Nuns and Christmas Season Feasts

Litany for the Feast

of the

Holy Innocents

For the children of Somalia, many of whom die by

the age of five from malnutrition,

Lord have mercy on us.

For the many innocent children maimed

by landmines that will never be removed because

they are too expensive to remove and too

dangerous to those who planted them,

Lord have mercy on us.

For the innocent who have been

killed in the womb,

Lord have mercy on us.

For those who have been deprived of the

innocenceof childhood by abuse,

Lord have mercy on us.

For children who have been forced to work

in gold mines and other on other dangerous

jobs because of the poverty of their families,

Lord have mercy on us.

For children who are enticed to be soldiers

because of the desire adults have for

dominion and power,

Lord have mercy on us.

For the children in our own country

who suffer from poverty, illness and crime,

Lord have mercy on us.

For the orphans and dispossessed children

throughout the world who suffer in

inhumane environments,

Lord have mercy on us.

For the forgotten children in so many homes,

deprived of love because of addictions,

Lord have mercy on us.

Adapted from original written by Rev. George Keaveney, CSsR