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Eintrag vom: 23.02.2013.

These saints are considered our protectors as well as our intercessors. The Litany of the Saints is often recited or sung in a shorter form than the one given below (which is itself an abridged version!) on All Saints Day (naturally enough!).

 

O almighty and eternal God Who hast dominion over the living and the dead and art merciful to all who Thou foreknowest will be Thine by faith and good works: we humbly beseech Thee that they for whom we have purposed to offer our prayers whether this present world still detains them in the flesh or the next world hath already received them ...

 

All ye men and women saints of God make intercession for us. Be merciful spare us O Lord! Be merciful graciously hear us O Lord! From all evil O Lord deliver us. From all sin O Lord deliver us. From thy wrath O Lord deliver us. From a sudden and unprovided death O Lord deliver us. From the deceits of the devil O Lord deliver us.

 

It is a prayer to the Triune God which also includes invocations for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Angels and all the martyrs and saints upon whom Christianity was founded and those recognised as saints through the subsequent history of the church.

 

The Litany of the Saints is one of six ?Public? litanies of the Church which may be used in the liturgy according to the approved forms published in the liturgical books.