Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy. Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Judaic worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions.The word comes through Latin litania from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía), which in turn comes from λιτή (litḗ), meaning "supplication

litania, letania, from Gr. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. One of my priest friends in the office of worship for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is looking for a notated version of the Litany of Supplication (Litany of Saints) for Ordination to the Priesthood for use by the Cantors.

LITANY OF SUPPLICATION USED AT SPECIAL URBI ET ORBI: We adore you, O Lord True God and true man, truly present in this holy Sacrament. We adore you, O Lord Our Savior, God with us, faithful and rich in mercy We adore you, O Lord King and Lord of creation and of history We adore… God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us, Christ, hear us. The Litany of the Saints is one of the oldest prayers in continuous use in the Catholic Church. Eastern Orthodox Church . The Litany of St. Joseph was approved for the universal Church by Pope St. Pius X on March 18, 1909. Parish Office 148 W. Main Street Lake Geneva, WI 53147 (262) 248-8524 sfdslg.org

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. The Litany of Supplication by The Diocese of Charlottetown | Mar 30, 2020 Here is the Litany of Supplication prayed by the Holy Father Pope Francis Wednesday, March 25, 2020 in the Service at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, a litany is referred to as an ektenia. Christ, graciously hear us. Forms of it were used in the East as early as the third century, and the litany as we know it today was largely in place by the time of Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604). Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy. Litany (Lat. Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.

lite, prayer or supplication), a well-known and much appreciated form of responsive petition, used in public liturgical services, and in private devotions, for common necessities of the Church, or in calamities—to implore God‘s aid or to appease His just wrath.