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Follow up on litany of humility | Philo | Saturday, September 11, 2010 |
Question: Dear Bro.Ignatius , |
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Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)
Dear Philo: In seeking humility we do not fulfill prideful desires. It is just the opposite. In this prayer we seek to mortify all prideful desires. Perhaps I am misunderstanding your phrase, "fulfills other prideful desires". Humans tend to seek their own ego, that is, to positively stroke the ego, to give oneself credit, to desire those things that makes our ego comfortable. The entire Litany prays for the opposite -- to be delivered from those things that bolster our ego, but even for the desire of it. For example: The first three petitions are asking for deliverance from the desire (Deliver me, Jesus): From the desire of being loved, These are negative petitions -- asking that something be taken away. In the last section the petitions are positive, not asking for something to be taken away, but that something be given to you (Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it). These petitions are directly correlated with the first set of intentions: That others may be loved more than I, Thus, we first ask for deliverance from our pride, then we ask for the grace to desire the virtue of humility so that we will not get ourselves in the pit of pride again. Hope this helps to understand this beautiful Litany. God Bless, Footer Notes: This forum is for general questions on the faith. See specific Topic Forums below: Spiritual Warfare, demons, the occult go to our Spiritul Warfare Q&S Forum. Liturgy Questions go to our Liturgy and Liturgical Law Q&A Forum Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) Questions go to our Divine Office Q&A Forum Defenfing the Faith Questions go to our Defending the Faith Q&A Forum Church History Questions go to our Church History Q&A Forum
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