The Litany
of Saint Scholastica
For
Private Use Only.
Lord, have mercy on us,
Lord,
have
mercy
on us.
Christ, have mercy on us,
Christ,
have
mercy on us.
Lord, 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.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have
mercy
on us.
Holy Mary,
Pray for us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us.
Holy Virgin
of virgins, etc.
Saint Scholastica,
St. Scholastica, true sister of St. Benedict,
St. Scholastica, chosen by God from eternity,
St. Scholastica, predisposed to faith by the grace of Christ Our Lord,
St. Scholastica, consecrated to God from thine infancy,
St. Scholastica, always a Virgin incorrupt,
St. Scholastica, espoused to Jesus Christ,
St. Scholastica, scholar of the Holy Ghost,
St. Scholastica, mirror of innocence,
St. Scholastica, model of perfection,
St. Scholastica, pattern of virtues,
St. Scholastica, glory of the monastic life,
St. Scholastica, mother of numberless virgins,
St. Scholastica, imitator of the angelic life,
St. Scholastica, full of faith in God,
St. Scholastica, replenished with hope of the goods of Heaven,
St. Scholastica, ever burning with the love of thy Spouse,
St. Scholastica, resplendent with humility,
St. Scholastica, trusting as a daughter in the Lord,
St. Scholastica, intent on prayer,
St. Scholastica, quickly heard by the Lord,
St. Scholastica, famed for the praise of perseverance,
St. Scholastica, who didst enter the courts of Heaven in the form of a
dove,
St. Scholastica, who dost now follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth,
St. Scholastica, who dost rejoice in the delights of thy Spouse
forever,
St. Scholastica, adorned with a crown of glory,
St. Scholastica, advocate with God of those who invoke thee,
St. Scholastica, generous patron of those who imitate thee,
St. Scholastica, holy and innocent Virgin,
We sinners
Beseech thee, Saint
Scholasica,
to hear us.
That thou wouldst deign to help us by thy most holy
and efficacious prayers to God,
We beseech thee,
hear us.
That thou wouldst deign to cherish and preserve,
by thy protection, the Benedictine Order (and this monastery)
and all who dwell therein,
We beseech thee,
hear us.
(That thou wouldst
admit us into
the number of thy children,) etc.
That thou wouldst deign to raise up, increase, and preserve our
devotion toward thee,
(That thou wouldst deign to preserve in us the perfect observance
of the Rule of thy blessed brother, our most holy father Saint
Benedict,)
That thou wouldst deign, by thy supplications, to moisten the dryness
of our hearts with the dew of heavenly grace,
That by thy intercession thou mayest eternally unite us to Christ,
the Spouse of our souls,
That thou mayest lead us to eternal joys, and to Jesus (our most sweet
Spouse),
That thou wouldst vouchsafe to 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 takes
away the sins of the world,
Have
mercy on us.
V.
Pray for us, O holy Virgin Scholastica,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let
Us Pray.
O God, Who, to show the innocence of
her life,
didst cause the soul of Thy blessed Virgin Scholastica to ascend to
Heaven in the form of a
dove, grant, we beseech Thee, by her merits and prayers, that we may
live so innocently as to deserve to arrive at eternal joys, through
Jesus Christ, Thine only-begotten Son Our Lord, Who with Thee and the
Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, God, forever and ever. R.
Amen.
The
invocations in parentheses are for use by Benedictine
nuns.
Saint Scholastica
is the twin sister of Saint Benedict.
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