Litany for Christmas.
(For Private Devotion Only.)
Glory be to God on high.
And peace on earth to men of good will.
We praise Thee.
We bless Thee.
We adore Thee.
We glorify Thee; we give Thee thanks for Thy great glory.
Lord God, heavenly King, Father almighty.
Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son.
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Who takest away the sins of the world,
Hear our prayers.
Who sitteth at the right hand of the Father,
Have mercy on us.
For Thou only art holy,
Thou only art Our Lord.
Thou only, O Jesus Christ, art most high, together with the Holy Ghost, in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
Blessed Jesus, true God and man, born in the form of a helpless infant.
Praise and glory be to Thee forever.
Blessed Jesus, Who, having the heavens for Thy throne, didst yet choose a poor stable for Thine abode.
Praise and glory be to Thee forever.
Blessed Jesus, Who, being God incomprehensible, wast pleased, in love to us, to be wrapped up in swaddling-clothes and laid in a manger.
Praise and glory be to Thee forever.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He hath visited and wrought the redemption of His people.
And hath raised up a horn of salvation to us in the house of David His servant.
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, who are from the beginning.
Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.
To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember His holy testament.
The oath, which He swore to Abraham our father, that He would grant to us.
That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve Him without fear.
In holiness and justice before Him all our days.
Through the bowels of the mercy of Our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us.
To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death; to direct our feet into the way of peace.
Glory be to the Father, etc.
Let Us Pray.
O eternal God, Father almighty, Who in compassion to lost man didst send Thine only Son to become His Redeemer from that unhappy state; grant, we beseech Thee, that we, who are here assembled to acknowledge the mercy of this time, may find the benefit of it in our souls, in the pardon of all our sins. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, etc.
Crown of the Twelve Stars, Or Rosary of the Immaculate Conception.
Let us praise and bless the most Holy Trinity, for having shown to us the Virgin Mary clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and with a mysterious crown of twelve stars upon her head.
R. Forever and forever. Amen.
Let us praise and bless the divine Father, for having chosen her as His daughter.
R. Amen. Our Father, etc.
Praised be the divine Father, for having predestined her to be the Mother of His divine Son.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the divine Father, for having preserved her from all sin in her conception.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the divine Father, for having adorned her with the highest gifts in her nativity.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the divine Father, for having given her St. Joseph as a most pure spouse and companion.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc.
Let us praise and bless the divine Son, for having chosen her for His Mother.
R. Amen. Our Father, etc.
Praised be the divine Son, for having become incarnate in her womb, and for having remained there nine months.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the divine Son, for having been born of her, and for having given her the milk wherewith to nourish Him.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the divine Son, for having been pleased in His childhood to be educated by her.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the divine Son, for having revealed to her the mysteries of the redemption of the world.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc.
Let us praise and bless the Holy Ghost, for having taken her for His spouse.
R. Amen. Our Father, etc.
Praised be the Holy Ghost, for having revealed to her for the first time His name of Holy Ghost.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the Holy Ghost, through Whose operation she was at once Virgin and Mother.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the Holy Ghost, through Whose power she became the living temple of the most Holy Trinity.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, etc.
Praised be the Holy Ghost, by Whom she was exalted in heaven above all creatures.
R. Amen. Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc.
For the holy Catholic Church, for the propagation of the faith, for peace among Christian princes, and for the extirpation of heresies, let us say