The Litany (TLH 1941)

Sign of the Holy Cross

In the name of the Father, ✠ and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Invocation & Kyrie

℣ O Lord,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O Christ,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O Lord,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O Christ,

℟ Hear Thou us.

℣ O God the Father in heaven,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O God the Son, Redeemer of the world,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O God the Holy Ghost,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ Be gracious unto us.

℟ Spare us, good Lord.

℣ Be gracious unto us.

℟ Help us, good Lord.

Deliverance Petitions

Deliver Us, Good Lord

℣ From all sin;

℣ From all error;

℣ From all evil:

℟ Good Lord, deliver us.

Deliver Us from Every Peril

℣ From the crafts and assaults of the devil;

℣ From sudden and evil death;

℣ From pestilence and famine;

℣ From war and bloodshed;

℣ From sedition and rebellion;

℣ From lightning and tempest;

℣ From all calamity by fire and water;

℣ And from everlasting death:

℟ Good Lord, deliver us.

For the Sake of Christ

℣ By the mystery of Thy holy incarnation;

℣ By Thy holy nativity;

℣ By Thy baptism, fasting, and temptation;

℣ By Thine agony and bloody sweat;

℣ By Thy cross and Passion;

℣ By Thy precious death and burial;

℣ By Thy glorious resurrection and ascension;

℣ And by the coming of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter:

℟ Help us, good Lord.

In Every Time and Trial

℣ In all time of our tribulation;

℣ In all time of our prosperity;

℣ In the hour of death;

℣ And in the day of Judgment:

℟ Help us, good Lord.

Intercessions

℣ We poor sinners do beseech Thee

℟ To hear us, O Lord God.

For the Church

℣ That Thou wouldst rule and govern Thy holy Christian Church;

℣ That Thou wouldst preserve all pastors and ministers of Thy Church in the true knowledge and understanding of Thy Word and in holiness of life;

℣ That Thou wouldst put an end to all schisms and causes of offense;

℣ That Thou wouldst bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived;

℣ That Thou wouldst beat down Satan under our feet;

℣ That Thou wouldst send faithful laborers into Thy harvest;

℣ That Thou wouldst accompany Thy Word with Thy Spirit and grace;

℣ That Thou wouldst raise up them that fall and strengthen such as do stand;

℣ And that Thou wouldst comfort and help the weak-hearted and the distressed:

℟ We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

For the Nation

℣ That Thou wouldst give to all nations peace and concord;

℣ That Thou wouldst preserve our country from discord and contention;

℣ That Thou wouldst give to our nation perpetual victory over all its enemies;

℣ That Thou wouldst direct and defend our President and all in authority;

℣ And that Thou wouldst bless and keep our magistrates and all our people:

℟ We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

For All in Need

℣ That Thou wouldst behold and help all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;

℣ That Thou wouldst protect all who travel by land or water;

℣ That Thou wouldst preserve all women in the perils of childbirth;

℣ That Thou wouldst strengthen and keep all sick persons and young children;

℣ That Thou wouldst set free all who are innocently imprisoned;

℣ That Thou wouldst defend and provide for all fatherless children and widows;

℣ And that Thou wouldst have mercy upon all men:

℟ We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

For Enemies and Daily Bread

℣ That Thou wouldst forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and turn their hearts;

℣ That Thou wouldst give and preserve to our use the fruits of the earth;

℣ And graciously hear our prayers:

℟ We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

The Agnus Dei and Final Responses

℣ O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,

℟ We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord.

℣ O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of the world,

℟ Grant us Thy peace.

℣ O Christ,

℟ Hear Thou us.

℣ O Lord,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

℣ O Christ,

℟ Have mercy upon us.

Minister and Congregation: Lord, have mercy upon us. Amen.

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven; Hallowed be Thy name;

Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

Give us this day our daily bread;

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us;

And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil;

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Litany Collects

Collect 1

℣ O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.

℟ Neither reward us according to our iniquities.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should turn from his evil way and live, we beseech Thee graciously to turn from us those punishments which we by our sins have deserved and to grant us grace ever hereafter to serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.

Collect 2

℣ Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Thy name.

℟ Deliver us and purge away our sins for Thy name's sake.

Almighty and everlasting God, who by Thy Holy Spirit dost govern and sanctify the whole Christian Church, hear our prayers for all members of the same and mercifully grant that by Thy grace they may serve Thee in true faith; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.

Collect 3

℣ O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.

℟ Neither reward us according to our iniquities.

O God, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as are sorrowful, mercifully assist our prayers which 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 subtlety of the devil or man worketh against us may by Thy good providence be brought to naught, that we, Thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto Thee in Thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.

Collect 4

℣ O Lord, enter not into judgment with Thy servant.

℟ For in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Almighty God, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright, grant us such strength and protection as may support us in all dangers and carry us through all temptations; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.

Collect 5

℣ Call upon Me in the day of trouble.

℟ I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.

Spare us, O Lord, and mercifully forgive us our sins, and though by our continual transgressions we have merited Thy punishments, be gracious unto us and grant that all those evils which we have deserved may be turned from us and overruled to our everlasting good; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.

Collect 6: For Peace

℣ The Lord will give strength unto His people.

℟ The Lord will bless His people with peace.

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed, give unto Thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be set to obey Thy commandments, and also that we, being defended by Thee from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Savior.