Prussian cruzies,

Dermichis, nis, nibrin Noste, is Noste.

In nomi, pantheri, sit fewly at Svir de Sainte. Amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins.

And the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My immaculate mother, St. Joseph, my father, and Lord,

in bringing to our conversation with you

this key idea of the Holy Father,

which is the topic of our prayer, the Apostle of Attraction,

or the Apostle of Witness, or the Apostle of Good Example.

This Apostle is as old as the Gospel and as new as the Gospel.

But the present culture especially calls for an Apostle of Attraction attraction where our witness, which is compatible with being a vessel of clay, proves that Jesus is real. And in fact, that gospel of attraction is indispensable to speak about doctrine, because that attraction

awakens that question articulated by St. Peter in his first epistle, be ready to give the reason for the hope

that is within you. So people need to see us as oases of joy and peace. Perfect no. That's our Lord. But nevertheless, that presence of our Lord.

We know how to go about it, but Lord we want to talk to you about it. Today's first reading

gives a little bit of a picture of the formation of the very first

followers of our Lord, taken from St. Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, at least what I've read, this is the oldest body of writing in the New

Testament. Some people dispute that. They say it's the letter to the Corinthians, but these

letters predate the four Gospels. And it's in this letter that St. Paul says to the recipients of the formation he's giving,

that this is the will of God, that you be saints.

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