Litany of the saints -Dominican rite

Lord have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us.
Lord 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 Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.  God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin of Virgins, pray for us.

St. Michael, pray for us.
St. Gabriel, pray for us.
St. Raphael, pray for us.
All you holy Angels, and Archangels, pray for us.
All you holy orders of blessed Spirits, pray for us.
St. John the Baptist, pray for us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
All you holy Patriarchs and Prophets, Pray for us.

St. Peter,
St. Paul,
St. Andrew,
St. James,
St. John,
St. Thomas,
St. James,
St. Philip,
St. Bartholomew,
St. Matthew,
St. Simon,
St. Thaddeus (Jude),
St. Matthias,
St. Barnabas,
St. Mark,
St. Luke,
All ye holy Disciples of our Lord,

All ye Holy Innocents,
St. Stephen,
St. Clement,
St. Cornelius,
St. Cyprian,
St. Laurence,
St. Vincent,
St. Denis with thy companions,
St. Maurice with thy companions,
St. Januarius with thy companions,
Sts. Fabian and Sebastian,
Sts. Cosmas and Damian,
St. Thomas Becket,
St. Peter Martyr,
St. John of Cologne with thy companions,
All ye holy Martyrs,

St. Sylvester,
St. Gregory,
St. Pius V,
St. Ambrose,
St. Augustine,
St. Jerome,
St. Hilary,
St. Martin of Tours,
St. Nicholas,
St. Antoninus,
Holy Father Dominic,
Holy Father Dominic,
St. Albert the Great,
St. Thomas Aquinas,
St. Vincent Ferrer,
St. Hyacinth,
St. Raymond of Peñafort,
St. Louis, King of France,
St. Antony of the Desert,
St. Benedict,
St. Bernard of Clairvaux,
St. Francis of Assisi,
All you holy confessors,

St. Ann,
St. Mary Magdalene,
St. Martha,
St. Felicitas,
St. Perpetua,
St. Agatha,
St. Lucy,
St. Agnes,
St. Cecilia,
St. Catherine of Alexandria,
St. Margaret of Antioch,
St. Ursula with thy Companions,
St. Catherine of Siena,
St. Rose of Lima,
St. Agnes of Montepulciano,
St. Catherine de Ricci,
St. Margaret of Hungary,
All you holy Virgins and Widows,
All ye Saints,

Be merciful unto us.  Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful unto us.  Graciously hear us, O Lord.

From eternal damnation, O Lord, deliver us.
From a sudden and unprovided death, O Lord, deliver us.
From the scourges that threaten our sins, O Lord, deliver us.
From the snares of the devil, etc.
From all uncleanness of mind and body,
From anger, hatred and all ill-will,
From unclean thoughts,
From blindness of heart,
From lightning and storm,
From plague, famine and war,
From the scourge of earthquake,
From all evil,
Through the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation,
Through Thy Passion and Cross,
Through Thy glorious Resurrection,
Through Thy wonderful Ascension,
Through the grace of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
On the day of judgment,

We sinners, beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give us peace, We beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thy mercy and love may preserve us, We beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to direct and defend Thy Church,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe preserve our apostolic prelate [the Restoration of the Holy Catholic Church]
       and all the orders of the Church in holy religion,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe preserve our bishops and prelates and all the congregations committed to them in Thy holy service,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to humble the enemies of holy Church,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe give peace and true concord and victory to our kings and princes (civil rulers),
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe preserve the whole Christian people redeemed by Thy Blood,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe recall to the unity of the Church all who are in error, and lead all unbelievers to the light of the Gospel,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give eternal happiness to all our benefactors,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe rescue our souls and those of our kinsfolk from eternal damnation,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give and preserve the fruits of the earth,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to turn towards us the eyes of Thy mercy,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to make our worship a reasonable service,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to raise our minds to heavenly desires,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to regard and relieve the misery of the poor and captives,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to visit and comfort our homes and all who dwell therein,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to protect and keep this state and all its people,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to lead to a safe port all the faithful travelling by land or sea,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to instruct us in a good life,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to give eternal rest to all the faithful departed,
That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to hear us,
Son of God,

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

Christ, Hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord have mercy on us.
Our Father
(in secret)
V. And lead us not into temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Psalm 69
Deus in adjutorium. – A prayer in persecution.

Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him. O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me. Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek my soul: Let them be turned backward, and blush for shame that desire evils to me: Let them be presently turned away blushing for shame that say to me: Tis well, tis well. Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified. But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay.

V:  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R:  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

V:  After childbirth thou still didst remain a Virgin undefiled.
R: O Mother of God, intercede for us.

V:  Pray for us, Blessed Father Dominic.
R: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

V:  Let the nations tell of the wisdom of the Saints.
R: And the Church show forth their praise.

V:  Be mindful of Thy Congregation.
R:  Which has been Thine from the beginning.

V:  Save Thy servants and handmaids.
R:  Who put their trust in Thee, O my God.

V:  Be unto us, O Lord, a tower of strength.
R:  In the face of the enemy.

V:  Peace be within thy strength.
R: And plenteousness in thy towers.

V: The Lord be with you.
R: And with thy spirit.

  Let us pray:

Defend Thy servants, O Lord, by granting them the gift of peace, and as they have confidence in the patronage of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, so do Thou make them safe from all their enemies: Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that we who are oppressed with the weight of our sins may be relieved by the intercession of Thy confessor and our Father, the Blessed Dominic.

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that the examples of the Saints of our Order may incite us to a better life; that we may imitate their actions whose blessed memory we celebrate.

Show with clemency O Lord thy unspeakable mercy unto us: that thou both free us from our sins and deliver us from the pains, which for them we deserve.

Stretch forth, O Lord, to Thy servants and handmaids, the right hand of Thy heavenly help, that they may seek Thee with their whole heart, and what they rightly deserve, they may happily obtain.

We beseech Thee, O Lord, mercifully to receive the prayers of Thy Church: that, all adversity and error being destroyed, she may serve Thee in security and freedom.

O God, from whom are holy desires, right counsels and just works, grant to Thy servants that peace, which the world cannot give; that our hearts, being intent upon Thy commandments, and the fear of our enemies taken away, the times, through Thy protection, may be peaceful.  Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Source: Office Book for Dominican Sisters (September 13, 1940)
Imprimi Potest: Prior Provincialis Petrus O’Brien, O.P., S.T.Lr.
Imprimatur: Archbishop Moyses E. Kiley

The use of the Dominican Rite Litany of the Saints is explained by the following historical episode:
Innocent IV (born around 1200 and Pope from June 25, 1243) became a foe of the Order when the Dominican community in Genoa, the Pope’s home town, would not give him their Priory and its land for a castle he wanted to build there to protect his relatives from his enemies. Angered by what he considered to be Dominican ingratitude in the face of favors he had granted the Order, Innocent now acceded to the long standing demands of some of the secular clergy who were upset by the Friars’ popularity in the pastoral ministry, in preaching, and in university teaching.
Thus on May 10, 1254, the Pope placed some restrictions on the apostolate of the Dominicans in the French town of Saint-Quentin, and then began limiting the activities of the Other French Priories. On June 4 he in effect expelled the Dominican professors from the University of Paris. This new animosity on the part of the Supreme Pontiff frightened the Friars, who began to say the Litany of the Saints for a deliverance from what they saw as the impending suppression of the whole Order.
On Nov. 21, 1254, Innocent IV signed a decree rescinding all the privileges of the Order of Preachers, and instead forbidding all Dominicans to receive any lay person in their churches on Sundays and Holidays, to preach in their churches on other days before the Solemn Mass in the local diocesan parish church, to preach in an episcopal town if the bishop was to preach there that day, and to hear anyone’s confession without the permission of the penitent’s pastor. A Cardinal who supported the Pope in this affair had even further restriction to suggest to Innocent.
On the day the latter signed the aforementioned decree, the said Cardinal tumbled down some stairs and shortly thereafter died of the injuries. The Pope himself, on that very same day, Nov. 21, 1254, after signing the decree, suffered a stroke which left him paralyzed. Sixteen days later, On Dec. 7, 1254, Pope Innocent IV died. The new Pope, Alexander IV, restored all its privileges to the Order on Dec. 22, 1254, thirty-one days after their suppression and on the 38th anniversary of the Order’s approval by Honorius III on Dec. 22, 1216.
As a result of the foregoing, the saying arose, “Beware the Litanies of the Dominicans.”
This Litany is therefore recommended as a Novena in especially critical circumstances.