The “Litany of the Holy Family” is a prayer invoking Jesus, Mary, and Joseph – collectively known as the Holy Family. It highlights key events from their lives while emphasizing their role as a model for Christian families. The litany praises their qualities of faithfulness, perseverance through hardship, and obedience to God’s laws. Ultimately, it seeks their protection and the grace to emulate their virtues.
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Litany of the Holy Family
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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 Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, most worthy of our veneration, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, called “the Holy Family” from all time, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, son, mother, and head of the Holy Family, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, divine child, pure spouse, and chaste spouse, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, restorers of fallen families, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, image of the Blessed Trinity here on earth, pray for us.
Holy Family, tested by the greatest of difficulties, pray for us.
Holy Family, with much suffering on the journey to Bethlehem, pray for us.
Holy Family, without a welcome in Bethlehem, pray for us.
Holy Family, visited by the poor shepherds, pray for us.
Holy Family, obliged to live in a stable, pray for us.
Holy Family, praised by the angels, pray for us.
Holy Family, venerated by the wise men from the East, pray for us.
Holy Family, greeted by the pious Simeon in the temple, pray for us.
Holy Family, persecuted and exiled to a foreign country, pray for us.
Holy Family, hidden and unknown in Nazareth, pray for us.
Holy Family, faithful in the observance of divine laws, pray for us.
Holy Family, perfect model of the Christian family, pray for us.
Holy Family, center of peace and concord, pray for us.
Holy Family, whose protector is a model of paternal care, pray for us.
Holy Family, whose mother is a model of maternal diligence, pray for us.
Holy Family, whose Divine Child is a model of filial obedience, pray for us.
Holy Family, who is nothing in the eyes of men, but so great in heaven, pray for us.
Holy Family, our support in life and our hope in death, pray for us.
Holy Family, patron and protector of the Church, pray for us.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, pray for us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Let us pray. O God of infinite goodness and kindness, who has deigned to call us to this Family, give us the grace to venerate Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, so that, imitating them in this life, we may enjoy with them the life to come. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.