The blessed Virgin and Traditionalism generally-speaking

[GloriousOrder]

I’m sorry, TimothyH, but where do you get this idea? The entire New Testament recorded in the Scriptures makes no mention of such a notion: that we come to Christ only through Mary. Christ’s own words are very direct in this matter. He constantly says “come to me”, so we may be taken by Him to the Father. The blessed Virgin is not given any recourse to after the Nativity, infancy, and youth of our Lord.

I’m not going “sola scriptura” on you, but the Bible is essential for an understanding of our holy religion, right? Everything message we human beings each need for salvation is in the Bible, but much is shadowed in metaphor. This is why we need the Church to interpret it and guide us. The Church wrote the Scriptures as its ultimate codified text. I just don’t see where in the Scriptures Mary is given the importance of handing us to Jesus. Our Lord constantly says that He is capable of bearing our burdens by Himself. That seems to be the entire message of the New Covenant God made with us.

To say that we only get to the Way via the… proto-way is confusing matters, isn’t it?? Mary said “yes” in humility, and bore God. Without her, we would have no Christ - but God could have waited another millennium for an equally humble and pious woman to say “yes”. We don’t depend on Mary after she carried forth our blessed Saviour. To me, she is an afterthought in history, though the longest-lingering afterthought we could ever think.

With regards to Protestants: they do say priests are an obstacle, unfortunately. There’s a difference between liturgy and private prayer, though. We need priests for liturgy; we do not need Mary for private prayer to God. Is this not correct? Sigh… I can’t even pray the rosary; I can’t stand saying more "Hail Mary"s than "Our Father"s!

 

[Credo_in_Deum]

I actually hesitated at using the term “Lack of devotion.” I changed it but couldn’t get the words to convey my message the way I wanted and so changed it back and submitted my post for the sake of expedience. Putting it in a negative connotation, that you “Lack” something which you should have is not what I wanted to communicate. Please forgive.

I would go further than recommending devotion to Mary. I would recommend total consecration of yourself to Mary. No less of a man than Blessed Pope John Paul II said that his total consecration to Mary was the turning point of his spiritual life. The fact is, whether you or any other Christian in the world realize it or not, every grace you have now came to you through Mary. Every conversion to Christ comes through Mary. Even Bl. John Henry Newman’s conversion and eventual sainthood came to him through Mary.

To all who feel Mary is in the way of Christ, recall how so many Protestants claim the same about priests and about the very Catholic Church itself, that priests and the Church have artificially inserted themselves between a man and his relationship with Jesus. Is this not the reverse of what is actually the case - that priests and the Church augment, embellish and magnify our relationship to Christ? The same is true of Mary, but infinitely more so.

Mary even said, “My soul magnifies the Lord” (Luke 1:46). What more is there to say?

-Tim-

Great response Tim.

In the Old Testament the Jews venerated the Ark and the ones that didnt where seen as insulting God. Mary is the new Ark and when you dont venerate her you are insulting God. Food for thought.

@OP: Here is a great video about Mary. Please take the time to watch it. I hope it helps you grow in your devotion to our Blessed Mother.

youtube.com/watch?v=kUdYeYy3NQA

Also I would recommend reading the book ** “The Admirable Heart of Mary” ** by Saint John Eudes.

God Bless

 

[GloriousOrder]

Beloved sibling Credo, I’ve seen that video before. It is very moving and convincing, but it does not make me believe that I must go through St. Mary to get to Christ. God came to us via her pure womb, but once He became incarnate all history was changed forever. We venerate her and ask her intercession, as with all the saints. I do not deny or reject this.

What I am asking about is whether trads can be trads without saying a Rosary every day, the Angelus, the Three Hail Marys, and all the Marian hymns. Why are these devotions considered so essential? If we were talking about anything other than Mary, phrases like “we must get to X through Y” would have a salvation-related tone. Are we saved only by going to the Father through Christ through Mary? No one would ever say this, and I don’t think that’s what you are all saying… but it sure sounds like it sometimes!

I proudly sing a Gregorian “Ave Maria” once every Sunday. What bothers me is that it’s the most solemn, quiet, and beautiful moment in the whole Mass that I go to! This isn’t even a traditional Mass, either. Every other part is soaked in lackluster guitar music and “meh” singing, but when we get to Mary’s unaccompanied chant… my goodness, the room is still as a tomb, and everyone is intently focused on honouring Mary. To me, this speaks of an imbalance in the whole faith.

You may say that my experience with the awed and hushed Marian chant is only because Christ is present because Mary is so present, but in that case why is there such an atmosphere of “blah” during the actual prayers to Christ? This may be one parish, but it’s an experience I’ve had all over the Church. People get very reverent when Mary is the subject of prayer, and then don’t seem that interested. On C.A.F., threads questioning Mary’s role are answered immediately and everyone freaks out at any attacks on the blessed Virgin (rightly), but when people come up with theological errors about our Lord, the responses are slower to come. It’s all very odd…

 

[CB_Catholic]

Hmm, someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but praying the the father through Jesus seems odd to me. As He is one in being with the Father.

At any rate, Mary as Mediatrix has been taught both before and since VII. You can pray to Jesus and the Father of course. Nothing wrong with that.

It may seem odd, but remember that there are three persons in one God. It is a profound mystery. However, we pray to the Father through the Son because that is what Jesus told us to do. Jesus’ mediation with the Father and the intercession of Mary with her Son are not comparable. Praying to Jesus through Mary is optional, we can approach Him on our own. However, we cannot approach the Father on our own–we need the mediation of Christ. Without the mediation of Christ before the Father, we would not be able to achieve salvation. That is how God Himself set it up.

 

[GaryTaylor]

I’m sorry there seems to be confusion about what God could have done and what He did do.

What God did do is choose the Blessed Mother with the life of Jesus Christ. What He did do is place His life in Her hands along with St Joseph. He chose Her among all, that in itself is very telling. He sent the angel Gabriel to “ask” and He received Marys permission. That in itself is very telling about how God felt about the Blessed Virgin Mother. Now if you would like to revert to scripture I’d be happy to help you along.

BTW when you asked the intention of Three Hail Marys?

One is for God the Father.
Two is for Christ Jesus.
Three is for the Holy Spirit.

The Catholic Faith is total submission to the Holy Family. I’m not sure how one would have received a different message?

Peace

 

[Monica4316]

I hope that this won’t sound harsh… but it seems to me that you are trying to interpret Scripture on your own. The Holy Spirit guides the Church in how Scripture is correctly interpreted. Church Tradition clearly teaches about the importance of Mary and even how going to Jesus through Mary gives us many graces… you don’t HAVE to go through Mary to God, but it’s easier to. Sometimes in your posts I got the impression that there’s a competition between Jesus and Mary… as in, He would not be pleased if we honoured her. But the Church Fathers and Saints say that Jesus is not pleased when we don’t honour His Mother. Jesus even said this in private revelation, if that helps. Saints who have seen Jesus and talked to Him, were extremely devoted to Mary. The only way it can go wrong is if we forget that she’s human, or worship her, or have no intention of coming closer to God through her - but that is no longer Catholic.

St Therese said, that we should not be afraid of loving Mary too much, because we can’t… Jesus will always love her more than we can

and St Louis de Montfort said,

“We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son.”

God bless

 

[TrueLight]

I used to feel this way too (a long time ago!). But I would suggest that prayer to Our Lady actually doesn’t work like an ‘extra step’, the way it might look on the surface. Have you ever found a group of people to pray with, maybe your congregation, or a prayer group of fellow Christians that you really care about? That corporate experience of prayer is so powerful, more powerful than praying alone, because of the way we are all joined together in the body of Christ. In fact, if you always wanted to pray alone and never corporately, that would be some sort of heresy because you would be denying that following Christ means being a part of that cloud of witnesses that profess Jesus as Lord. We cannot be Christians in

Over time I came to recognise too (both in head and heart), that death is no barrier to that sort of corporate prayer and support, because we are still all one body of believers in Christ. This is why we can support the dead with our prayers, and they can support us.

So asking someone to pray for you, be it someone you admire on earth or someone you admire in heaven, is not an extra ‘step’–if I were to ask someone to pray for me on CAF
because I was sick, that wouldn’t stop me from praying myself too!–rather it’s an expression of family love. We are all in this together, and we all support each other with prayers, whether its asking your friends to pray for you locally, online, or in heaven.

If I feel close to Catherine of Sienna or John Vianney when I’m praying for something, I will spontaneously ask them to pray for me, just because, through Christ, I feel close to them. And I admire and look up to them, and believe that their insights into the problem I’m facing will be particularly helpful.

And of all the saints, Mary is the one who is closest to Jesus. She had the closest relationship to Jesus, by far. She was chosen by God to receive the greatest blessingmeaning her will was the most perfectly attuned to God’s, and she is the one that Jesus from the cross told his beloved disciple to look to as Mother. Assumed into heaven and crowned queen, she is the living embodiment of the fulfillment of all Christ’s promises.

Given all that, I think it is impossible for any of the saints not to look up to Mary. Who would not want to be closer to Jesus, and more perfectly follow his will? Thus, I think devotion to Mary necessarily grows in us as we become more devout.

That is a beautiful way of putting it. I agree with all the above.

I just don’t agree that we HAVE to go through the BVM to get to Jesus.

 

[Dorothy]

Mary is the perfect disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ, and He gave her to us at the foot of the cross.

I don’t know of any saints who said we are putting too much emphasis on our Blessed Mother. They imitated her virtues.

 

[Monica4316]

I will try to explain what I think is meant by going to Jesus through Mary, though - I’m sorry in advance if I do a poor job of this…

although it’s true that we don’t HAVE to go through Mary to Jesus, - we acquire more graces if we do this

additionally, - in one way, we go through her whether we intend to or not without Mary, we would not have the Incarnation… and she is the Mother of God who prays for us in Heaven and her prayers are very powerful. There are even a story I read about a priest who died and was condemned to hell, but Mary prayed for him before her Son and God granted the priest another chance to come back and change his life. The priest himself told this story… the graces we receive from God are related to Mary, because of her role as Christ’s Mother and Queen of Heaven… if we want to separate from her, we would find ourselves separating from God also. She is our Mother we need her intercession because her prayers are so powerful! We would miss out on so much if we rejected it.

St Louis de Montfort talked about how the Holy Trinity is united to Mary in a very special way. Not like with any other creature. She is the Daughter of the Father, the Mother of the Son, and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. God is in her in a very unique way. I can’t really explain it. But here’s a video containing a quote by St Louis de Montfort youtube.com/watch?v=JQosmBTVbwY

Only in Heaven would we understand the full significance of Mary’s role. So here on earth it is so important to trust the Church’s teachings, from the Holy Spirit

When we have a strong devotion to Mary, we imitate her virtues, which are so dear to God and she teaches us how to love Jesus more like she does.

God bless!

 

[CB_Catholic]

I’m sorry, TimothyH, but where do you get this idea? The entire New Testament recorded in the Scriptures makes no mention of such a notion: that we come to Christ only through Mary. Christ’s own words are very direct in this matter. He constantly says “come to me”, so we may be taken by Him to the Father. The blessed Virgin is not given any recourse to after the Nativity, infancy, and youth of our Lord.

I’m not going “sola scriptura” on you, but the Bible is essential for an understanding of our holy religion, right? Everything message we human beings each need for salvation is in the Bible, but much is shadowed in metaphor. This is why we need the Church to interpret it and guide us. The Church wrote the Scriptures as its ultimate codified text. I just don’t see where in the Scriptures Mary is given the importance of handing us to Jesus. Our Lord constantly says that He is capable of bearing our burdens by Himself. That seems to be the entire message of the New Covenant God made with us.

To say that we only get to the Way via the… proto-way is confusing matters, isn’t it?? Mary said “yes” in humility, and bore God. Without her, we would have no Christ - but God could have waited another millennium for an equally humble and pious woman to say “yes”. We don’t depend on Mary after she carried forth our blessed Saviour. To me, she is an afterthought in history, though the longest-lingering afterthought we could ever think.

With regards to Protestants: they do say priests are an obstacle, unfortunately. There’s a difference between liturgy and private prayer, though. We need priests for liturgy; we do not need Mary for private prayer to God. Is this not correct? Sigh… I can’t even pray the rosary; I can’t stand saying more "Hail Mary"s than "Our Father"s!

The notion common among Protestants regarding that God could have chosen another had Mary said no, or in another millenium, as was stated, is a false notion. It doesn’t appear to be well thought through. God’s plan of salvation is an eternal plan. Mary had free will, as we all do, and thus her “yes” opened the way to salvation, but Mary was the one chosen by God to fill this role from eternity. There could never be another, because she is part of the eternal plan. God is an eternal being, and furthermore is unchanging, and there is nothing He did not or does not know. To deny that is to deny His very nature as omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient.

 

[GloriousOrder]

The notion common among Protestants regarding that God could have chosen another had Mary said no, or in another millenium, as was stated, is a false notion. It doesn’t appear to be well thought through. God’s plan of salvation is an eternal plan. Mary had free will, as we all do, and thus her “yes” opened the way to salvation, but Mary was the one chosen by God to fill this role from eternity. There could never be another, because she is part of the eternal plan. God is an eternal being, and furthermore is unchanging, and there is nothing He did not or does not know. To deny that is to deny His very nature as omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient.

Quite right.

BTW when you asked the intention of Three Hail Marys?

One is for God the Father.
Two is for Christ Jesus.
Three is for the Holy Spirit.

Here is the very heart of my question exposed: why the Hail Mary at all, if our honour is to God? If you are praying for God the Father, pray an “Our Father”? If for the Son, why not the Jesus Prayer? If for the Spirit, “Come, Holy Ghost”… or three Gloria Patri, even better? Saint Paul, our great and beloved brother, never even spoke indirectly of the Mother in His epistles, but glorified the Holy God over and over and over with benedictions and blessings and amens and alleluias. You’d think if this was so crucial, Christ-through-Mary, he - master of theology - would have given some inkling to it.

I think what’s bothering me is that Catholics at large, across the world, honour Mary so much because they’re afraid to honour Christ directly. We’re stuck in the feeling that God is too great, too holy, too perfect for us to talk to one-on-one (as it were). Is this a plausible theory? The reason I love Advent/Incarnation/Christmas so much is: by this event, God the Son re-dignified humanity to such a degree that we are able to speak to God directly. People often bring up the line that “the prayers of the just man are heard by God first” as a reason to go to Jesus through Mary, but I believe that’s more an injunction for each of us to become just and righteous.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Quite right.

Here is the very heart of my question exposed: why the Hail Mary at all, if our honour is to God? If you are praying for God the Father, pray an “Our Father”? If for the Son, why not the Jesus Prayer? If for the Spirit, “Come, Holy Ghost”… or three Gloria Patri, even better? Saint Paul, our great and beloved brother, never even spoke indirectly of the Mother in His epistles, but glorified the Holy God over and over and over with benedictions and blessings and amens and alleluias. You’d think if this was so crucial, Christ-through-Mary, he - master of theology - would have given some inkling to it.

I think what’s bothering me is that Catholics at large, across the world, honour Mary so much because they’re afraid to honour Christ directly. We’re stuck in the feeling that God is too great, too holy, too perfect for us to talk to one-on-one (as it were). Is this a plausible theory? The reason I love Advent/Incarnation/Christmas so much is: by this event, God the Son re-dignified humanity to such a degree that we are able to speak to God directly. People often bring up the line that “the prayers of the just man are heard by God first” as a reason to go to Jesus through Mary, but I believe that’s more an injunction for each of us to become just and righteous.

OR you could be completely wrong. I think you are.

AFRAID to honor Christ ‘directly’? Well, talk about damning with faint praise. At least you acknowledge we honor Christ, then you proceed to ‘damn’ us by insisting that we ONLY honor Mary because we’re AFRAID of Christ, like she’s some kind of substitution for God for ‘us of little faith’.

Going to God through Mary IS going to Him directly. She is the GATE, not the garden, not the way, but the GATE. If you’re going into St. Paul’s Cathedral, you HAVE to enter through the door (that’s why they have doors), but you don’t say, “Hey, I’m off to St. Paul’s cathedral DOOR”.

 

[Dorothy]

Honoring Mary has nothing at all to do with the fear of our Lord Jesus Christ. She is God’s masterpiece, and He made her for us!

 

[GloriousOrder]

Honoring Mary has nothing at all to do with the fear of our Lord Jesus Christ. She is God’s masterpiece, and He made her for us!

So, the blessed Virgin is for our sake, not for the Son of God’s sake, that He might have a fitting vessel to come into the world?! He proclaims the New Covenant from the bow of Mary, but He inevitably has to step out of the ship and come ashore. Once He came ashore as an adult male human being and God, Mary’s role in carrying, having, and raising Him was at an end. I have no doubt that the blessed Virgin was assumed into Heaven and that she is highest in the Order of Grace, but it doesn’t mean that she is made for us like some servant.

OR you could be completely wrong. I think you are.

AFRAID to honor Christ ‘directly’? Well, talk about damning with faint praise. At least you acknowledge we honor Christ, then you proceed to ‘damn’ us by insisting that we ONLY honor Mary because we’re AFRAID of Christ, like she’s some kind of substitution for God for ‘us of little faith’.

Going to God through Mary IS going to Him directly. She is the GATE, not the garden, not the way, but the GATE. If you’re going into St. Paul’s Cathedral, you HAVE to enter through the door (that’s why they have doors), but you don’t say, “Hey, I’m off to St. Paul’s cathedral DOOR”.

I apologise for having come across as insulting. I was observing an overall tendency, and it’s something I’ve experienced personally. If this doesn’t really describe most Catholics, then I’m wrong.

The second half of your post, though, is not excusable. Mary is not the gate. Our Lord Jesus Christ says “I am the Door” in John 10, which is portal/gate/passageway. Do you see what I mean when I say I’m afraid that Traditional Catholicism replaces Father/Christ with Christ/Mary?

 

[Tantum_ergo]

So, the blessed Virgin is for our sake, not for the Son of God’s sake, that He might have a fitting vessel to come into the world?! He proclaims the New Covenant from the bow of Mary, but He inevitably has to step out of the ship and come ashore. Once He came ashore as an adult male human being and God, Mary’s role in carrying, having, and raising Him was at an end. I have no doubt that the blessed Virgin was assumed into Heaven and that she is highest in the Order of Grace, but it doesn’t mean that she is made for us like some servant.

I apologise for having come across as insulting. I was observing an overall tendency, and it’s something I’ve experienced personally. If this doesn’t really describe most Catholics, then I’m wrong.

The second half of your post, though, is not excusable. Mary is not the gate. Our Lord Jesus Christ says “I am the Door” in John 10, which is portal/gate/passageway. Do you see what I mean when I say I’m afraid that Traditional Catholicism replaces Father/Christ with Christ/Mary?

No, I DON’T see what you mean. I used an image of a gate or door. . .and a place can have more than one door, you know. What if there is the door into a walled city (you know, like Jerusalem for example) and then MORE doors into the temple?

Traditional Catholicism DOES NOT REPLACE the Father with Mary. There’s no need because the Father, Son, and Spirit are GOD and Mary is, like us, a creature. But that ‘creature’ did something no one else has ever done. . .bore the SON of God. Surely that at the LEAST makes HER a ‘gate’ for the 'door" so to speak. Didn’t Christ have to come ‘through’ her (gate) in order to enter the world??? See what I mean? No ‘replacement’ but I wasn’t WRONG in what I said either.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Here is a Litany of Mary where the term “Gate” is used which explains why I used it. Note how all through Mary is asked to ‘pray for us’ as opposed to the petitions we make to God, Father, Son and Spirit.
V. Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Christ, have mercy on us.
V. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ hear us.
R. Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of Heaven: – **Have mercy on us. **(repeat at end of each phrase.)
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world:
God, the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, One God,
Holy Mary, – Pray for us. (repeat at end of each phrase.)
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Savior,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the covenant,
Gate of Heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived without Original Sin,
Queen assumed into Heaven,
Queen of the most holy rosary,
Queen of Peace.
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.
v. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
r. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray: Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, unto us Thy servants, that we may rejoice in continual health of mind and body; and, by the glorious intercession of blessed Mary ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of Thine eternal gladness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

[jmj1984]

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It is not the Church that is in error. It is that you have not been instructed in the Faith.

I am afraid I must agree, cease to strive and struggle against the Church and accept its teachings GloriousOrder, to do otherwise is nothing but pride.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

and here, from the Vatican web site:
Excerpts From Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, Principles and Guidelines on the Vatican Website.http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/c...on_ccdds_doc_20020513_vers-direttorio_en.html

Litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary

1. Litanies are to be found among the prayers to the Blessed Virgin recommended by the Magisterium. These consist in a long series of invocations of Our Lady, which follow in a uniform rhythm, thereby creating a stream of prayer characterized by insistent praise and supplication. The invocations, generally very short, have two parts: the first of praise (Virgo clemens), the other of supplication (Ora pro nobis).
   The liturgical books contain two Marian litanies(246): The Litany of Loreto, repeatedly recommended by the Roman Pontiffs; and the Litany for the Coronation of Images of the Blessed Virgin Mary(247), which can be an appropriate substitute for the other litany on certain occasions(248).
   From a pastoral perspective, a proliferation of litanies would not seem desirable(249), just as an excessive restriction on them would not take sufficient account of the spiritual riches of some local Churches and religious communities. Hence, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments recommends “taking account of some older and newer formulas used in the local Churches or in religious communities which are notable for their structural rigor and the beauty of their invocations”(250). This exhortation, naturally, applies to the specific authorities in the local Churches or religious communities.
   Following the prescription of Leo XIII that the recitation of the Rosary should be concluded by the Litany of Loreto during the month of October, the false impression has arisen among some of the faithful that the Litany is in some way an appendix to the Rosary. The Litanies are independent acts of worship. They are important acts of homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or as processional elements, or form part of a celebration of the Word of God or of other acts of worship.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

BTW, when I pray the Litany of Loretto I ALSO pray the following Litany of Jesus Christ as well as the Litany of the Holy Spirit. Here is the Litany of Jesus Christ:
Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus

V. Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Christ, have mercy on us.
V. Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus, hear us.
R. Jesus, graciously hear us.
V. God the Father of Heaven
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. God the Holy Spirit,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Holy Trinity, one God,
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Jesus, Son of the living God, R. Have mercy on us.
Jesus, splendor of the Father, etc.]
Jesus, brightness of eternal light.
Jesus, King of glory.
Jesus, sun of justice.
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary.
Jesus, most amiable.
Jesus, most admirable.
Jesus, the mighty God.
Jesus, Father of the world to come.
Jesus, angel of great counsel.
Jesus, most powerful.
Jesus, most patient.
Jesus, most obedient.
Jesus, meek and humble of heart.
Jesus, lover of chastity.
Jesus, lover of us.
Jesus, God of peace.
Jesus, author of life.
Jesus, example of virtues.
Jesus, zealous lover of souls.
Jesus, our God.
Jesus, our refuge.
Jesus, father of the poor.
Jesus, treasure of the faithful.
Jesus, good Shepherd.
Jesus, true light.
Jesus, eternal wisdom.
Jesus, infinite goodness.
Jesus, our way and our life.
Jesus, joy of Angels.
Jesus, King of the Patriarchs.
Jesus, Master of the Apostles.
Jesus, teacher of the Evangelists.
Jesus, strength of Martyrs.
Jesus, light of Confessors.
Jesus, purity of Virgins.
Jesus, crown of Saints.
V. Be merciful, R. spare us, O Jesus.
V. Be merciful, R. graciously hear us, O Jesus.
V. From all evil, R. deliver us, O Jesus.
From all sin, deliver us, O Jesus.
From Your wrath, etc.]
From the snares of the devil.
From the spirit of fornication.
From everlasting death.
From the neglect of Your inspirations.
By the mystery of Your holy Incarnation.
By Your Nativity.
By Your Infancy.
By Your most divine Life.
By Your labors.
By Your agony and passion.
By Your cross and dereliction.
By Your sufferings.
By Your death and burial.
By Your Resurrection.
By Your Ascension.
By Your institution of the most Holy Eucharist.
By Your joys.
By Your glory.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. spare us, O Jesus.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. graciously hear us, O Jesus.
V. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
R. have mercy on us, O Jesus.
V. Jesus, hear us.
R. Jesus, graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, You have said, “Ask and you shall receive, seek, and you shall find, knock, and it shall be opened to you.” Grant, we beg of You, to us who ask it, the gift of Your most divine love, that we may ever love You with our whole heart, in word and deed, and never cease praising You.
Give us, O Lord, as much a lasting fear as a lasting love of Your Holy Name, for You, who live and are King for ever and ever, never fail to govern those whom You have solidly established in Your love. R. Amen.

 

[Tantum_ergo]

and here is the Litany of the Holy Spirit;
Litany of the Holy Spirit (For private use only)

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Father all-powerful, have mercy on us. Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, save us. Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless life of both, sanctify us. Holy Trinity, hear us.
Holy Spirit, Who proceedest from the Father and the Son, enter our hearts. Holy Spirit, Who art equal to the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.
Promise of God the Father, have mercy on us.
Ray of heavenly light, have mercy on us.
Author of all good, [etc.]
Source of heavenly water Consuming fire
Ardent charity
Spiritual unction
Spirit of love and truth
Spirit of wisdom and understanding
Spirit of counsel and fortitude
Spirit of knowledge and piety
Spirit of the fear of the Lord
Spirit of grace and prayer
Spirit of peace and meekness
Spirit of modesty and innocence
Holy Spirit, the Comforter
Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier
Holy Spirit, Who governest the Church
Gift of God, the Most High
Spirit Who fillest the universe
Spirit of the adoption of the children of God
Holy Spirit, inspire us with horror of sin.
Holy Spirit, come and renew the face of the earth.
Holy Spirit, shed Thy light in our souls.
Holy Spirit, engrave Thy law in our hearts.
Holy Spirit, inflame us with the flame of Thy love.
Holy Spirit, open to us the treasures of Thy graces.
Holy Spirit, teach us to pray well.
Holy Spirit, enlighten us with Thy heavenly inspirations.
Holy Spirit, lead us in the way of salvation.
Holy Spirit, grant us the only necessary knowledge.
Holy Spirit, inspire in us the practice of good.
Holy Spirit, grant us the merits of all virtues.
Holy Spirit, make us persevere in justice.
Holy Spirit, be Thou our everlasting reward.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Send us Thy Holy Spirit.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
pour down into our souls the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
grant us the Spirit of wisdom and piety.
*V. *Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of Thy faithful,
R. And enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
Let us pray. Grant, O merciful Father, that Thy Divine Spirit may enlighten, inflame and purify us, that He may penetrate us with His heavenly dew and make us fruitful in good works, through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who with Thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, liveth and reigneth, one God, forever and ever.

*R. *Amen.