Litany for Peace, to the Divine Infant at Christmas

 

V. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army,

praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest,

R. And on earth peace to men of good will.

O Divine Infant, one with the Father and the Holy Ghost, God from all eternity,

Give peace to the world. *

O Divine Infant, true God and true Man, *

O Divine Infant, Whose coming was foretold by the prophets, *

O Divine Infant, Who didst choose Thy Mother before time began, *

O Divine Infant, Who didst prepare Thy Mother by giving her an immaculate conception, *

O Divine Infant, Who didst send Thy Angel to announce the Incarnation, *

O Divine Infant, our Messias and Emmanuel, God-with-us, *

O Divine Infant, born in the flesh and laid in a manger, *

O Divine Infant, at Whose nativity the angels rejoiced over Bethlehem, *

O Divine Infant, Whose first adorers were Thy Virgin Mother and Thy foster-father, *

O Divine Infant, first approached by the lowly, the shepherds of the fields, *

O Divine Infant, Prince of Peace, *

Let us pray:

O Love Divine, most sweet Lord Jesus, Who from Thy uncreated splendor in heaven didst humble Thyself to take on our flesh and suffer on this earth: now in Thy mercy we beseech Thee, in remembrance of Thy helpless infancy, to have pity on the helplessness, without Thee, of the warring nations of this world. Teach them Thy holy humility; teach them to pardon and to ask pardon; teach them to will peace and to strive for peace, an enduring peace based on charity and justice; so that, becoming men of good will, they may receive that peace on earth which in Thy coming Thou didst promise. And this we ask through Thy Virgin Mother and in the Name of the Infant Jesus, the Prince of Peace. R. Amen