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Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. Today we meditate on the great

gift that Jesus has given us in the Pope. Not to use too violent an image, but if you cut a person's head off,

that person will no longer be able to govern his body. You can't tell your hands what to do, or your feet

what to do unless you have a head to tell them. So if the church is Christ's body, what is the head that Christ uses to govern this body?

Now some people will tell you that Christ himself is the head, and that's true of course.

If we mean simply that Christ rules over the

church or that Christ is in charge of the church. But how does Christ rule over the

church? After all, we can't see Christ anymore. So to us, Christ

is no longer a visible head of the Church. What we need is a Church with a definite visible structure and a definite visible

source of leadership. And this is why Christ gave his church, the Pope.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallow would be your name.

Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us stay our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil

amen. Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee

blessed art thou among women blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary mother of God.

Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou among women.

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