So way back in the beginning of May, I think it was the first or second week in May.

We had our baccalaureate Mass, our students were graduating.

And one of the things is just like, I wanted to communicate this sense of, like, what do I want for them?

And the, obviously, I want to be saints.

I want them to be martyrs in the world, whether that's white martyrs, where they just,

they pour out their lives slowly over time or even red martyrs, where they're willing to witness

to Jesus Christ with their entire lives and shed blood for him.

The goal is to be saints though, but then I was like, well, how do you get there?

And one thing was this, I just have this phrase, it keeps going back in my mind again and again, is this, is I want them to be able to hunt and kill for themselves. And what that means is I want every one of our students when they leave here. We'll have to be here in such a way that they know how to like like they know how to live their own spiritual life.

And what I mean is they take responsibility for their own spiritual life in such a way that regardless

of whatever circumstance, whatever season, whatever place in their life that end up in,

they know how to be fed spiritually. So they know how to hunt and kill for themselves.

Like that sense of if they show up in a parish that is alive and is on the how to be fed spiritually. So they know how to hunt and kill for themselves.

Like that sense of if they show up in a parish that is alive and is on fire and is like feeding them well, that's great.

That's awesome.

But if they show up at a normal parish that might not be alive, might not be feeding them,

but they know how to hunt and kill for themselves.

And I know how important that is because that's part of my goal for myself as well.

And I think that's even what's at heart in the gospel today where you have one of, here's Jesus praying.

One of his disciples comes up to him and sees him praying and says, I want to, I want to be able to do what you do.

So Lord, teach us to pray because we don't know how to pray. And most likely, many of us have never been taught how to pray. In fact, I have a friend named Mike Gormley and Mike will always say this. He says, as Catholics, we're typically not taught how to pray. We're taught how to repeat. And so I know how to say my prayers, but I don't necessarily know how to pray. And this is my experience.

When I was in high school, I had a conversion to the Lord. I had an encounter with God's mercy, with his love, and with my sin first, and with his mercy and love. And I remember having a couple thoughts. One thought was I need to go to confession. And the other thought was I need to pray. I realized I didn't know how.

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