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The
Litany
of St. John the Baptist
For Private Use Only.
Lord, 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,
Pray for us.
Queen of Prophets,
Pray
for us.
Queen of Martyrs, etc.
St. John the Baptist,
St. John the Baptist,
precursor of Christ,
St. John the Baptist,
glorious forerunner of the Sun of Justice,
St. John the Baptist,
minister of Baptism to Jesus,
St. John the Baptist,
burning and shining lamp of the world,
St. John the Baptist,
angel
of purity before thy birth,
St. John the Baptist,
special friend and favorite of Christ,
St. John the Baptist,
heavenly contemplative, whose element was prayer,
St. John the Baptist,
intrepid preacher of truth,
St. John the Baptist,
voice
crying in the wilderness,
St. John the Baptist,
miracle of mortification and penance,
St. John the Baptist,
example of profound humility,
St. John the Baptist,
glorious martyr of zeal for God's holy law,
St. John the Baptist,
gloriously fulfilling thy mission,
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.
Christ,
hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
V. Pray for us, O
glorious St.
John
the Baptist,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let
Us Pray.
O God, Who hast
honored this
world by the birth of Saint
John the Baptist,
grant that Thy
faithful
people may rejoice in the way of eternal
salvation,
through Jesus Christ
Our
Lord. R.
Amen.
St. John The Baptist,
the
Last of the Prophets, and
the Precursor of Christ was sanctified in the womb of his mother, St.
Elizabeth; he was a kinsman of Jesus Christ and spent his youth and
early manhood until age 30 in prayer and penance in the desert, then he
preached penance and Baptism in preparation for the coming of the
Redeemer, finally Baptizing Our Lord Himself and proclaiming Him "the
Lamb of God." St. John the Baptist was beheaded by order of Herod
Antipas while enduring imprisonment by the same ruler for denouncing
Herod's adulterous and incestuous marriage to his half-brother's wife.
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