Litany of Humility

Oh, for this to be true of me...


Litany of Humility
Oh Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me today.  
 
Deliver me Jesus from the desire of being esteemed, from the desire of being loved, of being extolled, and honored and praised.  
 
Deliver me from the desire of being preferred to others, or the desire of being consulted, of being approved.  
 
And deliver me Father from the fear of being humiliated, the fear of being despised, of suffering rebukes, of being falsely accused.
 
Deliver me from the fear of being forgotten, being ridiculed, being wronged, and the fear of being suspected.  Deliver me Lord from all those things.
 
And grant me the grace to desire that others may be loved more than I, that others may be esteemed more than I, that others may increase and I may decrease, that others may be chosen and I set aside, that others may be praised and I unnoticed.  
 
Grant me the grace to desire that others be preferred before me in everything, that others become truly holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should.
 
Lord Jesus, grant me the grace to desire these things and the deliverance from the other things.  
 
Thank you today for your faithfulness, Father.  Morning by morning new mercies we see.  All that we have needed your hand has provided, great, great is your faithfulness to me.
 
 We worship you our delivering and faithful Father, and now we give to you in Jesus name.  Amen.

~Author Unknown