The Dominican Rite Litany
Lord have mercy.
R/ Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
R/ Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
R/ Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
R/ Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy.
R/ God the Father of heaven, have mercy.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy.
R/ God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy.
R/ God the Holy Spirit, have mercy.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy.
R/ Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy.
Holy Mary,
R/ Pray for us.
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of Virgins,
St. Michael,
St. Gabriel,
St. Raphael,
All you holy angels, and archangels,
All you holy orders of blessed spirits,
St. John the Baptist,
St. Joseph,
All you holy patriarchs and prophets,
St. Peter,
St. Paul,
St. Andrew,
St. James,
St. John,
St. Thomas,
St. James,
St. Philip,
St. Bartholomew,
St. Matthew,
St. Simon,
St. Thaddeus,
St. Matthias,
St. Barnabas,
St. Mark,
St. Luke,
All you holy disciples of our Lord,
All you Holy Innocents,
St. Stephen,
St. Clement,
St. Cornelius,
St. Cyprian,
St. Laurence,
St. Vincent,
St. Denis with your companions,
St. Maurice with your companions,
St. Januarius with your companions,
Sts. Fabian and Sebastian,
Sts. Cosmas and Damian,
St. Thomas [… Becket],
St. Peter [Martyr],
St. John [of Cologne] with your companions,
St. Dominic [Ibanez] with your companions,
St. Ignatius [Delgado] with your companions,
All you holy martyrs,
St. Silvester,
St. Gregory,
St. Pius [V],
St. Ambrose,
St. Augustine,
St. Jerome,
St. Hilary,
St. Martin [of Tours],
St. Nicholas,
St. Antoninus,
Holy Father Dominic,
Holy Father Dominic,
St. Albert [the Great],
St. Thomas [Aquinas],
St. Vincent [Ferrer],
St. Hyacinth,
St. Raymond [of Penafort],
St. Louis [King of France],
St. Anthony [of the Desert],
St. Benedict,
St. Bernard [of Clairvaux],
Holy Father Francis,
St. Martin [de Porres],
St. John [Macias],
All you holy confessors,
St. Ann,
St. Mary Magdalene,
St. Martha,
St. Felicity,
St. Perpetua,
St. Agatha,
St. Lucy,
St. Agnes,
St. Cecilia,
St. Ursula with your companions,
St. Catherine [dei Ricci],
St. Rose [of Lima],
St. Agnes [of Montepulciano],
St. Catherine [of Siena],
St. Margaret [of Hungary],
All you holy virgins and widows,
All you saints,
Be merciful.
R/ Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful.
R/ Graciously hear us, O Lord.
From eternal damnation,
R/ O Lord, deliver us.
From a sudden and unprovided death,
From the scourges that threaten our sins,
From the snares of the devil,
From all uncleanness of mind and body,
From anger, hatred and all ill-will,
From unclean thoughts,
From blindness of heart,
From lightning and storm,
From plague, famine and war,
From the scourge of earthquake,
From all evil,
Through the mystery of your holy incarnation,
Through your passion and cross,
Through your glorious resurrection,
Through your wonderful ascension,
Through the grace of the Holy Spirit, the Comforter,
On the day of judgment,
We sinners,
R/ Beseech you, hear us.
That you would give us peace,
R/ We beseech you, hear us.
That your mercy and love would preserve us,
R/ We beseech you, hear us.
That you would direct and defend your Church,
That you would preserve our apostolic prelate [the Pope]
and all the orders of the Church in holy
religion,
That you would preserve our bishops and prelates
and all the congregations committed to
them in your holy service,
That you would humble the enemies of holy Church,
That you would give peace and true concord and victory to our civil rulers,
That you would preserve the whole Christian people redeemed by your blood,
That you would recall to the unity of the Church all who are in error,
and lead all unbelievers to the light of
the Gospel,
That you would give eternal happiness to all our benefactors,
That you would rescue our souls and those of our kinsfolk from eternal
damnation,
That you would preserve the fruits of the earth,
That you would turn towards us the eyes of your mercy,
That you would make our worship a reasonable service,
That you would raise our minds to heavenly desires,
That you would regard and relieve the misery of the poor and captives,
That you would visit and comfort our homes and all who dwell therein,
That you would protect and keep this state and all its people,
That you would lead to a safe haven all the faithful travelling by land or sea,
That you would instruct us in a good life,
That you would give eternal rest to all the faithful departed,
That you would hear us,
Son of God,
Son of God, you take away the sins of the world,
R/ Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
R/ Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
R/ Have mercy on us.
Let us pray.
Almighty and provident God,
through the intercession of Blessed Mary,
the Queen of Heaven and Earth,
and of all the angels and saints,
whom we have just invoked,
we earnestly beg you to bless,
guide and support the Holy Father.
We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
R/ Amen.
The
Litany to the Forty English Martyrs
(To Obtain a Wide and Generous Availability of the
Immemorial Roman Mass)
Lord have
mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
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.
Our Lady of the Precious Blood, pray for us.
Our Lady, Queen of Martyrs, pray for us.
Saint John Haughton, intercede for us.
Saint Robert Lawrence, intercede for us.
Saint Augustine Webster, intercede for us.
Saint Richard Reynolds, intercede for us.
Saint John Stone, intercede for us.
Saint Cuthbert Mayne, intercede for us.
Saint Edmund Campion, intercede for us.
Saint Ralph Sherwin, intercede for us.
Saint Alexander Briant, intercede for us.
Saint John Payne, intercede for us.
Saint Luke Kirby, intercede for us.
Saint Richard Gwyn, intercede for us.
Saint Margaret Clitherow, intercede for us.
Saint Margaret Ward, intercede for us.
Saint Edmund Gennings, intercede for us.
Saint Swithun Wells, intercede for us.
Saint Eustace White, intercede for us.
Saint Polydore Plasden, intercede for us.
Saint John Boste, intercede for us.
Saint Robert Southwell, intercede for us.
Saint Henry Walpole, intercede for us.
Saint Philip Howard, intercede for us.
Saint John Jones, intercede for us.
Saint John Rigby, intercede for us.
Saint Anne Line, intercede for us.
Saint Nicholas Owen, intercede for us.
Saint Thomas Garnet, intercede for us.
Saint John Roberts, intercede for us.
Saint John Almond, intercede for us.
Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, intercede for us.
Saint Ambrose Bartlow, intercede for us.
Saint Alban Roe, intercede for us.
Saint Henry Morse, intercede for us.
Saint John Southworth, intercede for us.
Saint John Plessington, intercede for us.
Saint Philip Evans, intercede for us.
Saint John Lloyd, intercede for us.
Saint John Wall, intercede for us.
Saint John Kemble, intercede for us.
Saint David Lewis, intercede for us.
V. I shall go unto the altar of God.
R. Unto God. Who giveth joy to my youth.
Let us Pray.
O God, in Whom there is no change or shadow of alteration, Thou didst give
courage to Thy holy Martyrs through the unfathomable graces of the immemorial
Mass. Grant unto us we beg Thee, through their intercession, the wider restoration
of this sacred rite of Mass, that we may rejoice in the consolation of its
graces and be strengthened to serve Thee in imitation of the courage and
fidelity of these holy Martyrs. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who
being God, liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, forever
and ever. Amen.
The Forty Martyrs Who Died for Christ and His Holy Church, Especially
the Roman Mass, Which was Forbidden by Order of Queen Elizabeth I
Apostolic Letter "Summorum
Pontificum" issued Motu Proprio Benedict XVI
On Saturday 7 July 2007 Pope Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Letter on
the celebration of the Roman Rite according to the Missal of 1962. The
following text is the Vatican Information Service translation of the official
Latin text.
Up to our
own times, it has been the constant concern of supreme pontiffs to ensure that
the Church of Christ offers a worthy ritual to the Divine Majesty, 'to the
praise and glory of His name,' and 'to the benefit of all His Holy Church.'
Since
time immemorial it has been necessary - as it is also for the future - to
maintain the principle according to which 'each particular Church must concur
with the universal Church, not only as regards the doctrine of the faith and
the sacramental signs, but also as regards the usages universally accepted by
uninterrupted apostolic tradition, which must be observed not only to avoid
errors but also to transmit the integrity of the faith, because the Church's
law of prayer corresponds to her law of faith.' (1)
Among the
pontiffs who showed that requisite concern, particularly outstanding is the
name of St. Gregory the Great, who made every effort to ensure that the new
peoples of Europe received both the Catholic faith and the treasures of worship
and culture that had been accumulated by the Romans in preceding centuries. He
commanded that the form of the sacred liturgy as celebrated in Rome (concerning
both the Sacrifice of Mass and the Divine Office) be conserved. He took great
concern to ensure the dissemination of monks and nuns who, following the Rule
of St. Benedict, together with the announcement of the Gospel illustrated with
their lives the wise provision of their Rule that 'nothing should be placed
before the work of God.' In this way the sacred liturgy, celebrated according
to the Roman use, enriched not only the faith and piety but also the culture of
many peoples. It is known, in fact, that the Latin liturgy of the Church in its
various forms, in each century of the Christian era, has been a spur to the
spiritual life of many saints, has reinforced many peoples in the virtue of
religion and fecundated their piety.
Many
other Roman pontiffs, in the course of the centuries, showed particular
solicitude in ensuring that the sacred liturgy accomplished this task more
effectively. Outstanding among them is St. Pius V who, sustained by great
pastoral zeal and following the exhortations of the Council of Trent, renewed
the entire liturgy of the Church, oversaw the publication of liturgical books
amended and 'renewed in accordance with the norms of the Fathers,' and provided
them for the use of the Latin Church.
One of
the liturgical books of the Roman rite is the Roman Missal, which developed in
the city of Rome and, with the passing of the centuries, little by little took
forms very similar to that it has had in recent times.
"It
was towards this same goal that succeeding Roman Pontiffs directed their
energies during the subsequent centuries in order to ensure that the rites and
liturgical books were brought up to date and when necessary clarified. From the
beginning of this century they undertook a more general reform.' (2)
Thus our predecessors Clement VIII, Urban VIII, St. Pius X (3),
Benedict XV, Pius XII and Blessed John XXIII all played a part.
In more
recent times, Vatican Council II expressed a desire that the respectful
reverence due to divine worship should be renewed and adapted to the needs of
our time. Moved by this desire our predecessor, the Supreme Pontiff Paul VI,
approved, in 1970, reformed and partly renewed liturgical books for the Latin
Church. These, translated into the various languages of the world, were willingly
accepted by bishops, priests and faithful. John Paul II amended the third
typical edition of the Roman Missal. Thus Roman pontiffs have operated to
ensure that 'this kind of liturgical edifice ... should again appear
resplendent for its dignity and harmony.' (4)
But in
some regions, no small numbers of faithful adhered and continue to adhere with
great love and affection to the earlier liturgical forms. These had so deeply
marked their culture and their spirit that in 1984 the Supreme Pontiff John
Paul II, moved by a concern for the pastoral care of these faithful, with the
special indult 'Quattuor abhinc anno," issued by the Congregation for
Divine Worship, granted permission to use the Roman Missal published by Blessed
John XXIII in the year 1962. Later, in the year 1988, John Paul II with the
Apostolic Letter given as Motu Proprio, 'Ecclesia Dei,' exhorted bishops to
make generous use of this power in favor of all the faithful who so desired.
Following
the insistent prayers of these faithful, long deliberated upon by our
predecessor John Paul II, and after having listened to the views of the
Cardinal Fathers of the Consistory of 22 March 2006, having reflected deeply
upon all aspects of the question, invoked the Holy Spirit and trusting in the
help of God, with these Apostolic Letters we establish the following:
Art 1. The Roman Missal promulgated by Paul VI is the ordinary expression of
the 'Lex orandi' (Law of prayer) of the Catholic Church of the Latin rite.
Nonetheless, the Roman Missal promulgated by St. Pius V and reissued by Bl.
John XXIII is to be considered as an extraordinary expression of that same 'Lex
orandi,' and must be given due honour for its venerable and ancient usage.
These two expressions of the Church's Lex orandi will in no any way lead to a
division in the Church's 'Lex credendi' (Law of belief). They are, in fact two
usages of the one Roman rite.
It is, therefore, permissible to celebrate the Sacrifice of the Mass following
the typical edition of the Roman Missal promulgated by Bl. John XXIII in 1962
and never abrogated, as an extraordinary form of the Liturgy of the Church. The
conditions for the use of this Missal as laid down by earlier documents
'Quattuor abhinc annis' and 'Ecclesia Dei,' are substituted as follows:
Art. 2. In Masses celebrated without the people, each Catholic priest of the
Latin rite, whether secular or regular, may use the Roman Missal published by
Bl. Pope John XXIII in 1962, or the Roman Missal promulgated by Pope Paul VI in
1970, and may do so on any day with the exception of the Easter Triduum. For
such celebrations, with either one Missal or the other, the priest has no need
for permission from the Apostolic See or from his Ordinary.
Art. 3. Communities of Institutes of consecrated life and of Societies of
apostolic life, of either pontifical or diocesan right, wishing to celebrate
Mass in accordance with the edition of the Roman Missal promulgated in 1962,
for conventual or "community" celebration in their oratories, may do
so. If an individual community or an entire Institute or Society wishes to
undertake such celebrations often, habitually or permanently, the decision must
be taken by the Superiors Major, in accordance with the law and following their
own specific decrees and statues.
Art. 4. Celebrations of Mass as mentioned above in art. 2 may - observing all
the norms of law - also be attended by faithful who, of their own free will,
ask to be admitted.
Art. 5. § 1 In parishes, where there is a stable group of faithful who adhere
to the earlier liturgical tradition, the pastor should willingly accept their
requests to celebrate the Mass according to the rite of the Roman Missal
published in 1962, and ensure that the welfare of these faithful harmonises
with the ordinary pastoral care of the parish, under the guidance of the bishop
in accordance with canon 392, avoiding discord and favouring the unity of the
whole Church.
§ 2
Celebration in accordance with the Missal of Bl. John XXIII may take place on
working days; while on Sundays and feast days one such celebration may also be
held.
§ 3 For
faithful and priests who request it, the pastor should also allow celebrations
in this extraordinary form for special circumstances such as marriages,
funerals or occasional celebrations, e.g. pilgrimages.
§ 4
Priests who use the Missal of Bl. John XXIII must be qualified to do so and not
juridically impeded.
§ 5 In
churches that are not parish or conventual churches, it is the duty of the
Rector of the church to grant the above permission.
Art. 6. In Masses celebrated in the presence of the people in accordance with
the Missal of Bl. John XXIII, the readings may be given in the vernacular,
using editions recognised by the Apostolic See.
Art. 7. If a group of lay faithful, as mentioned in art. 5 รต 1, has not
obtained satisfaction to their requests from the pastor, they should inform the
diocesan bishop. The bishop is strongly requested to satisfy their wishes. If
he cannot arrange for such celebration to take place, the matter should be
referred to the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei".
Art. 8. A bishop who, desirous of satisfying such requests, but who for various
reasons is unable to do so, may refer the problem to the Commission
"Ecclesia Dei" to obtain counsel and assistance.
Art. 9. § 1 The pastor, having attentively examined all aspects, may also grant
permission to use the earlier ritual for the administration of the Sacraments
of Baptism, Marriage, Penance, and the Anointing of the Sick, if the good of
souls would seem to require it.
§ 2
Ordinaries are given the right to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation using
the earlier Roman Pontifical, if the good of souls would seem to require it.
§ 3
Clerics ordained "in sacris constitutis" may use the Roman Breviary
promulgated by Bl. John XXIII in 1962.
Art. 10. The ordinary of a particular place, if he feels it appropriate, may
erect a personal parish in accordance with can. 518 for celebrations following the
ancient form of the Roman rite, or appoint a chaplain, while observing all the
norms of law.
Art. 11. The Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", erected by John
Paul II in 1988 (5),
continues to exercise its function. Said Commission will have the form, duties
and norms that the Roman Pontiff wishes to assign it.
Art. 12. This Commission, apart from the powers it enjoys, will exercise the
authority of the Holy See, supervising the observance and application of these
dispositions.
We order that everything We have established with these Apostolic Letters
issued as Motu Proprio be considered as "established and decreed",
and to be observed from 14 September of this year, Feast of the Exaltation of
the Cross, whatever there may be to the contrary.
From Rome, at St. Peter's, 7 July 2007, third year of Our Pontificate.
Pope Benedict XVI
(1) General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 3rd
ed., 2002, no. 397. [back to text]
(2) John Paul II, Apostolic Letter "Vicesimus
quintus annus," 4 December 1988, 3: AAS 81 (1989), 899.
[back to text]
(3) Ibid. [back to text]
(4) St. Pius X, Apostolic Letter Motu propio data,
"Abhinc duos annos," 23 October 1913: AAS 5 (1913), 449-450; cf John
Paul II, Apostolic Letter "Vicesimus quintus annus," no. 3: AAS 81
(1989), 899. [back to text]
(5) Cf John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Motu proprio
data "Ecclesia Dei," 2 July 1988, 6: AAS 80 (1988),
1498. [back to text]
