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Litany for the Dying





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Litany for the Dying

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Holy Mary, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, pray for him/her.
All ye choirs of the Just, pray for him/her.
Holy Abel,  pray for him/her.
Holy Abraham, pray for him/her.
Saint John Baptist, pray for him/her.
Saint Joseph, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for him/her.
Saint Peter, pray for him/her.
Saint Paul,  pray for him/her.
Saint Andrew, pray for him/her.
Saint John, pray for him/her.
Saint Jude, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Disciples of Our Lord, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Innocents, pray for him/her.
Saint Stephen, pray for him/her.
Saint Lawrence, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Martyrs, pray for him/her.
Saint Sylvester, pray for him/her.
Saint Gregory, pray for him/her.
Saint Augustine,  pray for him/her.
Saint Basil,  pray for him/her.
Saint Ambrose, pray for him/her.
Saint Francis of Sales, pray for him/her.
Saint Bonaventure, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, pray for him/her.
Saint Benedict, pray for him/her.
Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for him/her..
Saint Dominic, pray for him/her.
Saint Ignatius, pray for him/her.
Saint Philip Neri, pray for him/her.
Saint Camillus de Lellis, pray for him/her.
Saint John of God, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Monks and Hermits, pray for him/her.
All ye holy founders of Religious Orders, pray for him/her.
Saint Mary Magdalene, pray for him/her.
Saint Lucy, pray for him/her.
Saint Scholastica, pray for him/her.
Saint Teresa, pray for him/her.
Saint Clare, pray for him/her.
Saint Angela Merici, pray for him/her.
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for him/her.
All ye holy Virgins and Widows, pray for him/her.

All ye men and women, Saints of God, intercede for him/her.

Be merciful, spare him/her, O Lord.

Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Lord.

From Thy wrath, deliver him/her, O Lord.
From the peril of death, deliver him/her, O Lord.
From an evil death, deliver him/her, O Lord.
From the pains of hell, deliver him/her, O Lord.
From all evil, deliver him/her, O Lord.
From the power of the devil, deliver him/her, O Lord.

O Lord, deliver him (or her), deliver him/her.
Through Thy Nativity, deliver him/her.
Through Thy Cross and Passion, deliver him/her.
Through Thy Death and Burial, deliver him/her.
Through Thy glorious Resurrection, deliver him/her.
Through Thine admirable Ascension, deliver him/her.
Through the graces of the Holy Ghost the Paraclete, deliver him/her.
In the day of Judgment, deliver him/her.

We sinners beseech Thee to hear us.

That Thou spare him/her,  beseech Thee to hear us.

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Let us pray: We beseech Thy clemency, O Lord, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe so to strengthen Thy servants in Thy grace, that, at the hour of death, the enemy may not prevail over them, and that they may deserve to pass with Thy angels into everlasting life. Amen.



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