LITANY TO THE LILY OF THE MOHAWKS
Comments(0) I was poking about the EWTN website today and made the marvelous discovery that they have a whole page listing litanies. I like litanies. Then I further discovered that there is a litany listed that honors Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks. What a blessing, and a great revitalization of my devotion to Blessed Kateri. It extols her purity, devotion, and inspiration to others. It even alludes to the miraculous clearing up of her disfigured face, which shined in death with a beauty that was taken from her in life.
In grammar school in the 40’s us kids would be herded into St. Boniface, and often prayed litanies, responding ‘Ora Pro Nobis’ to each line. I thought the Latin said something about ‘Robert,’ which vexed me greatly, because I already felt there were too many Roberts in the class, and I begrudged them the extra attention, which could just as easily have been given to the underrepresented Williams.
