Litany of Humility
O Jesus! Meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
From the desire of being esteemed,
Deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being loved...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the desire of being honored ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the desire of being praised ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to
others...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the desire of being approved ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of being despised... Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
That others may be loved more than I...Deliver me,
Jesus.
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire
it
.
That others may be esteemed more than I ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
That, in the opinion of the world,
Others may increase and I may decrease ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
That others may be chosen and I set aside ...Deliver me,
Jesus.
That others may be praised and I unnoticed
...Deliver me,
Jesus.
That others may be preferred to me in
everything...Deliver me,
Jesus.
That others may become holier than I,
Provided that I may become as holy as I should…Deliver
me, Jesus.
.
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930),
Secretary of State for Pope Saint Pius X
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