Litany of the Saints (again)
  • TLMlover
    Posts: 170
    Hi All,

    I read another forum thread about the Litany replacing the Universal Prayer on the solemnity of All Saints, and also about it being used as a processional. But can it be used as an offertory hymn on the solemnity of All Saints? Thanks in advance.
  • MatthewRoth
    Posts: 3,858
    That’s a bad idea.

    The Litany does invoke all holy ones and all of each category, but it is penitential and heart and is used on occasions which require penance and/or great solemnity (remember the Ember Days were the ordination days). It’s used in the Anglican tradition in some places for Lent evoking the stational Masses. But it’s not a good fit at all for either of those places; it has nothing like the structure of the universal prayer, and it’s not structurally sound for the offertory. There’s no rule, but it is unsound.
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  • monasteryliturgistmonasteryliturgist
    Posts: 636
    I know that for Religious Professions the Litany does in fact replace the universal prayer, but I think that is a specific rubric for that mass. I have never heard of it replacing a litany in any other mass besides ordinations, professions, and consecration of virgins.
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