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Today we'll be praying with the fourth and the fifth glorious mysteries,

the assumption of our lady and her coronation as queen of heaven and earth.

So today is going to be the last of our episodes really specifically focusing on,

practicing on being aware of either who we are praying to or who we are praying with.

And today we'll be praying with our lady.

And as always, you're free to go and to pray and to be with her however you desire in the past we've gone to the little house where st. John

would have taken our lady and really experienced being there with her as a mother,

who we can show affection to, who we can love, but who also we can share our hearts with

and who also wants to love us and speak to us and help us.

Today, I'm going to, the prompt I'm going to encourage, just a little bit like what I

encourage for praying with Mary the second time around of being open to and imagining

her being with you in your current time, place setting.

So she can be with you in your favorite chapel where you go and pray. And imagine her

sitting or kneeling right next to you. Imagine her being with you as you drive in your car,

as you're home doing laundry, your cooking. Just know that she's there with you.

Delighting in being there with you, loving you, attentive to you.

Love her, honor her.

Share with her, your heart, your needs.

Invite her to help you with whatever's going on.

Ask her to shelter you, to fight for you, to cover you, protect you,

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