Litany for the repentant sinner
•
It
is
not
in
vain
that
we
pray
to
God,
whose
very
nature
is
to
be
merciful
and
forgiving
.
He
even
wants
us
to
importune
Him;
and
if
He
is
severe
towards
the
heart
that
rebels
against
His
love's
advances
to
draw
it
to
Himself,
He
is
all
kindness
to
the
penitent
and
docile
heart.
Prayers
are
excellent
and
necessary,
but
they
are
not
enough.
They
must
be
sanctioned
by
compunction
of
heart,
by
real
efforts
to
correct
oneself,
and
by
a
penance
that
is
the
fruit
of
sincere
contrition.
So
make
every
effort
to
ensure
that
your
heart
is
touched
by
deep
regret,
and
beseech
Mary
to
inspire
in
you
a
just
abhorrence
of
all
that
offends
God.
Moaning
thus
humiliated,
you
will
infallibly
deserve
that
the
God
who
never
despises
the
heart
broken
and
annihilated
by
the
feeling
of
its
faults,
should
approach
you
and
say:
“Go,
your
sins
are
forgiven you, be delivered from evil, but sin no more, lest something worse happen to you.”
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.
O Lord, who do not wish the sinner to die, but rather to be converted and live,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
have
compassion
on
all
men
and
conceal
their
sins,
so
that
they
may
do penance,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O Lord, who have never rejected a contrite and humble heart,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O Lord, who remember none of our sins after we have done penance for them,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who,
after
Adam's
fall,
made
him
aware
of
his
fault
and
called
him
to
penance,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
forgave
David
when
he
accused
himself
of
his
sin
and
did
penance
for
it,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
forgave
the
people
of
Nineveh
when
they
did
penance
through
fasting, ashes and cilice,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
coming
to
redeem
mankind,
sent
before
You
Saint
John
the
Baptist to preach penance,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
declared
that
the
publican,
striking
his
breast
with
pain
and
humility, had been justified,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
gave
hope
of
forgiveness
to
the
greatest
sinners,
in
the
parable
of the prodigal son returning to his father,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
forgave
Mary
Magdalene
her
great
and
many
sins,
because
she
had loved You so much,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
saved
the
life
of
the
adulteress,
and
demanded
only
a
true
change of heart,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
went
looking
for
the
Samaritan
woman,
and
who
so
gently
removed her from her errors and disorders,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
blessed
the
home
of
the
converted
Zacchaeus
with
Your
presence, and placed him among the true children of Abraham,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
looking
upon
Saint
Peter
with
an
eye
of
mercy,
when
he
denied
You
for
the
third
time,
revealed
to
him
his
crime,
and
made
him
expiate
it
through
the tears of a sincere penitence,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
lifted
up
on
the
Cross,
promised
paradise
to
the
good
penitent
thief,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O good Jesus! who wanted to be a propitiation victim for our sins,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
to
save
us
from
the
curse
our
sins
deserved,
made
Yourself
an
object of curse,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
reconciled
Heaven
with
Earth
by
the
blood
You
shed
on
the
Cross,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
Show us, O Lord, Your kindness,
and grant us Your salvation.
O Lord, hear my prayer,
and let my cry come to You.
From all sin,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the tears You shed in the manger,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the sufferings of Your circumcision, and by the blood You shed there,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the poverty, darkness and labors of Your hidden life,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the baptism of penance You wished to receive, and by the rigor of Your fast,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the sweat, toil and contradictions of Your public life,
deliver us, O Lord.
By Your agony and Your sweat of blood at the sight of our sins,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the opprobrium with which You were filled for us,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the torments and pains of Your Passion,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the abandonment You suffered on the Cross and by Your cruel death,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the thrust of the lance that opened Your divine Heart,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the sorrows of Your holy Mother at the foot of the Cross,
deliver us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Forgive us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Christ, hear us. /
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us. /
Christ, graciously hear us.
Let
Us
Pray
–
O
God,
who
rejects
no
one,
but
by
a
great
mercy
lets
Yourself
be
touched
in
favor
of
the
greatest
sinners
when
they
do
penance,
listen
favorably
to
the prayers we offer You in our misery; dispel the darkness into which our passions
plunge
us;
and
grant
us
the
grace
to
faithfully
fulfill
Your
holy
commandments.
We
ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Litany for the repentant sinner
•
It
is
not
in
vain
that
we
pray
to
God,
whose
very
nature
is
to
be
merciful
and
forgiving
.
He
even
wants
us
to
importune
Him;
and
if
He
is
severe
towards
the
heart
that
rebels
against
His
love's
advances
to
draw
it
to
Himself,
He
is
all
kindness
to
the
penitent
and
docile
heart.
Prayers
are
excellent
and
necessary,
but
they
are
not
enough.
They
must
be
sanctioned
by
compunction
of
heart,
by
real
efforts
to
correct
oneself,
and
by
a
penance
that
is
the
fruit
of
sincere
contrition.
So
make
every
effort
to
ensure
that
your
heart
is
touched
by
deep
regret,
and
beseech
Mary
to
inspire
in
you
a
just
abhorrence
of
all
that
offends
God.
Moaning
thus
humiliated,
you
will
infallibly
deserve
that
the
God
who
never
despises
the
heart
broken
and
annihilated
by
the
feeling
of
its
faults,
should
approach
you
and
say:
“Go,
your
sins
are
forgiven
you,
be
delivered
from
evil,
but sin no more, lest something worse happen to you.”
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.
O
Lord,
who
do
not
wish
the
sinner
to
die,
but
rather
to
be converted and live,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
have
compassion
on
all
men
and
conceal
their sins, so that they may do penance,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
have
never
rejected
a
contrite
and
humble
heart,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
remember
none
of
our
sins
after
we
have
done penance for them,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who,
after
Adam's
fall,
made
him
aware
of
his
fault and called him to penance,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
forgave
David
when
he
accused
himself
of
his sin and did penance for it,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
Lord,
who
forgave
the
people
of
Nineveh
when
they
did
penance through fasting, ashes and cilice,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
coming
to
redeem
mankind,
sent
before You Saint John the Baptist to preach penance,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
declared
that
the
publican,
striking
his
breast with pain and humility, had been justified,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
gave
hope
of
forgiveness
to
the
greatest
sinners,
in
the
parable
of
the
prodigal
son
returning to his father,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
forgave
Mary
Magdalene
her
great
and
many sins, because she had loved You so much,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
saved
the
life
of
the
adulteress,
and
demanded only a true change of heart,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
went
looking
for
the
Samaritan
woman,
and
who
so
gently
removed
her
from
her
errors
and disorders,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
blessed
the
home
of
the
converted
Zacchaeus
with
Your
presence,
and
placed
him
among
the
true children of Abraham,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
looking
upon
Saint
Peter
with
an
eye
of
mercy,
when
he
denied
You
for
the
third
time,
revealed
to
him
his
crime,
and
made
him
expiate
it
through
the
tears of a sincere penitence,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
lifted
up
on
the
Cross,
promised
paradise to the good penitent thief,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
wanted
to
be
a
propitiation
victim
for
our sins,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who,
to
save
us
from
the
curse
our
sins
deserved, made Yourself an object of curse,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
O
good
Jesus!
who
reconciled
Heaven
with
Earth
by
the
blood You shed on the Cross,
I am extremely sorry to have offended You so much.
Show us, O Lord, Your kindness,
and grant us Your salvation.
O Lord, hear my prayer,
and let my cry come to You.
From all sin,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the tears You shed in the manger,
deliver us, O Lord.
By
the
sufferings
of
Your
circumcision,
and
by
the
blood
You shed there,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the poverty, darkness and labors of Your hidden life,
deliver us, O Lord.
By
the
baptism
of
penance
You
wished
to
receive,
and
by
the rigor of Your fast,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the sweat, toil and contradictions of Your public life,
deliver us, O Lord.
By
Your
agony
and
Your
sweat
of
blood
at
the
sight
of
our
sins,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the opprobrium with which You were filled for us,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the torments and pains of Your Passion,
deliver us, O Lord.
By
the
abandonment
You
suffered
on
the
Cross
and
by
Your cruel death,
deliver us, O Lord.
By the thrust of the lance that opened Your divine Heart,
deliver us, O Lord.
By
the
sorrows
of
Your
holy
Mother
at
the
foot
of
the
Cross,
deliver us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Forgive us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Christ, hear us. /
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us. /
Christ, graciously hear us.
Let
Us
Pray
–
O
God,
who
rejects
no
one,
but
by
a
great
mercy
lets
Yourself
be
touched
in
favor
of
the
greatest
sinners
when
they
do
penance,
listen
favorably
to
the
prayers
we
offer
You
in
our
misery;
dispel
the
darkness
into
which
our
passions
plunge
us;
and
grant
us
the
grace
to
faithfully
fulfill
Your
holy
commandments.
We
ask
this
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
