Ave Maria Meditations
LITANY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
PRIEST AND VICTIM
Lord, have mercy – Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy – Christ, have mercy Lord, have mercy – Lord, have mercy Christ hear us – Christ hear us Christ, graciously hear us – Christ, graciously hear us
God the Father of heaven, *Have mercy on usGod the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God,
Jesus, Priest and Victim, *Have mercy on usJesus, Priest forever according to the Order of Melchizedek, Have mercy on us Jesus, Priest Whom God sent to preach the Gospel to the poor, Have mercy on us Jesus, Priest Who at the Last Supper institute the form of the eternal sacrifice, Have mercy on us Jesus, Priest Who lives forever to intercede for us, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest whom the Father anointed with the Holy Spirit and power, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest chosen from among men, Have mercy on us Jesus, made High Priest for men, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest of our confession of faith, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest of greater glory than Moses, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest of the true tabernacle, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest of the good things to come, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest, holy, innocent and undefiled, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest faithful and merciful, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest inflamed with zeal for God and souls, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest, perfect forever, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest, Who by Your own Blood entered the heavens, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest, who opened us a new way for us, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest, who loved us and washed us from our sins in Your Blood, Have mercy on us Jesus, High Priest, who offered Yourself to God as an oblation and sacrificial Victim, Have mercy on us Jesus, sacrificial Victim of God and men, Have mercy on us Jesus, holy and immaculate sacrificial Victim, Have mercy on us Jesus, pleasing sacrificial Victim, Have mercy on us Jesus, peace-making sacrificial Victim, Have mercy on us Jesus, sacrifice of propitiation and praise, Have mercy on us Jesus, sacrificial Victim of reconciliation and peace, Have mercy on us Jesus, sacrificial Victim in whom we have confidence and access to God, Have mercy on us Jesus, sacrificial Victim living forever and ever, Have mercy on us Be merciful, spare us, Jesus.
Be merciful, graciously hear us, Jesus.From rashly entering the clergy, * deliver us, Jesus
From the sin of sacrilege, From the spirit of incontinence, From sordid pursuits, From every lapse into simony, From the unworthy administration of the Church’s treasures, From the love of the world and its vanities, From the unworthy celebration of Your Mysteries, Through Your eternal priesthood, Through the holy anointing whereby You were constituted a priest by God the Father, Through Your priestly spirit, Through that ministry whereby You glorified Your Father on earth, Through the bloody immolation of Yourself made once and for all upon the Cross, Through that same sacrifice daily renewed upon the altar, Through that divine power which You exercise invisibly in Your priests, That You would deign to maintain the whole priestly order in holy religion, * We beseech You, hear us That You would deign to provide Your people with pastors after Your own heart, That You would deign to fill them with the spirit of Your priesthood, That the lips of Your priests might preserve true knowledge, That You would deign to send faithful workers into Your harvest, That You would deign to multiply the faithful dispensers of Your Mysteries, That You would deign to grant them perseverance in the service of Your will, That You would deign to give them gentleness in their ministry, resourcefulness in their actions, and constancy in prayer, That through them You would deign to promote the veneration of the Blessed Sacrament everywhere, That You would deign to receive into Your joy those who have served You well, Lamb of God, Who take away the sin of the world, spare us, 0 Lord Lamb of God, Who take away the sin of the world, graciously hear us, 0 Lord Lamb of God, Who take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us, 0 Lord Jesus, Our Priest, hear us Jesus, Our Priest, graciously hear us Let us pray: O God, Sanctifier and Guardian of your Church, raise up in her through Your Spirit suitable and faithful dispensers of the holy Mysteries, so that by their ministry and example, the Christian people may be guided under Your protection in the path of salvation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. O God, who, while the disciples were worshiping and fasting, ordered Saul and Barnabas to be set apart for the work to which You had called them, be present now to Your Church in prayer, and You, who know the hearts of all, indicate those whom You have chosen for ministry. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.(This prayer was prayed in Latin by Pope John Paul II as a seminarian in Cracow,
and often in later life as well.)
