| O Jesu ego amo Te Nec amo Te ut salves me Aut quia non amantes Te Aeterno punis igne. Tu, Tu mi Jesu totum me Amplexus es in cruce, Tulisti clavos, lanceam Multamque ignominiam, Innumeros dolores, Sudores et algores Et mortem et haec propter me Et pro me peccatore. Cur igitur non amem Te Mi Jesu amantissime, Non ne aeternum damnes me Nec ut in caelo salves me Nec praemii ullius spe. Sed sicut Tu amasti me Sic amo et amabo Te, Solum quia Rex meus es Et solum quia Deus es. (St. Francis Xavier +1552) |  |
My God, I love thee: not because I hope for heaven thereby, Nor because they who love thee not Must burn eternally. Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me Upon the Cross embrace; For me didst bear the nails and spear, And manifold disgrace. And grief and torments numberless, And sweat of agony; Yea, death itself; and all for me Who was thine enemy. Then why, O Blessed Jesu Christ, Should I not love thee well?? Not for the hope of winning heaven, Nor of escaping hell; Not with the hope of gaining aught, Not seeking a reward; But as thyself hast loved me, O ever-loving Lord! E'en so I love thee and will love, And in thy praise will sing, Solely because thou art my God, And my eternal King. (St. Francis Xavier +1552) |
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Prayer for Generosity
Lord, teach me to be generous.Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
to give and not count the cost;
to fight and not heed the wounds;
to toil and not seek for rest;
to labor and not ask for reward, except to know
that I am doing your will.
Amen.
St. Ignatius of LoyolaSume et SuscipeSume, Domine, et suscipeomnem meam libertatem, meam memoriam, meum intellectum, et omnem voluntatem meam, quidquid habeo et possideo: tu mihi haec omnia dedisti, tibi, Domine, ea restituo: omnia sunt tua, dispone de illis pro omni voluntate tua. Da mihi amorem tui et gratiam, nam haec mihi sufficit. |  | St. Ignatius of LoyolaTake and ReceiveTake, Lord, and receiveall my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. All I have and call my own. Whatever I have or hold, you have given me. I restore it all to you and surrender it wholly to be governed by your will. Give me only your love and grace and I am rich enough and ask for nothing more. |
Francis Xavier's
An Act of Contrition
My God, I love you above all thingsand I hate and detest with my whole soul
the sins by which I have offended you,
because they are displeasing in your sight,
who are supremely good and worthy to be loved.
I acknowledge that I should love you
with a love beyond all others,
and that I should try to prove this love to you.
I consider you in my mind as infinitely greater
than everything in the world,
no matter how precious or beautiful.
I therefore firmly and irrevocably resolve
never to consent to offend you
or do anything that may displease your sovereign goodness
and place me in danger of falling from your holy grace,
in which I am fully determined
to persevere to my dying breath. Amen
John Henry Newman (1833)
Lead, kindly Light
Lead, kindly Light, amid th'encircling gloom,lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home;
lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see
the distant scene; one step enough for me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou
shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
lead thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
pride ruled my will: remember not past years!
So long thy power hath blessed me, sure it still
will lead me on.
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
the night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!
| Veni Sancte Spiritus, et emite coelitus lucis tua radium. Veni, pater pauperum, veni, datur munerum, veni, lumen cordium. Consolatur optime, dulcis hospes anima, dulce refrigerium, In labore requies, in astu temperies, in fletu solatium. Oh, lux beatissima, reples cordi intima tuorum fidelium. Sine tuo nomine, nihil est in homini, nihil est innoxium. Lava quod est sordidum, riga quod est aridum, sana quod est saucium, Flecto quod est rigidum, fove quod est frigidum, rege quod est devium. Da tuis fidelibus, in te confidentibus, sacrum septenarium, Da virtudes meritum, da salutis exitum, da perenne gaudium. |
Veni Sancte Spiritus |
Come, Holy Spirit,
and send out a ray of your heavenly light. Come, father of the poor, come, giver of gifts, come, light of our hearts. Come, kindly comforter, sweet guest of our soul and sweet freshness. Rest in hardship, moderation in the heat, relief in pain! O most blessed light, fill the innermost hearts of those who believe in you. Without your divine power there is nothing in man, nothing that is harmless. Wash what is unclean, water what is arid, heal what is wounded. Bend what is stiff, warm what is cold, guide what has gone astry. Give to those who believe in you and trust in you your seven sacred gifts. Give the reward of virtue, give the end of salvation, give lasting happiness! |
