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I'm Father Jim Martin.

I'm about to lead you through a traditional Jesuit prayer

that will help you notice where God has been in your day.

But first, let's begin with our weekly reflection, which is released

every Sunday.

Do you know who Mother Cabrini is? This week we celebrate her feast day. St. Francis Xavier Cabrini was an Italian-born sister who felt a passionate desire to serve the poor.

In 1880, after founding the missionary sisters of the Sacred Heart, she presented herself to Pope Leo the 13th and asked to be sent to China. Leo answered, not to the east, but to the west.

So she set her sights on sailing to New York,

where she hoped to work with Italian immigrants.

But between the time that she left Italy and arrived in New York,

the local archbishop decided that he didn't need her. No one even met her at the docks when she arrived.

When Mother Cabrini finally made it to the Archbishop's office, he told her that she should return to Italy.

In response, this woman, who knew little English, said, in America I stay.

So she did, where she and her sisters helped countless immigrants.

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