{"id":60389,"date":"2016-01-17T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T23:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=60389"},"modified":"2016-01-17T19:11:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T02:11:58","slug":"litany-of-humility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2016\/01\/17\/litany-of-humility\/","title":{"rendered":"Litany of Humility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-60399\" src=\"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pub.jpg\" alt=\"Pub\" width=\"350\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pub.jpg 600w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pub-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Earlier this week, we had catechesis at my parish. We&#8217;ve been meeting for the last few months and we&#8217;re currently working our way through the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.<\/p>\n<p>During our discussion, Father Michael said that this\u00a0week is <em>&#8220;Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>but it really <strong>should<\/strong>\u00a0be <em>&#8220;Sunday of Zacchaeus&#8221;<\/em>. He explained that, because Easter is so early this year, the pre-Lent celebrations take precedence. To this I commented, <span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>&#8220;Poor Zacchaeus, missing out again, only this time it&#8217;s because <strong>time<\/strong>\u00a0is too short&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/span>. This was met with various sighs and groans from those in the class, all sure signs that everyone missed me while I was back in England for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230;as I said, this Sunday is <em><span style=\"color: #000080\">&#8220;Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee&#8221;<\/span><\/em>, a reference to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+18:9-14\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 18:9-14<\/a>,\u00a0where Jesus tells a story which contrasts the attitude of two different men as\u00a0they come before God in prayer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I was told by my former Spiritual Director that the Church purposefully places\u00a0this Gospel passage in the run-up to the beginning of Lent in order to prepare us for the Great Fast. During Lent,\u00a0we will are called to increased attentiveness to prayer, fasting and almsgiving. I was told that this passage is read to us to call us to humility, lest we too readily\u00a0start patting ourselves on the back for all our good works. Ultimately, we all have to stand before God saying\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #993300\">&#8220;Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner&#8221;<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I find nothing knocks me off my high horse quicker than by praying the Litany of Humility. Here&#8217;s that\u00a0prayer set to music by Danielle Rose:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCacRoKtVZs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the desire of being esteemed,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Deliver me, Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">From the desire of being loved&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the desire of being extolled &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the desire of being honored &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the desire of being praised &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the desire of being preferred to others&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the desire of being consulted &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the desire of being approved &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of being humiliated &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of being despised&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of suffering rebukes &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of being calumniated &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of being forgotten &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of being ridiculed &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of being wronged &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> From the fear of being suspected &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">That others may be loved more than I,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">That others may be esteemed more than I &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> That, in the opinion of the world,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> others may increase and I may decrease &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> That others may be chosen and I set aside &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> That others may be praised and I unnoticed &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> That others may be preferred to me in everything&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, we had catechesis at my parish. We&#8217;ve been meeting for the last few months and we&#8217;re currently working our way through the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. During our discussion, Father Michael said that this\u00a0week is &#8220;Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee&#8221;\u00a0but it really should\u00a0be &#8220;Sunday of Zacchaeus&#8221;. He explained that, because Easter is so early<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3523,3522,3524],"class_list":["post-60389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","tag-danielle-rose","tag-litany-of-humiliy","tag-sunday-of-the-publican-and-the-pharisee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60389"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60403,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60389\/revisions\/60403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}