Prayers of the Middle Ages: Light from a Thousand Years

by Unknown

—Mozarabic Breviary

A Litany of Repentance

Turn away, O Lord, the fierceness of Thy wrath, and in pity spare Thy people:

And have mercy.

Grant a favourable and speedy answer to the prayers of all, we beseech Thee:

And have mercy.

Do Thou, O Christ, look upon our groanings, loose the bands of death, and grant us life:

And have mercy.

Behold our tears—consider our sighs, and now at length in pity forgive our sins:

And have mercy.