Saturday, December 29, 2007

Our Family Litany.

John Michael at St. Robert Bellarmine: Controversies & Secrets posted about their family litany a while back. I wanted to put one together for our family and John asked me if I would blog about it. So here you go John, for your enjoyment:

Here is what we have:

Leader: Lord, have mercy on us.
response: Christ, have mercy on us.
Leader: Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Response Christ, graciously hear us.

Leader: God the Father of Heaven,
Response: have mercy on us.
Leader: God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Response: have mercy on us.
Leader: God the Holy Spirit,
Response: have mercy on us.
Leader: Holy Trinity, one God,
Response: have mercy on us.

Leader: Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Response: have mercy on us
Leader: Imaculate Heart of Mary,
Response: Pray for us
Leader: Our Lady of Sorrows
Response: Pray for us.

Leader: St. Stephen the first martyr
Response: pray for us
Leader: St. Therese of the little flower,
Response: pray for us.
Leader: St. Thomas Moore,
Response: pray for us
Leader: St. Francis De Sales
Response: pray for us.
Leader: St. Mary Magdeline
Response: pray for us
Leader: St. Bridget of Sweden
Response: pray for us.
Leader: St Thomas and St. Peter the Apostles
Response: pray for us
Leader: St. Amelia
Response: pray for us
Leader: St. Christopher
Response: pray for us.

Leader: All you Holy Souls,
Response: pray for us.
Leader: All You Angels and Saints,
Response: pray for us.
Leader: Queen of Peace,
Response: pray for us who have recourse to you.
Everyone: Amen.

We have put in St. Thomas Moore for Daniel and St. Francis De Sales for Sam since they are the saints they took for Confirmation.
As far as I know there are no St. Daniel and Sam.

9 comments:

John Michael said...

Great Litany, Therese!

Feel free to add St. Daniel and St. Samuel. They are considered saints of the old testament. Nothing wrong with praying to our Jewish brothers that God exalted.

They would be a great addition to the litany.

Therese said...

I was thinking last night after posting this that it would be good to add our patron saints for the year as well.

Marie said...

AMEN & AMEN:).

Please keep my own mother in your prayers:). I have put a prayer for all mothers on my blog:). I wont blog tomorrow and will spend the day in prayer. You will understand why.

Peace & JOY to you Therese:)

Marie

Jane (a.k.a. patjrsmom) said...

What a beautiful litany, Therese. I have never considered that for our family. I may try to create one for us as well... Thanks for sharing the link and your litany.

God Bless,
Jane

Therese said...

Thank you Jane. I am hoping we will say this each night with Family prayer. I think the children will like their names being a part of the prayer and also let them know about the saints they were named after.

JoAnnC. said...

Very beautiful litany! I think we'll try this in the new year!

Easter Almuena said...

We do this after the rosary during the day, but have never included it to our night prayers. What a great idea! Thanks Therese and Happy New Year in advance! God bless you abundantly!

Lisa said...

We've done a version of this for many years, but it always changes, as the chidren each "call out" their own three saints (or more); sometimes it's their patrons, sometimes just someone in Heaven they're learning about or are close to at the moment. Litanies are such a comforting type of prayer; even the smallest can participate in the responses. Happy & Blessed New Year to you and your family, Therese!

Anonymous said...

lovely! That's brought tears to my eyes. I will borrow the idea from you, I think.

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