In Willing Wonder

When once a Council Father held,

Each heart with joy was filling.

We all were asked and all beheld

That only One was willing.

When Earth He made His Father bade

Us go and choose the right.

He blessed us with free agency,

And gave His Son as Light.

Christ came to earth through mortal birth;

Born to the virgin Mary.

He lived as man, that Father’s plan

Go forth, and nothing vary.

When in the garden Jesus knelt

For you and I and all,

He took our sins upon Himself;

Redeemed us from the fall.

Then hanging on the cross, He asked

Forgiveness for those killing

The very Son of God Himself,

For He Himself was willing.

Let us, when called to follow Him,

Our souls, with peace, instilling;

With courage, show that we, like Him,

Will be forever willing.