APRIL PRAYERS

Litany of the Passion

Lord, have mercy

Christ, have mercy

Lord, have mercy

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 Spirit,

Have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, the eternal Wisdom,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, conversing with men,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, hated by the world,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, prostrate in prayer,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, strengthened by an angel,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, agonizing in a bloody sweat,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, bound by the soldiers,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, forsaken by your disciples,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, before Annas and Caiaphas,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, struck by a servant on the face,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, accused by false witnesses,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, declared worthy of death,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, spit upon in the face,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, blindfolded,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, smitten on the cheek,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, thrice denied by Peter,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, delivered up to Pilate,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, clothed in a white garment,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, rejected for Barabbas,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, torn by sources,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, bruised for our sins,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, regarded as a leper,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, covered with a purple robe,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, crowned with thorns,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, struck with a reed,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, demanded for crucifixion,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, condemned to death,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, given up to your enemies,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, laden with the Cross,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, led as a lamb to the slaughter,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, stripped of your garmenets,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, fastened with nails to the Cross,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, wounded for our iniquities,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, praying for your murderers,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, reputed with the wicked,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, blasphemed on the Cross,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, reviled by the malefactor,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, giving Paradise to the thief,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, commending Saint John to your Mother as her son,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, forsaken by your Father,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, given fall and vinegar to drink,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, testifying that all things written concerning you were accomplished,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, commending your spirit into the hands of your Father,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, obedient even unto death,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, pierced with a lance,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, made a propiation for us,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, taken down from the Cross,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, laid in a sepulcher,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, rising gloriously from the dead,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, ascending into heaven,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, our Advocate with the Father,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, sending down the Holy Spirit,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, exalting your Mother,

Have mercy on us.

Jesus, who shall come to judge the living and the dead,

Have mercy on us.

Be merciful,

spare us, O Lord.

Be merciful,

graciously hear us, O Lord.

From all evil,

deliver us, O Jesus.

From all sin,

deliver us, O Jesus.

From anger, hatred, and every evil will,

deliver us, O Jesus.

From war, famine, and pestilence,

deliver us, O Jesus.

From all dangers of mind and body,

deliver us, O Jesus.

From everlasting death,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your most pure conception,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your miraculous nativity,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your humble circumcision,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your baptism and fasting,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your labors and watchings,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your cruel scourging and crowning,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your thirst, and tears, and nakedness,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your precious death and Cross,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your glorious resurrection and ascension,

deliver us, O Jesus.

Through your sending forth the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete,

deliver us, O Jesus.

On the day of judgment, we sinners,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would spare us,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would pardon us,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would bring us to true penance,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spirit,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would defend and propagate your Church,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would preserve and increase all societies assembled in your holy Name,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would bestow upon us true peace, humility, and charity,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would give us perseverance in grace and in your holy service,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would deliver us from unclean thoughts, the temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would unite us to the company of your Saints,

we beseech you, hear us.

That you would graciously hear us,

we beseech you, hear us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world;

spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world;

graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world;

have mercy on us.

Christ hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

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Prayer for Avoiding Sin

Hear, Lord, the prayers we offer from contrite hearts. Have pity on us as we acknowledge our sins. Lead us back to the way of holiness. Protect us now and always from the wounds of sin. May we ever keep safe in all its fullness the gift your love once gave us and your mercy now restores. Amen.

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Prayer in the Steps of the Passion

Most dear Jesus, filled with sorrow during the agony in the garden, covered with a sweat of blood while praying, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, delivered into the hands of the wicked by a kiss, bound like a robber, and abandoned by your disciples, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, condemned to death by an unjust Council, taken as an evildoer before Pilate, and ridiculed by the wicked Herod, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, publicly shorn of your garments, and most cruelly scourged at the pillar, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, crowned with thorns, beaten and blindfolded, clothed in rich purple and mocked, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, likened to the infamous Barabbas, rejected by your people, and unjustly sentenced to death, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, burdened with the weight of the Cross and led to the place of execution like a lamb to the slaughter, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, reckoned with the wicked, blasphemed, and derided, and given gall to drink to mitigate your pain, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, dying on the Cross in the presence of Mary, pierced with a lance that drew blood and water from your side, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, taken down and placed in the arms of your Sorrowful Mother, have mercy on us, O Lord.

Most dear Jesus, horribly bruised and marked with five wounds, annointed for burial and placed in a tomb, have mercy on us, O Lord.

My Jesus, I thank you for dying on the Cross for my sins. Have mercy on us, O Lord. Amen.

 

Prayer for the Grace of the Passion

O Lord, for the redemption of the world, you willed to be born among human beings, subjected to the rite of circumcision, rejected by the people, betrayed by Judas with a kiss, bound with cords, led like an innocent lamb to slaughter, shamelessly exposed to the gaze of Annas as well as Caiaphas, Pilate, and Herod, accused by false witnesses, tormented by scourges and insults, spat upon and crowned with thorns, struck with blows of hand and reed, blindfolded and stripped of your garments, affixed to the wood and lifted high on the Cross, numbered among thieves, given gall and vinegar to drink, and pierced by a lance.

Lord, by these most holy sufferings which we, your unworthy servants, devoutly call to mind, and by your holy Cross and death, deliver us from the pains of hell, and be pleased to take us where you took the penitent thief who was crucified with you. You live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever. Amen.

 

Prayer to Be Joined with Christ in Death

O Lord, your sorrowing Mother stood by your Cross; help us in our sorrows to share your sufferings. Like the seed buried in the ground, you have produced the harvest of eternal life for us; make us always dead to sin and alive to God. Shepherd of all, in death you remained hidden from the world; teach us to love our hidden spiritual life with you and the Father. In your role as the new Adam, you went down among the dead to release all the just there since the beginning; grant that all who are dead in sin may hear your voice and rise to new life. Son of the living God, you have allowed us through baptism to be buried with you; grant that we may also rise with you in baptism and walk in newness of life. Amen.

 

Prayer to Jesus Crucified

O my crucified Lord Jesus, I kneel at your feet. Do not cast me out, although I come to you as a sinner. I have offended you much in the past, but I resolve to no longer do so in the future.

O my God, I place all my sins before you; I have considered them and know they do not deserve pardon. But I beg you to be mindful of your sufferings which show the value of the Precious Blood that flows from your veins.

Close your eyes to my lack of merit and open them to the abundance of your infinite merit. As you deigned to die for my sins, graciously grant me forgiveness of all of them, so that I may no longer feel their burden which oppresses me beyond measure.

Help me, dear Lord, for I desire to become good at any cost. Uproot, take away, and destroy in me everything that is contrary to your will. Enlighten me that I may be enabled to walk in your holy light all the days of my life. Amen.

 

Prayer of Love for the Crucified Lord

O Jesus, it is not the heavenly reward you have promised which impels me to love you; neither is it the threat of hell that keep me from offending you. It is you, O Lord, it is the sight of you affixed to the Cross and suffering insults; it is the sight of your broken body, as well as your pains and your death. There is nothing you can give me to make me love you. For even if there were no heaven and no hell I would still love you as I do. Amen.

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Marian Prayer for the Easter Season

Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia,
For he whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia,
Has risen, as he foretold, alleluia;
Pary for us to God, alleluia.

Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
For the Lord has indeed risen, alleluia.

God our Father, you give joy to the world by the resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Through the prayers of his mother, the Virgin Mary, bring us to the happiness of eternal life. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saint Gregory's Easter Prayer

It is only right, with all the powers of our heart and mind, to praise You Father and Your Only-Begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. Dear Father, by Your wondrous condescension of Loving-Kindness toward us, Your servants, You gave up Your Son. Dear Jesus You paid the debt of Adam for us to the Eternal Father by Your Blood poured forth in Loving-Kindness. You cleared away the darkness of sin by Your magnificent and radiant Resurrection. You broke the bonds of death and rose from the grave as a Conqueror. You reconciled Heaven and earth. Our life had no hope of Eternal Happiness before You redeemed us. Your Resurrection has washed away our sins, restored our innocence and brought us joy. How inestimable is the tenderness of Your Love!

We pray You, Lord, to preserve Your servants in the peaceful enjoyment of this Easter happiness. We ask this through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Who lives and reigns with God The Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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