Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer for the Love of God
A short traditional Catholic prayer asking Jesus to kindle greater love of God in the heart.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799.
O my Jesus, Thou well knowest that I love Thee; but I do not love Thee enough: Oh! make me to love Thee more. O Love, which burnest always and is never extinguished, my God, Thou Who art charity itself, kindle in my heart that divine fire which consumes the saints and transforms them into Thee. Amen.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- The Prayer for the Love of God asks Jesus to deepen the love already present in the heart and kindle greater charity. With God (1911), page 799, preserves this short prayer of desire for divine love.
- Prayer intention
- Greater love of God, charity, and fervor in prayer.
- When to pray
- During personal prayer or whenever you want a short prayer asking to love God more.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
Prayer for the Love of God
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 799.
O my Jesus, Thou well knowest that I love Thee; but I do not love Thee enough: Oh! make me to love Thee more. O Love, which burnest always and is never extinguished, my God, Thou Who art charity itself, kindle in my heart that divine fire which consumes the saints and transforms them into Thee. Amen.