Saint Faustina Kowalska
Saint Faustina’s Litany to the Blessed Host
(Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, paragraph 159)
O Blessed Host, in golden chalice enclosed for me,
That through the vast wilderness of exile I may pass –
pure, immaculate, undefiled;
Oh, grant that through the power of Your love
This might come to be.
O Blessed Host, take up Your dwelling within my soul,
O Thou my heart’s purest love!
With Your brilliance the darkness dispel.
Refuse not Your grace to a humble heart.
O Blessed Host, enchantment of all heaven,
Though Your beauty be veiled
And captured in a crumb of bread,
Strong faith tears away that veil.
(Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, paragraph 356)
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the testament of God’s mercy for us,
and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus
as proof of infinite mercy for us,
and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
life eternal and of infinite mercy,
dispensed in abundance to us
and especially to poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the mercy of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit toward us,
and especially toward poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the infinite price of mercy which will
compensate for all our debts,
and especially those of poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the fountain of living water which springs
from infinite mercy for us,
and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the fire of purest love which blazes forth
from the bosom of the Eternal Father,
as from an abyss of infinite mercy for us,
and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the medicine for all our infirmities,
flowing from infinite mercy, as from a fount,
for us and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom is contained
the union between God and us
through His infinite mercy for us,
and especially for poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, in whom are contained
all the sentiments of the most sweet
Heart of Jesus toward us,
and especially poor sinners.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in all the sufferings and adversities of life.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in the midst of darkness and of storms within and without.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in life and at the hour of our death.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in the midst of adversities and floods of despair.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in the midst of falsehood and treason.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in the midst of the darkness and godlessness which inundate the earth.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in the longing and pain in which no one will understand us.
O Blessed Host,our only hope
in the toil and monotony of everyday life.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
amid the ruin of our hopes and endeavors.
O Blessed Host, our only hope
in the midst of the ravages of the enemy and the efforts of hell.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when the burdens are beyond my strength
and I find my efforts are fruitless.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when storms toss my heart about
and my fearful spirit tends to despair.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when my heart is about to tremble
and mortal sweat moistens my brow.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when everything conspires against me
and black despair creeps into my soul.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when my eyes will begin to grow dim
to all temporal things
and, for the first time,
my spirit will behold the unknown worlds.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when my tasks will be beyond my strength
and adversity will become my daily lot.
O Blessed Host I trust in You
when the practice of virtue will appear difficult for me
and my nature will grow rebellious.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when hostile blows will be aimed against me.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when my toils and efforts will be misjudged by others.
O Blessed Host, I trust in You
when Your judgments will resound over me;
it is then that I will trust in the sea of Your mercy.
