The Litany of Tecla Hashimoto

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Tecla, named for the first female martyr,
Tecla, the Church’s only known pregnant martyr,
Tecla, brought to her place of martyrdom in an oxcart,
Tecla, who gave a shout for joy upon seeing the Cross,
Tecla, who embraced the Cross,
Tecla, who kissed the Cross,
Tecla, who wore a special gown for the occasion,
Tecla, who wiped the eyes of her crying children
Tecla, who told her desperate children to pray to Jesus and Mary,
Tecla, who died with her husband on the cross behind her,
Tecla, wife of a martyr,
Tecla, mother of martyrs,

Tecla, imitator of Mary,
Tecla, imitator of St. Apollonia, who leaped into her funeral pyre,
Tecla, with children at her breast, imitator of Our Lady of Miyako,
Tecla surrounded by fire while pregnant, imitator of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
Tecla surrounded by fire while pregnant, imitator of the woman Clothed with the Sun of Apocalypse 12,
Tecla, mother of children named Francisco and Lucia, in anticipation of Our Lady of Fatima,
Tecla, who exploded into the world’s consciousness with the Kobe Quake of January 17, 1995
Tecla, whose image mirrors the image of Our Lady of Takatori in that same Kobe Quake,

Tecla, Inspiration for artists,
Tecla, Inspiration for painters,
Tecla, Inspiration for writers,
Tecla, Inspiration for photographers,
Tecla, Inspiration for philosophers,
Tecla, Inspiration for dramatists,
Tecla, Inspiration for stage performers,

Tecla, Intercessor for wives,
Tecla, Intercessor for mothers,
Tecla, Intercessor for the family,
Tecla, Intercessor for unborn children,
Tecla, Intercessor for parents of unborn children,
Tecla, Intercessor for the stillborn,
Tecla, Intercessor for parents of stillborn children,
Tecla, Intercessor for the poor,
Tecla, Intercessor for the meek,
Tecla, Intercessor for the afflicted,
Tecla, Intercessor for the persecuted,
Tecla, Intercessor for those with broken hearts,
Tecla, Intercessor for those with broken rosaries,

Tecla, Terror of the wicked,
Tecla, Terror of the blasphemous,
Tecla, Terror of heretics,
Tecla, Terror of apostates,
Tecla, Terror of Protestants,
Tecla, Terror of the Orthodox schismatics,
Tecla, Terror of Buddhists,
Tecla, Terror of Shintoists,
Tecla, Terror of those who subscribe to Japanism,
Tecla, Terror of those who subscribe to multi-culturalism,
Tecla, Terror of those who take part in inter-religious assemblies,
Tecla, Terror of those who have not repented of their abortions,
Tecla, Terror of fornicators,
Tecla, Terror of Atheists,
Tecla, Terror of Communists,
Tecla, Terror of the Politically Correct,
Tecla, Terror of Liberals,

Tecla, Scourge of devils,
Tecla, Scourge of demons,
Tecla, Scourge of imposters,
Tecla, Scourge of deceivers,
Tecla, Scourge of those who seek to destroy the Church from without,
Tecla, Scourge of those who seek to destroy the Church from within,

Tecla, who had to leave one child behind,
Tecla, Consoler of orphaned children,
Tecla, Consoler of parents who have had a child go missing,
Tecla, Consoler of parents whose children have left the True Faith,
Tecla, Consoler of those in China and elsewhere who were forced into their abortions,

Tecla, Patroness of pregnant mothers,
Tecla, Patroness of the 52 + 1 Martyrs of Kyoto,
Tecla, Patroness of the Laity,
Tecla, Patroness of those lay members who work for the Restoration of the Church in our time as they did during the Arian heresy,
Tecla, Patroness of Devout Catholics,
Tecla, Patroness of Devout Catholic Wives,
Tecla, Patroness of Devout Catholic Mothers,
Tecla, Patroness of Traditional Catholics,
Tecla, Patroness of the 21st Century,

Tecla, whose heart pumped blood into the heart of an unborn child while she was martyred,
Tecla, who fully expected her whole family, born and unborn, to join her in heaven,
Tecla, whose unborn child has been denied and rejected by the modern church,
Tecla, who was burnt to ash and whose remains were never found, but who will remain forever in our hearts,

Written All Saints Day, 2008, pending ecclesiastical approval

Considering the modern church's attempt to cover up Tecla's martyrdom, I have taken it upon myself to write this Litany of Tecla Hashimoto.  A good time to pray it would be on the unofficial Feast Day of Tecla Hashimoto and Companions, October 6 (in the hope that this proposed Feast Day will soon be made official).  A longer version of the Litany of Tecla Hashimoto connecting Tecla's sacrifice to the broader Japanese culture has been posted on the "Devotions" page just below this same  litany: