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It is very probable that this litany was used by Saint Berch\u00e1n’s monastic community about 725 A.D. at Cluain Sosta<\/em> (Clonsast). Saint Berch\u00e1n’s disciples also first compiled the Leabhar Breac<\/em> as a devotional work.<\/small> Saint Berch\u00e1n 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<\/em>, near Athlone, retiring subsequently to Scariff.<\/small><\/p>\n O GREAT MARY, pray for us. For the Month of May An Ancient Irish Litany of the Ever-Blessed Mother of God Translated from the Original Irish of the Eighth Century It is very probable that this litany was used by Saint Berch\u00e1n’s monastic community about 725 A.D. at Cluain Sosta (Clonsast). Saint Berch\u00e1n’s disciples also first compiled the Leabhar Breac as <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blessed-virgin-mary","category-our-ladys-month-of-may-2018"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-W3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17715,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599\/revisions\/17715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMary, greatest of Marys, pray for us.
\nMost great of women, pray for us.
\nQueen of the angels, pray for us.
\nMistress of the heavens, pray for us.
\nWoman full and replete with the grace of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
\nBlessed and most blessed, pray for us.
\nMother of eternal glory, pray for us.
\nMother of the heavenly and earthly Church, pray for us.
\nMother of love and indulgence, pray for us.
\nMother of the golden light, pray for us.
\nHonor of the sky, pray for us.
\nHarbinger of peace, pray for us.
\nGate of heaven, pray for us.
\nGolden casket, pray for us.
\nCouch of love and mercy, pray for us.
\nTemple of the Divinity, pray for us.
\nBeauty of virgins, pray for us.
\nMistress of the tribes, pray for us.
\nFountain of the gardens, pray for us.
\nCleansing of sins, pray for us.
\nWashing of souls, pray for us.
\nMother of orphans, pray for us.
\nBreast of the infants, pray for us.
\nRefuge of the wretched, pray for us.
\nStar of the sea, pray for us.
\nHandmaid of God, pray for us.
\nMother of Christ, pray for us.
\nAbode of the Godhead, pray for us.
\nGraceful as the dove, pray for us.
\nSerene like the moon, pray for us.
\nResplendent like the sun, pray for us.
\nDestruction of Eve’s disgrace, pray for us.
\nRegeneration of life, pray for us.
\nPerfection of women, pray for us.
\nChief of the virgins, pray for us.
\nGarden enclosed, pray for us.
\nFountain sealed, pray for us.
\nMother of God, pray for us.
\nPerpetual Virgin, pray for us.
\nHoly Virgin, pray for us.
\nPrudent Virgin, pray for us.
\nSerene Virgin, pray for us.
\nChaste Virgin, pray for us.
\nTemple of the Living God, pray for us.
\nThrone of the Eternal King, pray for us.
\nSanctuary of the Holy Spirit, pray for us.
\nVirgin of the Root of Jesse, pray for us.
\nCedar of Mount Lebanon, pray for us.
\nCypress of Mount Sion, pray for us.
\nCrimson Rose in the land of Jacob, pray for us.
\nFruitful like the olive, pray for us.
\nBlooming like the palm, pray for us.
\nGlorious Son-bearer, pray for us.
\nLight of Nazareth, pray for us.
\nGlory of Jerusalem, pray for us.
\nBeauty of the world, pray for us.
\nNoblest born of the Christian people, pray for us.
\nQueen of life, pray for us.
\nLadder of Heaven, pray for us.
\nHear 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.
\nO powerful Mistress of heaven and earth,
\nwipe out our trespasses and our sins.
\nDestroy our wickedness and depravity.
\nRaise the fallen, the debilitated, and the fettered.
\nLoose the condemned.
\nRepair through thyself the transgressions of our immorality and our vices.
\nBestow upon us through thyself the blossoms and ornaments of good actions and virtues.
\nAppease for us the Judge by thy prayers and thy supplications.
\nAllow us not, for mercy’s sake, to be carried off from thee among the spoils of
\nour enemies.
\nAllow not our souls to be condemned, but take us to thyself for ever under thy protection.
\nWe, 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.
\nObtain 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<\/em>. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"