Litany of the
Love of God
Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
R. Have mercy on us.
God, the Father of heaven,
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God, the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God,
Thou Who art Infinite Love,
Thou Who didst first love me,
Thou Who commandest me to love Thee,
R. I Love Thee, O My God
With all my heart,
With all my soul,
With all my mind,
With all my strength,
Above all possessions and honors,
Above all pleasures and enjoyments,
More than myself, and everything belonging to
me,
More than all my relatives and friends,
More than all men and angels,
Above all created things in heaven or on earth,
Only for Thyself,
Because Thou art the sovereign Good,
Because Thou art infinitely worthy of being loved,
Because Thou art infinitely perfect,
Even hadst Thou not promised me heaven,
Even hadst Thou not menaced me with hell,
Even shouldst Thou try me by want and misfortune,
In wealth and in poverty,
In prosperity and in adversity,
In health and in sickness,
In life and in death,
In time and in eternity,
In union with that love wherewith all the saints
and all the angels love Thee in heaven,
In union with that love wherewith the Blessed
Virgin
Mary loveth Thee,
In union with that infinite love wherewith Thou
lovest Thyself eternally
Let us pray:
My God, Who dost possess in incomprehensible
abundance all that is perfect and worthy of love, annihilate in me all
guilty, sensual, and undue love for creatures. Kindle in my heart the pure
fire of Thy love, so that I may love nothing but Thee or in Thee, until
being so entirely consumed by holy love of Thee, I may go to love Thee
eternally with the elect in heaven, the country of pure love. Amen.
His Holiness, Pope Pius VI, for private use
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