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Discerninghearts.com presents Building a Kingdom of Love 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 Essive.

I'm your host, Chris McGregor.

I would like very much to tell you how to set up this ceremony.

Because, you know, if you're going to have a guest,

and he's a very, very special guest, you're going to have a guest, and he's a very, very special guest,

you're going to have to get things prepared for his coming. You know, just supposing maybe

that the Pope were going to come to your home, and he really, Pope Francis was going to come,

and he accepted a dinner invitation.

How important would that be for you to set it up?

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