Litany for the Glory of God


For [your city, or starting location], let all God’s people say:

Holy, holy, holy are You Lord God Almighty

Heaven and Earth are full of Your glory

And [your city] will be filled with the knowledge of Your glory, O Lord, as the waters cover the sea

Praise the Lord! For Your mercy endures forever

Come, Holy Spirit, come in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Now repeat the litany with the next larger political entity in your area, e.g. from your city to your county, or your county to your greater metro area, or then to your state. You can add the half of your state (e.g. Western Washington), North America, and the Americas, to expand this litany to a ten-fold recitation; or tailor it as you please, or for any other region of the earth, too, where you might be. Have fun reciting this anywhere!

In this way, your litany expands to cover all the earth, which God has promised will be the reach of His glory. (See scripture references for the second line of the litany.

  • “For [your city], let all God’s people say…
  • “For [your] County, let all God’s people say…
  • “For [your state], let all God’s people say…
  • “For [your region of the USA], let all God’s people say… [e.g. Pacific Northwest]
  • “For the United States of America, let all God’s people say…
  • “For the Earth, let all God’s people say, ‘Holy, holy, holy are You Lord God Almighty / Heaven and Earth are full of Your glory / And [your city] will be filled with the knowledge of Your glory, O Lord, as the waers cover the sea / Praise the Lord! For Your mercy endures forever / Come, Holy Spirit, come /In Jesus’ name. Amen.’”

Scripture references:

Holy, holy, holy is the LORD: Isaiah 6:3, Leviticus 19:2, Isaiah 43:3

The earth will be filled with the knowledge of Your glory, O LORD: Habakkuk 2:14, Numbers 14:21; Isaiah 11:9

His mercy endures forever: Psalm 106:1; Psalm 107:1

Come, Holy Spirit, come: Matthew 3:11; Luke 11:13; John 14:26, John 16:13-15; Acts 1:8, Acts 4:31, Acts 13:52; Romans 5:5, Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 1:5; Titus 3:5

In Jesus’ name. Amen: Mark 16:17-18; John 16:24, John 20:31; Acts 4:12; Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:17; 1 John 3:23