  THE LITANY OF THE SWEET NAME OF JESUS Lord, have mercy upon us! Christ, have mercy upon us! Lord, have mercy upon us! Christ, hear us! Christ, graciously hear us! God, the Father of Heaven! Have mercy upon us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world! Have mercy upon us. God the Holy Ghost, Etc. Holy Trinity, one God, Jesus, Son of the living God! Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary! Jesus, Son of David! Jesus, King of glory! Jesus, most benignant! Have mercy upon us. Jesus, most amiable! Have mercy upon us. Jesus, most kind! Etc. Jesus, most tender-hearted! Jesus, most gracious! Jesus, most sweet! Jesus, most sweet of speech! Jesus, most friendly! Jesus, most merciful! Jesus, profuse of gifts! Jesus, most rich in grace! Jesus, dispenser of delight! Jesus, most beautiful! Jesus, Thou chosen one of God! Jesus, most worthy of our love! Jesus, splendor of the Father! Jesus, the beloved one of Thy Father! Jesus, the unfading flower of humanity! Jesus, the blossoming branch of the root of Jesse! Jesus, most intensely loved bridegroom of chaste souls! By the power of Thy sweetest of names! Have mercy upon us. By the tenderness of Thy loving heart! Have mercy upon us. By the love with which Thou didst become man! Etc. By the love with which Thou wert laid in the crib! By the love which made Thee submissive to Thy dear Mother! By the love with which for thirty-three years Thou didst endure the miseries of human nature! By the love with which Thou didst suffer the bitterest of deaths! By the love which permitted Thy holy heart to be pierced and laid open! By the love with which Thou, at thy Resurrection, didst glorify the bodies of the just! By the love with which Thou hast raised human nature on Thy Father's throne! By the love with which Thou dost show to Thy heavenly Father Thy holy Wounds received for us sinners! By the love which Thou hast re-established between God and man! By the love which exists between Thy Father and Thyself! By love itself, which love Thou art, Lord Jesus Christ! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world! Spare us, O Jesus! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of of the world, Graciously hear us, O Jesus! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Jesus! V. Jesus, Saviour of the world, graciously hear us! R. For Thy mercy is without limit! Prayer. Most benignant Jesus! mellifluent bridegroom of all loving souls, accept this litany offered to the honor ahd glory of Thy sweet name and for the sake of that love with which for the consolation of all men Thou hast assumed this holy name, grant that through the might of this exalted name I may be preserved from all temptations in life and death. Amen.  E-MAIL HOME-----------LITANIES-----------SAINT GERTRUDE INDEX www.catholictradition.org/Gertrude/litany1c.htm |