Feast Day of Irish Saints

The Litany of Irish Saints

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.

God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us

Holy Mother of God,

Holy Virgin of virgins,

St. Joseph,

St. Killian, pray for us

St. Rumold,

St. Livinus,

Blessed Oliver,

All ye Holy Martyrs,

St. Celestine,pray for us

St. Patrick,

St. Malachy,

St. Macnise,

St. Finnian,

St. Mel

St. Macartan,

St. Eugene,

St. Colman,

St. Felim,

St. Eunan,

St. Laurence,

St. Conleth,

St. Laserian,

St. Aidan,

St. Kieran,

St. Albert,

St. Ailbe,

St. Colman,

St. Finnbarr,

St. Flannan,

St. Munchin,

St. Fachtna,

St. Otteran,

St. Carthage,

St. Jarlath,

St. Nathy,

St. Asicus,

St. Nicholas,

St. Colman,

St. Muredach,

St. Declan,

St. Virgilius,

St. Senan,

St. Frigidian,

St. Cuthbert,

St. Rupert,

St. Celsus,

St. Cataldus,

St. Donatus,

Blessed Thaddaeus,

All ye Holy Pontiffs and Confessors,

St. Columba,pray for us

St. Kevin,

St. Brendan,

St. Canice,

St. Kieran,

St. Columbanus,

St. Gall,

St. Fursey,

St. Fintan,

St. Comgall,

St. Fiacre,

All ye Holy Monks and Hermits,

St. Brigid, pray for us

St. Ita,

St. Attracta,

St. Dympna,

St. Lelia,

All ye Holy Virgins,

All ye Holy Saints of God, Intercede for us.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, all you Saints of Ireland.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray

Grant, O Lord, an increase of Thy Grace to us who celebrate the memory of all the Saints of our Island ; that as, on earth, we rejoice to be one with them in race, so,in Heaven, we may deserve to share with them an inheritance of bliss. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen. 

The Origins: In the early 1920's  Pope Benedict XV instituted a feast day  on November the 6th in honor of All the Saints of Ireland. Indeed the Litany of the Irish Saints was authorized for public, as opposed to purely private, recitation. This  translation was published in the Irish Ecclesiastical Record for 1921


Top Graphic: Icon of the Litany of the Saints

Bottom Graphic: Regensburg fragment, a page from the 12th century Litany of the Irish Saints