Deliver Me, Jesus

Litany of Humility written by Cardinal Del Val:

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 
~ Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I 
~ Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That, in the opinion of the world, 

others may increase and I may decrease 
~ Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be chosen and I set aside 
~ Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be praised and I unnoticed 
~ Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be preferred to me in everything 
~ Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may become holier than I,

provided that I may become as holy as I should 
~ Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.