The Litany of the Passion

For Private Devotion Only.

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.

Jesus, brought before Annas and Caiphas,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, struck in the face by a servant,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, accused by false witnesses,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, declared guilty of death,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, spat upon,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, blindfolded,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, smitten on the cheek,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, thrice denied by Peter,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, delivered up to Pilate,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, clothed in a white garment,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, rejected for Barabbas,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, torn with scourges,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, bruised for our sin,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, esteemed a leper,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, covered with a purple robe,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, crowned with thorns,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, struck with a reed upon the head,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, demanded for crucifixion by the Jews,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, condemned to an ignominious death,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, given up to the will of Thine enemies,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, loaded with the heavy weight of the Cross,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, led like a sheep to the slaughter,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, stripped of Thy garments,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, fastened with nails to the cross,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, reviled by the malefactors,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, promising Paradise to the penitent thief,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, commending St. John to Thy Mother as her son,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, declaring Thyself forsaken by Thy Father,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, in Thy thirst given gall and vinegar to drink,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, testifying that all things written concerning Thee were accomplished,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, commending Thy Spirit into the hand of Thy Father,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, obedient even to the death of the Cross,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, pierced with a lance,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, made a propitiation for us,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, taken down from the Cross,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, laid in the sepulcher,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, rising gloriously from the dead,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, ascending into Heaven,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, our advocate with the Father,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, sending down on Thy disciples the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, exalting Thy Mother above the choirs of Angels,
Have mercy on us.

Jesus, Who shalt come to judge the living and the dead,
Have mercy on us.

Be merciful,
Spare us, O Lord.

Be merciful,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.

From all evil, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

From all sin, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

From anger, hatred, and every evil will, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

From war, famine, and pestilence, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

From all dangers of mind and body, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

From everlasting death, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy most pure Conception, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy miraculous Nativity, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy humble Circumcision, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy Baptism and holy fasting, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy labors and watchings, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy cruel scourging and crowning, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy thirst, and tears, and nakedness, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy precious death and Cross, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension,Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

Through Thy sending forth the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

In the day of judgment, Lord Jesus,
Deliver us.

We sinners beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would spare us,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would pardon us,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe to bring us to true penance,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe mercifully to pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spirit,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe to defend and propagate Thy holy Church,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe to preserve and increase all societies assembled in Thy Holy Name,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe to bestow upon us true peace,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe to give us perseverance in grace and in Thy holy service,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe to deliver us from unclean thoughts, the temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe to unite us to the company of Thy Saints,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

That Thou would vouchsafe graciously to hear us,
We beseech Thee, hear us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O Lord.

Christ, hear us;
Christ, graciously hear us.

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and praise Thee:
R . Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Let Us Pray.

Almighty and eternal God, Who hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Savior of the world, and hast willed to be appeased with His blood, grant that we may so venerate this price of our salvation, and by its might be so defended upon earth from the evils of this present life, that in Heaven we may rejoice in its everlasting fruit. Who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.