The Book of Common Prayer Table
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The Litany
Here followeth the Litany, or General
Supplication, to be sung or said after Morning Prayer, upon
Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at other times when it shall
be commanded by the Ordinary.
O God the
Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Father of heaven:
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have
mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Son, Redeemer of the
world: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the
Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Holy Ghost,
proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us
miserable sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity,
three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.
O holy, blessed, and glorious
Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable
sinners.
Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the
offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our
sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast
redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for
ever.
Spare us, good
Lord.
From all evil and mischief; from sin, from
the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from
everlasting damnation,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
From all blindness of heart; from pride,
vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all
uncharitableness,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
From fornication, and all other deadly
sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the
devil,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
From lightning and tempest; from plague,
pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden
death,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and
rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from
hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by
thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and
Temptation,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy
Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy
glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the Holy
Ghost,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
In all time of our tribulation; in all
time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of
judgement,
Good Lord, deliver
us.
We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O
Lord God: and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy
Church universal in the right way,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to keep and
strengthen in the true worshipping of thee, in righteousness and
holiness of life, thy Servant ELIZABETH, our most gracious Queen and
Governor,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to rule her heart
in thy faith, fear, and love, and that she may evermore have
affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to be her defender
and keeper, giving her the victory over all her enemies,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and
preserve Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Charles Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to illuminate all
Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and
understanding of thy Word; and that both by their preaching and
living they may set it forth and shew it accordingly,
We beseech
thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to endue the Lords
of the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and
understanding,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep
the Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to
maintain truth,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep
all thy people,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all
nations unity, peace, and concord,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us an
heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy
commandments,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all thy
people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive
it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the
Spirit,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to bring into the
way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to strengthen such
as do stand; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted; and to raise
up them that fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our
feet,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to succour, help,
and comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to preserve all
that travel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all
sick persons, and young children; and to shew thy pity upon all
prisoners and captives,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to defend, and
provide for, the father-less children, and widows, and all that are
desolate and oppressed,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to have mercy upon
all men,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to forgive our
enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to give and
preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due
time we may enjoy them,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us true
repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and
ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to
amend our lives according to thy holy Word,
We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lord.
Son of God: we beseech thee to hear
us.
Son of God: we beseech thee to
hear us.
O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins
of the world;
Grant us thy
peace.
O Lamb of God: that takest away the sins
of the world;
Have mercy upon
us.
O Christ, hear us.
O Christ, hear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon
us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon
us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon
us.
Then shall the Priest, and the people with him,
say the Lord's Prayer.
Our Father which
art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be
done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread; And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that
trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver
us from evil. Amen.
Priest. O
Lord, deal not with us after our sins.
Answer.Neither reward us after our
iniquities.
Let us pray.
O God,
merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite
heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful: Mercifully assist
our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and
adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us,
that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man
worketh against us, be brought to nought, and by the providence of
thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy servants, being
hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy
holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
O Lord, arise, help us, and
deliver us for thy Name's sake.
O God, we have
heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the
noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time
before them.
O Lord, arise, help us, and
deliver us for thine honour.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to
the Holy Ghost;
Answer.As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.
From our enemies defend us, O Christ.
Graciously look upon our
afflictions.
Pitifully behold the sorrows of our
hearts.
Mercifully forgive the sins of
thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our
prayers.
O Son of David, have mercy upon
us.
Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O
Christ.
Graciously hear us, O Christ;
graciously hear us, O Lord Christ.
Priest. O
Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us;
Answer.As
we do put our trust in thee.
Let us pray.
We humbly beseech
thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for
the glory of thy Name turn from us all those evils that we most
righteously have deserved; and grant that in all our troubles we
may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore
serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and
glory; through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom.
Almighty God, who
hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our
common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or
three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their
requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy
servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this
world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life
everlasting. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13
The grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
Here endeth the Litany.
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