Thursday, July 11, 2013

Litany of Saint Paul the Apostle

Thou hast proved me and known me; 
Thou hast known my sitting down and my rising up.

V. The great Saint Paul, vessel of election, is indeed worthy to be glorified, 
R. For he also deserved to possess the twelfth throne. 

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us. 
Queen conceived without Original Sin, pray for us.


Saint Paul, pray for us.
Apostle of the Gentiles, Vessel of election, pray for us.
St. Paul, who wast rapt to the third heaven, pray for us.
St. Paul, who heard things not given to man to utter, pray for us.
St. Paul, who knew nothing but Christ and Him crucified, pray for us.
St. Paul, whose love for Christ was stronger than death, pray for us.
St. Paul, who wished to be dissolved and to be with Christ, pray for us.
St. Paul, whose zeal knew no bounds, pray for us.
St. Paul, who made thyself all to all, to gain all to Christ, 
pray for us.
St. Paul, who called thyself prisoner of Christ for us, pray for us.
St. Paul, who wast jealous of us with the jealousy of God, pray for us.
St. Paul, who gloried only in the Cross of Christ, pray for us.
St. Paul, who bore in thy body the mortification of Christ, pray for us.
St. Paul, who exclaimed: "With Christ I am nailed to the cross!" pray for us.
St. Paul, that we may awake and sin no more, pray for us.
That we may not receive the grace of God in vain, pray for us.
That we may walk in newness of life, pray for us.
That we may work out our salvation with fear and trembling, pray for us.
That we may put on the armor of God, pray for us.
That we may stand against the deceits of the wicked one, pray for us.
That we may stand fast to the last, pray for us.
That we may press forward to the mark, pray for us.
That we may win the crown, 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, 
Graciously hear us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

Let Us Pray
O God, Who hast taught the whole world by the preaching of blessed Paul the Apostle, grant that we who celebrate his memory may, by following his example, be drawn unto Thee, Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.  Amen

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