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.

Amen.