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. As we place ourselves in the presence of Jesus Christ in the tabernacle,

we ask you, Lord, to give us lights, not to academically learn something new,

but to receive a light that inspires conversion. And what does the Holy Spirit say right now?

And it's always good to go to the official representative of our Lord.

And I'm just looking at four of them.

Paul the Six, St. John Paul, Pope Benedict, and Francis, Pope Francis.

And the big thrust is to bring Christ everywhere.

And the Holy Father, Pope Francis,

bring Christ to the periphery.

The periphery doesn't mean some long, lost group of people, but

periphery could be in my own home, could be in my own house, can be in my own place of work.

And the ones on the front line, I don't mean to abdicate responsibility, in a certain

sense is more you than me. I get spoiled and preach to good people like you. But you're

more in the front lines. I hang around confessional boxes and chapels and churches and sacriesties.

You're cut loose in the middle of the world.

We all need to aspire to holiness, but from a certain perspective, and this is not, you know, just false humility,

so you're impressed with my humility. People practicing Catholics are going to come to Mass

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