Below is the traditional Spanish version used in official devotional books. This prayer is addressed directly to Jesus, asking for the grace to reject pride.
Because the prayer asks God to remove the fear of being despised or ridiculed, God often answers by allowing small humiliations to occur. If you pray the Spanish version with real devotion ( de corazón ), do not be surprised if your coworkers overlook you, your friends forget you, or your plans fail. That is the prayer working. It is desensitizing your ego.
Similar prayers, such as the or Litany of Patience . How to Pray the Litany of Humility - Hallow litany of humility prayer in spanish
Jesús, concédeme la gracia de desearlo.
Whether you are a native Spanish speaker or learning the language of Cervantes and the saints, committing the Letanía de la Humildad to memory will rewire your spiritual reflexes. Say it once, and you will feel uncomfortable. Say it for forty days, and you will find peace in being last. Below is the traditional Spanish version used in
Líbrame, Jesús. (From the desire of being preferred, deliver me, Jesus.)
Jesús, dame la gracia de desearlo. (That others may be loved more than I, Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.) If you pray the Spanish version with real
Líbrame, Jesús.
Líbrame, Jesús. Del deseo de ser amado, Líbrame, Jesús. Del deseo de ser ensalzado, Líbrame, Jesús. Del deseo de ser honrado, Líbrame, Jesús. Del deseo de ser alabado, Líbrame, Jesús. Del deseo de ser preferido a otros, Líbrame, Jesús. Del deseo de ser consultado, Líbrame, Jesús. Del deseo de ser aprobado, Líbrame, Jesús.
Líbrame, Jesús.
: It asks for deliverance from the fear of being humiliated, despised, rebuked, calumniated, forgotten, ridiculed, wronged, or suspected. The Graces