Feb 10, 2008

The Litany of Penance, by Cardinal Newman

O Jesus, Who fasted for us 40 days and nights, we adore Thee and we bless Thee. May we repent, and be obedient to You, and thus show our love. Amen.

LITANY OF PENANCE
by Cardinal Newman
(From Quinquagesima down to end of Second Week in Lent)

LORD have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.
Incarnate Lord, Have mercy on us.
Lover of souls, Have mercy on us.
Saviour of sinners, Have mercy on us.
Who didst come to seek those that were lost, Have mercy on us.
Who didst fast for them forty days and nights, Have mercy on us.
By Thy tenderness towards Adam when he fell, Have mercy on us.
By Thy faithfulness to Noe in the ark, Have mercy on us.
By Thy remembrance of Lot in the midst of sinners, Have mercy on us.
By Thy mercy on the Israelites in the desert, Have mercy on us.
By Thy forgiveness of David after his confession, Have mercy on us.
By Thy patience with wicked Achab on his humiliation, Have mercy on us.
By Thy restoration of the penitent Manasses, Have mercy on us.
By Thy long suffering towards the Ninevites, when they went in sackcloth and ashes, Have mercy on us.
By Thy blessing on the Maccabees, who fasted before the battle, Have mercy on us.
By Thy choice of John to go before Thee as the preacher of penance, Have mercy on us.
By Thy testimony to the Publican, who hung his head and smote his breast, Have mercy on us.
By Thy welcome given to the returning Prodigal, Have mercy on us.
By Thy gentleness with the woman of Samaria, Have mercy on us.
By Thy condescension towards Zacchaeus, persuading him to restitution, Have mercy on us.
By Thy pity upon the woman taken in adultery, Have mercy on us.
By Thy love of Magdalen, who loved much, Have mercy on us.
By Thy converting look, at which Peter wept, Have mercy on us.
By Thy gracious words to the thief upon the cross, Have mercy on us.
We sinners, beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may judge ourselves, and so escape Thy judgment, We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may bring forth worthy fruits of penance, We beseech Thee, hear us.
That sin may not reign in our mortal bodies, We beseech Thee, hear us.
That we may work out our salvation with fear and trembling, We beseech Thee, hear us.
Son of God, We beseech Thee, hear us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
O Lord, hear our prayer. And let our cry come unto Thee.
Let us pray.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to Thy faithful, pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their offences, and also serve Thee with a quiet mind, through Christ our Lord. --Amen.
The Catholic Information Network is the source (click on this post's title) for this litany. EWTN is the source for the painting above; I am sorry not to know the artist.
God bless you and keep you this Lent and always.

3 Comments:

Blogger Kenneth M. Fisher, CRCOA, crcoa.com said...

What will you say to HIM?

When you stand before Our Lord and Savior, and He asks you what you did when His Church was being violently attacked at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, what will you say to Him?

Once again, the speakers list for this Congress is like a who’s who of the dissenter’s roster for the Americas. Among the more notorious of these speakers are:

Scott Appleby, Dr.Tom Beaudoin, Rev. Michael Crosby, Rev. John Cusick, Msgr. Ray East, Rev. Rev. Virgillio Elizondo, Sr. Barbara Fiand, Richard Fragomeni, Edwina Gatley, Greer Gordon, Thomas Groome, Rev. Gwynne Guibord, David Haas, Rev. Marty Haugen, Rev. John Heagle, Rev. Brian Massingale, Dr. Megan McKenna, Fr. Chris Ponnet Rev. Timothy Radcliffe, Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, Fr. Thomas Sweetser, Jim Wallis, Tom Zanzig, and.this is just a partial list of the most notorious speakers!

Once again, the “Concerned Roman Catholics of America” will be conducting a prayerful demonstration, and passing out flyers that attempt to educate those in attendance as to exactly what kind of teachings they are being subjected to.

We need more volunteers to help in this effort!

Come and join us on Saturday, March 1st as we stand up for His Church and its teachings. If you do, you will at least be able to say to Him when the time comes that you tried!

We will be in front of the Congress entrance from 9:00 AM to around 6:00 PM. Come and join us in the “Church Militant”. We firmly desire that all participants have Her Holy Rosary in their hands at all times!

The Congress takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center, 800 West Katella Ave., Anaheim, CA on the south side of Katella between Katella and Euclid.

Please let us know if you are anyone you know are planning to join us because this will help us to determine how many flyers we need to have printed. We very much need a volunteer who speaks fluent Spanish! We will meet outside the main ticket entrance. If we are chased from there, we will be on Katella Blvd. where all passing cars will be able to see us!

For further information, call CRCOA at: 714-491-2284, E-mail us at: crcoa@earthlink.net, fax us at: 714-772-5075, or go to our Website at: crcoa.org.

God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth Fisher, Founder & Director
Concerned Roman Catholics of America

12:31 PM  
Blogger Quintero said...

Dear Kenneth,

Thanks for writing!

I hope every person who reads this and is in Southern California will make a decision to show up at the REC with you and perform the spiritual work of mercy of warning attendees of the bad speakers.

The Cardinal must approve of these speakers or he would stop having them year after year.

9:21 PM  
Blogger Kenneth M. Fisher, CRCOA, crcoa.com said...

The Cardinal has often stated that all of the speakers are personally reviewed by him and he proclaims them all to be orthodox!

Makes you wonder just what his definition of orthodox is, doesn't it?

God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher

11:37 PM  

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