LITANY OF Saint Hyacinth Patron Saint of various needs Patron of the Kingdom of Poland
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, most holy Virgin Mary pleasing Benjamin, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, fragrant flower of heaven, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, by name and virtue a stone untried in the Kingdom of Poland, pray for us.
Innocence of life, shining Angel,
Archangel privileged with the gift of wisdom,
Seraphim in flesh living,
Evangelical host of human souls,
A vessel to bear the Name of Jesus among the chosen nations,
Brave of the world, flesh and devil trampling victor,
Patriarch Dominic’s true follower,
Northern and eastern nations zealous Apostle,
Filling heaven and earth with the fragrance of unblemished maidenhood,
Religious perfection and all virtues an example,
Pure and acceptable in mortification of the flesh to Christ the victim,
the host of the Word of the Eternal, in the Blessed Sacrament,
Our Lady in a stone image bearer,
Strange and intrepid sailor on swift waters,
Moses leading the chosen people from the nations to the promised land,
Jeremiah, sending fervent prayers to God for the people and the brethren,
Brave Joshua taming the heat of the sun of justice over our homeland ,
First founder of the Order of Preachers in Poland,
By your teaching, by the preaching of the word of God, eradicating all heresies and schisms,
In the vineyard of the Lord a tireless worker,
Destroyed grain with prayer miraculously bearing,
Wonderful physician of all diseases,
Through the most holy Virgin Mary, dispensing every consolation to sinners,
Making merry the angels from the conversion of countless sinners,
In affliction of the afflicted, effective comforter,
Protector and father of all orphans,
Sure consolation to the desperate,
Reliable hope of the dying,
Raiser of the dead,
Prophetically glorified,
Light of the Church of Christ,
World-famous miracle-worker,
Ornament of the Order of Preachers,
Chief Patron of the Kingdom of Poland,
Saint Hyacinth, that through true penance we may rise from our sins and addictions, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, That in peace and love we may praise Jesus and Mary, His Mother, with the Rosary, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, That in body and soul we may be healed, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, that we may not depart this world without repentance and reception of the Blessed Sacrament, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, That by the fragrance of Thy virtues we may enter heaven, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, that Thou deignest not to insult us at the hour of our death, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth, grant us sanctifying, efficacious and definitive grace to persevere in goodness with God, pray for us.
Saint Hyacinth,that Thou wilt grant release from torment to the souls remaining in Purgatory, pray for us
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us,O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.
Pray for us, o St. Hyacinth,
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
Kyrie elejson, Christe elejson, Kyrie elejson.
Antiphon.
Hail Flower among flowers, Hyacinth above all others purer. Hail pearl way above all pearls brighter. Hail, Protector of all who resort to you. Hail heavenly Citizen, save us with Thy requests. O Hyacinth most excellent! O , sweetest Confessor.
V. Saint Hyacinth , Apostle of the northern and eastern nations, pray for us!
R. That we may become worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
O God, Thou hast glorified Blessed Hyacinth, Thy Confessor, in many nations, for his holy works and miracles; grant us this, that by his example we may be helped to improve our lives in adversity.
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen.
V. Together with her Son.
R. May the Virgin Mary bless us: The blessing of Almighty God in the Trinity of One: Father and Son and Holy Spirit, may it descend upon us through the intercession of Our Lady of the Rosary and St. Hyacinth and dwell with us for ever and ever. Amen.
Life
+ St. Hyacinth ( Jacek, Jacinto) was born in 1183 in Silesia, in Kamieniec, of pious Odrowąż parents who were so good at bringing up their children (Czesław, Bronisława and Hyacinth ) that they all became saints. – Jacek received his higher education in Prague. He then returned to Krakow, where Bl. Wincenty Kadłubek ordained him a priest, made him a canon and his advisor.
Sent to Rome in 1217 on diocesan business, he met St Dominic there and took such a liking to his monastic rule that, together with his brother Czesław, he received the habit from the hands of the founder of the Dominicans. – Having returned from Rome in 1220, he preached the word of God in the towns of Silesia and Poland. – In 1223, Bishop Iwo, his uncle, built for him a monastery in Krakow, near the Church of the Holy Trinity, in which he brought up numerous Polish Dominicans, and sent him to preach the word of God in the towns and villages of Poland, Lithuania, Prussia & Ruthenia. St. Hyacinth himself, dressed in a hairpiece, would go on foot with his brothers, organise popular missions and, wherever he found benefactors, set up monasteries. –
He worked longest in Ruthenia where he converted many souls to God. In Kiev, when he had finished Mass, he was informed that the Tartars had invaded the city, robbing and murdering the inhabitants. St. Hyacinth, thinking nothing of it, took the can with the Blessed Sacrament and was about to flee with it. Then he heard a voice: – Hyacinth, have you taken my Son, and will you leave me here? He took the marble statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in his other hand and, not feeling its weight, happily left the city, crossed the Dnieper River on foot, reached Halicz and then returned to Krakow via Lvov.
In Cracow he strengthened his monks in the monastic virtues, recommending them in particular to study and to carry out missions in the villages and towns. – In 1257, on 15 August, after morning prayers, he confessed and, taking the viaticum and the holy oils, took the Cross and the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in his hand and, sighing piously, „Lord, into Thy hands, I commend my spirit” he closed his eyes for ever. He had loved Mary during his life, he had spread Her veneration and the Rosary, so Mary rewarded him for this too. Blessed Bronislawa watched in awe as the Blessed Virgin Mary led the soul of St. Hyacinth amidst choirs of angels to heaven. Pope Clement XIII counted him among the saints in +1594.
Points for meditation.
The pious upbringing of children when they are young is the foundation of their happiness for life.
Fervent devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary facilitated St. Hyacinth 's progress in religious perfection, and gave him strength for his missionary work. Through Mary he did much good during his lifetime.
Be a fervent devotee of Mary too, and invoke her help before every job.
Prayer.
Almighty and eternal God, Thou who hast glorified Thy follower St. Hyacinth with his preaching, holiness of deeds, and the splendour of his manifold miracles, grant us that, imitating his virtues, we may improve our lives and, through his intercession, be free from various misfortunes and adversities. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
- On this, his joyous feast, we raise
To Hyacinth glad songs of praise:
And, piercing through the clouds above,
We offer God hearts pure in love. - Received into the Preacher-band
And vested by the Father’s hand,
From others soon he stood apart,
A man of apostolic heart. - Of Dominic a faithful son,
In him the Father’s virtues shone:
By following his leader’s light,
He triumphed o’er the prince of night. - To him the Virgin fair did bring
The joy and solace of the King:
In him the grace of Christ did shine
By virtue of a power divine. - O Mary, Mother of all grace,
Mother of mercy to our race:
Protect us now from Satan’s power,
And own us at life’s closing hour.
