York Breviary: the Litany (York Use, printed breviaries 1493–1533)

Antiphon and Invocations

Antiphon. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers: neither take thou vengeance of our sins.

The Litany.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Christ, hear us.

God the Father of heaven: Have mercy upon us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world: Have mercy upon us.

God the Holy Ghost: Have mercy upon us.

Holy Trinity, one God: Have mercy upon us.

Holy Mary: Pray for us.

Holy Mother of God: Pray for us.

Holy Virgin of virgins: Pray for us.

Saint Michael: Pray for us.

Saint Gabriel: Pray for us.

Saint Raphael: Pray for us.

All ye holy Angels and Archangels: Pray for us.

All ye holy orders of blessed spirits: Pray for us.

Saint John the Baptist: Pray for us.

The Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors and Virgins

Saint Peter: Pray for us.

Saint Paul: Pray for us.

Saint Andrew: Pray for us.

Saint James: Pray for us.

Saint John: Pray for us.

Saint Thomas: Pray for us.

Saint James: Pray for us.

Saint Philip: Pray for us.

Saint Bartholomew: Pray for us.

Saint Matthew: Pray for us.

Saint Simon: Pray for us.

Saint Jude: Pray for us.

Saint Matthias: Pray for us.

Saint Barnabas: Pray for us.

Saint Mark: Pray for us.

Saint Luke: Pray for us.

Saint Martial: Pray for us.

Saint Timothy: Pray for us.

All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists: Pray for us.

All ye holy disciples of the Lord: Pray for us.

All ye holy Innocents: Pray for us.

Saint Stephen: Pray for us.

Saint Linus: Pray for us.

Saint Cletus: Pray for us.

Saint Clement: Pray for us.

Saint Cornelius: Pray for us.

Saint Cyprian: Pray for us.

Saint Sixtus: Pray for us.

Saint Thomas: Pray for us.

Saint Laurence: Pray for us.

Saint Vincent: Pray for us.

Saint Chrysogonus: Pray for us.

Saint Fabian: Pray for us.

Saint Sebastian: Pray for us.

Saint Christopher: Pray for us.

Saint George: Pray for us.

Saint Denis, with thy companions: Pray for us.

Saint Maurice, with thy companions: Pray for us.

Saint Eustace, with thy companions: Pray for us.

Saint Blaise: Pray for us.

Saints John and Paul: Pray for us.

Saints Cosmas and Damian: Pray for us.

Saints Marcellinus and Peter: Pray for us.

Saint Alban: Pray for us.

Saint Oswald: Pray for us.

Saint Edmund: Pray for us.

All ye holy Martyrs: Pray for us.

Saint Silvester: Pray for us.

Saint Leo: Pray for us.

Saint Gregory: Pray for us.

Saint Ambrose: Pray for us.

Saint Martin: Pray for us.

Saint Nicholas: Pray for us.

Saint Basil: Pray for us.

Saint Germanus: Pray for us.

Saint Augustine: Pray for us.

Saint Paulinus: Pray for us.

Saint John: Pray for us.

Saint Wilfrid: Pray for us.

Saint William: Pray for us.

Saint Cuthbert: Pray for us.

Saint Swithun: Pray for us.

Saint Samson: Pray for us.

Saint Edmund: Pray for us.

Saint Jerome: Pray for us.

Saint Edward: Pray for us.

Saint Leonard: Pray for us.

Saint Benedict: Pray for us.

Saint Giles: Pray for us.

Saint Anthony: Pray for us.

Saint Hilarion: Pray for us.

All ye holy Confessors: Pray for us.

All ye holy Monks and Hermits: Pray for us.

Saint Anne: Pray for us.

Saint Mary Magdalene: Pray for us.

Saint Mary of Egypt: Pray for us.

Saint Pelagia: Pray for us.

Saint Felicity: Pray for us.

Saint Perpetua: Pray for us.

Saint Agatha: Pray for us.

Saint Agnes: Pray for us.

Saint Cecilia: Pray for us.

Saint Lucy: Pray for us.

Saint Anastasia: Pray for us.

Saint Sabina: Pray for us.

Saint Euphemia: Pray for us.

Saint Faith: Pray for us.

Saint Charity: Pray for us.

Saint Hope: Pray for us.

Saint Katherine: Pray for us.

Saint Margaret: Pray for us.

Saint Juliana: Pray for us.

Saint Scholastica: Pray for us.

Saint Petronilla: Pray for us.

Saint Austreberta: Pray for us.

Saint Hilda: Pray for us.

Saint Everild: Pray for us.

Saint Etheldreda: Pray for us.

All ye holy Virgins: Pray for us.

All ye Saints: Pray for us.

The Deprecations and Obsecrations

Be favourable: Spare us, O Lord.

From all evil: Deliver us, O Lord.

From the snares of the devil: Deliver us.

From the plague of pride: Deliver us.

From carnal desires: Deliver us.

From all uncleanness of mind and body: Deliver us.

From the persecution of the heathen and of all our enemies: Deliver us.

From anger and hatred and all ill will: Deliver us.

From the wrath to come: Deliver us.

From sudden and everlasting death: Deliver us.

By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation: Deliver us.

By thy Cross and Passion: Deliver us.

By thy holy Resurrection: Deliver us.

By thy wonderful Ascension: Deliver us.

By the grace of the Holy Ghost the Comforter: Deliver us.

The Suffrages

Sinners: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest give us peace and concord: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to rule and defend thy holy Church: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to preserve the lord Apostolic and all degrees of the Church in holy religion: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to preserve our Archbishop and all the congregation committed to him in holy religion: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to give to our kings and princes peace and true concord and victory: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to visit and comfort this our place and all who dwell in it.

That thou wouldest repay all our benefactors with eternal gifts: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to preserve all Christian people redeemed with thy precious blood: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to give us remission of all our sins: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest make the obedience of our service reasonable: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest deliver our souls and the souls of our forefathers from eternal damnation: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thy mercy and lovingkindness may ever keep us: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to give and preserve the fruits of the earth: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to give health of mind and body to our brethren and to all the faithful who are sick: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to look upon and relieve the miseries of the poor and of captives: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to give eternal rest to all the faithful departed: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to bring us to eternal joys: We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldest vouchsafe to hear us: We beseech thee, hear us.

Son of God, Lamb of God, Kyrie

Son of God: We beseech thee, hear us.

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

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: Hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: Have mercy upon us.

Christ, hear us.

Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison.

The Lord's Prayer and the Preces

Our Father. And lead us not. But deliver us.

We have sinned, O Lord, with our fathers. We have done unjustly, we have wrought iniquity.

O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Neither reward us according to our iniquities.

Remember not our old iniquities. Let thy mercies speedily prevent us, for we are come to great misery.

Help us, O God of our salvation, and for the glory of thy Name, O Lord, deliver us. And be merciful unto our sins for thy Name's sake.

Remember thy congregation. Which thou hast possessed from the beginning.

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness. And let thy saints rejoice.

O Lord, save the king. And hear us in the day when we call upon thee.

O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine inheritance. Govern them, and lift them up for ever.

Arise, O Lord, help us. And deliver us for thy Name's sake.

O Lord God of hosts, turn us again. Shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

O Lord, hear my prayer. And let my cry come unto thee.

The Lord be with you. And with thy spirit.

The Collects

Prayer. O God, whose property is ever to have mercy and to spare, receive our petition: that those whom the chain of sins doth bind, the compassion of thy lovingkindness may absolve. Through Christ our Lord.

Prayer. O God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers: and because the weakness of our mortal nature can do nothing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee both in will and deed.

Prayer. O God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: increase upon us thy mercy, that, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal that we finally lose not the things eternal.

Prayer. O God, unto whom every heart is open, and every will speaketh, and from whom no secret is hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inpouring of thy Holy Spirit, that we may worthily love thee perfectly and praise thee worthily.

Prayer. Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels: send down upon thy servant our Archbishop and upon all the congregation committed to him the Spirit of thy saving grace; and that they may please thee in truth, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing.

Prayer. O God, who by the grace of the Holy Spirit hast poured the gifts of charity into the hearts of thy faithful: grant to thy servants and handmaids, for whom we entreat thy mercy, health of mind and body, that they may love thee with all their strength, and with all their love perform those things that are pleasing to thee.

Prayer. Be present, O Lord, at our supplications, and order the way and the doings of thy servants in the prosperity of thy salvation: that among all the changes of this way and of this life they may ever be protected by thy help.

Prayer. O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee, we being defended from the fear of our enemies, our times may be quiet under thy protection.

Prayer. O God, the Maker and Redeemer of all, grant to the souls of all thy servants and handmaids the remission of all their sins: that by our devout prayers they may obtain the pardon which they have always desired.

Prayer. Lord, we beseech thee, let thy grace ever protect us through the intercessions of all thy saints; and extend thy mercy everywhere to all Christians living and departed: that the living, defended from all assaults, may be saved by thy aid, and the departed may be found worthy to receive remission of all their sins. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

May the souls of the faithful through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.