St Bridget Litany - Upton, Christopher

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"Setting of the Litany of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, with some provision for other litanies (particularly the first English Litany of 1544). A companion to the St Bridget Office, with which the Lord's Prayer and some other common elements are shared."

◈ Genre → Liturgical music ♬ Voicing → SATB ¶ Language → English

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 11

CPDL # 26823

Editor Christopher Upton

Posted 2012-07-24

License Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

¶Lyrics / Text

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. O God the Father of heaven : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, redeemer of the world : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God : have mercy upon us miserable sinners. ''Litany of 1544 only:'' Holy virgin Mary, mother of God our Saviour Jesus Christ, Pray for us. ''These responses are also used in the Litany of Loreto and other Litanies of the Saints.'' All holy Angels and Archangels, and all holy orders of blessed spirits, Pray for us. All holy patriarchs and prophets, apostles, martyrs, confessors and virgins, and all the blessed company of heaven, Pray for us. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, good Lor