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 to seek him.

We put ourselves in the presence of our Lord, and we ask him to help us meditate on his absolute last words, his words preceding his ascension into heaven, issuing more than a command,

a commission, a global apostolic assignment, and that apostolic assignment.

And that apostolic assignment will remain

till the end of time.

But it's an assignment that, for the most part,

has been forgotten.

It doesn't make sense that the last words of our Savior

would not be taken to heart by the majority of his followers.

Our calling to follow Jesus

in an intimate way

brings to mind this calling.

The Gospel of St. Mark, which tradition has, quotes St. Peter.

It's a compilation of quotes from St. Peter.

His gospel is a combination of Peter's homilies. And so there's a special

precision in what he says, or special accuracy. Preach the gospel to every creature our Lord using mid-eastern

hyperbole drives home his desire I want this message to reach everyone.

And the rest of the Gospels say the same thing, but without that hyperbole. Make disciples of all nation.

And the former father, former prelate Don Javier, now we have a new father's, I recall in many different ways, reminding us in this workshop that even when you cross the street, workshop,

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