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 honored …
From the desire of being praised …
From the desire of being preferred to others…
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 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 than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should…
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Hi,
The original prayer from Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val includes another few lines:
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At being unknown and poor, Lord, I want to rejoice.
At being deprived of the natural perfections of body and mind, I want to rejoice,
When people do not think of me, I want to rejoice,
When they assign to me the meanest tasks, I want to rejoice,
When they do not even deign to make use of me, I want to rejoice,
When they never ask my opinion, I want to rejoice,
When they leave me at the lowest place, I want to rejoice,
When they never compliment me, I want to rejoice,
When they blame me in season and out of season, I want to rejoice,
Blessed are those who suffer persecution for justice’s sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
https://www.orlandodiocese.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Litany-of-Humility.pdf
I hope these additional lines could help people find joy in receiving these powerful graces when we sincerely say this prayer. It made a huge difference for me. There is great strength in humility!
Beautiful and so true within families