Summary: <br> <br> <a href="http://www.discerninghearts.com/?page_id=1706"> Back To Prayer Room Lobby</a><a href="http://www.discerninghearts.com/?page_id=2941"><br> Back to Jesus Devotionals</a><br> The Litany of Humility – text and mp3 audio download<br> <br> by Merry Cardinal del Val, secretary of state to Pope Saint Pius X from the prayer book for Jesuits, 1963<br> O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, Hear me.<br> From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the desire of being loved, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the desire of being extolled, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the desire of being honored, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the desire of being praised, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the desire of being preferred to others, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the desire of being consulted, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the desire of being approved, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of being humiliated, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of being despised, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of suffering rebukes, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of being calumniated, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of being forgotten, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of being ridiculed, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of being wronged, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> From the fear of being suspected, Deliver me, Jesus.<br> That others may be loved more than I,<br> That others may be esteemed more than I,<br> That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease,<br> That others may be chosen and I set aside,<br> That others may be praised and I go unnoticed,<br> That others may be preferred to me in everything,<br> That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should,<br> Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. Amen.<br> <br> <br>
