Litany of Humlity

The first set of petitions in the Litany of Humility requests our deliverance from desiring validation from man instead of God.

  • O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.
  • Response for the following: Deliver me, Jesus.
  • 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 to others…
  • From the desire of being consulted …
  • From the desire of being approved …

The second set of petitions address our fears that are related to pride.

  • Response for the following: Deliver me, Jesus.
  • 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 …

The last set of petitions focuses on the cultivation of good desires, that are true to humility.

  • Response for the following: Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.
  • 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 than I,
  • provided that I may become as holy as I should…

Clipped from the awesome Richaél Lucero at: https://clumsytheosis.net/2020/05/08/litany-of-humility-prayer/