He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

I was going to write about the conversations I had at school, but this prayer is what is on my heart. It pretty much sums up the interactions I had with my professor and classmates at this "Catholic" institution.

Somedays, like today, the problems in the world are overwhelming to me. The more I learn in college, whether the material or just from conversation, the more I want to be part of a different kind of life. The more I want to find a way to open people's eyes to the lies they are being told. I can't believe the untruths that they believe. But they are searching and don't find the answers they need. Jesus, I know You are the answer, You are the Truth. Help me to share this. Help me to be a solution to the problems in the world.

I pray that someday families will be one, that marriage will be regarded as sacred, that sin will no longer come between siblings, that parents will educate their children in the Faith. I pray that the Church will continue to do Your Will and teach Your Truth. I pray that the world will perceive the good that is in the Church and support it instead of tearing it down. I pray that numbers of the faithful Catholics will grow and that all lukewarm Catholics will embrace the teachings of the Church. I pray that the entire world may be converted, every single soul. I pray that sin will no longer be viewed as acceptable entertainment and that relativism may be wiped from our culture. I pray for the souls who do not realize they should pray. I pray for the souls that are trying to find You, but have no one to show them the way. Find them, Jesus, help them to believe.

Tonight, Jesus, I want to pray for the world.