Rex Christi

Today we celebrate the feast day of Christ the King--a King that yes, has conquered death and rules over all, but also a King Who humbled Himself, Who let Himself be beaten down, rejected, denied, betrayed, mocked...for me. And I get upset when I am shot down at work, when I get lonely, when I am not chosen first, when I don't get put on a pedestal for being the best. It seems as good a time as any to break out the Litany of Humility again. Again. Lord, help me remember that blessed are those who are poor, hungry, sorrowful, and persecuted, and that it's okay if I am those things as well.

Litany of Humility

O 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 he 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 other, 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 (slandered), 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.

Lord, grant us the desire to become Holy through humility.