In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 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, my guardian angel, and deceitful.

Jesus, we put ourselves in your presence, and we want to first tap into the habit and sentiments of Blessed Alvro.

When I was privileged and honored to be in get-togethers with him on occasion of these big feasts of the work,

commemorating special events in the history of the work.

He would invariably invite us in a gentle way to thank our Lord for this blessing on the church, on the world,

and because he has asked us to be part of this mobilization

to evangelize the world through our vocation.

He would say give thanks.

St. Jose Maria describes the history of the work

as history of displays of God's mercy.

In this period of time,

our Lord wants us to look in a special way at his mercy, and the work is an expression of this mercy.

We want to use a prayer of St. Jose Maria on this special occasion of commemorating the canonization, which is the sequel

of October 2nd, 1928, we asked him, Jesus, talk to me, say something to me. What do you want

me to hear from you?

And these feasts are designed for, yes, special celebration.

We're not going to fight that, but designed for conversion, lights from the Holy Spirit to connect with Jesus Christ in a closer way.

In order to understand the significance of the canonization, any canonization is extremely significant. It's a high point in the history

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