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PAGE 1 OF 6 (Latin & English : Sep 2021) Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (also known as the Litany of Loreto) Behold, your Mother Your touch, O Mary, will bring the fragrance of heaven for the delight of my soul... Bring this entire day to its completion in accordance with the desires of your purest heart
The Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Litany of Loreto, is a popular prayer of supplication, once prayed in processions to atone for sins and to prevent calamities. Pilgrims at the famous Marian Shrine in Loreto, Italy used it in the 16th century, and it was approved in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V.
This litany to the Blessed Virgin Mary was composed during the Middle Ages. The place of honor it now holds in the life of the Church is due to its faithful use at the shrine of the Holy House at Loreto. It was definitively approved by Pope Sixtus V in 1587, and all other Marian litanies were suppressed, at least for public use.
Grant, we beseech You, O Lord God, that we Thy servants may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sorrow and obtain eternal joy.
O God! who in Thy unspeakable providence didst choose the Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of Thy own most holy Mother, grant, we beseech Thee, that He, whom we venerate as our protector upon earth, may be our intercessor in Heaven.
mind and body: and, by the glorious intercession of the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, be delivered from present sorrow and enjoy eternal gladness. Through Christ, our Lord.
The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Litany of Loreto, was composed in the Middle Ages and approved by Pope Sixtus V in 1587. In 2020, Pope Francis recently added three additional titles (“Mother of mercy”, “Mother of hope”, and “Solace of migrants”), which are included in this video.
