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 Saint Joseph, my father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me. With your permission, Lord. form.

With your permission, Lord Jesus Christ,

truly present with us in the Blessed Sacrament.

Our topic of conversation with him is liturgy. Love for the liturgy. I hear an internal groan with the topic,

but let's give it a chance. St. José Maria says in the way, show veneration and respect for the holy liturgy of the church and for its ceremonies, observe them faithfully. Don't you see that for us poor humans, even what is greatest and most

noble enters through the senses? What is the liturgy? It is basically the Word of God processed, endorsed,

recited by the church itself in an official way.

What does that mean, theologically?

St. Augustine says,

when the church prays officially, it is Christ praying to the Father.

It is Christ praying through the individuals participating in the liturgy.

And it is Christ accompanying those individuals praying in the liturgy and any celebration of a sacrament.

But the main course of liturgy is the Holy Mass.

We intuit, not only we intuit, we know this theologically, the light of faith, also tells us that something tremendously important occurs in the liturgy, even if it's a sleepy cold early Wednesday morning,

heaven and earth, even though emotionally we may not sense that or we don't sense it.

Reinforced by the Holy, it's a prayer that heaven and earth join in praising God through the

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