The Litany of Virtues prayer will help you become more perfect and better imitate Christ in your thoughts, words, and actions. This special litany is based on the visions of St. Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century nun and author of the book: Scivias.
The Litany of Virtues is included in our virtue meditations prayer challenge, which is a weekly mental prayer on one of the 35 virtues of St. Hildegard and its corresponding vice.
We have included a PDF download of the Litany of Virtues prayer at the bottom of this post if you’d like to print one and bring it with to pray in the chapel.
His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and power. Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love. If these are yours and increase in abundance, they will keep you from being idle or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Anyone who lacks them is blind and shortsighted, forgetful of the cleansing of his past sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more eager to make your call and election firm, for, in doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
Pray to Become More Perfect
Litany of Virtues Prayer
written by Anonymous C
Eternal Father, I am the work of your creation, made in your image and likeness but too weak to conquer the devil by my own power. I ask you for the grace to grow in virtue, surrendering all my thoughts, words, and deeds to you. Please help me resist the devil and all his tricks. Jesus says that whoever believes in him will do the works that he does and that whatever we ask in Jesus name he will do so that You may be glorified. Lord, have mercy on me now.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of love of the material and I ask for the grace to have the virtue of inner love of the spiritual.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of unrestrained exuberance and I ask for the grace to have the virtue of discipline.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of jocularity and I ask for the grace to have the virtue of modesty.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of hard-heartedness and I ask for the grace to have the virtue of compassion.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of sloth and I ask for the grace to have the virtue of divine victory.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of anger and I ask for the grace to have the virtue of patience.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of desiring the carnal things of this world and I ask for the grace to have the virtue of longing for God.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of gluttony and ask for the grace to have the virtue of abstinence.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of bitterness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of generosity.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of impiety and ask for the grace to have the virtue of piety.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of deceptiveness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of truth.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of contention and ask for the grace to have the virtue of peace.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of unhappiness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of happiness.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of immoderation and ask for the grace to have the virtue of discretion.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of shiftlessness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of salvation of soul.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of pride and ask for the grace to have the virtue of humility.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of envy and ask for the grace to have the virtue of charity.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of vainglory and ask for the grace to have the virtue of fear of God.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of disobedience and ask for the grace to have the virtue of obedience.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of disbelief and ask for the grace to have the virtue of faith.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of despair and ask for the grace to have the virtue of hope.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of Lust and ask for the grace to have the virtue of chastity.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of injustice and ask for the grace to have the virtue of justice.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of laziness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of fortitude.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of disorientation and ask for the grace to have the virtue of holiness.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of instability and ask for the grace to have the virtue of steadfastness.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of worrying over earthly cares and ask for the grace to have the virtue of heavenly desire.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of stubbornness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of compunction of heart.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the sinful pleasures of the world and ask for the grace to have the virtue of desiring God.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of discord and ask for the grace to have the virtue of harmony.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of scurrility and ask for the grace to have the virtue of reverence.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of aimlessness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of quiet stability.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of wrong doing and ask for the grace to have the virtue of true worship of God.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of greed and ask for the grace to have the virtue of frugality.
In the Name of Jesus, I renounce the spirit of world-weariness and ask for the grace to have the virtue of heavenly joy.
In the Name of Jesus I ask for the grace to submit myself to the Will of God in my life.
AMEN.
Click this link to view all 35 of our virtue meditations.
4 Responses
Please God send me whatever grace you like to send me or what ever you think I need if it be your will I accept it love you my Lord.🙏❤️
My dearest blessed beloved brothers and sisters am gratefully for your countlessely prayers. May god bless everytime.
Having read the litany, I did not realise how many graces I am lacking in. Please pray that I resolve to accomplish to pray for these graces. Amen.
So many times months years I did not realize that I lack being virtuous. Am gratefully that am learning thanks be to God.