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 to cede for.

With your permission, Lord Jesus Christ, truly present with us in the blessed sacrament,

and we ask you, Lord, to speak to us through your eternal words.

And this comes from the Gospel of St. John, and the title of this meditation is our Lord's first evangelical words. The first evangelical

words that have resulted in close to two billion Christians, there's a long way to go, is

in the gospel, come and see.

Those are the first words.

And how did that happen?

We see that this massive mobilization,

this great spread of the gospel,

began with something very foxy.

It began with Jesus' relationship with his cousin, John the Baptist.

And discipleship, follows of our Lord, began with a cousin introducing two guys to Jesus.

And these two guys introduce their brothers to Jesus.

Let's elaborate.

What we want to ask of you, Lord, and we've contemplated this before, that there's something,

there's a very important mandate in the gospel that, especially in our society, it's easy to gloss over.

And that is, I bring you good news of great joy to all the people. So right

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