LITANY 11 - Litany of the Lamb of God

God the Father of the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world,

have mercy on us.

God the Son, sacrificial Lamb that takes away the sin of the world,

have mercy on us

God the Holy Spirit, Life of the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world,

have mercy on us.

Faithful Lamb of God,

Have mercy and hear us.  

Faithful Lamb, Finder of lost lambs,

Have mercy, find us that we may be kept.

Faithful Lamb, Lifter of fallen lambs,

Have mercy, lift us up that we may not fall.

Faithful Lamb, Balm of broken lambs,

Have mercy, balm us that our wounds may be bound.

Faithful Lamb, House of homeless lambs,

Have mercy, shelter us that we may have a home.

Faithful Lamb, Feast for the hungering lambs,

Have mercy, feed us that we may be nourished.

Faithful Lamb, Teacher of ignorant lambs,

Have mercy, Speak to us that we may be taught.

Faithful Lamb, Purifier of blemished lambs,

Have mercy, purify us that we may be spotless.

Faithful Lamb, the Shepherd of all lambs

Have mercy, rod and staff us that we may be led and comforted.

Faithful Lamb of God,

Have mercy and hear us.  

God the Father of the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world,

have mercy on us.

God the Son, sacrificial Lamb that takes away the sin of the world,

have mercy on us

God the Holy Spirit, Life of the Lamb that takes away the sin of the world,

have mercy on us. Amen

- pmwl

LITANY 10 - IN TIMES OF TEMPTATION.

O Lord, have mercy upon us.
O Christ, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord God, Limiter of temptations beyond our abilities,
Lord God, Provider of a way out of temptations, 
For the sake of Jesus Christ, hear our prayer. 

From all thoughts and thinking that would lead to temptation; 
From all desires that lead into temptation;
From all wants that give rise to any temptation; 
From all temptation to please and pleasure our sinful nature;
From our weakness of flesh before all temptation; 
From all bondage that sin and its temptation have on us; and
From all justifications to give into any temptation,
Lord have mercy, deliver, defend and protect us. 

From all images that would tempt us;
From all words that would tempt us;
From all places where we would be most tempted, and 
From all persons would tempt us, 
Lord have mercy, deliver, defend and protect us. 

Blessed Lord Jesus Christ,
Sympathetic Savior and Champion over all temptation,
For the sake of Your victory over all temptation, hear our prayer. 

By Your suffering temptation from Satan;
By Your suffering temptation from those You love;
By Your suffering temptation in all the walks and ways of Your life;
By Your suffering temptation in the hour of death; and 
By Your suffering temptation in every way we are tempted,
Lord have mercy upon us in all times of temptation.

By Your victory over every temptation with which we are tempted;
By Your faithfulness to God and to us over every temptation;
By Your suffering and death for all our succumbing to temptation; and
By Your sympathizing with us in all temptation, 
Lord have mercy upon us and gracious to us.

Gracious God our heavenly Father, 
Sender of Your Son into all temptations with which we are tempted, 
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.

In all forms of our temptation;
In all conditions of our temptation;
In all degrees of our temptation; 
In all times of our doubts that give rise to temptation;
In all times of our fear in the face of temptation;
In all times of our want to give into temptation; 
In all times of our apathy in the face of temptation; 
In all times of our frustration because of constant temptation; 
In all times of our selfishness that leads us into temptation; and 
In all times of our trouble because we have given into temptation,
Have mercy upon us, grant us Your aid and lead us not into temptation.

Gracious God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
Knower of all our temptations and Limiter of them, 
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer. 

For ears to hear Your Word in the face of all temptation;
For a heart to believe Your Word in face of all temptation;
For the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit to move us into Your will in every temptation, 
For the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to what is godly in all our thoughts, words, desires and deeds;
For the Holy Spirit’s intercession in all our feeble prayers in the face of every temptation;
For the Holy Spirit to renew our strength that we may not grow weary in the face of constant temptation; 
For the Holy Spirit to enlighten us that the victory over every temptation is found in Jesus Christ alone; 
And that we may be forgiven for all our times of entertaining temptations and our surrendering to them into sin,
We implore You to have mercy and help us.

O God the Father, Blessed Creator, 
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.
O God the Son, Jesus Christ, Blessed Redeemer,
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.
O God the Holy Spirit, blessed Sanctifier,
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer. 
Amen. 
- pmwl
 

LITANY 9 - THANKSGIVING FOR THE KINGDOM

Almighty God, You have made all things by Your mighty power;
You are King and Ruler of the world, gracious in truth and love, because -
Yours is the eternal kingdom and the power and the glory, now and forever. 

You reveal and offer to us the glory of Your kingdom in the pure and faithful love of Jesus Christ, because -
Yours is the eternal kingdom and the power and the glory, now and forever.

You manifest Your kingdom before all people through the almighty and creative work of Your Holy Spirit in Your Holy Word and Sacraments, because -
Yours is the eternal kingdom and the power and the glory, now and forever.

Your merciful perfection is manifest to us beyond all that we can ever know, ask or imagine, because -
Yours is the eternal kingdom and the power and the glory, now and forever.

Let us bless the name of the Lord our God, because -
The depth and wonder of His mercies are ever vigilant in manifesting and increasing His Kingdom in its constant course to us now and at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

For the perfection which You are and manifest to perfect us;
For all the glory and wonder that is You and You manifest to glorify us; and
For the working of Your kingdom in the means You have chosen to manifest Yourself and Your grace to save us:
Blessed be Your holy name, O Lord our God. 

For the constancy and gladness of Your gift of life in all creation; and
For Your ordering all things for the protection of life here and in eternity:
Blessed be Your holy name, O Lord our God. 

For Your creation of man in Your own image that You might reign within his heart; and
For Your creation of man in Your own image that You might manifest Your works of love through Him:
Blessed be Your holy name, O Lord our God. 

For Your kingdom pushing back the darkness of death by sending the Light of the Life;
For Your kingdom pushing back the deceptions of sin by sending the Living Truth; and
For Your kingdom pushing back all the works and ways of Satan and our sin by sending the Way of our Salvation:
Blessed be Your holy name, O Lord our God. 

For the holy epiphany of Yourself and Your kingdom through the incarnation of Your Son for us;
For the epiphany of Yourself and Your kingdom through the living, suffering, death and burial of Your Son for us; and 
For the epiphany of Yourself and Your kingdom through resurrection of Your Son from the dead for us:
Blessed be Your holy name, O Lord our God. 

For the work of Your kingdom manifested in the faith and faithfulness of Your saints; 
For the work of Your kingdom manifested in the words and works of Your saints; and 
For the work of Your kingdom put to pen and press by Your saints:
Blessed be Your holy name, O Lord our God. 

That Your Kingdom is like unto Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever. (Hb 13:8):
Blessed be Your holy name, O Lord our God. Amen. 

-pmwl


 

LITANY 8 - For the will of God

Lord Jesus, Son of God, hear us.
Lord Jesus, Savior, our Savior, graciously hear us.
God the Father, Who has created us,
Hallowed be Thy will.
God the Son, Who has redeemed us,

Not my will but Yours be done.

God the Holy Spirit, Who has called us by the Gospel and enlightened with Your gifts,

Make the most holy the will of God to us.

You alone O Lord, know and foresee all things,

Have mercy on us and keep us in Your perfect will.

You alone O Lord, govern and rule all things,

Have mercy on us and lead us in Your holy will.

You alone O Lord, effect all things in a wonderful manner according to Your unsearchable designs,

Have mercy on us and effect Your holy will for us.

You alone O Lord, allow evil only in order to derive the eternal salvation of those who believe now and will yet come to believe,

Have mercy on us and save us by Your holy will.

In all things and in all possible events,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In all situations and circumstances,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In all graces and disgraces,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In our state and employment,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In our my affairs and occupations,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In all our attitudes and actions,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In our health and strength,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In our bodies and souls,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In our life and death,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In ourselves and in all those who belong to us,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In all people and angels,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In all creatures,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

In all parts of the earth,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

At all times,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

For all eternity,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

That we hate sin,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

Though our sinful shall complain,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

Though it may require the loss of self and satisfaction,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

That we give up all reliance upon ourselves to overcome our sin,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

That we daily entrust ourselves unconditionally to the Blessed Savior,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

That we abide with patience and confidence in the midst of things to great for us,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

Because You alone are our Blessed Creator,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

Because You alone are the Supreme Lord of all things,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

Because You alone are infinite perfection, we say, with all the saints in Heaven,

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

With Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, we say

Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

Grant us Your grace, O Father, that faithful submission to Your Holy Will may be with us, work in us, and continue with us to the end. 

Grant us always to desire and will that which is most acceptable to You and which pleases You best. 

Let Your will be ours, and let our will always follow Yours and agree perfectly with it. 

Let me always will and not will the same with You; let us not be able to will or not will anything except what You will to be or will not to be.

According to the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen. Your holy will be done, O Lord our God.

- pmwl

Litany 7 - A Litany for the Night

O Lord:

Have mercy upon us.

O Christ:

Have mercy upon us.

O Lord:

Have mercy upon us.

For all who in any place who stand this night in need of Your merciful provision and protection:

Have mercy good Lord and meet their need.

On those struggling and oppressed by temptation;

On those who have succumb to temptation;

On those who are in dwell in deadly sin;

On those who have given themselves up to their sinfulness and that of the world and have forgotten You;

On those who have never known You;

And on all those who in this night are in danger of losing You for ever:

Have mercy good Lord, lead them not into temptation and save them.

On those who employed in evil industries and profit by sin;

On the victims of their wicked and immoral commerce;

On all those who indulge themselves in any sinful amusement;

On those who busy themselves in places of places of iniquity;

And on those who endanger their souls by sinful luxury and self-indulgence:

Have mercy good Lord, deliver them from evil and save them.

On all who are out this night, the abandoned, the forgotten, the homeless, the vagabond, the weary, the starving, the suicidal, the bitter, and the neglected:

Have mercy good Lord, protect, provide, defend, and deliver them all.

For each policeman, fireman, and watchman;

For all those who maintain the means of travel and communication;

For every editor and journalist;

For every student and scientist;

For all soldiers, sailors, and aviators;

For each laborer in every industry;

For every father and mother;

And for all who work or watch this night:

Have mercy good Lord, look out for them and bless them.

To heal the sick and suffering;

To sustain and deliver all those who must undergo operations;

To comfort and strengthen those who endure agony of body, mind or soul;

To companion the sleepless and the lonely;

To console and calm those in anxiety;

To visit and sustain each of those this night who must suffer bereavement;

And to deepen the repentance and faith of all those for whom this will be their last night upon earth:

We humble ask You to be merciful good Lord.

Be their Great Physician and be merciful to them all.

To give faithfulness and sympathy to each nurse and all that serve the injured, sickly, and suffering;

To endow all doctors called out this night with wisdom and skill to meet the needs of those they serve;

And to bless each minister of Your Word who shall comfort the distressed and attend the dying in this night:

We humble ask You to be merciful good Lord. 

Let Your hand be their hand and Your voice their voice, that the welfare of Your people may be preserved.

On those who live through this night alone without a minister of Your Word or the Sacraments of Your Church,

On all those who die in impenitence and unbelief,

On those who die unconscious and unaware,

On those who die suddenly and without time for preparation,

And on those who are afraid to die:

Have mercy good Lord, attend them with Your Spirit and deliver them according to Your mercies.

For each of those tonight, who depart this life in the holy Christian faith and reverent fear:

Have mercy good Lord and receive them unto Yourself.

To all of us in our last hour, whenever it may come to us:

Have mercy good Lord and grant penitence, pardon, and peace.

By Your holy death in darkness:

Deliver us all from the darkness of death, O Christ.

O Lord:

Have mercy upon us.

O Christ:

Have mercy upon us.

O Lord:

Have mercy upon us.  Amen.

Litany 6 - By Christ's coming and becoming

O Lord, have mercy and be gracious to me.

O Christ, have mercy and hear my prayer.

O Lord, have mercy and be gracious to me.

By Your coming down to those who could never lift themselves up to You,

O Lord have mercy that I may be borne up in Your everlasting arms.

By Your becoming like unto those who could never become like unto You,

O Lord have mercy that I may be made like unto You.

By Your becoming such as I am in sin under the wrath of God,

O Lord have mercy that coming to You as I am, I may be forgiven and become the righteousness of God in You.

By Your being reared for the sake of those who could not of their own efforts be reared worthy of heaven,

O Lord have mercy that I may be reared in You and raised unto heaven.

O Lord, have mercy and be gracious to me.

O Christ, have mercy and hear my prayer.

O Lord, have mercy and be gracious to me.

Amen.

LITANY 5 - For Blessed Substitution of Christ.

Blessed Savior, holy Christ,
Have mercy and hear my prayer.
By Thy Holy thoughts –
Lord have mercy upon me and be my thinking and my thought.
By Thy pure desires –
Lord have mercy upon me and be my desiring and my want.
By Thy faithfulness to God and to all about You in Your life –
Lord have mercy upon me and be my faithfulness to God and all about me and my faith.
By Thy faithful worship of God according to His Word –
Lord have mercy upon me and be my worship of God and the Word of my worship.
By Thy perfect passion and death in my place before God –
Lord have mercy upon me and be my perfect sacrifice for my sins and my place before God.
By Thy holy name –

Lord have mercy upon me and be the Father’s hearing of my prayer and His answer to me. Amen.

pmwl 1-8-2012

Litany 4 - Based upon the prayer of Saint John Chrysostom

O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and deprive me not of Your heavenly blessings;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and deliver me from eternal torment;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and where I have sinned in my mind or thought, in word deed, forgive me.
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and deliver me from every ignorance and heedlessness, from pettiness of the soul and stony hardness of heart;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and deliver me from every temptation;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and enlighten my heart darkened by evil desires;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and I, being a human being, have sinned; do You, being God, forgive me in Your loving kindness, for You know the weakness of my soul.
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and send down Your grace to help me, that I may glorify Your holy Name;
O Lord Jesus Christ,
Have mercy and inscribe me, Your servant, in the Book of Life, and grant me a blessed end;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and even if I have done nothing good in Your sight, yet grant me, according to Your grace, that Have mercy and I may make a start in doing good.
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and sprinkle on my heart the dew of Your grace;
O Lord of heaven and earth,
Have mercy and remember me, Your sinful servant, cold of heart and impure, in Your Kingdom.
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and receive me in repentance;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and leave me not;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and save me from temptation;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and grant me pure thoughts;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and grant me tears of repentance, remembrance of death, and the sense of peace;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and grant me mindfulness to confess my sins;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and grant me humility, charity, and obedience;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and grant me tolerance, magnanimity, and gentleness;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and implant in me the root of all blessings: the fear of You in my heart;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and so keep me that I may love You with all my heart and soul, and that I may obey in all things Your will;
O Lord, my God and my Life,
Have mercy and shield me from evil persons and devils and passions and all other lawless matters;
O Lord, my God and my Life, Who knows Your creation and that which You have willed for it;
Have mercy so that Your will also be fulfilled in me, a sinner, for You are blessed forevermore. Amen.
- pmwl 1-7-2012

LITANY – 3 For a faithful learning and living of the Word of God

O Lord, have mercy upon us.

O Christ, have mercy upon us.

O Lord, have mercy upon us.

Omniscient Father in heaven,

For the sake of Jesus Christ –

Hear our prayer.

Lord, God of knowing and of all that can be known,

Hear my prayer and be gracious to me.

From all ignorance of You and Your Word;

From all foolishness of thought, word or deed;

From all knowing apart from the holy revelation of Your Word;

From all understanding apart from the holy perception of Your Word;

From all wisdom apart from the holy sage of Your Word;

From losing a reverent love for and want to hear Your Word;

From all wants for other and newer words that Your Word alone;

And from all temptations to lean on our own understanding or that of the world –

Lord have mercy and deliver us.

Lord have mercy and save us.

Blessed Lord Jesus Christ,

Revelation of the Most High,

Hear our prayer and answer our cry.

By Your holy learning as a child for us;

By Your holy faithful attendance to the Word of God in the temple for us;

By Your holy questions asked of the priests and teachers of the law for us;

By Your holy submission to learning the Word of God even thought You are that Word made flesh for us;

By Your holy abidance in the Word of God for us;

By Your holy teaching of the Word of God;

By Your holy patience with those who were slow to hear and to learn;

By Your holy revelation of God’s grace and truth

And by Your holy Word giving and working the grace and truth You are and bring –

Blessed Lord have mercy upon us and teach us.

Blessed Lord hear our prayer and grant us the wisdom of Your Word.

Gracious God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

Whom to know is life and good understanding,

Hear our prayer according to Your knowledge of us and our need to know.

That Your Holy Spirit may give us ears to hear as we hear Your Word;

That we may by hearing believe Your Word;

That we may hearing all things worldly according to Your Word;

That we may trust in Your Word alone as our greatest revelation for life and salvation;

That we may abide in Your Word;

That we may be made wise by Your Word;

That all our thoughts, desires, words and deeds may be flow only from Your Word;

That we may fear, love and trust in Your Word above all other word;

And that we may faithfully share Your whole Word;

Have mercy upon us and graciously give us Your Holy Spirit.

Have mercy upon us and teach us blessed Lord.

Omniscient God the Father, Faithful Speaker of Your Word,

Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.

God the Son, Jesus Christ, Faithful Word of God made flesh,

Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.

God the Holy Spirit, Faithful Caller of God through the Word,

Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.

O Lord, have mercy upon us.

O Christ, have mercy upon us.

O Lord, have mercy upon us.

Amen.

- pmwl 12-9-2011

LITANY – 2 - An Intercession for another who is injured/suffering

O Lord, have mercy upon me.

O Christ, have mercy upon me.

O Lord, have mercy upon me.

O Father in heaven,

For the sake of Jesus Christ –

Hear my prayer.

Lord, God of all compassions and mercy,

For the sake of __________, hear my prayer.

From all fears of body and mind;

From any neglect to his/her physical welfare;

From all temptations to doubt and despair;

From all assaults of the evil one;

From any further complications in his/her recovery;

From any further injuries to his/her body and mind;

And from weakness of heart, mind, body or spirit-

Lord have mercy and deliver __________.

Lord have mercy and protect __________.

Blessed Lord Jesus Christ,

Compassionate Lord and great Physician –

For the sake of __________, hear my prayer.

By Your holy incarnation for us;

By Your holy living in this fallen world for us;

By Your holy receiving the cause of all sickness, injury and suffering – our sin, for us;

By Your holy receiving of the holy injuries and wounds to Your flesh for us;

By Your holy suffering all this on the Cross for us;

By all Your holy patience in suffering for us;

By all Your holy compassion for others in suffering for us;

By all Your holy speaking of forgiveness in suffering for us;

By all Your holy entrance into death for us all;

And by Your holy resurrection over sin and death for us;

Blessed Lord have mercy upon __________ and help him/her.

Blessed Lord hear my prayer and grant these to __________.

Gracious God our heavenly Father

Ruling over all eternity and our times –

For the sake of __________, hear my prayer.

In all forms of his/her injuries;

In all conditions of his/her affliction;

In all degrees of his/her suffering;

In all times of his/her doubts;

In all times of his/her temptation;

In all times of his/her trouble;

In all times of his/her fear;

In all times of his/her want to give up;

In all times of his/her apathy;

In all times of his/her frustration;

And in all times of his/her selfishness –

Have mercy upon __________ and graciously give him/her Your peace

Have mercy upon __________ and heal him/her blessed Lord.

Gracious God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit –

For the sake of __________, hear my prayer –

For the strengthening of his/her faith by Your Word;

For the calling work of the Holy Spirit in him/her;

For the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit to grow and strengthen his/her faith in Christ alone;

For the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in all his/her thoughts, words, desires and deeds;

For the Holy Spirit’s intercession in all his/her prayers;

For the Holy Spirit to renew his/her strength that he/she may not grow weary;

And the Holy Spirit to mount him/her up as on the wings of eagles –

I implore You to hear my prayer, O Lord.

I implore You to have mercy upon __________ for the sake of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

O God the Father, Blessed Creator,

Have mercy upon __________ and hear my prayer.

O God the Son, Jesus Christ, Blessed Redeemer,

Have mercy upon __________ and hear my prayer.

O God the Holy Spirit, blessed Sanctifier

Have mercy upon __________ and hear my prayer.

O Lord, have mercy upon __________.

O Christ, have mercy upon __________.

O Lord, have mercy upon __________.

Amen.

- pmwl 12-7-2011