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Litany of St. Germaine Cousin de Pibrac




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Litany to St. Germaine Cousin de Pibrac


O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who loved solitude. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who loved the mountains. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who led you every day in solitude to speak to your heart. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom every morning at sunrise, the Angels descended in the form of a garland, and which already made your crown. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you to whom the Angels came down every morning to console you. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, for whom the Blessed Virgin came down every morning and wiped your tears, and brought the fragrances of the Lord into her heart. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom the Angels came in procession. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom the Angels descended every day in the midst of your solitude and made your soul mature for Heaven. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who love the humble and the little ones. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom the Virgin Mary, mother of the Incarnate Word, brought down every day and placed in your heart the graces and the perfumes of the Lord. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom the birds and the white doves of Heaven descended every day, and sang: “Holy, Holy, Holy the God of hosts.” They were already inviting you to the wedding of the Lamb. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom the Virgin Mary descended morning and evening, three times a day, and when you were on your knees in the middle of your meadows, eyes bathed in tears, the Virgin Mary carried them to the Lord. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who walked in the brambles and thorns, which soon changed into flowers. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who sowed in your steps graces and perfumes of the Lord. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who walked in the footsteps of the Lord following on the mountain of Olives. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who walked in the footsteps of the Lord the next to Golgotha. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who were walking in the bloody steps of your Bridegroom, in the streets of Jerusalem. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who have been slandered, persecuted, because your dear Spouse allowed it. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who deprived yourself of what was necessary and who every day directed your steps towards the solitude of a poor man lying on the terrace, and this poor man was Jesus Christ. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom the Lord asked what was the happiest day of your life, and you answered that it was the day of First Communion which always lasts. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, who said every day, “My father and my mother abandoned me, but God took me in.” Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, to whom the Lord said: “The rains have dissipated, the sad frost has passed, the stormy days are no more, rise up, and come to Me, my well beloved, and I will crown you.” Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who cried every day with your eyes raised to Heaven. “My Lord not a crown of flowers, but of thorns.” Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who was sweeter than your lambs and purer than the water of fountains. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, who comforted and strengthened you in your trials and your fatigue, because your soul was already the sweet seed of Heaven. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you whose Prayer will be published one day by the Holy Pontiff and the Bishop, since Jesus Christ your dear Spouse allows it. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who will help us in temptations, in evils, in afflictions, in pains, in sorrows. Jesus Christ your dear Spouse wants us to honor you and that we invoke you. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, you who will help us together with blessed Margaret Mary and the Sacred Heart in between. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, your dear Spouse does not allow you to be a withered flower, but a new flower. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, who wants your devotion to be published by everyone, since Jesus Christ your dear Spouse allows it. Pray for us.

O sweet and blessed Germaine spouse of Jesus Christ, keep us from danger, shelter us from thunderstorms. Pray for us.

O my little Germaine, my sister in Jesus Christ, return to sweet solitude, return to the bliss of the Lord that He has prepared for you, and one day call us, my little Germaine, to also enjoy, my little Germaine, the happiness that the Lord has prepared for you. That we in our sorrows and our afflictions, in our maladies, may one day enjoy the happiness that you enjoy. May we say one day and say eternally: “all yours” O Lord. Amen.


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