Prayers of the Middle Ages: Light from a Thousand Years

by Unknown

Thou who didst once suffer for the ungodly, and diest no more, mortify our vices in us, and heal us by the wound of the Cross:

And have mercy graciously.

That in the judgment Thy face may not be turned on us for punishment, but may shine on us with pardon:

And have mercy graciously. Amen.

—Mozarabic Breviary[1]

A Litany on the Passion

O good Shepherd, who didst lay down Thy life for the sheep, remember us:

Be propitious, and have mercy upon us.

O everlasting Power and Wisdom of the most high God, Thou Word of the Father, remember us:

Be propitious, and have mercy upon us.