A Litany of the Saints of the Three Seraphic Orders

Lord, have mercy.       Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.    Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.       Lord, have mercy.

God the Father, have mercy on us.

God the Son, have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Virgin Mary, Protectress and Advocate of the Franciscan Family, R/. [Pray for us.]

Holy Father St. Francis of Assisi, R/.

Holy Mother St. Clare of Assisi, R/.

All Saintly Friars of the First Order, R/.

St. Anthony of Padua, R/.

St. Anthony of St. Ann Galvao, R/.

St. Benedict the Moor, R/.

St. Benvenute of Osimo, R/.

St. Bernard of Corleone, R/.

St. Bernardine of Siena, R/.

St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio, R/.

St. Charles of Sezze, R/.

St. Conrad of Parzham, R/.

St. Crispin of Viterbo, R/.

St. Didacus of Alcala, R/.

St. Felix of Cantalice, R/.

St. Felix of Nicosia, R/.

St. Francis Anthony Fasani, R/.

St. Francis Mary of Camporosso, R/.

St. Francis Solano, R/.

St. Giles Mary of St. Joseph, R/.

St. Humilis of Bisignano, R/.

St. Ignatius of Laconi, R/.

St. Ignatius of Santhia, R/.

St. James of the March, R/.

St. John of Capistrano, R/.

St. John Dukla, R/.

St. John Joseph of the Cross, R/.

St. Joseph of Cupertino, R/.

St. Joseph of Leonissa, R/.

St. Junipero Serra, R/.

St. Lawrence of Brindisi, R/.

St. Leonard of Port Maurice, R/.

St. Leopold Mandic, R/.

St. Louis of Casoria, R/.

St. Louis of Tolouse, R/.

St. (Padre) Pio of Pietrelcina, R/.

St. Pacificus of San Severino, R/.

St. Paschal Baylon, R/.

St. Peter of Alcantara, R/.

St. Peter of Regalado, R/.

St. Salvator of Horta, R/.

St. Seraphin of Montegranaro, R/.

St. Simon of Lipnica, R/.

St. Theophilus of Corte, R/.

St. Thomas of Cori, R/.

All Saintly Nuns of the Second Order,

R/. St. Agnes of Assisi, R/.

St. Agnes of Bohemia, R/.

St. Beatrice of Silva, R/.

St. Camilla Baptista Varano, R/.

St. Catherine of Bologna, R/.

St. Colette of Corbie, R/.

St. Cunegunda of Poland, R/.

St. Eustochia Calafato, R/.

St. Veronica Giuliani, R/.

All Saintly Men and Women of the Third Order, R/.

St. Albert Chmielowski, R/.

St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, R/.

St. Amatus Ronconi, R/.

St. Angela of Foligno, R/.

St. Angela Merici, R/.

St. Benedict Joseph Labre, R/.

St. Bridget of Sweden, R/.

St. Catherine of Genoa, R/.

St. Charles Borromeo, R/.

St. Conrad of Piacenza, R/.

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Patroness of the Third Order, R/.

St. Elizabeth of Portugal, R/.

St. Elzear and Blessed Delphina, R/.

St. Ferdinand III, King of Castile, R/.

St. Gemma of Goriano Sicoli, R/.

St. Hyacinth of Mariscotti, R/.

St. Jane of Valois, R/.

St. Jean-Baptiste Rossi, R/.

Pope St. John XXIII, R/.

St. John Mary Vianney, R/.

St. Joseph Benedict Cottolengo, R/.

St. Joseph Cafasso, R/.

St. Jutta of Thuringia, R/.

St. Louis IX, King of France, Patron of the Third Order, R/.

Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin, R/.

St. Margaret of Cortona, R/.

St. Maria Crescentia Hoss, R/.

St. Marianne Cope of Moloka’i, R/.

St. Marie-Bernard Butler, R/.

St. Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes, R/.

St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, R/.

St. Nicholas of Flue, R/.

Pope St. Pius X, R/.

St. Roch of Montpellier, R/.

St. Rose of Viterbo, R/.

St. Veridiana of Florence, R/.

St. Yves of Brittany, R/.

St. Zita of Lucca, R/.

(Blessed Angeline of Marsciano, R/.

  Blessed Contardo Ferrini, R/.

  Blessed Jacoba of Settesoli, R/.

  Blessed Luchesio, first Secular Franciscan, R/.

  Blessed Mary Frances Schervier, R/.)

All Holy Saintly Martyrs of the Franciscan Order, R/.

St. Berard and companions, protomartyrs of the Franciscan Order, R/.

St. Daniel and companions, R/.

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, R/.

Sts. Gregory Grassi and companions, R/.

St. Joan of Arc, R/.

St. John of Triora, R/.

St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, R/.

St. Nicholas Pieck and companions, R/.

St. Nicholas Tavelic and companions, R/.

Sts. Peter Baptist, Anthony of Nagasaki and companions, R/.

Sts. Thomas More, John Jones and John Wall, R/.

  (Blessed Raymond Lull, R/.)

All you blessed and holy ones of the Franciscan Family, R/.

Let us pray: Almighty everlasting God, we thank you for granting us the joy of honoring our holy Father Francis, our holy Mother Clare and their sainted followers, enjoying the protection of their unceasing prayer. Grant us also the grace to imitate their example and so attain their fellowship in eternal glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

[Proposed by Cyndy Garwood, O.F.S.; adapted from the following sources: Proper Offices of Franciscan Saints and Blesseds in the Liturgy of the Hours; Secular Franciscan Companion, Habig by Deacon Dave & Thérèse Ream, O.F.S., Revised July 2017]

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