Humildad, decía santa Teresa, es andar en verdad. Humildad para amar sin exigir, para dar sin regatear, para hacer sin presumir, para ser sin anular.
Pedimos humildemente libertad de los afectos desordenados (EE 1) y de los miedos que nos paralizan en el empeño cotidiano por amar y servir al modo de Jesús con esta hermosa oración de Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930).
Danielle Rose (I thirst)
From the desire of being esteemed,
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,
from the desire of being approved,
from the desire of being consulted.
Deliver me, oh deliver me Jesus.
Deliver me, oh deliver me Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
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 wronged,
from the fear of being ridiculed,
from the fear of being suspected.
Deliver me, oh deliver me Jesus.
Deliver me, oh deliver me Jesus, Jesus, Jesus.
Deliver me, Jesus.
Deliver me, Jesus.
That others be loved more than I,
others esteemed more than I,
that others increase and I decrease, in the world’s eyes,
that others be chosen and I set aside,
others praised and I unnoticed,
others be preferred in everything,
that others become holier than I.
Provided that I may become as holy as I should.
O Jesus, grant me the grace.
Oh grant me the grace to desire it.
O Jesus, grant me the grace.
Oh grant me the grace to desire it,
to desire it.
Grant me the grace to desire it.
Meek and humble of heart, Jesus.
Meek and humble of heart, heal us,
meek and humble of heart, Jesus.
