Irish Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Book of Kells, 8th century

...from the Monastery of Clonsost, 725

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

O great Mary, pray for us!

Mary, greatest of Marys...

Greatest among women...

Queen of angels...

Lady of the heavens...

Woman full of the grace of the Holy Spirit...

Blessed and most blessed...

Mother of eternal glory...

Mother of the heavenly and earthly Church...

Mother of love and clemency...

Mother of the golden light...

Glory of heaven...

Herald of peace...

Gate of heaven...

Golden Ark...

Seat of love and mercy...

Sanctuary of the Divinity...

Beauty of virgins...

Lady of the Nations...

Garden Spring...

Purification of Sin...

Ablution of Souls...

Mother of Orphans... 

Nursing Mother... 

Refuge of the Poor...

Star of the Sea...

Handmaid of God...

Mother of Christ...

Seat of the Divinity...

Graceful as the Dove...

Beautiful as the Moon...

Resplendent as the Sun...

Destruction of Eve's Disgrace...

Restoration of Life...

Perfection of Women...

First among Virgins...

Garden Enclosed...

Sealed Fountain...

Mother of God...

Perpetual Virgin...

Holy Virgin...

Wise Virgin...

Kind Virgin...

Chaste Virgin...

Tabernacle of the Living God...

Throne of the Eternal King...

Sanctuary of the Holy Spirit..

Virgin of the Root of Jesse...

Cedar of Lebanon...

Cypress of Mount Sion...

Crimson Rose of the Land of Jacob...

Fruitful as the Olive...

Blooming as the Palm...

Glorious Son-Bearer... 

Light of Nazareth...

Glory of Jerusalem...

Jewel of the World...

Noblest Born of the Christian People...

Queen of Life...

Ladder of Heaven...

O Heavenly Mother,  hear 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 transgressions.  O powerful Mistress of heaven and earth... Raise the fallen, the debilitated, and the fettered. Loose the condemned... Appease for us the Judge by thy prayers and thy supplications. Allow us not, for mercy's sake, to be carried off from thee among the spoils of our enemies. Allow not our souls to be condemned, but take us to thyself for ever under thy protection...  Amen.