Virtue of Humility, on
the bronze south doors (by Andrea Pisano) of the Florence Baptistery, Italy.
The invitation of
Saint Peter on his letter this morning for us is to cover ourselves with
humility. I thought that listening to the litany of humility that someone wrote
many years ago could be useful for our spiritual life and to honor St. Mark the
evangelist.
Lord 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 honoured, 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
[Litany of Humility'
composed by the Servant of God, Cardinal Rafael Merry dal Val, a former
Secretary of State under St Pius X]
Es tan bella la humildad, que María, la doncella de
Nazaret, fue escogida por el Padre Dios para ser Madre de su Hijo, por su
humildad: “Él se fijó en mí por mi humildad' -diria la Virgen en casa de Isabel, agregando para Ella una alabanza verdadera: “Todas las generaciones me
llamarán bienaventurada”. El humilde no rechaza los honores cuando son ciertos;
pero no los busca ni se queda en ellos. No rechazó Jesús las alabanzas de todo
el pueblo cuando entró triunfante a Jerusalén pero sí que llamó la atención a los
soberbios fariseos. Es que
la humidad no oculta ni niega la verdad. El Papa Pio X hizo en vida muchos
milagros. Cuentan que un día uno de los cardenales de la curia, le espetó: "Dicen por ahi que usted está haciendo aquí muchos
milagros por aqui". El Papa le respondió, sin darle mayor importancia al
asunto: "Bueno, es que aqui le toca a uno hasta hacer milagros". El humilde no
niega los dones ni talentos recibidos, pero nunca se vanagloria de ellos, como Pedro, como Marcos, como tantos, ¡Ay si el Señor
nos concediera caminar por ese camino! • AE
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