Act of the Love of God. By St. Francis Xavier
A Manual for Christians, 1838Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | A Manual for Christians, containing Prayers and Holy Precepts, selected from Catholic Authors, confirmed by Examples; to which are added Instructions for Youth, and an Abridged Catechism. |
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| Imprint | Vienna., Printed by Strauss’s Widow., 1838 |
| Pages | p. 176 |
| Scan | leaf 190 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. Francis Xavier
- Prayers for
- love of God
Albrecht Dürer, The Agony in the Garden, 1508. Art Institute of Chicago.
O Deus, ego amo te, etc.
O God! the only object of my love:
Not for the hopes of endless joys above:
Nor for the fear of endless pains below:
Which those who love thee not, must undergo.
For me, and such as me, thou once didst bear
The ignominious cross, the nails, the spear;
A thorny crown transpierced thy sacred brow:
What bloody sweats from every member flow!
For me in tortures thou resign’dst thy breath,
Nail’d to the cross: and savedst me by thy death.
Say, can these sufferings fail my heart to move:
What but thyself can now deserve my love?
Such as then was, and is thy love to me,
Such is, and shall be still, my love to thee;
Thy love, O Jesus, may I ever sing,
O God of love, kind Parent, dearest King. Amen.