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Rh 6. And in especial manner I fain would love Thee with the love Thy holy ones who loved Thee best have loved Thee.

7. Wherefore I intend to love Thee with the love of Mary Magdalen, of Catherine, and of Teresa.

8. Or with the love of Augustine, Dominic, Francis Xavier, Philip Neri, and Louis Gonzaga.

9. Or with the very love of Thine Apostles, specially Peter, Paul, and the beloved Disciple.

10. Or the love of Joseph the great Patriarch.

1. Fain would I love Thee with a love like that of Mary most holy while here on earth.

2. Fain would I love Thee with a love like that with which she loved Thee when she conceived in her virgin womb Thy well-beloved Son, or when she brought Him forth, or when she suckled Him, or when she saw Him die.

3. Yet more, I would love Thee with a love like that with which she loves Thee, and will love Thee in heaven.

4. Nay but not even this love is enough to love Thee with, my God: Thee, God of goodness infinite.

5. Wherefore I would love Thee as Thy Son, the Divine Word made Man, did love Thee.

6. As He loved Thee when He was conceived and born.

7. As He loved Thee when He died upon the cross.

8. As He loves Thee ever in those sacred tabernacles where He lies hid.

9. And with that very love with which He loves