“Who teaches the soul if not God?”

(St. John of the Cross)

Who will be our good teacher?

Who best knows what we ought do?

Who teaches our souls truths divine?

Who will teach us if that be not You?

Take us up to Your classroom,

The steep and the steady climb.

Teach us the lessons we need to learn.

Pour divine truths into our minds.

Fill us with deep understanding.

Fill us with Your wisdom too.

Show us how to think clearly.

Show us what we ought do.

Come sit by our side dear Jesus,

Help us hear all that You say,

Grant us the grace to understand,

That we follow along your way.

Dear Jesus, just as You teach us,

Teach each of our loved ones today.

Give them lessons in living.

That no more may they go astray.

Make us good students, Lord Jesus.

With grace to learn all Your lessons.

Lord, You are our good Teacher.

Let Your class in our lives be in session.

St. John of the Cross, pray for us!