Litany of Saints

I had an email a few days ago, from someone who sent me a youtube video.

The emailer was a new correspondent, and the video was meant to “help” me understand that the Catholic church was the Whore of Babylon, and that Pope John Paul II was the Beast of Revelation, who would rise from the grave and fool the world.

No, I don’t think I will be linking to the video. Normally I ignore that sort of stuff; between the hate mail from the left, the hate mail from the far-right and the strongly-dislike mail from certain Christian quarters (who seem to have more problems with me than the atheists do), I have enough to read, watch, link to and throw out, each day. But this thing was so ignorant, and so hateful, so Jack Chick on Crack that I confess it annoyed me a bit.

It annoyed me enough (particularly since I count so many Evangelicals among my dear friends, but I suspect this person is not really Evangelical) that -just because I can, and because we are about to observe All Saints and All Souls days (and because I am a great fan of the Communion of Saints)- I’m going to put up the video of the Litany of Saints from John Paul II’s funeral, which back then troubled some, too. The video is not, sadly, the straight-up Litany with funeral footage, but it’s the best I could find. A better version, thanks to Bender.

If you’d like to join in, in asking the intercession of our forebears who live Eternally in the Light of Christ:
Litany of the Saints
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, hear us.)
Christ, graciously 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 Mother of God, (pray for us)
Holy Virgin of virgins, (pray for us)

St. Michael, (pray for us)
St. Gabriel, (pray for us)
St. Raphael, (pray for us)
All ye holy Angels and Archangels, (pray for us)
All ye holy orders of blessed Spirits, (pray for us)

St. John the Baptist, (pray for us)
St. Joseph, (pray for us)
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, (pray for us)

St. Peter, (pray for us)
St. Paul, (pray for us)
St. Andrew, (pray for us)
St. James, (pray for us)
St. John, (pray for us)
St. Thomas, (pray for us)
St. James, (pray for us)
St. Philip, (pray for us)
St. Bartholomew, (pray for us)
St. Matthew, (pray for us)
St. Simon, (pray for us)
St. Thaddeus, (pray for us)
St. Matthias, (pray for us)
St. Barnabas, (pray for us)
St. Luke, (pray for us)
St. Mark, (pray for us)
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, (pray for us)
All ye holy Disciples of the Lord, (pray for us)

All ye holy Innocents, (pray for us)
St. Stephen, (pray for us)
St. Lawrence, (pray for us)
St. Vincent, (pray for us)
SS. Fabian and Sebastian, (pray for us)
SS. John and Paul, (pray for us)
SS. Cosmas and Damian, (pray for us)
SS. Gervase and Protase, (pray for us)
All ye holy Martyrs, (pray for us)

St. Sylvester, (pray for us)
St. Gregory, (pray for us)
St. Ambrose, (pray for us)
St. Augustine, (pray for us)
St. Jerome, (pray for us)
St. Martin, (pray for us)
St. Nicholas, (pray for us)
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, (pray for us)
All ye holy Doctors, (pray for us)

St. Anthony, (pray for us)
St. Benedict, (pray for us)
St. Bernard, (pray for us)
St. Dominic, (pray for us)
St. Francis, (pray for us)
All ye holy Priests and Levites, (pray for us)
All ye holy Monks and Hermits, (pray for us)

St. Mary Magdalen, (pray for us)
St. Agatha, (pray for us)
St. Lucy, (pray for us)
St. Agnes, (pray for us)
St. Cecilia, (pray for us)
St. Catherine, (pray for us)
St. Anastasia, (pray for us)
All ye holy Virgins and Widows, (pray for us)

All ye holy Saints of God, (Make intercession for us.)
Be merciful, (Spare us, O Lord.)
Be merciful, (Graciously hear us, O Lord.)

Longer version here.