Almighty ever-living God, direct our actions according to Your good pleasure, that in the name of Your beloved Son we may abound in good works. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
direct our actions according to Your good pleasure – To love God means to embrace His will. We must always trust that God knows exactly what is best for us and that whatever He ordains or permits will be for our greater good. Our part is to cooperate and to obey, to make our decisions in conformity with God's will, to allow Him to call the shots in our lives.
in the name of Your beloved Son we may abound in good works – Whatever we do, whatever we say, whatever we think we must unite to Jesus. We will abound in good works when we act in imitation of Jesus, or even better, in unity with His divine life.
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