As a result of this example the Loreto Litany began to be used, and is still largely used, in all the churches of Rome.

For the " Litany " as used in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, see Ektenia.

The term " the Lesser Litany " is sometimes used to refer to the versicles and responses, with the Lord's Prayer, that follow the Apostles ' Creed at Morning Prayer ( or Matins ) and Evening Prayer ( or Evensong ).

Thomas Cranmer used Luther's revised Litany as one of his main sources in the preparation of the Litany in the Book of Common Prayer.

Today, a form of the Litany continues to be used in the various Lutheran Churches around the world.

This prayer has been used by the Estonian composer Veljo Tormis in his 1974 choral work Litany to Thunder ( text rendered into the Võro dialect of contemporary Southern Estonian and developed by the writer Ain Kaalep ).

Their major objections ( exceptions ) were: firstly, that it was improper for the lay congregation to take any vocal part in prayer ( as in the Litany or Lord's Prayer ), other than to say " Amen "; secondly, that no set prayer should exclude the option of an extempore alternative from the Minister ; thirdly, that the Minister should have the option to omit part of the set liturgy at his discretion ; fourthly, that short Collects should be replaced by longer prayers and exhortations ; and fifthly, that all surviving " Catholic " ceremonial should be removed.

At the Vigil of Pentecost, the traditional blessing of baptismal water, accompanied by the Litany of the Saints and six Old Testament readings, was omitted completely.

He added the title ' Queen of Peace ' to her Litany, and gave his support to an understanding of Mary as Mediatrix of All Graces ( by approving a Mass and office under this title for the dioceses of Belgium ) and affirmed that " together with Christ she redeemed the human race " by her immolation of Christ as his sorrowful mother ( in his apostolic letter Inter sodalicia ).

He does so by self-immolation, after receiving the Possibly Proper Death Litany ( also called the Agnostic's Prayer ).

This prayer, also called the Possibly Proper Death Litany, is uttered by one of the main characters, Madrak, to shrive a man about to commit suicide for money ( given to his family ).

* A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde ( 1995 ) Documentary by Michelle Parkeson.

The Litany of the Saints is sung, concluded by three prayers, " We invoke you ...," " God who the people ...," and " On this day ..." The consecratory prayer then said, " Almighty, everlasting God, Creator and Governor of the world ,..." While the antiphon " Favorer of the Just ..." or " Zadok the Priest ...," is sung while the king is anointed on shoulders, after which is said the prayer, " God the Son of God ..."

Prayers to Corellon, which are always in Elvish, begin " Hei-Corellon shar-shelevu ," which means, " Corellon, by your grace grant ..." Before battle, worshippers of Corellon recite a prayer called the Litany of Arrows.

This portion of the Litany is much favored by the Garou elders, as well as such tribes as the Silver Fangs and Shadow Lords ; it is grudgingly acquiesced to by the rest.

After this, the Litany of the Saints is said, followed by an antiphon and Psalm 126 ( in the Hebrew numbering ), which appropriately begins with the verse, " Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ".

* " Impi ", song written by South African music superstar Johnny Clegg and performed by his band Juluka on the album African Litany

The Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Marian litany originally approved in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V. It is also known as the Litany of Loreto, for its first-known place of origin, the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto ( Italy ), where its usage was recorded as early as 1558.

Despite the fact that, from the seventeenth century onwards, the Litany of Loreto has been the subject of endless panegyrics and ascetical writings, there is a great lack of documentary evidence concerning its origin, the growth and development of the litany into the forms under which we know it, and as it was for the first time definitely approved by the Catholic Church in the year 1587.

At Rome the Litany of Loreto was introduced into the Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore by Cardinal Francesco Toledo in 1597 ; and Paul V, in 1613, ordered it to be sung in that church, morning and evening, on Saturdays and on vigils and feasts of the Madonna.

Much of the historic Litany was retained by the Lutheran Church.

In 1529, he, after modifying the traditional Litany of the Saints ( mostly by removing the invocation of saints and prayers for the pope ), began using the Litany at Wittenberg in Latin and German.

Naomi Long Madgett writes: " His interest in Russia, apparent in his translations of poems by Aleksander Pushkin (' I Loved You Once ,' After the Killing ) and Konstantin Simonov (' My Native Land ' and ' Wait for Me ' in A Litany of Friends ), was heightened by a visit to the Soviet Union in 1966.

In the Byzantine Rite Liturgy, the Nicene Creed is recited on all occasions, following the Litany of Supplication.

Pentecost is also one of the occasions specially appointed for the Lutheran Litany to be sung.

After the Litany of Thanksgiving that follows Communion, the deacon will come into the sanctuary and kneel, placing his forehead on the Holy Table ( Altar ) and the priest will bless him to consume the Gifts, which is done at the Prothesis ( Table of Oblation ).

Much of what survives is light music but some more significant work survives including his Sacrament Litany in D ( 1762 ) and three fortepiano sonatas, all published in his lifetime.

According to Canon C. 24, " Every priest having a cure of souls shall provide that, in the absence of reasonable hindrance, Morning and Evening Prayer daily and on appointed days the Litany shall be said in the church, or one of the churches, of which he is the minister.

On the other hand, the Litany of Our Lady, though usually printed after the " O Salutaris " and very generally sung at Benediction, is nowhere of obligation.

The Khorda Avesta ( Book of Common Prayer ) also refer to Mithra in the Litany to the Sun, " Homage to Mithra of wide cattle pastures ,"( Khwarshed Niyayesh 5 ), " Whose word is true, who is of the assembly, Who has a thousand ears, the well-shaped one, Who has ten thousand eyes, the exalted one, Who has wide knowledge, the helpful one, Who sleeps not, the ever wakeful.

Abraham is even seen as father of the faith ( Gen15, 5 Rom 4 Hebr 11, 8 ) In the Litany of Loreto, God is not only the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but also the God of Mary.

In the Church of England, the " Exhortation and Litany " ( 1544 ) is chronologically the first officially authorized liturgy in English ( Wohlers ).

This is perhaps the most inviolate portion of the Litany.

It is recited in the Western Mass directly after the homily on all Sundays and Solemnities ( Tridentine Feasts of the First Class ), and in the Eastern Liturgy following the Litany of Supplication on all occasions.

After this, there is a Litany and the veneration of Icons and Relics.

The business of making the changes was then entrusted to a small committee of bishops and the Privy Council and, apart from tidying up details, this committee introduced into Morning and Evening Prayer a prayer for the Royal Family ; added several thanksgivings to the Occasional Prayers at the end of the Litany ; altered the rubrics of Private Baptism limiting it to the minister of the parish, or some other lawful minister, but still allowing it in private houses ( the Puritans had wanted it only in the church ); and added to the Catechism the section on the sacraments.

In some cases, the Litany of Loreto may be recited at the end.

Ordnung der Letaney von unser lieben Frawen wie sie zu Loreto alle Samstag gehalten (" Order of the Litany of Our Lady as said every Saturday at Loreto ").

The Litany of Loreto had taken root at Loreto, and was being spread throughout the world, when it ran the grave risk of being lost forever.

The frequent repetition of the Kyrie was probably the original form of the Litany, and was in use in Asia and in Rome at a very early date.

It originates with the Song of Solomon ( 7, 4 ) (" Your neck is like an ivory tower "; in the Hebrew Masoretic text, it is found in 7: 5 ) and was included in the epithets for Mary in the sixteenth century Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (" tower of ivory ", in Latin Turris eburnea ), though the title and image was in use long before that, since the 12th century Marian revival at least.