 The Litany
of St. John the Baptist For Private Use Only. Lord, have mercy on us, Pray for us. Queen of Prophets, Pray for us. Queen of Martyrs, etc. St. John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist, precursor of Christ, St. John the Baptist, glorious forerunner of the Sun of Justice, St. John the Baptist, minister of Baptism to Jesus, St. John the Baptist, burning and shining lamp of the world, St. John the Baptist, angel of purity before thy birth, St. John the Baptist, special friend and favorite of Christ, St. John the Baptist, heavenly contemplative, whose element was prayer, St. John the Baptist, intrepid preacher of truth, St. John the Baptist, voice crying in the wilderness, St. John the Baptist, miracle of mortification and penance, St. John the Baptist, example of profound humility, St. John the Baptist, glorious martyr of zeal for God's holy law, St. John the Baptist, gloriously fulfilling thy mission, 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. Christ,
hear us. V. Pray for us, O glorious St. John
the Baptist, O God, Who hast honored this world by the birth of Saint John the Baptist, grant that Thy faithful people may rejoice in the way of eternal salvation, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. R. Amen. St. John The Baptist, the Last of the Prophets, and the Precursor of Christ was sanctified in the womb of his mother, St. Elizabeth; he was a kinsman of Jesus Christ and spent his youth and early manhood until age 30 in prayer and penance in the desert, then he preached penance and Baptism in preparation for the coming of the Redeemer, finally Baptizing Our Lord Himself and proclaiming Him "the Lamb of God." St. John the Baptist was beheaded by order of Herod Antipas while enduring imprisonment by the same ruler for denouncing Herod's adulterous and incestuous marriage to his half-brother's wife. BACK TO ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST  <-------> HOME-------------------PRAYER INDEX------------------THE PASSION www.catholictradition.org/Litanies/litany77.htm |