Virtues and vices

Virtues come from a loving kind Master
Vices come from the master of disaster
Virtues are good habits to lift us higher
Vices just burn us and may lead to hell fire

Sometimes a sinner sings in a choir
Sometimes a saint believes a liar
The habits we form from our desire
Should lead to what we want to acquire

A vice is an evil wolf in a sheep’s attire
A virtue is the true Lamb that we must admire
We must avoid being bent by evil pliers
As we attempt to satisfy our hearts desires

The world is full evil wolves and liars,
They sale their lies, and fools are the buyers
Fools buy evil lies, and get stuck in the mire,
Or the mire may cause fools to slide into hell fire

The truth is there, and we must inquire
What does it take, what does God require
What must happen, what must transpire?
To receive grace that will lift us higher

We must get down on our knees, any time, or before we retire
And pray to Jesus to please, save us from an evil empire
We must shake the dust off of our feet, to avoid the slime and mire
Take the Bread of Life we must eat, from the altar of Sacred Fire

Our Father Who art in heaven hallowed be His holy name,
Who sent his Son, to deliver us from our sinful shame.
Forgives our debts, as we forgive others that are to blame
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are One in the same

I pray that through virtues, in the Holy Trinity, that we are to be made one
Purified by the Sacred Fire of the merciful Father and the only Son
O Lord let my only desire be to avoid my vices so that the battle is won
So that I may enter into Thy mighty Kingdom where only Thy will be done

Help us to remember Thy will must be done on earth as it is in Heaven
With the help of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, I know we need all seven
You are my hope and my deliverer from the evil that I would desire never
For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever

Amen