Posted on 07/01/2010 9:03:55 AM PDT by Mad Dawg
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val
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.
Dominicus Gabriel Mariae
O most gracious Lord Jesus:
To redeem an undeserving humanity
You gave up everything you had.
In your mercy, grant us the grace
of despising all things but you
and your love
That we may know the joy
you brought to us
through your dolorous Passion
and Death,
Who live and reign in might and bliss
with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
One God, in everlasting glory.
THX THX.
Prayers, of course!
THANKS THANKS. A most sobering situation worthy our earnest prayers.
Listening to Beck. Dealing with the news that I have a HUGE tax bill. Late meetings at church Monday, Tuesday and tonight. Up at 4:30 Friday morning to take my vigil stand in front of Planned Parenthood.
Our DRE is at the hospital with his pregnant wife. I may have to step in tonight and teach his class. So I have to spend time preparing while I know that everything may be fine and all the preparation and stomach churning will be for nothing.
I wonder how I can do all the stuff I have to do. It all seems to be too much.
It IS too much, for ME.
Fortunately it doesn’t really depend on me. I just have to show up. God is already there, as He is here. It depends on Him.
My job is to pray for the grace to remember that.
Maybe, almost certainly, vanity is related to fear — to a failure of Faith and Hope. If I’m afraid, on the edge of being overwhelmed, the “old man” says, “It’s up to you! Get to work, make it happen, or drown.”
The new man says, “You are one of His people, one of the sheep of His pasture — it is HE that made you, and not you yourself.”
The grace of humility comes with the grace of faith. It’s part of it, integrated into it.
So, Lord, I believe. Help thou my unbelief so that I can drop this heavy illusion of vanity and take up the easy yoke of your love.
This couple has my prayers. May they conceive another child and bring it to full term, healthy and robust!
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life,
And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters.
I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion,
Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death
by the Resurrection of Your Son.
I am ready to do my part in ending abortion.
Today I commit myself
Never to be silent,
Never to be passive,
Never to be forgetful of the unborn.
I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement,
And never to stop defending life
Until all my brothers and sisters are protected,
And our nation once again becomes
A nation with liberty and justice
Not just for some, but for all.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen!
**The grace of humility comes with the grace of faith. It’s part of it, integrated into it.**
May the Lord be with you.
My stomach was churning yesterday as I led an adult Bible Study group with several new people as well as our Director of Adult Faith Formation in the class.
It went well — studying Genesis.....oh, I have already learned so much myself!
THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND CONCERN.
“And being found in fashion as a man,he humbled himself,and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Ding ding ding! We have a winner!”
Please do not acknowldge me for that Bible quote.
Here’s the entire Quote from voice in teh wilderness:
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” (Phil. 2:5-8).
Ping to the above. I was talking to myself again. I need help.
I bet most who come here know the source of that line.
It’s magnificently important and provides one of the most profound groundings of the concept of humility as essential to full humanity and to blessedness.
A man who asks for help, either from above or from alongside himself, is not a man who is as vane and un-humble as you sometimes discredit yourself as being. You’re on the right path, and that’s the best way to get to the right destination.
No worries. I talk to myself because I am the only one who listens to me and even I don’t always listen.
I'll be at the Eaton/Fairfax clinic Saturday, if you're anywhere close.
Prayers up. Trying not to be bitter that this family who longs for a child will lose theirs w/o a miracle, while today is the beginning of the prayer vigil to prevent women from throwing perfectly good babies away.
INDEED.
THX THX FOR THE PRAYERS.
THANKFULLY, GOD IS A GREAT CATCHER OF BABIES “THROWN AWAY.”
GOD BE WITH YOU BRO.
I’m in Charlottesville. Hurling prayers like boulders from a trebuchet at the enemy’s fortifications. Hoo ya!
Send them our prayers.
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