Augustine — Give Me Thyself, O My God - Illustration on love

catholic contemplative prayer by Augustine of Hippo

This is prayers on love and longing.

Give me thyself, O my God, give me thyself. Lo, I love thee; and if my love is too little, let me love thee more. I cannot measure my love so as to know how much more love I need in order to make my life run to thine embraces and not turn from them until it is hidden in the secret place of thy presence.…

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