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Friday, September 17, 2010

Litany of the Passion

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
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 Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Jesus, eternal Wisdom, have mercy on us.
Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver, have mercy on us.
Jesus, in Your Agony, bathed in a bloody sweat, have mercy on us.
Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss, have mercy on us.
Jesus, forsaken by Your disciples, have mercy on us.
Jesus, brought before Annas and Caiphas, have mercy on us.
Jesus, accused by false witnesses, have mercy on us.
Jesus, spit upon in the face, have mercy on us.
Jesus, blindfolded, have mercy on us.
Jesus, smitten on the cheek, have mercy on us.
Jesus, three times denied by Peter, have mercy on us.
Jesus, delivered up to Pilate, have mercy on us.
Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod, have mercy on us.
Jesus, rejected for Barabbas, have mercy on us.
Jesus, torn with scourges, have mercy on us.
Jesus, despised as a leper, have mercy on us.
Jesus, crowned with thorns, have mercy on us.
Jesus, condemned to a shameful death, have mercy on us.
Jesus, loaded with the heavy weight of the Cross, have mercy on us.
Jesus, fastened with nails to the Cross, have mercy on us.
Jesus, praying to Your Father for Your murderers, have mercy on us.
Jesus, reviled by the unrepentant thief, have mercy on us.
Jesus, promising paradise to the penitent thief, have mercy on us.
Jesus, entrusting John to Your Mother as her son, have mercy on us.
Jesus, declaring Yourself forsaken by Your Father, have mercy on us.
Jesus, in Your thirst given gall and vinegar to drink, have mercy on us.
Jesus, declaring that all things written concerning You were fulfilled, have mercy on us.
Jesus, commending Your Spirit into the hands of Your Father, have mercy on us.
Jesus, obedient even to the death of the Cross, have mercy on us.
Jesus, pierced with a lance, have mercy on us.
Jesus, made a victim for us, have mercy on us.
We sinners beseech You to hear us.
So that You may spare us, we beseech You to hear us.
So that You may pardon us, we beseech You to hear us.
So that You may bring us to true repentance, we beseech You to hear us.
So that You may unite us to the company of Your saints, we beseech You to hear us.
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You, because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Let us pray:
Lord Jesus Christ, who for the redemption of the world was willing to suffer and be crucified, through Your holy sufferings which we, Your unworthy servants, devoutly call to mind, be pleased to deliver us from the pains of hell and to lead us to heaven where You conducted the good thief who was crucified with You.  Who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, live and reign forever.  Amen.

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