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Discerninghearts.com presents Building a Kingdom of love, reflections with Monsignor John

Esif. Monsignor Esif is a priest of the Diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania. He has served as a

retreat director and confessor to St. Teresa of Calcutta. He continues to offer direction

and retreats for the sisters of the missionaries of charity.

Monsignor Asif encountered St. Padre Pio, who would become a spiritual father to him.

He has lived in areas around the world, serving in the pontifical missions, a Catholic organization

established by Pope St. John Paul II, to bring the good news to the world,

especially to the poor. He continues to serve as a retreat leader and director to bishops,

priests, and sisters, seminarians, and other religious leaders. Building a Kingdom of Love,

reflections with Monsignor John

Esif. I'm your host, Chris McGregor. Today, the church is centering on Palm Sunday,

the first day of Holy Week. And this week is the unfolding of the suffering and the death and resurrection

of Jesus Christ. Actually, Palm Sunday, the beginning, is to show how absolutely fickle human nature

is. Today we see the people in Jerusalem gathered so that they can honor Jesus as their king.

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