The Litany in its present text was widely propagated by Saint Bernardine of Siena and Saint John Capistrano, though they certainly were not the ones to draw up the list of its invocations and implorations. The Litany of the Holy Name forms, together with the Litany of All Saints (used in the Easter Liturgy), the Litany of the Sacred Heart, the Litany of Loreto, and the Litany of Saint Joseph, the list of Litanies approved for public use throughout the Catholic Church. Lately these Litanies have not been as zealously used as only a generation or two ago. Yet the depth contained in their brief invocations should seem most helpful for the faithful who today are increasingly caught in the welter of distractions.

By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki

ISBN 978-0-9790577-3-1  •  vii + 141 pages  •  softcover