Litany in honor of St. Scholastica

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us, Christ, graciously hear us. Litany in Honor of St Scholastica
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. 
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. 
God, the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us. 
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us.
Holy Virgin of virgins, pray for us.

Saint Scholastica, pray for us. (repeated after each invocation)
St. Scholastica, true sister of St. Benedict, 
St. Scholastica, chosen by God from eternity, 
St. Scholastica, predisposed to faith by the grace of Christ Our Lord, 
St. Scholastica, consecrated to God from thine infancy, 
St. Scholastica, always a Virgin incorrupt,
St. Scholastica, espoused to Jesus Christ, 
St. Scholastica, scholar of the Holy Ghost,
St. Scholastica, mirror of innocence, 
St. Scholastica, model of perfection,
St. Scholastica, pattern of virtues, 
St. Scholastica, glory of the monastic life, 
St. Scholastica, mother of numberless virgins,
St. Scholastica, imitator of the angelic life,
St. Scholastica, full of faith in God, 
St. Scholastica, replenished with the hope of the goods of Heaven, 
St. Scholastica, ever burning with the love of thy Spouse, 
St. Scholastica, resplendent with humility, 
St. Scholastica, trusting as a daughter in the Lord,
St. Scholastica, intent on prayer, 
St. Scholastica, quickly heard by the Lord, 
St. Scholastica, famed for the praise of perseverance,
St. Scholastica, who didst enter the courts of Heaven in the form of a dove, 
St. Scholastica, who dost now follow the Lamb whithersoever He goes, 
St. Scholastica, who dost rejoice in the delights of thy Spouse forever, 
St. Scholastica, adorned with a crown of glory, 
St. Scholastica, advocate with God of those who invoke thee, 
St. Scholastica, generous patron of those who imitate thee, 
St. Scholastica, holy and innocent Virgin,

We sinners, Beseech thee, Saint Scholastica, to hear us. 
That you would deign to help us by your most holy and efficacious prayers to God,
      we beseech thee, hear us.
That you would deign to cherish and preserve, by your protection, the Benedictine Order 
      (and this monastery) and all who dwell therein, we beseech thee, hear us. 
(That you would admit us into the number of your children,) etc. 
That you would deign to raise up, increase, and preserve our devotion toward you, 
(That you would deign to preserve in us the perfect observance of the Rule of your blessed
      brother, our most holy father Saint Benedict,) 
That you would deign, by your supplications, to moisten the dryness of our hearts with the dew
      of heavenly grace,
That by your intercession you may eternally unite us to Christ, the Spouse of our souls,
That you may lead us to eternal joys, and to Jesus (our most sweet Spouse), 
That you would vouchsafe to hear us,

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord. 
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, O holy Virgin Scholastica, 
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let Us Pray.

O God, Who, to show the innocence of her life, 
did cause the soul of your blessed Virgin Scholastica 
to ascend to Heaven in the form of a dove, 
grant, we beseech You, 
by her merits and prayers, 
that we may live so innocently as to deserve to arrive at eternal joys, through Jesus Christ, 
Your only-begotten Son Our Lord, 
Who with You and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns,
God, forever and ever. R. Amen.

The invocations in parentheses are for use by Benedictine nuns.