frequently turn towards their parish
church, and say with fervor: “Jesus,
my God, I love Thee.”
The seriously-ill drawing nearer and
nearer to the judgment, and the aged
going down the hillside of life, relish
saying over and over again, with sweet
consolation and increasing confidence,
the fundamental act of charity: “O my
God, I love Thee.”
What a change would come over this
pagan, irreligious and sinful world,
if only people in general could be
persuaded to make frequent use of the
Christian’s battle cry: “O my God, I love
Thee.” Since Almighty God was ready
to stay His avenging Hand over the
sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah,
if they held but ten just men, who can
estimate the blessings and the graces
He would cause to descend in copious
showers upon mankind, if everywhere -
on sea, on land and in the air, millions
were constantly saying: “O my God, I
love Thee.”
Let us promise to make a veritable
apostolate out of the act of love of
God, endeavoring to persuade friends,
within and without the fold, to form
the habit of frequently reciting this
blessing-laden prayer. For many a
sinner, the act of love, working as an act
of perfect contrition, can be the effective
means of speedy justification; for many
non-Catholics, it may prove the basic
factor of their salvation.
We place our resolutions of extending
the Kingdom of God’s Love under the
protection of the Blessed Mother,
begging Our Lady of the Blessed
Sacrament to help transform our lives
into one long canticle of Divine Love.
Charles F. Curran, S.T.D. - Feast of Our Lady’s Nativity, 1940.
Imprimatur: J. T. McNally, D. D., Archbishop of Halifax.