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, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, enter seat for me.

This is a very special time for us to pray together. A great time for reflection.

Anytime we pray is a moment of reflection,

but at this time of year, there's something special in the air.

You undoubtedly remember the first time you read this very poignant point from the way by St.

Jose Maria, where he writes,

Have you seen the dead leaves fall in the sad autumn twilight?

Thus souls fall each day into eternity.

One day the falling leaf will be you.

From the very first moments of this time of prayer together, we ask Jesus to give us this perspective,

to help us to stand back, to take a look at this life of ours on this earth,

to realize that our time here is very short.

You may have come across that inscription on a tombstone.

Who knows where the original is.

But the tombstone represents that which those the the deceased there in that cemetery, are saying to us,

they're saying, that which you are, we were.

That which we are, you will be.

We need that. And is it not true that some people are terrified to think about death?

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