Litany of the Saints
The Litany of the Saints is the litany sung in procession at the Feast of All Saints. The text below is reproduced in full from the booklet prepared for that feast: The Litany of the Saints, with a St. Paul's Anglican Church, Los Altos, cover, imposed as a bifold booklet for printing on 8.5 x 11 paper. The booklet was adapted from the Patronal Feast Liturgy 2020 booklet of St. Andrew's Church, Lake Almanor, California.
The chant notation printed in the booklet is not reproduced here; the words are given in full, with the sung responses as printed. A printable copy of the booklet, with the notation, is given below as four sheet images (the wiki does not accept PDF uploads).
Printable booklet
Print each sheet double-sided, flip on short edge, fold, and nest sheet 2 inside sheet 1.
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Sheet 1, front — blank back cover (left) and St. Paul's cover (right). -
Sheet 1, back — Litany pages 2 (left) and 7 (right). -
Sheet 2, front — Litany pages 6 (left) and 3 (right). -
Sheet 2, back — Litany pages 4 (left) and 5 (right).
The Litany
Procession forms: Congregation, please participate in the procession.
Kyrie, eleison. Christe, eleison. Kyrie, eleison.
O Christ, hear us. O Christ, graciously hear us.
O God, the Father, of heaven, have mercy upon us.
O God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy upon us.
O God, the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy upon us.
Invocations
Responses are printed in the booklet at the end of each group of invocations, as below.
Holy Mary, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Holy Michael,
Holy Gabriel,
Holy Raphael,
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, Pray ye the Lord.
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits,
Holy John Baptist, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Joseph, Pray thou the Lord.
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, Pray ye the Lord.
Holy Peter, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Paul,
Holy Andrew,
Holy John,
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, Pray ye the Lord.
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, Pray ye the Lord.
Holy Stephen, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Lawrence, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Vincent, Pray thou the Lord.
All ye holy Martyrs, Pray ye the Lord.
Holy Sylvester, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Gregory,
Holy Augustine,
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, Pray ye the Lord.
All ye holy Doctors,
Holy Antony, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Benedict,
Holy Dominic,
Holy Francis,
All ye holy Priests and Levites, Pray ye the Lord.
All ye holy Monks and Hermits,
Holy Mary Magdalen, Pray thou the Lord.
Holy Agnes,
Holy Cecilia,
Holy Agatha,
Holy Anastasia,
All ye holy Virgins and Widows, Pray ye the Lord.
All ye holy men and women, Saints of God,
Deliverances
Response after each: Deliver us, O Lord.
From all evil.
From all sin.
From everlasting death.
By the mystery of thy holy incarnation.
By thine advent.
By thy nativity.
By thy baptism and holy fasting.
By thy cross and passion.
By thy death and burial.
By thy holy resurrection.
By thy wonderful ascension.
By the coming of the Holy Ghost the Paraclete.
In the day of judgment.
Petitions
We sinners, Beseech thee, hear us.
That thou wouldest spare us, We beseech thee, hear us.
The response "we beseech thee, hear us," shall be sung after each of the following petitions.
That it may please thee to govern and preserve Thy Holy Church.
That it may please thee to preserve our apostolic Lord and all the orders of the Church in holy religion.
That it may please thee to humble the enemies of holy Church.
That it may please thee to give to Christian kings and rulers peace and true concord.
That it may please thee to strengthen and preserve us in holy service.
That it may please thee to reward all our benefactors with everlasting blessings.
That it may please thee to give and preserve the fruits of the earth.
That it may please thee to grant to all the faithful departed rest eternal.
That it may please thee graciously to hear us.
Agnus Dei
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy upon us.
O Christ, hear us. O Christ, graciously hear us.
Station at the High Altar
Let us pray,
O GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive; Receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us.
Almighty and Everlasting God, have mercy upon thy servant, Ray, our Bishop, and after thy great goodness direct him into the way of everlasting salvation; that by thy grace he may desire those things that are well pleasing to thee, and with all his strength perform the same.
Almighty, and everlasting God, who art the Lord both of the quick and the dead, and hast mercy upon all whom thou foreknowest will be thine in faith and works; we humbly beseech thee, that they for whom we have purposed to pour forth our prayers, both those whom this present world still holdeth in the flesh, and those whom the world to come hath already received set free from the body, may at the intercession of all thy saints, obtain pardon of all their sins by the pitifulness of thy great goodness. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.