Litany of Humility

Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
Hear me.

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


-- jake (jake1REMOVE@pngusa.net), October 05, 2003

Answers

Gee. This belongs on my bedroom door. On the inside, of course. :)

-- Skoobouy (skoobouy@hotmail.com), October 05, 2003.

I'm glad you liked it. It was written by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val, Secretary of State for Pope Saint Pius X.

Youi can find it easily online if you want a nice printable to hang on your door.

-- jake (jake1REMOVE@pngusa.net), October 05, 2003.

Jake,
Make it your devout intention in this life. If we all do that, God will bless & uphold His Holy Church now attacked by friend and foe alike. We meet here on opposing sides. I'm guilty of knocking you as an elitist. You address the Church after Vatican II more as devil's advocate than as her faithful disciple.

Is the devil's advocate humble? Was he brought to court to teach us humility or to condemn his brother? --For much too long a period we've had your elitism and derision. Now you espouse greater humility. What went right, Jake?

-- eugene c. chavez (loschavez@pacbell.net), October 06, 2003.

What went right, Jake?

Let's just say that being taken down several notches at the Hands of a merciful God has a way of grabbing one's attention and turning one's thoughts and desires away from the insipid things of this world (such as human resect) and towards Heavenly things, "which neither rust nor moth consume, nor thieves break in to steal."

-- jake (jake1REMOVE@pngusa.net), October 06, 2003.

Also, coincidentally, it's been a year since my retreat, and I've been going through my notes and some of the material that the good Fathers gave me to read.

-- jake (jake1REMOVE@pngusa.net), October 06, 2003.

Jake,

Wasn't the retreat given in Latin?

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), October 06, 2003.

Wasn't the retreat given in Latin?

Aside from the Masses, and a few other prayers here & there, no. It was all in English.

Why? Wanna go with me next year?

-- jake (jake1REMOVE@pngusa.net), October 06, 2003.

Don't misunderstand me. I'm all for real humility. Also,

''turning one's thoughts and desires away from the insipid things of this world (such as human resect) and towards Heavenly things,''

Human respect doesn't hurt. Nor will it keep us from contemplating heavenly things. But it should be earned first.

-- eugene c. chavez (loschavez@pacbell.net), October 06, 2003.

"If you want to belong entirely to God you must be prepared to be despised and rejected by the world. It is only by doing so that we may obtain the happiness of reaching heaven."
St. John Vianney, Sermons of the Cure of Ars, 1901


O God, grant me the grace to shun, despise, and flee the respect and admiration of men. Amen.

-- jake (jake1REMOVE@pngusa.net), October 06, 2003.

Wasn't the retreat given in Latin? Aside from the Masses, and a few other prayers here & there, no. It was all in English.

Why? Wanna go with me next year?

No, but two of the reasons that the mass was changed back to the vernacular was that 1. that's the way the church did it originally, and 2. people didn't understand Latin well enough to really appreciate the mass.

I was wondering if a schismatic "Tridentine only" organization like the SSPX would do everything in Latin assuming their audience would understand perfectly, or if they figured it was better to do this in English.

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), October 06, 2003.

No

If you change your mind, let me know.

-- jake (jake1REMOVE@#pngusa.net), October 06, 2003.

Rightly did St. John Mary Vianney say, "If you want to belong entirely to God you must be prepared to be despised and rejected by the world."

Unfortunately, though, some schismatics and heretics have deluded themselves into thinking that, when their wrong behaviors are condemned by orthodox Catholics (lay and hierarchy), that is an example of being "rejected by the world." Nothing could be further from the truth. The saint, in speaking of "the world," was referring to those who reject God's truth and laws, and even his very existence -- i.e., those who have made a god of the world.

To extend the saint's maxim, a Catholic accurately says:
"If you want to belong entirely to God you must be prepared to be despised and rejected by the world, and you will be so despised and rejected if you obey your pope and assent to all he teaches."

God bless you.
John

-- J. F. Gecik (jfgecik@hotmail.com), October 06, 2003.

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-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), October 06, 2003.