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Writer's pictureFr. Scott Haynes

Litany of the Sweet Name of Jesus



Lord, have mercy upon us!

Christ, have mercy upon us!

Lord, have mercy upon us!

Christ, hear us!

Christ, graciously hear us!

God, the Father of Heaven!

Have mercy upon us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world!

Have mercy upon us.

God the Holy Ghost,

Etc.

Holy Trinity, one God,

Jesus, Son of the living God!

Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary!

Jesus, Son of David!

Jesus, King of glory!


Jesus, most benignant!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most amiable!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most kind!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most tender-hearted!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most gracious!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most sweet!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most sweet of speech!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most friendly!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most merciful!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, profuse of gifts!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most rich in grace!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, dispenser of delight!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most beautiful!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, Thou chosen one of God!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most worthy of our love!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, splendor of the Father!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, the beloved one of Thy Father!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, the unfading flower of humanity!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, the blossoming branch of the root of Jesse!

Have mercy upon us.

Jesus, most intensely loved bridegroom of chaste souls!

Have mercy upon us.


By the power of Thy sweetest of names!

Have mercy upon us.

By the tenderness of Thy loving heart!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love with which Thou didst become man!

Have mercy upon us..

By the love with which Thou wert laid in the crib!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love which made Thee submissive to Thy dear Mother!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love with which for thirty-three years Thou didst endure the miseries of human nature!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love with which Thou didst suffer the bitterest of deaths!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love which permitted Thy holy heart to be pierced and laid open!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love with which Thou, at thy Resurrection, didst glorify the bodies of the just!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love with which Thou hast raised human nature on Thy Father's throne!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love with which Thou dost show to Thy heavenly Father Thy holy Wounds received for us sinners!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love which Thou hast re-established between God and man!

Have mercy upon us.

By the love which exists between Thy Father and Thyself!

Have mercy upon us.

By love itself, which love Thou art, Lord Jesus Christ!

Have mercy upon us.


Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world!

Spare us, O Jesus!

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of of the world,

Graciously hear us, O Jesus!

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,

Have mercy on us, O Jesus!


V. Jesus, Saviour of the world, graciously hear us!

R. For Thy mercy is without limit!


Let us pray.


Most benignant Jesus! mellifluent bridegroom of all loving souls, accept this litany offered to the honor and glory of Thy sweet name and for the sake of that love with which for the consolation of all men Thou hast assumed this holy name, grant that through the might of this exalted name I may be preserved from all temptations in life and death. Amen.


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