LITANY OF THE FOUR LAST THINGS.
JUDGMENT. When Thy summons we obey On the dreadful Judgment Day, Let not fear our soul dismay: Hear us, Holy JESU.
While the lost in terror fly, May we see with joyful eye Our Redemption drawing nigh": Hear us, Holy JESU.
May we see Thee on Thy Throne As the Saviour we have known, And have followed as our own: Hear us, Holy JESU. May we then, among the blest Who Thy Name on earth confessed, Hear Thee calling us to rest: Hear us, Holy JESU.
HELL. From the awful place of doom, Where in rayless outer gloom Dead souls lie as in a tomb, Save us, Holy JESU. From the black, the dull despair Ruined men and angels share, From the dread companions there, Save us, Holy JESU.
From the unknown agonies Of the soul that helpless lies, From the worm that never dies, Save us, Holy JESU. From the lusts that none can tame, From the fierce mysterious flame, From the everlasting shame, Save us, Holy JESU.
HEAVEN.
Where Thy Saints in glory reign, Free from sorrow, free from pain, Pure from every guilty stain, Bring us, Holy JESU. Where the captives find release, Where all foes from troubling cease, Where the weary rest in peace, Bring us, Holy JESU. Where the pleasures never cloy, Where in Angels' holy joy Thy redeemed their powers employ, Bring us. Holy JESU. Where in wondrous light are shown All Thy dealings with Thine own, Who shall know as they are known, Bring us, Holy JESU. Where, with loved ones gone before, We may love Thee and adore In Thy Presence evermore,
Bring us, Holy JESU. Amen.
SON of GOD, for man decreed To be born the woman's Seed, Very GoD and Man indeed, Hear us, Holy JESU.
Thou Whose Wisdom all things planned,
Held by Whose Almighty hand All things in their order stand, Hear us, Holy JESU.
GOD with us, Emmanuel, Coming here as Man to dwell, Saving us when Adam fell,
Hear us, Holy JESU. Saviour, full of truth and grace, Leaving Thine eternal place To restore our fallen race, Hear us, Holy JESU. Image of the Gop unseen, Still what Thou hadst ever been, Though in form of Infant mean, Hear us, Holy JESU.
Litany of the Encarnate ord. 464
GOD the FATHER. GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, Spare us, Holy TRINITY,
WORD, by Whom the worlds wers [ made, In a lowly manger laid, Taught on earth an humble trade, Hear us, Holy JESU.
JESU, led by love to share All the forms of grief and care, That we sinful mortals bear,
Hear us, Holy JESU.
Good Physician, come to cure All the ills that men endure, And to make our nature pure, Hear us, Holy JESU.
Man of Sorrows, weak and worn With Thy woes for sinners borne, Lest we should for ever mourn, Hear us, Holy JESU. Shepherd, Who Thy watch dost keep, Guarding still Thy chosen sheep From the spoiler's malice deep, Hear us, Holy JESU.
LAMB, from earth's foundation slain, By Whose bitter stripes of pain We are freed from guilty stain, Hear us, Holy JESU.
Only Victim we can plead, Our High Priest to intercede, Advocate in all our need,
Hear us, Holy JESU. Standing now before the Throne, Pleading that which can alone For the sin of man atone, Hear us, Holy JESU. Only Hope of those who pray, Only Help while here we stay, Life of those who pass away,
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Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen.