Divine Praises

The Divine Praises or Laudes Divinae (informally known as Blessed be God) is an 18th-century Roman Catholic expiatory prayer.

The Divine Praises were originally written in Italian by Luigi Felici, a Jesuit priest, in 1797 for the purpose of making reparation after saying or hearing sacrilege or blasphemy.

[1] The original text, translated into English and as presented in a 19th century Raccolta, was: Blessed be God.

The Divine Praises have been expanded over time; the additional lines, in the order they were added, are presented below.

(Pope Leo XIII, 1897) Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.