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Monday 15 June 2015

Family Litany

Many years ago, I made up a family litany, which I just found as well. I wrote this before Mary, Undoer of Knots was popular.

You may want to do something similar for your family. I used the saints who are our personal patrons of the names in my immediate family, and the members' favorite saints at the time. We just wrote down what came to mind without concern for historical timelines, or categories of saints.



Litany of Saints for Our Family

Infant of Prague, have mercy on us
Christ, Pantocrator, have mercy on us

Answer, Pray for us

Our Lady of Walsingham,
Our Lady of Good Counsel,
Our Lady of Good Remedy
Mary, Queen of the Rosary
Mary, Queen of Apostles
Mary, Queen of Heaven,
Mary, Undoer of Knots,
Theotokos,
Our Lady of Vladimir
Mary, Star of the Sea
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Lourdes
Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles,
John, Beloved Disciple
Anne, Mother and Grandmother,
Rose of Lima,
Edmund Campion,
Thomas More,
Nicholas of Smyrna,
Cuthbert Mayne,
Thomas Aquinas,
Nicholas Owen
Margaret Clitherow
Anne Line
Anselm,
Augustine of Hippo,
Monica,
Augustine of Canterbury,
Mellitus,
Justus,
Wilfrid,
Felix of Burgundy,
Laurence of Canterbury,
Bede,
Thomas a Becket
Lanfranc,
Edmund, King,
Edmund of Canterbury,
Edmund Arrowsmith,
James, Apostle
David, King
Charles Borromeo, 
Thomas, Apostle,
Edward, King,
Dominic
Benedict,
Francis,
Ignatius Loyola,
Francis Xavier
John Bosco
The Magi,
Therese, the Little Flower,
Teresa of Avila,
Catherine of Siena,
John the Baptist,
Padre Pio,
Joseph Cupertino,
Joseph, Foster-Father,
Damien the Leper,
Vladimir the Great, King,
Stephen of Hungary, King
Wenceslaus, King
Henry, Emperor,
Karl, Emperor
Gregory the Great
Peter, First Pope
Erconwald
Hermenegild, King
Philip Neri, 
Alphonsus Liguori
Bernard of Clairvaux
Philip Howard, 
William Howard, Viscount Stafford
Margaret Pole,
Ailred of Rievaulx,
Pier Giorgio Frassati
Elizabeth, Cousin
Elizabeth, Sister
Ebba the Elder
Hilda of Whitby
Mechthild
Etheldreda,
Walburga,
Sexburga,
Willibrord
Cunegunda,
Elizabeth of Schonau
Xenia of Petersburg
Basil, Fool
Ephrem, Fool,
John of Moscow.
Macrina the Elder
Macrina the Younger
Basil the Great
Gregory of Nyssa
Naucratius
Peter,
Cyril and Methodius
Saints of Alaska
Withburga
Saethrith
Hildegard of Bingen
Eanswythe,
Brigid of Sweden
Zita, Empress
Olga, Empress
Ludmila, Queen
Matilda, Queen
Stephen Harding
Robert Southwell
John Southworth
John Henry Newman
Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Maximus the Confessor
Mary of Egypt
Benedict Labre
Robert Bellarmine