WORDS FROM FATHER YOHANES: Litany of Peace
By Father Yohanes Akoit
From the desire to control ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From the desire to give my opinion ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From the desire to project myself as the victim ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From the desire to impress others …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From the desire to please everyone …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From the tendency to complain …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From all my irrational fears …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From all violent speech …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From failing to accept uncertainty …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From comparing myself to others …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From not accepting my limitations ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From an unhealthy desire for perfection …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From an unhealthy attachment to others …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From excessive self-blame …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From holding on to grudges …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From holding on to the past …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From wanting more than I need …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From the impulse to justify myself …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From worrying about the future …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From thinking only about myself ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From losing perspective on life ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From not being able to laugh at myself ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From not being able to forgive myself …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From over analyzing the intentions of others ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From the desire to change others …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From thoughts that this world is all there is …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From failing to trust in God …
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
From failing to see God in all things ...
Deliver me, Lord Jesus
AMEN
Father Yohanes Akoit is pastor of St. Julian and St. Anthony Catholic
churches in Kentucky.
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