A Poem of St. Nektarios the Wonderworker: "O Divine Love"

St. Nektarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Pentapolis (source)

  

A Poem of St. Nektarios the Wonderworker: "O Divine Love"

  

O Divine Love, come, I entreat you,

From all my soul and within my heart,

And a divine dwelling-place, O Christ, make me

And from every stain, O cleanse me.

 

O Divine Love, godly love

I ask You to fill my soul

With divine eros. O Divine Love,

Fervently I entreat you, to grant to me, Your servant.

 

O Divine Love, I entreat You,

To grant love to those who ask of You,

For Your love is to fulfull

Your Divine Law, O sweet Love.

 

O Divine Love, who alone fills

The whole world and preserves it,

You are the law of the heavens,

You are the law of the earthly.

 

Your Kingdom is love,

In which reigns joy and peace,

In which reigns blessedness,
The eros of the Divine and rejoicing.

  

(amateur translation of text from source)

  

Through the prayers of our Holy Fathers, Lord Jesus Christ our God, have mercy on us and save us! Amen!