O Jesu, mitis et humilis corde,
exaudi me.
A desiderio, ut amer,
libera me, Jesu.
A desiderio, ut aestimer,
libera me, Jesu.
A desiderio, ut exaltem,
libera me, Jesu.
A desiderio, ut honorer,
libera me, Jesu.
A desiderio, ut lauder,
libera me, Jesu.
A desiderio, ut aliis praeferar,
libera me, Jesu.
A desiderio, ut consulatur,
libera me, Jesu.
A desiderio, ut approber,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne humilier,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne spernar,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne contemnar,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne calumniam feram,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne oblivioni tradar,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne irridear,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne iniuriam accipiam,
libera me, Jesu.
A timore, ne suspiciar,
libera me, Jesu.
Ut alii plus amentur quam ego,
Jesu, da mihi gratiam ita desiderandi.
Ut alii plus aestimentur quam ego,
Jesu, da mihi gratiam ita desiderandi.
Ut alii in mundo extollantur, ego autem minuar,
Jesu, da mihi gratiam ita desiderandi.
Ut alii eligantur, ego autem praeterear,
Jesu, da mihi gratiam ita desiderandi.
Ut alii laudem ferant, ego autem inobservatus maneam,
Jesu, da mihi gratiam ita desiderandi.
Ut alii praeferantur mihi in omnibus,
Jesu, da mihi gratiam ita desiderandi.
Ut alii sanctiores me fiant, dummodo ego tam sanctus fiam quam debeo,
Jesu, da mihi gratiam ita desiderandi.
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
hear me.
From the desire of being loved,
deliver me, Jesus.
From the desire of being esteemed,
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 become as holy as I should,
Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.