LITANY OF THE PASSION

by St. John Henry Newman

Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy,
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us,
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously 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, the eternal Wisdom,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, the Word made flesh,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, hated by the world,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, sweating blood in your agony,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, betrayed by Judas,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, forsaken by your disciples,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, struck upon the cheek,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, accused by false witnesses,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, spit upon in the face,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, denied by Peter,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, mocked by Herod,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, scourged by Pilate,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, rejected for Barabbas,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, loaded with the cross,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, crowned with thorns,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, stripped of your garments,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, nailed to the tree,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, reviled by the Jews,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, scoffed at by the malefactor,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, wounded in the side,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, shedding your last drop of blood,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, forsaken by your Father,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, dying for our sins,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, taken down from the cross,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, laid in the tomb,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, rising gloriously,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, ascending into heaven,
have mercy on us.
Jesus, sending down the Paraclete,
have mercy on us.
Jesus our Sacrifice,
have mercy on us.
Jesus our Mediator,
have mercy on us.
Jesus our Judge,
have mercy on us.

Be merciful.
Spare us, O Lord.

Be merciful.
Graciously hear us, O Lord.

From all sin,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From all evil,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From anger and hatred,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From malice and revenge,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From unbelief and hardness of heart,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From blasphemy and sacrilege,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From hypocrisy and covetousness,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From blindness of the understanding,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From contempt of your warnings,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From relapse after your judgments,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From danger of soul and body,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From everlasting death,
Lord Jesus, deliver us.

We sinners, beseech you, hear us.

That you would spare us,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would pardon us,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would defend your church,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would bless your own,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would convert your foes,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would spread the truth,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would destroy error,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would break to pieces false gods,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would increase your elect,
we beseech you, hear us.
That you would unite us to your saints above,
we beseech you, 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.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
Because through your holy cross you redeemed the world.

Let us pray,

O God,
for the redemption of the world
you were pleased to be born,
to be circumcised,
to be rejected, betrayed and bound,
to be led to the slaughter;
to be shamefully gazed at, falsely accused and scourged,
to be spit upon, crowned with thorns, mocked and reviled,
to be pushed and struck with rods,
to be stripped and nailed to the cross,
to be counted among the transgressors,
to drink gall and vinegar,
to be pierced with a lance.
Through your most holy passion,
which we, your sinful servants, remember,
and by your holy cross and gracious death
deliver us from the pains of hell,
and lead us where you led the thief
who was crucified with you,
where with the Father and the Holy Spirit
you live and reign,
now and forever.
Amen.