Humility This Advent

The Season of Advent has begun in both the Eastern and Western churches. Christians now enter in to a time of fasting and penitence in preparation on the birth of our Lord (although the penitential nature has been pretty much lost in America due to the slow erosion that is The War on Advent). In addition to abstaining from certain foods, it is always a good idea to fill the void created by fasting from so many good things with increased prayer and almsgiving as well. In that spirit, I offer this prayer that I’ve found to be profound in its radical call to trust in Christ. The prayer is known as the Litany of Humility and it is as follows: