For private devotion
Litany of the Most Holy Trinity
Source: Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament (1897), B. Herder, St. Louis, Missouri. Litany of the Blessed Trinity, pp. 260-264. English text from the 1897 Manual of Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
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 Ghost,Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,Have mercy on us.
God, one in nature,Have mercy on us.
God, threefold in person,Have mercy on us.
Holy and all-powerful God,Have mercy on us.
Holy, holy, immortal God,Have mercy on us.
God, who by thy almighty word didst create all things,Have mercy on us.
God, who marvelously dost sustain all things,Have mercy on us.
God, who disposest everything for our best,Have mercy on us.
God, whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain,Have mercy on us.
God, from whom, through whom, and in whom are all things,Have mercy on us.
God, in whom we live, and move, and are,Have mercy on us.
God, who is, was, and shall be for all eternity,Have mercy on us.
God, most high,Have mercy on us.
God, incomprehensible wisdom,Have mercy on us.
God, unspeakable love,Have mercy on us.
God, whose mercy exceeds all thy works,Have mercy on us.
God, whose justice is holy and tremendous in its judgments,Have mercy on us.
God, whose providence is infallible in its incomprehensible arrangements,Have mercy on us.
God, most faithful in all thy promises,Have mercy on us.
Be merciful.
Spare us, O blessed Trinity!
Be merciful.
Graciously hear us, O blessed Trinity!
From heresy and unbelief,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From all diffidence and despair,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From all transgressions of thy holy commandments,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From the concupiscence of the eyes,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From the concupiscence of the flesh,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From the pride of life,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From all abuse of thy grace and benefits,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From a sudden and unprovided death,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
From eternal damnation and deprivation of thy blessed contemplation,O blessed Trinity, deliver us.
We poor sinners,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may submit our understanding to all the articles of our holy faith,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may, in every temptation and tribulation, remember thy love and mercy,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may in joy and sorrow have a true love for thee,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may through an humble and contrite heart, which thou never despisest, bring forth worthy fruits of penance,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may, in life and death, unite our will with thy most holy will,We beseech thee to hear us.
That, at the hour of death, we may be strengthened by the heavenly Viaticum,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may breathe forth our souls, in the arms of thy divine love,We beseech thee to hear us.
That we may in thy holy name depart from this world, and be admitted to the espousals of the divine Lamb,We beseech thee to hear us.
O blessed Trinity, our God and most high and amiable Good,We beseech thee to hear us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O holy Trinity!
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O holy Trinity!
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O holy Trinity!
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers!
And worthy to be praised and exalted forever.
Let us bless the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Ghost.
Let us bless and magnify him.
Lord, hear my prayer.
And let my supplication come unto thee.
Let us pray
Almighty, everlasting God! who didst deign to grant to thy servants, to acknowledge in the profession of the true faith, the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of majesty to adore the Unity; grant, we beseech thee, that by steadfastness in this faith, we may ever be defended from all adversities, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.