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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Thursday, April 27, 2023. Today is also the feast day of St. Zeta. St. Zeta was an Italian saint who lived in the 1200s. We remember her today as a maid. So she was not very wealthy.

She in fact was born to a very poor family. She served her whole life as a maid or a servant.

And during her first years of this work, she was treated poorly. But Zita persisted in prayer and kindness, and soon the hearts of many of her fellow servants and even the entire household was converted to Christ.

She gave one third of her income to her parents her whole life, another third she kept, and the final third she gave to the poor.

In the final years of her life, she even transformed the tiny room that she had in her house where she lived to serve as a

hospital for those who were poor and dying. Now today we're going to hear once again from

Father Kyle Kowalsik in his story of Tommy going to Mass.

But before we get there, please join me in praying the conclusion to the divine

mercy chaplet, which we are learning this month in the Be a Saint Kids Club.

In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Amen.

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible,

look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair

nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will, which is love and

mercy itself. Amen. And without further ado, here is some more of Tommy's story.

Excited that he now had some skin in the game. He returned his focus to the front where the superhero

was busy arranging gold plates and fancy cups on the big table thing. He knew the table was

going to be important. He looked around for the bad guys. He couldn't see them. They were invisible.

So Tommy did something. He asked for the ability to see them. They were invisible. So Tommy did something.

He asked for the ability to see all the invisible stuff that they believed in.

What happened next, he would never forget.

Just then, some people from the crowd brought the caped ninja knight, some little wafers of bread and a gold bowl, and some red liquid, juice, wine, blood.

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