It is very probable that this litany was used
by Saint Berchán's monastic community about 725 A.D. at Cluain Sosta
(Clonsast). Saint Berchán's disciples also first compiled the Leabhar
Breac as a devotional work. Saint Berchán is commended in the
Donegal Martyrology as one of the four prophets of
Ireland
, ranking with Saints Columcille, Moling the Perfect, and Brendan of Birr.
His monks were driven first from Clonsast, and then by the Danes from Dun
Doighre, near Athlone, retiring subsequently to Scariff.
O GREAT MARY, pray for us.
Mary, greatest of Marys, pray for us.
Most great of women, pray for us.
Queen of the angels, pray for us.
Mistress of the heavens, pray for us.
Woman full and replete with the grace of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
Blessed and most blessed, pray for us.
Mother of eternal glory, pray for us.
Mother of the heavenly and earthly Church, pray for us.
Mother of love and indulgence, pray for us.
Mother of the golden light, pray for us.
Honor of the sky, pray for us.
Harbinger of peace, pray for us.
Gate of heaven, pray for us.
Golden casket, pray for us.
Couch of love and mercy, pray for us.
Temple
of the Divinity, pray for us.
Beauty of virgins, pray for us.
Mistress of the tribes, pray for us.
Fountain of the gardens, pray for us.
Cleansing of sins, pray for us.
Washing of souls, pray for us.
Mother of orphans, pray for us.
Breast of the infants, pray for us.
Refuge of the wretched, pray for us.
Star of the sea, pray for us.
Handmaid of God, pray for us.
Mother of Christ, pray for us.
Abode of the Godhead, pray for us.
Graceful as the dove, pray for us.
Serene like the moon, pray for us.
Resplendent like the sun, pray for us.
Destruction of Eve's disgrace, pray for us.
Regeneration of life, pray for us.
Perfection of women, pray for us.
Chief of the virgins, pray for us.
Garden enclosed, pray for us.
Fountain sealed, pray for us.
Mother of God, pray for us.
Perpetual Virgin, pray for us.
Holy Virgin, pray for us.
Prudent Virgin, pray for us.
Serene Virgin, pray for us.
Chaste Virgin, pray for us.
Temple
of the Living God, pray for us.
Throne of the Eternal King, pray for us.
Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
Virgin of the Root of Jesse, pray for us.
Cedar of
Mount Lebanon
, pray for us.
Cypress of Mount Sion, pray for us.
Crimson Rose in the
land
of
Jacob
, pray for us.
Fruitful like the olive, pray for us.
Blooming like the palm, pray for us.
Glorious Son-bearer, pray for us.
Light of
Nazareth
, pray for us.
Glory of
Jerusalem
, pray for us.
Beauty of the world, pray for us.
Noblest born of the Christian people, pray for us.
Queen of life, pray for us.
Ladder of Heaven, pray for us.
Hear the petition of the poor; spurn not
the wounds and the groans of the miserable. Let our devotion and our sighs
be carried through thee to the presence of the Creator, for we are not
ourselves worthy of being heard because of our evil deserts.
O powerful Mistress of heaven and earth,
wipe out our trespasses and our sins.
Destroy our wickedness and depravity.
Raise the fallen, the debilitated, and the fettered.
Loose the condemned.
Repair through thyself the transgressions of our immorality and our vices.
Bestow upon us through thyself the blossoms and ornaments of good actions
and virtues.
Appease for us the Judge by thy prayers and thy supplications.
Allow us not, for mercy's sake, to be carried off from thee among the
spoils of
our enemies.
Allow not our souls to be condemned, but take us to thyself for ever under
thy protection.
We, moreover, beseech and pray thee, Holy
Mary, to obtain, through thy potent supplication, before thy only Son,
that is, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, that God may defend us
from all straits and temptations.
Obtain also for us from the God of Creation
the forgiveness and remission of all our sins and trespasses, and that we
may receive from Him further, through thy intercession, the everlasting
habitation of the heavenly kingdom, through all eternity, in the presence
of the saints and the saintly virgins of the world; which may we deserve
to enjoy, in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
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