LITANY ON CHASTITY
corrupted when I hide my
+Our Father
O JESUS, that I can live in chaste
purity of heart,
grant me the courage.
TO ADMIT that my heart becomes
corrupted by my craving for the
acceptance of others,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted by making my body—a
temple of the Holy Spirit—into an
object of lust and erotic pleasure,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted by immodesty,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted by anything sexy,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted by tight or revealing
clothing,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted by popular
entertainment, grant me the
grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted by hostility and anger,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted by hidden anger at my
parents, grant me the grace, O
Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted when I carry
resentments,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted when I hide my
helplessness,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
erotic arousal,
emotional hurt, grant me the
grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted when I desire to get
revenge for injuries inflicted on
me, grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted when I use others so I
can feel powerful,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted when I try to be in
control,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted when I lack trust in
God’s providence,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
To admit that my heart becomes
corrupted when I lack trust in
God’s justice,
grant me the grace, O Lord.
FROM the enticement of
immodest clothing,
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of an
attractive face,
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of a well-
shaped physique,
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of bare flesh,
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of
pornographic images,
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of erotic
thoughts,
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of feeling
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of “feeding”
on the erotic excitement of others,
deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of memories
of past sins, deliver me, O Lord.
From the enticement of believing
that a body—mine or another’s—
can fill my emotional emptiness
and loneliness,
deliver me, O Lord.
FOR a love of purity of heart,
inspire me, O Lord.
For a love of humility,
inspire me, O Lord.
For a love of quietude,
inspire me, O Lord.
For a love of holy silence,
inspire me, O Lord.
For a love of retreat from the
corruption and evil of the world,
inspire me, O Lord.
For a love of contemplative prayer,
inspire me, O Lord.
For a love of solace in God,
inspire me, O Lord.
For such a love of God that I might
turn away from all worldly
attractions and may cling to the
joys of everlasting life,
inspire me, O Lord.
THAT spiritual fruits will grow in
my heart,
grant this, O Lord.
For the growth of love in my heart,
grant this, O Lord.
For the growth of joy in my heart,
grant this, O Lord.
 and renew a steadfast
spirit within me.
For the growth of peace in my
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Do not cast me from your
heart,
grant this, O Lord. presence
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Have mercy on me, O God,
or take your Holy
For the growth of patience in my according to your unfailing
Spirit from me.
heart, love;
grant this, O Lord.
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Restore to me the joy of
according to your great
your salvation
For the growth of kindness in my compassion
and grant me a willing
heart, blot out my transgressions.
spirit, to sustain me.
grant this, O Lord. 2
Wash away all my iniquity 13
Then I will teach
and cleanse me from my
For the growth of generosity in my transgressors your ways,
sin.
heart, so that sinners will turn
grant this, O Lord.
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For I know my
back to you.
transgressions,
For the growth of faithfulness in
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Deliver me from the guilt
and my sin is always
my heart, of bloodshed, O God,
before me.
grant this, O Lord. you who are God my
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Against you, you only, have
Savior,
For the growth of gentleness in my I sinned
heart, and my tongue will sing of
and done what is evil in
grant this, O Lord. your righteousness.
your sight; 15
Open my lips, Lord,
For the growth of self-restraint in so you are right in your
and my mouth will declare
my heart, verdict
your praise.
grant this, O Lord. and justified when you 16
You do not delight in
judge.
For the growth of modesty in my sacrifice, or I would bring it;
heart,
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Surely I was sinful at birth,
you do not take pleasure
grant this, O Lord. sinful from the time my
in burnt offerings.
mother conceived me.
For the growth of chastity in my
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My sacrifice, O God, is a
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Yet you desired faithfulness
heart, broken spirit;
even in the womb;
grant this, O Lord a broken and contrite
you taught me wisdom in
Prayer to St. Michael the heart
that secret place.
Archangel you, God, will not despise.
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Cleanse me with
St. Michael the Archangel,
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May it please you to
hyssop, and I will be clean;
Pray for us prosper Zion,
wash me, and I will be
Immaculate Heart of Mary, to build up the walls of
whiter than snow.
Pray for us Jerusalem.
Most Chaste heart of St. Joseph,
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Let me hear joy and 19
Then you will delight in the
Pray for us gladness;
sacrifices of the righteous,
Sacred Heart of Jesus let the bones you have
in burnt offerings offered
Have mercy on us crushed rejoice.
whole;
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Hide your face from my sins
Laudateur Iesus Christus, then bulls will be offered
Nunc et Semper and blot out all my
on your altar.
Amen. iniquity.
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Create in me a pure
heart, O God,