Litany for Humility

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 am

- That, in the opinion of the world,
    others may increase and I may decrease

- That others may be chosen and I may be set aside

- That others may be praised and I may be 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

Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930),
Secretary of State for Pope Saint Pius X

Source: EWTN.