6. Would that I could love Thee as well as those saints who have been most
inflamed with love for Thee!
7. Would that I had for Thee a love similar to that of St. Mary Magdalene,
St. Catharine, and St. Teresa!
8. Or such as that of St. Augustine, St. Dominic, St. Francis Xavier, St.
Philip Neri, St. Aloysius Gonzaga.
9. Or as that which was entertained for Thee by the holy apostles; and
particularly by St. Peter, St. Paul, and the beloved disciple.
10. Or, in fine, as that with which the great patriarch St. Joseph loved
Thee.
Glory be to the Father.
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1. Would, moreover, that I could love Thee as the Blessed Virgin loved
Thee upon earth!
2. As she loved Thee, particularly when she conceived Thy divine Son in
her virginal womb, when she brought Him into the world, when she nourished
Him with her milk, and when she saw Him die.
3. Would that I could love Thee as she loves Thee now, and as she will
love Thee forever in heaven!
4. But to love Thee as Thou deservest to be loved, O God, infinitely good,
even this would not suffice.
5. I should wish, moreover, to love Thee as the divine Word made man loved
Thee.