LITANY OF HUMILITY

All: O JESUS! meek and humble of heart, hear me.
Response: Please deliver me, Jesus *
Leader : From the desire of being esteemed. *
From the desire of being loved *
From the desire of being extolled *
From the desire of being honored *
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 being rebuked *
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 *

RESPONSORIAL: JESUS, please grant me the grace to desire it *


Leader: That, others may be loved more than I *
That, others may be esteemed more than I *
That, in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I
may 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 then I, provided that, I may
become as holy as i should.

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM! All for the greater glory of God!