The
Litany of St. Vincent de Paul
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Lord, have mercy on us,
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us,
Christ, graciously hear us.
V. The just shall spring up like the lily,
R. And flourish forever before the Lord. Alleluia.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us.
Holy Mary, comforter of the afflicted, Pray for us.
Saint Vincent de Paul, etc.
St. Vincent, who at the tenderest age didst display a wisdom most
mature,
St. Vincent, who from thy childhood wast full of pity and compassion,
St. Vincent, who like David, from a simple shepherd becamest a ruler
and pastor of the people of God,
St. Vincent, who in thy captivity by Turkish pirates didst preserve
perfect freedom,
St. Vincent the just man, who didst live by faith,
St. Vincent, always supported on the firm anchor of a Christian hope,
St. Vincent, always inflamed with the fire of perfect charity,
St. Vincent, truly simple, upright, and fearing God,
St. Vincent, true disciple of Jesus Christ, always meek and humble of
heart,
St. Vincent, perfectly mortified in heart and mind,
St. Vincent, ever animated with the spirit of Our Lord,
St. Vincent, generous maintainer of the glory of God,
St. Vincent, ever inwardly burning and ever outwardly transported with
zeal for souls,
St. Vincent, who in Christian poverty didst find the precious pearl
and the rich treasure of the Gospel,
St. Vincent, like to the Angels in thy purity,
St. Vincent, faithful in obedience and victorious in word and deed,
St. Vincent, who didst fly the slightest appearance of evil,
St. Vincent, who in all thine actions didst aspire to the practice of
perfect virtue,
St. Vincent, who didst remain like a rock amidst the stormy sea of this
world,
St. Vincent, invincible amidst the arrows of adversity,
St. Vincent, as patient in suffering as thou wast indulgent in
forgiving,
St. Vincent, ever docile and obedient son of the Holy See,
St. Vincent, who hadst exceeding horror of the novel ways and subtle
words of heretics,
St. Vincent, destined by a special Providence to announce the Gospel to
the poor,
St. Vincent, father and model of ecclesiastics,
St. Vincent, prudent founder of the Congregation of the Mission,
St. Vincent, wise institutor of the Congregation of the Sisters of
Charity,
St. Vincent, tender in compassionating and prompt in relieving the
necessities of the poor,
St. Vincent, equally fervent in the practice of prayer and in ministry
of the word,
St. Vincent, admirable in imitation of the life and virtues of Jesus,
St. Vincent, who didst persevere to the end in shunning evil and doing
good,
St. Vincent, who as in life so in death wast most precious in the sight
of God,
St. Vincent, glory of France and pride of Paris,
St. Vincent, patron of all charitable associations,
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 takes away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
V. The Lord hath led the just man through right ways,
R. And showed unto him the Kingdom of God.
Let Us Pray.
O God, Who by an effect of Thine infinite goodness, hast renewed in our
days, in the apostolic character and humility of Thy blessed servant
Vincent, the spirit of Thy well-beloved Son-----to preach the Gospel to
the poor, relieve the afflicted, console the miserable, and add new
luster to the ecclesiastical order-----grant, we beseech Thee, through
his powerful intercession, that we also, delivered from the great
misery of sin, may labor to please Thee by the practice of the same
humility, through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Who liveth with Thee and the
Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. R. Amen.
O God, Who for the preaching of the Gospel to the poor, and for
promoting the honor of the priesthood, didst endue blessed Vincent with
the zeal of an apostle, grant, we humbly pray Thee, that we who
venerate his holy life may profit by the examples of virtue he has left
us. R. Amen.
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