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 free; to  Whom  be  glory  from  age  to  age  without  end. Amen.

Indulgence of 300  days,  once  a  day. — Pius  IX,  May  24, 1847.

God, I  love  Thee  for Thyself And not  that  I  may  heaven me,  gain, Nor because  those  who  love Thee not, Must  suffer  hell's  eternal pain. Thou, O  my  Jesus  ! Thou didst me Upon  the  cross  embrace; For me  didst  bear  the  nails and spear and manifold  disgrace; And   griefs    and  torments numberless, And sweat  of  agony; E'en death  itself  —  and  all for  one Who was  Thine  enemy.

Then why,  O  blessed  Jesus Christ, Should I  not  love  Thee  well: Not for  the  sake  of  winning heaven, Or of  escaping  hell; Not with  the  hope  of  gaining aught,  not   seeking  a reward; But, as  Thyself  hast  loved O ever-loving  Lord?