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| Because Thou art infinitely perfect, | I love Thee, O my God. | |
| 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, |
Prayer.
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 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.
II.
The Holy Ghost.
HYMN AND SEQUENCE OF THE HOLY GHOST.
Hymn
Come Holy Ghost, Creator, come,
From Thy bright, heavenly throne;
Come, take possession of our souls,
And make them all Thine own.
