Humility Litany
O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, hear me!
From the desire of being esteemed, deliver me, Jesus
From the desire of being loved, …
From the desire of being extolled, …
From the desire of being honoured, …
From the desire of being praised, …
From the desire of being preferred, …
From the desire of being consulted, …
From the desire of being approved, …
From the fear of being humiliated, …
From the fear of being despised, …
From the fear of suffering rebukes, …
From the fear of being calumniated, …
From the fear of being forgotten, …
From the fear of being ridiculed, …
From the fear of being wronged, …
From the fear of being suspected, …
That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
That others may be more esteemed than I, …
That in the opinion of the world, others may increase, and I decrease, …
That others may be chosen and I set aside, …
That others may be praised and I unnoticed, …
That others may be preferred to me in everything, …
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, …
Amen.