Orationes

Concede nobis, Domine Deus noster, ut te tota mente veneremur, et omnes homines rationabili diligamus affectu.

"Grant us, Lord our God, that we may venerate you with all our mind, and that we may love all men with a rational affection."

Remarks:
*This prayer responds to the twofold command to love God and neighbour.
*Note, however, that we ask for the grace to venerate God, not, in fact to love him. Our love finds concrete expression in our prayer and worship, in the respect we show him.
*There is an interesting balance between "tota mente" and "rationabili affectu". God gets our mind - all of it; men get our affection - but tempered by reason.
*Both petitions mention totality. We wish to approach God with all our mind; and we wish to love rationally all men. So whereas God gets our all, no one man gets our all, but rather all men get our tempered love.