Publisher's Synopsis
The catholic Litanies are well-known and much appreciated form of responsive petition, used in public liturgical services, and in private devotions, for common necessities of the Church, or in calamities - to implore God's aid or to appease His just wrath.The word comes through Latin litania from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía), which in turn comes from λιτή (litḗ), meaning "supplication". This book of Catholic Litanies and Prayers contains .the litanies which are formally indulgenced in the Catholic Church since Vatican II: Sacred Heart, Holy Name, Precious Blood, Blessed Virgin, St. Joseph, and The Saints Do grab a copy now
