Litany of the Holy Cross

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy on 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, the Comforter, have mercy upon us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy upon us.

Christ Jesus, laden with the Cross and led to Calvary, have mercy upon us.
Christ Jesus, nailed to the Cross, have mercy upon us.
Christ Jesus, raised up on the Cross, have mercy upon us.
Christ Jesus, obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross, have mercy upon us.
Christ Jesus, bearing our sins in thine own Body on the Tree, have mercy upon us.
Christ Jesus, by whose stripes we are healed, have mercy upon us.

By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat, Good Lord, deliver us.
By thy buffetings and stripes, Good Lord, deliver us.
By thy Crown of Thorns, Good Lord, deliver us.
By thy Cross and Passion, Good Lord, deliver us.
By the anguish of thy Sacred Heart upon the Cross, Good Lord, deliver us.
By thy most precious Death, Good Lord, deliver us.

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, that we may die unto sin and live unto righteousness, we beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.
That we may take up our cross daily and follow thee, we beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.
That we may perfectly know thee, the Crucified, we beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.
That we may never crucify thee afresh, we beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.
That being made partakers of thy sufferings, we may share also in thy consolations, we beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord.

Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, that takes away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.

Let us pray.

O Lord Jesus Christ, our merciful High Priest, who on the Cross didst offer to the Father a pure offering, to reconcile sinners unto God by the infinite merits of thy Life, thy Passion and thy Death; give us grace, we beseech thee, to die to the world, and live to thee alone, and finally depart in peace, through thy merits; who lives and reigns ever, one God, world without end.  Amen.