The Church's official recognition of sanctity implies that the persons are now in heavenly glory, that they may be publicly invoked and mentioned officially in the liturgy of the Church, most especially in the Litany of the Saints.

* Litany of the Saints

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.

Theodore also taught sacred music, introduced various texts, knowledge of Eastern saints, and may even have been responsible for the introduction of the Litany of the Saints, a major liturgical innovation, into the West.

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 ".

* A Litany of Saints

A response from his parishioners of " Ora pro nobis " after " Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli " in the Litany of the Saints would elicit a pause and the correction " No, Orate pro nobis.

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.

* The Litany of the Saints

" The Litany of the Saints was sung.

The choir sang the Litany of the Saints ; the same song was sung during the procession that transferred the body of Pope John Paul II from the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica.

After the singing of the Litany of the Saints, the patriarchs, archbishops and metropolitans of the Eastern Catholic Churches approached the coffin of Pope John Paul II for their own rituals of commendation and farewell ( panikhida ).

The Litany of the Saints ( Latin: Litaniae Sanctorum ) is a sacred prayer of the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, some Anglican Churches, and Western Rite Orthodox communities.

" However, it is permissible to personalize the Litany of Saints for a funeral rite or other Mass for the dead, and this was famously done during the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the response was Ora pro eo, or " Pray for him.

# redirect Litany of the Saints

" The Pope and the cardinals then went in procession to Saint Peter's Square for the inauguration Mass, while the Litany of the Saints was chanted, asking their help for the new Pope.

The Litany, in traditional English, echoes the Great Litany, with some additional petitions to the Virgin Mary and the Saints.

# The Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany of the Saints

" They are also invoked in the Litany of the Saints, and in the older form of the Roman rite, in the Collect for Thursday in the Third Week of Lent, as the station church for this day is Santi Cosma e Damiano.

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.

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 ).

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 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.

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 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.

This portion of the Litany was first sung in the post-Impergium days ; the Stargazers are believed to be responsible for its insertion.

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.

Litany Para Pedir Posada () is a song traditionally sung in The Posadas — Traditional Christmas celebrations in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries.

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.

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 ).

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

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.

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

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.

The Litany, used by Episcopalians elsewhere is Scotland at this period, was probably used in Glasgow.

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

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.

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 ).