job v. 9. Eccl. xxiii.28 Job v. 13. Rom. xi. 33. Ps. lxvii. 6. Ps. lxxxv. 15. Gen. xv. 1. From spiritual sloth, and the forgetfulness of our salvation, 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 incomprehensible majesty and eternal glory, O Lord, deliver us. |