PRAYER: Litany in Honor of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

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 Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
Queen conceived without sin, pray for us.

Saint Bernard, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, who in giving yourself to God drew many souls to Him, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, prodigy of the eleventh age, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, ornament of the clergy, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, terror of heretics, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, oracle of the Church, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, light of bishops, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, most humble, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, burning with zeal for the glory of God, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, most ardent for the honor of Mary, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, most beloved son of the Queen of Angels, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, most pure in body and mind, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, perfect model of poverty and mortification, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, most ardent in charity to all, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, who feared God and not earthly powers, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, whose whole exterior breathed holiness, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, whose very look spoke of God, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, flower of religious, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, who never lost sight of the presence of God, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, angel of Clairvaux, pray for us.
Saint Bernard, always absorbed in God, pray for us.

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, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord.

O great saint, who from the very dawn of life turned all the powers of thy soul and the noble affections of thy pure and loving heart toward your creator, O angel clothed in mortal flesh, who appeared in this valley of tears as a bright lily of purity to shed around you the good odor of Christ, to show to all the beauty of virtue, and to point out to thousands the way to Heaven, pray for us that, truly despising all earthly objects,
we may live for God alone.

Amen.