O Deus, ego amo te: (O God, | love Thee) By St. Francis Xavier
LATIN: O Deus, ego amo te, Nec amo te, ut salves me, Aut, quia non amantes te Eterno punis igne. Tu, tu, mi Jesu, totum me Amplexus es in cruce; Tuliste clavos, lanceam, Multamque ignominiam, Innumeros dolores, Sudores, et angores, Et mortem, et hac propter me, Ac pro me peccatore. Cur igitur non amem te, O Jesu amantissime, Non, ut in celo salves me, Aut ne aternum damnes me, Nec pramii ullius spe; Sed sicut tu amasti me? sic amo et amabo te, Solum quia Rex meus es, Et solum, quia Deus es. Amen. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ ENGLISH: O God, I love thee, I love thee-Not out of hope of heaven for me Nor fearing not to love and be In the everlasting burning. Thou, thou, my Jesus, after me Didst reach thine arms out dying, For my sake sufferedst nails, and lance, Mocked and marred countenance, Sorrows passing number, Sweat and care and cumber, Yea and death, and this for me, And thou couldst see me sinning: Then I, why should not I love thee, Jesu, so much in love with me? Not for heaven’s sake; not to be Out of hell by loving thee; Not for any gains I see; But just the way that thou didst me do love and I will love thee: What must I love thee, Lord, for then? For being my king and God. Amen.