What Does God Want From Us?

If we avoid doing wrong,

But do not do what is right,

How can we expect to please God?

For God wants us to do what is right
At all times as much as possible.

The best way to grow closer to Christ
Is to understand his virtues,

And him as a person, his teachings,

That is to understand truth, hope, and love.

Let our joy be in Christ forever,

For he is understanding loving and kind.

Let his virtues reign in our hearts forever.

Amen

 A link to a song I like: 

Mary Immaculate, Star of the Morning (with lyrics)

Jesus, Joy of All Human Life

From the womb of our Mother

To the tomb that holds us when we die

Let our days be lived for each other

Teach us to be joyful each day for one another

Amen

Mary and Jesus Be Our Light

Oh Mary, true and holy, our Mother, our Queen of Joy forever

Let joy spring forth from your heart

Truly, let it be forever hope in the hearts of all men

Let all virtue come from the true Mother of Jesus

Light for us all

Oh Jesus who shares his light with his Mother Mary

Teach us, your children, to love your Holy Mother

Oh Queen of Heaven, show us the way that leads to true love of Jesus

Let Jesus and Mary be our light forever

Amen

Unite Our Hearts to Christ

 When we unite our hearts to Christ

Our hearts will be forever rejoicing in Christ our Savior

For he is our hope, peace, and joy in our Lord God for evermore

Let the Mother of Jesus and Christ rule in our hearts forever

Amen

A Prayer for Afghanistan

Oh God, who turns the hearts of kings 

And the leaders of nations

Like rivers in your hand 

In any direction you so choose.

Turn now the hearts of the Afghan leaders. 

Make the leaders of the Afghan people into 

loving, gentle, kind, and caring people. 

Use whatever is needed 

to break their hearts of stone 

I ask our Mother, Mary 

To intercede in

This desperate cause.

Amen

Rivers of Virtue

Hope flows out of Jesus like a river and

Virtue flows out of our hearts

Drink from rivers of virtue and compassion

Let our hearts be forever in touch with God’s heart

For his heart is like a rushing river

Flowing with love and virtue

So let our hearts be in tune with God’s heart

For when our hearts are in tune and

In touch with his heart,

Then we become better people.

Amen