Act of Love
O my God, I love you above all things with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all my love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you. I forgive all who have injured me and I ask pardon of those whom I have injured.
Amen.
Pop-Up Catechesis: Praying the Acts of Faith, Hope, and Love
Some words we speak are “efficacious,” which means that speaking the words achieves the desired effect that the words themselves represent. Saying, “I do,” at a wedding seals the marriage relationship. Saying, “I’m sorry,” enables forgiveness to happen. Saying, “I love you,” conveys love to another person. As Catholics, we voice prayers that are referred to as “Acts,” meaning that they are efficacious prayers. By praying an Act of Faith, Hope, or Love, we are professing or making manifest our faith, hope, and love.