No one knows better than you, Lord,
how often I feature myself
- as the center of the universe -
when I feel or think, speak or act as if
my wants, my needs and my schedule,
my preferences, my desires and my choices,
my opinions, my politics and my point of view,
my feelings, my ease and my comfort
are more privileged, important and urgent
than those of any others...
I'm embarrassed to acknowledge, to admit and to confess
my pride and self-importance, my arrogance and ego
and all the subtle ways I put myself ahead of others,
- ahead of you - my Lord and God...
Humble me, Lord, and deliver me
from my self-absorbed presumptions,
my entitled sense of worthiness,
my first-world suppositions
of how all things should be...
Humble me, Lord,
in ways I don't want to be humbled...Humble me, Lord,
'til I see myself as you see me...Humble me, Lord,
with your grace and mercy...
Humble me, Lord,
as you humbled yourself for me...
Protect me, Lord, while I'm awake
and watch over me while I sleep
that awake, I might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
Tonight's musical offering is drawn from a litany often attributed to Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930) The complete text of the litany follows the song's lyrics.
I Shall Not Want by Audrey Assad
If a widget doesn't appear below, click here!
From the love of my own comfort
From the fear of having nothing
From a life of worldly passions
Deliver me O God
From the need to be understood
From the need to be accepted
From the fear of being lonely
Deliver me O God
Deliver me O God
And I shall not want,
I shall not want
when I taste Your goodness I shall not want
when I taste Your goodness I shall not want
From the fear of serving others
From the fear of death or trial
From the fear of humility
Deliver me O God
Deliver me O God
Litany of 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, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being extolled, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being honored, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being praised, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being preferred to others, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being consulted, deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being approved, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being despised, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of suffering rebukes, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being calumniated, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being forgotten, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being ridiculed, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being wronged, deliver me, Jesus.
From the fear of being suspected, deliver me, 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 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please THINK before you write
and PRAY before you think!