Wednesday 3 February 2010

My prayer today

This prayer of Mother Teresa's I make my own today:

Deliver me, O Jesus:

From the desire of being esteemed
From the desire of being loved
From the desire of being honored
From the desire of being praised
From the desire of being preferred to others
From the desire of being consulted
From the desire of being approved
From the desire of being popular.

Deliver me, O Jesus:
From the fear of being humiliated
From the fear of being despised
From the fear of being rebuked
From the fear of being slandered
From the fear of being forgotten
From the fear of being wronged
From the fear of being treated unfairly
From the fear of being suspected


1 comment:

  1. Yearning for reality of the day when 'It is no longer I who lives but Christ who lives in me.' What a REVOLUTION of the heart that would be... What stops me? Desires? Fears? Idolatry of self...

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