You're listening to I Pray with the Gospel on the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast.

In the name of the Father and of the, 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,

and receive for me. The Most Holy Name of Jesus. A reading from the Gospel of John

1. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

This is he of whom I said, after me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.

I myself did not know him, but for this I came baptizing with water that he might be revealed to Israel.

I saw the spirit descend as a dove from heaven,

and it remained on him. And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the son of God.

Until then, Jesus had been hidden in Nazareth, known by his parents, some relatives, and a few friends.

But now the time has come to reveal to all nations that God has sent his only-begotten son to save them.

In our baptism, we were made Christians and were given our names,

but there was another name that was given to us in baptism, the name of Jesus,

so that in that name we could ask for

everything and receive everything through it. In the year 1274, great evils threatened the world.

The church was assailed by fierce enemies from within and without. So great was the danger that Pope Gregory

the Teth called the council of bishops and lions.

There the Pope and bishops chose the easiest and most efficacious of means to turn the situation around,

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