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The Litany of St.
Paul
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 Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on
us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for
us.
Queen, conceived without sin, pray
for us.
St. Paul, vessel of election, pray for us.
Apostle of the Gentiles, pray for us.
St. Paul, who was 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 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 was jealous of us, with the jealousy of God, pray for us.
St. Paul, who gloried 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.
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 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 glorious Apostle and martyr of Christ, chosen by Him to
call us to the light of the Gospel, and the knowledge of the true and
living God, obtain for us a perfect faith, firm hope, and ardent
charity, that bearing always in our flesh the mortification of Christ,
we may walk before God with simplicity, meekness, and humility, and
thus press towards the mark -- "the glorious city whose builder and
maker
is God."
O blessed Apostle, be our guide, whilst we travel through the dark and
stormy night of life, till this corruptible put on incorruption, and
this mortal put on immortality. Amen.
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