May this litany* for Matt Talbot encourage and comfort all who pray it.
Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy, Christ hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, have mercy.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Blessed Mother of God, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, born into poverty and lack, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who suffered the abuse of an alcoholic father, pray
for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who suffered the loss of childhood innocence, pray
for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who succumbed to the drug of alcohol as a teenager,
pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who fell into debt due to his addiction, pray for
us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who stooped to steal from a beggar, pray for
us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who later searched in vain to repay the beggar, pray
for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, whose faith was darkened by the veil of addiction,
pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, blessed by a holy mother who never ceased praying
the rosary, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who endured intolerable cravings for alcohol, pray
for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, whose friends turned away from him in derision and
mockery, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, broken, desperate, humbled, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, prostrate before the tabernacle, tortured for want
of a drink, hearing only Jesus’ response, ‘I thirst’, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, restrained from receiving the Eucharist by Satan,
pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, freed by Christ to receive Eucharist, pray for
us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, upon crying out to Our Lady was freed from the
bondage of an alcoholic obsession, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who turned from sin to serve God’s poor and
destitute, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, who gave all to the poor, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, entirely transformed and sustained by the Holy
Eucharist, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, so devoted to Our Lady that her rosary was ever in
his hands, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, friend of Francis of Assisi pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, Third Order Franciscan, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, friend of Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, and
Therese of Lisieux, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, refuge and comfort for alcoholics and their
families, pray for us.
Venerable Matt Talbot, totally embracing Christ’s victorious grace in his
life, pray for us.
Let us Pray
Venerable Matt Talbot, addict for Christ, look down upon all of us in our struggles with different addictions, in bondage, tortured of soul, heart and mind,
blind to the saving light of Christ.
Through your prayers, let us have our eyes opened by grace to see salvation in the Holy One of God, who hung upon a Cross so that we may be set free. Father, pour out your light and blessing in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Amen
Fr. Tom Ryan P.P. St. Senan’s Parish Shannon
* A litany is an expression of solidarity with the whole people of God.
Particularly, it is an expression of a shared ministry with those biblical or holy
characters who have journeyed before us, recognition that they have something to offer
us and that we can be guided by their intercession.
Source: Matt Talbot - A Lenten
Journey, pages 48-50 (http://www.acnireland.org/images/books/matt_talbot_a_lenten_journey.pdf)