In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 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 grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My mother immaculate, St. Joseph, my father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.

In the ordinary time of the year, we consider how Jesus guides us as the good shepherd and through the flow of time, through the course of history.

And we can meditate on these words, my sheep, hear my voice, and I know them, and and they follow me and I give them eternal life

and they shall never perish and no one shall snatch them out of my hand

my father who has given them to me is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the father's hand.

I and the father are one.

So in the Old Testament and the Psalms, we all know how lovely the Psalm 23 is.

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness

for his namesake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil,

for you are with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my

enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. So the people of Israel

were speaking as a people. They trusted in God's guidance in the vicissitudes of their political

history, but also their personal life. Jesus applies it to each one of us,

and he asks us to listen to his voice.

They hear his voice,

and this closeness to Jesus,

this faith in him, this holding on to him, is what grants us eternal life.

That starts on this earth. It's not just a promise for after our death, but all anxiety, all feelings of being overwhelmed, all problems and concerns we might have,

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