Litany of St. Vincent de Paul
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Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
The just shall spring as the lily.
And flourish for ever before the Lord. (Alleluia.)
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted, pray for us.
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St. Vincent de Paul, pray for us.
St. Vincent, who at the tenderest age displayed a wisdom most mature...
St. Vincent, who from your childhood was full of pity and compassion...
St. Vincent, who, like David, from a simple shepherd became a ruler and pastor of the people of God...
St. Vincent, who in your captivity by pirates preserved perfect freedom...
St. Vincent, the just man, who lived by faith...
St. Vincent, always supported on the firm anchor of a Christian hope...
St. Vincent, always inflamed with the fire of perfect charity...
St. Vincent, truly simple, upright, and fearing God...
St. Vincent, true disciple of Jesus Christ, always meek and humble of heart...
St. Vincent, perfectly mortified in heart and mind...
St. Vincent, ever animated with the spirit of Our Lord...
St. Vincent, generous maintainer of the glory of God...
St. Vincent, ever inwardly burning, and ever outwardly transported with zeal for souls...
St. Vincent, who, in Christian poverty found the precious pearl, and the rich treasure of the Gospel...
St. Vincent, like to the angels in your purity...
St. Vincent, faithful in obedience and victorious in word and deed...
St. Vincent, who fled the slightest appearance of evil...
St. Vincent, who, in all your actions, aspired to the practice of perfect virtue...
St. Vincent, who remained like a rock amid the stormy sea of this world...
St. Vincent, invincible amid the arrows of adversity...
St. Vincent, as patient in suffering as you were indulgent in forgiving...
St. Vincent, ever docile and obedient son of the Holy See...
St. Vincent, who had exceeding horror of the novel ways and subtle words of heretics...
St. Vincent, destined by a special Providence to announce the Gospel to the poor...
St. Vincent, father and model of ecclesiastics (clerics)...
St. Vincent, prudent founder of the Congregation of the Mission...
St. Vincent, wise institutor of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity...
St. Vincent, tender in comprehending, and prompt in relieving, the necessities of the poor...
St. Vincent, equally fervent in the practice of prayer and in ministry of the word...