The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary part 1
See the Litany Page at A New Book of Old Hymns for the sheet music.
This is a really long one! I’ll cut it up into three parts—no strict reason for the division, just to make it easier to handle.
First part
The Greek bits:
- Kyrie
- Lord
- eleison
- have mercy
- Christe
- Christ
- eleison
- have mercy
Then the rest is in Latin:
- Christe
- Christ
- audi
- hear
- nos
- us
- Christe
- Christ
- exaudi
- graciously hear
- nos
- us
- Deus
- God
- Pater
- the Father
- de
- of
- coelis,
- heaven,
- miserere
- have mercy
- nobis
- on us
- Deus
- God
- Fili
- the Son
- Redemptor
- Redeemer
- mundi,
- of the world
- miserere
- have mercy
- nobis
- on us
- Deus
- God
- Sancte
- the Holy
- Spiritus
- Spirit
- Sancta
- O Holy
- Trinitas
- Trinity
- unus
- one
- Deus,
- God,
- miserere
- have mercy
- nobis
- on us
- Sancta
- Holy
- Maria,
- Mary,
- ora
- pray
- pro
- for
- nobis
- us
- Sancta
- Holy
- Genitrix
- Mother
- Dei;
- of God
- Sancta
- Holy
- Virgo
- Virgin
- Virginium
- of Virgins
- Mater
- Mother
- Christi
- of Christ
- Mater
- Mother
- divinae
- of divine
- gratiae
- grace
- Mater
- Mother
- purissima
- most pure
- Mater
- Mother
- castissima
- most chaste
- Mater
- Mother
- inviolata
- inviolate
- Mater
- Mother
- intemerata
- undefiled
- Mater
- Mother
- amabilis
- all lovely
- Mater
- Mother
- admirabilis
- all wondrous
- Mater
- Mother
- Creatoris
- of the Creator
- Mater
- Mother
- Salvatoris
- of the Saviour
Phew! That’s enough for now. You can write these on paper as you did before. Maybe choose a few of your favourite titles and write them out especially beautifully.