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Oratio
Stabat Mater — Part III
At the Cross her station keeping (Stanzas 5–6)
Eia, Mater, fons amoris,
O sweet Mother, fount of love,
me sentire vim doloris
touch my spirit from above,
fac, ut tecum lugeam.
make my heart with thine accord.
Fac ut ardeat cor meum
Make me feel as thou hast felt;
in amando Christum Deum,
make my soul to glow and melt
ut sibi complaceam.
with the love of Christ my Lord.