Litany of Humility
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O Lord, so meek and
humble of heart, help me to learn and love humility. Restrain my tongue
when I would speak of myself. Check me when I would become contentious,
quarrelsome, dissatisfied with my lot. Help me to think as little as
possible of myself, and as much as possible of the Blessed Trinity and
of others, my fellow men, in whom I must see Thyself. O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, have mercy on me. From the wish to be esteemed, deliver me, O Jesus. From the wish to be loved, deliver me, O Jesus. From the wish to be honored, deliver me, O Jesus. From the wish to be praised, to be preferred to others, deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire to be asked for advice, deliver me, O Jesus. From the desire to be approved, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being despised, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being rebuked, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being maligned, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being forgotten, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being ridiculed, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being treated unfairly, deliver me, O Jesus. From the fear of being suspected, deliver me, O Jesus. That others be loved more than I, O Jesus, give me the grace of this holy desire. That others grow in the esteem of the world and I decrease, O Jesus, give me the grace of this holy desire. That others be entrusted with work and I be put aside, O Jesus, give me the grace of this holy desire. That others be praised and I be neglected, O Jesus, give me the grace of this holy desire. That others be preferred to me in all things, O Jesus, give me the grace of this holy desire. That others become holier than I, provided that, I too, become as holy as I can, O Jesus, give me the grace of this holy desire. Cardinal Merry del Val
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