Lord have mercy on us.
_____Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
_____Christ have mercy on us.
Lord 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 Ghost,
_____have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
_____have mercy on us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
_____pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, worthy objects of our reverence and love,
_____pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, by the voice of all ages called the Holy Family,
_____pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, names for ever blessed of the father, the Mother, and the Child, who compose the Holy Family,
_____pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, image on earth of the august Trinity,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, tried by the greatest contradictions,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, afflicted in your journey to Bethlehem,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, rejected by all, and obliged to take refuge in a stable,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, saluted by the concerts of the angels,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, visited by the poor shepherds,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, venerated by the Wise Men,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, persecuted and exiled in a strange country,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, hidden and unknown at Nazareth,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, model of Christian families,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, living in peace and charity,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, whose Head is a model of paternal vigilance,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, whose Spouse is a model of maternal care,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, whose Child is a model of obedience and filial piety,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, who led a poor, laborious, and penitent life,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, poor in the goods of the world but rich in the goods of heaven,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, despised by the world, but great before God,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, patrons and protectors of families**,
_____pray for us.
Holy Family, our support in life, our hope in death,
_____pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph,
_____pray for 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,
_____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.
Let us Pray:
O God of goodness and mercy** grant that we may always honour and imitate Jesus, Mary, and Joseph; so that, pleasing them on earth, we may enjoy their presence in heaven; through the same Jesus Christ Our Lord.
_____Amen
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** “The Litany of the Holy Family” in the traditional form most commonly found in recent antique books and on websites is for use by the Archconfraternity of the Holy Family. References to the Confraternity have been removed, with the latter in the closing prayer matching other books of recent antiquity, and the former being a substitution, having been unable to locate a suitable reference that does not reference the Confraternity at that point. – PPP