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Litany of our Lady of Sorrows by Pope Pius XII Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. Pray for us, most Sorrowful Virgin, that we may be
made worthyof the promises of Christ. Let us pray, 1. The Prophecy of Simeon Most holy Virgin and Queen of Martyrs, Mary, would that I could be in
Heaven, there to contemplate the honors rendered to thee by the Most Holy
Trinity and by the whole Heavenly Court! But since I am still a pilgrim
in this vale of tears, receive from me, thy unworthy servant and a poor
sinner, the most sincere homage and the most perfect act of vassalage
a human creature can offer thee. In thy Immaculate Heart, pierced with
so many swords of sorrow, I place today my poor soul forever; receive
me as a partaker in thy Dolors, and never suffer that I should depart
from that Cross on which thy only begotten Son expired for me. With thee,
O Mary, I will endure all the sufferings, contradictions, infirmities,
with which it will please thy Divine Son to visit me in this life. All
of them I offer to thee, in memory of the Dolors which thou didst suffer
during thy life, that every thought of my mind, every beating of my heart
may henceforward be an act of compassion to thy Sorrows, and of complacency
for the glory thou now enjoyest in Heaven. Since then, O Dear Mother,
I now compassionate thy Dolors, and rejoice in seeing thee glorified,
do thou also have compassion on me, and reconcile me to thy Son Jesus,
that I may become thy true and loyal son (daughter); come on my last day
and assist me in my last agony, even as thou wert present at the Agony
of thy Divine Son Jesus, that from this painful exile I may go to Heaven,
there to be made partaker of thy glory. Amen. |