Act of Love

O Lord God, I love you above all things 

and I love my neighbor for your sake 

because you are the highest, infinite and perfect

good, worthy of all my love. 

In this love I intend to live and die. 

Amen.

Excerpted from the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, © Copyright 2005 - Libreria Editrice Vaticana.