Charity and Humility

[Lil Red]

[u][b]Litany of Humility[/b][/u]
by Merry Cardinal del Val, secretary of state to Pope Saint Pius X
from the prayer book for Jesuits, 1963

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, [color=red]Hear me.[/color]

From the desire of being esteemed, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the desire of being loved, [color=red] Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the desire of being extolled, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the desire of being honored, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the desire of being praised, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the desire of being preferred to others, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the desire of being consulted, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the desire of being approved, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of being humiliated, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of being despised, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of suffering rebukes, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of being calumniated, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of being forgotten, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of being ridiculed, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of being wronged, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]
From the fear of being suspected, [color=red]Deliver me, O Jesus.[/color]

That others may be loved more than I, [color=blue]Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.[/color]
That others may be esteemed more than I, [color=blue]Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.[/color]
That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease,
[color=blue]Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.[/color]
That others may be chosen and I set aside, [color=blue]Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.[/color]
That others may be praised and I go unnoticed, [color=blue]Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.[/color]
That others may be preferred to me in everything, [color=blue]Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.[/color]
That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should, [color=blue]Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. [/color]

[b][u]Charity[/u][/b]
[i] "Charity is patient, is kind; charity does not envy, is not pretentious, is not puffed up, is not ambitious, is not self-seeking, is not provoked; thinks no evil, does not rejoice over wickedness, but rejoices with the truth, bears with all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. "[/i](1 Cor. 13:4-7).

[i]To have Charity is to love God above all things for Himself and be ready to renounce all created things rather than offend Him by serious sin.[/i]
( Matt. 22:36-40)

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Let's remember to show charity for our phatmass' neighbors please. Take a moment before you post to pray for the people on phatmass, and a prayer for yourself - especially if a thread upsets you or makes your blood boil - then you really need to pray.

[stuckinamo]

we prayed that at DTS the other nite! thanks so much for posting it here!

[Thy Geekdom Come]

It's a great prayer...I don't pray it enough.

[ForHimAlone]

That's the prayer my Spiritual Director and I begin every session with. It's really beautiful, and it really makes you think about your actions and attitudes. Good for self-examination!

[HomeTeamFamily]

i love that litany of humility.....i too dont pray it often enough....although it is on one of my little cheat sheets in my rosary bag

[Colleen]

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Let's remember to show charity for our phatmass' neighbors please. Take a moment before you post to pray for the people on phatmass, and a prayer for yourself - especially if a thread upsets you or makes your blood boil - then you really need to pray.
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That's a great prayer. Thank you for posting this, Lil Red. It's something that can never be emphasized too much.

[Carnanc]

thanks for posting, I better save this.

[TrinityAddiction]

Wow, I don't think I've ever prayed that before... Thank you, that is beautiful. I'm saving this, writing it down or something!

[Excelsior1027]

I love that prayer! I pray it every night, it really does help and it gets me to reflect on how humble I've been lately. That's a prayer we should all pray more often.

[brendan1104]

AMEN!

i love that litany...

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Excelsior1027' date='Jan 4 2006, 06:18 PM']That's a prayer we should all pray more often.
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yes, we should!

[GuyWithAFoil]

ahh so good! tough to live though! bits of it anyway. gotta pray it more

[jmjtina]

bttt

[shortnun]

beautiful..... AMEN

[Lil Red]

just got back from adoration - i gotta say, the best place to pray this is in front of the Blessed Sacrament.

[Lil Red]

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[journeyman]