Chicago Style Liturgy Features �Litany of Local Complaints�

During Chicago-themed Masses, congregants chant the Litany of Local Complaints, a call-and-response rite that includes: �The sidewalks are cracked!� (Lord, hear our gripe), �The CTA is late!� (Have mercy!), and �Another rebuilding year?� (Deliver us, O Lord). Pope Leo XIV affirms that �lamentation is a form of holiness.� God responds� eventually.