Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, audi nos. Christe, exaudi nos.
Pater de caelis, Deus, miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, miserere nobis.
Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Dei Genitrix, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Virgo virginum, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Michael, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Gabriel, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Raphael, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti beatorum Spirituum ordines, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Baptista, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioseph, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Patriarchae et Prophetae, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Paule, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Andrea, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Iacobe, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Thoma, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Iacobe, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Philippe, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Bartholomaee, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Matthaee, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Simon, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Thaddaee, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Line, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Clete, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Clemens, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Sixte, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Corneli, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Cypriane, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Laurenti, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Chrysogone, ora pro nobis.
Sancti Ioannes et Paule, ora pro nobis.
Sancti Cosma et Damiane, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Apostoli et Evangelistae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Discipuli Domini, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Innocentes, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Stephane, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Matthia, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Barnaba, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ignati, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Alexander, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Marccelline, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Felicitas, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Perpetua, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agatha, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Lucia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agnes, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Caecilia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Anastasia, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Martyres, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Silvester, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Gregori, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ambrosi, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Augustine, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Hieronyme, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Martine, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Nicolae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Pontifices et Confessores, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Doctores, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Antoni, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Benedicte, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Bernarde, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Dominice, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Francisce, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Sacerdotes et Levitae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Monachi et Eremitae, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Maria Magdalena, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agatha, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Lucia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agnes, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Caecilia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Catharina, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Anastasia, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sanctae Virgines et Viduae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes Sancti et Sanctae Dei, ora pro nobis.
Ab omni malo, libera nos, Domine.
Ab omni peccato, libera nos, Domine.
Ab ira tua, libera nos, Domine.
A subitanea et improvisa morte, libera nos, Domine.
Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, Domine.
Ab ira, et odio, et omni mala voluntate, libera nos, Domine.
A spiritu fornicationis, libera nos, Domine.
A fulgure et tempestate, libera nos, Domine.
A flagello terraemotus, libera nos, Domine.
A peste, fame et bello, libera nos, Domine.
A morte perpetua, libera nos, Domine.
Per mysterium sanctae incarnationis tuae, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per adventum tuum, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per nativitatem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per baptismum et sanctum ieiunium tuum, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per crucem et passionem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per mortem et sepulturam tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per sanctam resurrectionem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per admirabilem ascensionem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per adventum Spiritus Sancti Paracliti, te rogamus, audi nos.
In die iudicii, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nobis parcas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nobis indulgeas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut ad veram paenitentiam nos perducere digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut Ecclesiam tuam sanctam regere et conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut Apostolicum Praesulum et omnes ecclesiasticos ordines in sancta religione conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae humiliare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut regibus et principibus christianis pacem et veram concordiam donare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut cuncto populo christiano pacem et unitatem largiri digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut omnes errantes ad unitatem Ecclesiae revocare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nosmetipsos in tuo sancto servitio confortare et conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut mentes nostras ad caelestia desideria erigas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut omnibus benefactoribus nostris sempiterna bona retribuas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut animas nostras, fratrum, propinquorum et benefactorum nostrorum ab aeterna damnatione eripias, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut fructus terrae dare et conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut omnibus fidelibus defunctis requiem aeternam donare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nos exaudire digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Fili Dei, te rogamus, audi nos.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, parce nobis, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, exaudi nos, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Christe, audi nos. Christe, exaudi nos.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us.
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, pray for us.
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Andrew, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Thomas, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint Philip, pray for us.
Saint Bartholomew, pray for us.
Saint Matthew, pray for us.
Saint Simon, pray for us.
Saint Thaddeus, pray for us.
Saint Linus, pray for us.
Saint Cletus, pray for us.
Saint Clement, pray for us.
Saint Sixtus, pray for us.
Saint Cornelius, pray for us.
Saint Cyprian, pray for us.
Saint Lawrence, pray for us.
Saint Chrysogonus, pray for us.
Saint John and Paul, pray for us.
Saint Cosmas and Damian, pray for us.
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, pray for us.
All ye holy Innocents, pray for us.
Saint Stephen, pray for us.
Saint Matthias, pray for us.
Saint Barnabas, pray for us.
Saint Ignatius, pray for us.
Saint Alexander, pray for us.
Saint Marcellinus, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Felicitas, pray for us.
Saint Perpetua, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
All ye holy Martyrs, pray for us.
Saint Sylvester, pray for us.
Saint Gregory, pray for us.
Saint Ambrose, pray for us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for us.
Saint Martin, pray for us.
Saint Nicholas, pray for us.
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for us.
All ye holy Doctors, pray for us.
Saint Anthony, pray for us.
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, pray for us.
Saint Dominic, pray for us.
Saint Francis, pray for us.
All ye holy Priests and Levites, pray for us.
All ye holy Monks and Hermits, pray for us.
Saint Mary Magdalen, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Catherine, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
All ye holy Virgins and Widows, pray for us.
All ye Saints of God, pray for us.
From all evil, deliver us, O Lord.
From all sin, deliver us, O Lord.
From Thy wrath, deliver us, O Lord.
From sudden and unprovided death, deliver us, O Lord.
From the snares of the devil, deliver us, O Lord.
From anger, hatred, and all ill-will, deliver us, O Lord.
From the spirit of fornication, deliver us, O Lord.
From lightning and tempest, deliver us, O Lord.
From the scourge of earthquake, deliver us, O Lord.
From plague, famine, and war, deliver us, O Lord.
From everlasting death, deliver us, O Lord.
By the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Coming, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Nativity, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Baptism and holy fasting, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Cross and Passion, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Death and Burial, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy holy Resurrection, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thine admirable Ascension, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By the coming of the Holy Ghost the Paraclete, we beseech Thee, hear us.
In the day of judgment, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst spare us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst pardon us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst bring us to true penance, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst govern and preserve Thy holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst preserve our Apostolic Prelate and all orders of the Church in holy religion, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst humble the enemies of holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst give peace and true concord to Christian kings and princes, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst grant peace and unity to all Christian people, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst restore to the unity of the Church all who have strayed from the truth, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst confirm and preserve us in Thy holy service, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst lift up our minds to heavenly desires, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst render eternal blessings to all our benefactors, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst deliver our souls, and the souls of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, from eternal damnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst give and preserve the fruits of the earth, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst graciously hear us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
Son of God, we beseech Thee, hear us.
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.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
The Litany of the Saints is not a prayer about the saints. It is a prayer to them — or more precisely, through them. When the Church on earth sings Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis — Saint Peter, pray for us — it is doing something with a precise theological logic: it is calling upon a member of the Church who has already arrived at the destination toward which the rest of us are still traveling, and asking him to add his voice to ours. The theology is simple and ancient. The saints are not dead. They are alive in God, more alive than we are, and their charity does not stop at the boundary of death. They pray for us. We ask them to. The Litany of the Saints makes this communion of the Church — stretched across the boundary between time and eternity — audible and tangible. When it is sung at the Easter Vigil, with candidates lying prostrate on the floor, it is one of the most viscerally powerful moments in the Catholic liturgical year.
A Brief Theology of Asking the Saints to Pray
The most common objection to praying to the saints is that it is unnecessary — God can be approached directly, so why the intermediaries? The Catholic answer is that this objection, taken seriously, would also eliminate asking any living person to pray for you. When you ask a friend to pray for your sick child, you are not implying that God is inaccessible without a human go-between. You are recognizing that prayer is communal, that the Church prays together, and that the prayers of the holy have a particular efficacy — as James 5:16 states plainly: the prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. The saints are the most righteous of the righteous, refined by a lifetime of holiness and now perfected in the presence of God. To ask them to intercede is not to diminish God. It is to take seriously both the communion of the Church and the power of intercession. The deeper question is not whether we can approach God directly — we can, and we do — but whether we also travel in company.
Origins: From House Church to Solemn Procession
The litany form itself predates Christianity. Responsorial petitions appear in ancient Near Eastern religious texts, in Greek religious practice, and throughout the Psalter. But the Christian litany as a formal liturgical structure developed rapidly in the 4th and 5th centuries as Christianity moved from house churches into the public square. Pope Gregory the Great (590–604) is particularly associated with organizing solemn litany processions through the streets of Rome — the people singing Kyrie eleison while walking barefoot in penance, imploring God and the saints during plagues and disasters. The Litany of the Saints in something like its recognizable form appears in documents from at least the 8th century, though its roots are clearly earlier. It was adopted into the Roman Rite's most solemn occasions — baptism, ordination, religious profession, the blessing of abbots — because these moments of threshold-crossing called for the whole Church, visible and invisible, to be assembled and invoked.
The Structure of the Litany
The Litany of the Saints has a more complex structure than the Litany of Loreto. It begins with the triple Kyrie and the Trinity invocations, then moves through the saints in roughly hierarchical order: Our Lady first, then angels, then the great figures of the Old Testament (John the Baptist, Joseph), then the apostles and their immediate successors, then martyrs, then confessors (bishops, doctors, priests, monks), then holy women. After the saints comes a section of deprecations — petitions for deliverance from evil — where the response shifts from ora pro nobis to libera nos, Domine (deliver us, O Lord). Then the obsecrations, which invoke the saving mysteries of Christ's life (Incarnation, Nativity, Passion, Death, Resurrection, Ascension) as the grounds of our petition. Then the supplications, which make specific requests for the Church, for rulers, for the faithful departed. The Agnus Dei closes the petitionary section, and the Kyrie returns to frame the whole. It is an architectural prayer, moving from praise through intercession through petition to hope.
The Easter Vigil and Ordinations
The Litany of the Saints is sung at two moments in the traditional Roman Rite that carry particular weight. The first is the Easter Vigil, where it accompanies the blessing of the baptismal water and, when there are candidates, their prostration before the font. The candidates lie face-down on the floor — the posture of total surrender — while the Church sings the litany over them, invoking the whole company of heaven to be present at this act of death and rebirth. It is one of the most ancient and theologically charged gestures in the liturgy. The second is ordination to the priesthood, where the candidates lie prostrate on the sanctuary floor while the litany is chanted. The gesture says something that no ordination homily can fully articulate: the man being ordained is not becoming a priest by his own merit or effort. He is being lifted into an office that exceeds him, and the whole Church — in heaven and on earth — is being called to witness and support it.
The Saint List: Fixed and Flexible
The traditional Roman form of the litany has a core list of saints that has remained relatively stable for over a millennium — the apostles, the early popes and martyrs named in the Roman Canon (Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, Cornelius, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian), the great Latin Fathers (Gregory, Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome), the martyrs whose names were known to every Roman Catholic (Stephen, Lawrence, Cecilia, Agnes, Lucy, Anastasia), and the founders of the great religious orders (Anthony, Benedict, Bernard, Dominic, Francis). This core reflects the Church of Rome's specific sanctoral memory — the martyrs buried in the Roman catacombs, the popes who governed the early Church, the theologians who defined its doctrine. Dioceses, religious orders, and national churches have always added their own patrons to the standard list, extending the invocation to their own local portion of the communion of saints.
The Dying and the Dead
The Litany of the Saints belongs not only to the great liturgical occasions but also to the moment of death. The traditional Roman Rite's Ordo Commendationis Animae — the Commendation of the Departing Soul — includes the litany as the dying person's final prayer, or as the prayer of those gathered around the deathbed. The saints are invoked one last time as the soul prepares to cross into the company it has spent a lifetime invoking. Go forth, Christian soul, the prayer begins, and then the litany calls upon everyone already on the other side to accompany the newly arriving soul. It is, in this context, less a petition for help with the difficulties of this life than an introduction — a presentation of the soul to the community it is about to join. The Litany of the Saints is the Church's way of saying: you are not going alone, and you will not arrive as a stranger.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us.
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, pray for us.
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Andrew, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Thomas, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint Philip, pray for us.
Saint Bartholomew, pray for us.
Saint Matthew, pray for us.
Saint Simon, pray for us.
Saint Thaddeus, pray for us.
Saint Linus, pray for us.
Saint Cletus, pray for us.
Saint Clement, pray for us.
Saint Sixtus, pray for us.
Saint Cornelius, pray for us.
Saint Cyprian, pray for us.
Saint Lawrence, pray for us.
Saint Chrysogonus, pray for us.
Saint John and Paul, pray for us.
Saint Cosmas and Damian, pray for us.
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, pray for us.
All ye holy Innocents, pray for us.
Saint Stephen, pray for us.
Saint Matthias, pray for us.
Saint Barnabas, pray for us.
Saint Ignatius, pray for us.
Saint Alexander, pray for us.
Saint Marcellinus, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Felicitas, pray for us.
Saint Perpetua, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
All ye holy Martyrs, pray for us.
Saint Sylvester, pray for us.
Saint Gregory, pray for us.
Saint Ambrose, pray for us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for us.
Saint Martin, pray for us.
Saint Nicholas, pray for us.
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for us.
All ye holy Doctors, pray for us.
Saint Anthony, pray for us.
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, pray for us.
Saint Dominic, pray for us.
Saint Francis, pray for us.
All ye holy Priests and Levites, pray for us.
All ye holy Monks and Hermits, pray for us.
Saint Mary Magdalen, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Catherine, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
All ye holy Virgins and Widows, pray for us.
All ye Saints of God, pray for us.
From all evil, deliver us, O Lord.
From all sin, deliver us, O Lord.
From Thy wrath, deliver us, O Lord.
From sudden and unprovided death, deliver us, O Lord.
From the snares of the devil, deliver us, O Lord.
From anger, hatred, and all ill-will, deliver us, O Lord.
From the spirit of fornication, deliver us, O Lord.
From lightning and tempest, deliver us, O Lord.
From the scourge of earthquake, deliver us, O Lord.
From plague, famine, and war, deliver us, O Lord.
From everlasting death, deliver us, O Lord.
By the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Coming, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Nativity, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Baptism and holy fasting, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Cross and Passion, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Death and Burial, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy holy Resurrection, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thine admirable Ascension, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By the coming of the Holy Ghost the Paraclete, we beseech Thee, hear us.
In the day of judgment, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst spare us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst pardon us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst bring us to true penance, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst govern and preserve Thy holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst preserve our Apostolic Prelate and all orders of the Church in holy religion, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst humble the enemies of holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst give peace and true concord to Christian kings and princes, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst grant peace and unity to all Christian people, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst restore to the unity of the Church all who have strayed from the truth, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst confirm and preserve us in Thy holy service, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst lift up our minds to heavenly desires, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst render eternal blessings to all our benefactors, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst deliver our souls, and the souls of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, from eternal damnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst give and preserve the fruits of the earth, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst graciously hear us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
Son of God, we beseech Thee, hear us.
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.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, audi nos. Christe, exaudi nos.
Pater de caelis, Deus, miserere nobis.
Fili, Redemptor mundi, Deus, miserere nobis.
Spiritus Sancte, Deus, miserere nobis.
Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus, miserere nobis.
Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Dei Genitrix, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Virgo virginum, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Michael, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Gabriel, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Raphael, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti beatorum Spirituum ordines, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes Baptista, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioseph, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Patriarchae et Prophetae, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Paule, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Andrea, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Iacobe, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ioannes, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Thoma, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Iacobe, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Philippe, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Bartholomaee, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Matthaee, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Simon, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Thaddaee, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Line, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Clete, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Clemens, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Sixte, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Corneli, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Cypriane, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Laurenti, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Chrysogone, ora pro nobis.
Sancti Ioannes et Paule, ora pro nobis.
Sancti Cosma et Damiane, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Apostoli et Evangelistae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Discipuli Domini, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Innocentes, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Stephane, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Matthia, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Barnaba, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ignati, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Alexander, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Marccelline, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Petre, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Felicitas, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Perpetua, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agatha, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Lucia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agnes, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Caecilia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Anastasia, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Martyres, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Silvester, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Gregori, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Ambrosi, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Augustine, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Hieronyme, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Martine, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Nicolae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Pontifices et Confessores, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Doctores, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Antoni, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Benedicte, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Bernarde, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Dominice, ora pro nobis.
Sancte Francisce, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Sacerdotes et Levitae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sancti Monachi et Eremitae, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Maria Magdalena, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agatha, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Lucia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Agnes, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Caecilia, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Catharina, ora pro nobis.
Sancta Anastasia, ora pro nobis.
Omnes sanctae Virgines et Viduae, ora pro nobis.
Omnes Sancti et Sanctae Dei, ora pro nobis.
Ab omni malo, libera nos, Domine.
Ab omni peccato, libera nos, Domine.
Ab ira tua, libera nos, Domine.
A subitanea et improvisa morte, libera nos, Domine.
Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, Domine.
Ab ira, et odio, et omni mala voluntate, libera nos, Domine.
A spiritu fornicationis, libera nos, Domine.
A fulgure et tempestate, libera nos, Domine.
A flagello terraemotus, libera nos, Domine.
A peste, fame et bello, libera nos, Domine.
A morte perpetua, libera nos, Domine.
Per mysterium sanctae incarnationis tuae, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per adventum tuum, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per nativitatem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per baptismum et sanctum ieiunium tuum, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per crucem et passionem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per mortem et sepulturam tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per sanctam resurrectionem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per admirabilem ascensionem tuam, te rogamus, audi nos.
Per adventum Spiritus Sancti Paracliti, te rogamus, audi nos.
In die iudicii, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nobis parcas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nobis indulgeas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut ad veram paenitentiam nos perducere digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut Ecclesiam tuam sanctam regere et conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut Apostolicum Praesulum et omnes ecclesiasticos ordines in sancta religione conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae humiliare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut regibus et principibus christianis pacem et veram concordiam donare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut cuncto populo christiano pacem et unitatem largiri digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut omnes errantes ad unitatem Ecclesiae revocare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nosmetipsos in tuo sancto servitio confortare et conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut mentes nostras ad caelestia desideria erigas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut omnibus benefactoribus nostris sempiterna bona retribuas, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut animas nostras, fratrum, propinquorum et benefactorum nostrorum ab aeterna damnatione eripias, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut fructus terrae dare et conservare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut omnibus fidelibus defunctis requiem aeternam donare digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut nos exaudire digneris, te rogamus, audi nos.
Fili Dei, te rogamus, audi nos.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, parce nobis, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, exaudi nos, Domine.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Christe, audi nos. Christe, exaudi nos.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Christe, eleison. Christe, eleison.
Kyrie, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us.
Saint Michael, pray for us.
Saint Gabriel, pray for us.
Saint Raphael, pray for us.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, pray for us.
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for us.
Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Paul, pray for us.
Saint Andrew, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint John, pray for us.
Saint Thomas, pray for us.
Saint James, pray for us.
Saint Philip, pray for us.
Saint Bartholomew, pray for us.
Saint Matthew, pray for us.
Saint Simon, pray for us.
Saint Thaddeus, pray for us.
Saint Linus, pray for us.
Saint Cletus, pray for us.
Saint Clement, pray for us.
Saint Sixtus, pray for us.
Saint Cornelius, pray for us.
Saint Cyprian, pray for us.
Saint Lawrence, pray for us.
Saint Chrysogonus, pray for us.
Saint John and Paul, pray for us.
Saint Cosmas and Damian, pray for us.
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for us.
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, pray for us.
All ye holy Innocents, pray for us.
Saint Stephen, pray for us.
Saint Matthias, pray for us.
Saint Barnabas, pray for us.
Saint Ignatius, pray for us.
Saint Alexander, pray for us.
Saint Marcellinus, pray for us.
Saint Peter, pray for us.
Saint Felicitas, pray for us.
Saint Perpetua, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
All ye holy Martyrs, pray for us.
Saint Sylvester, pray for us.
Saint Gregory, pray for us.
Saint Ambrose, pray for us.
Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Saint Jerome, pray for us.
Saint Martin, pray for us.
Saint Nicholas, pray for us.
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for us.
All ye holy Doctors, pray for us.
Saint Anthony, pray for us.
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, pray for us.
Saint Dominic, pray for us.
Saint Francis, pray for us.
All ye holy Priests and Levites, pray for us.
All ye holy Monks and Hermits, pray for us.
Saint Mary Magdalen, pray for us.
Saint Agatha, pray for us.
Saint Lucy, pray for us.
Saint Agnes, pray for us.
Saint Cecilia, pray for us.
Saint Catherine, pray for us.
Saint Anastasia, pray for us.
All ye holy Virgins and Widows, pray for us.
All ye Saints of God, pray for us.
From all evil, deliver us, O Lord.
From all sin, deliver us, O Lord.
From Thy wrath, deliver us, O Lord.
From sudden and unprovided death, deliver us, O Lord.
From the snares of the devil, deliver us, O Lord.
From anger, hatred, and all ill-will, deliver us, O Lord.
From the spirit of fornication, deliver us, O Lord.
From lightning and tempest, deliver us, O Lord.
From the scourge of earthquake, deliver us, O Lord.
From plague, famine, and war, deliver us, O Lord.
From everlasting death, deliver us, O Lord.
By the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Coming, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Nativity, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Baptism and holy fasting, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Cross and Passion, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy Death and Burial, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thy holy Resurrection, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By Thine admirable Ascension, we beseech Thee, hear us.
By the coming of the Holy Ghost the Paraclete, we beseech Thee, hear us.
In the day of judgment, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst spare us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst pardon us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst bring us to true penance, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst govern and preserve Thy holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst preserve our Apostolic Prelate and all orders of the Church in holy religion, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst humble the enemies of holy Church, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst give peace and true concord to Christian kings and princes, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst grant peace and unity to all Christian people, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst restore to the unity of the Church all who have strayed from the truth, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst confirm and preserve us in Thy holy service, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst lift up our minds to heavenly desires, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst render eternal blessings to all our benefactors, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst deliver our souls, and the souls of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, from eternal damnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst give and preserve the fruits of the earth, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst graciously hear us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
Son of God, we beseech Thee, hear us.
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.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.