(for private devotion only)
Which His Eminence Cardinal Merry del Val was accustomed to recite daily after the celebration of Holy Mass.
O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, hear me |
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, |
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, |
Deliver me, Jesus. |
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 become holier than I, provided that I may |
become as holy as I should, |
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it. |
Imprimatur: + James A. McNulty - Bishop of Paterson, N.J.
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