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Hello and welcome back. This is Sister Antonie, and this is Sister Veritas. And welcome back to Let Love podcast. And I believe this is our last episode of the second season. I can't believe it. What are we going to talk about? Well, let love surprise you. And it's almost, I mean, I'm surprised that we're already here at the second end of the second season, but it's just a delightful thing to talk about. I can't wait.
Surprises. I love surprises. Me too. Have you had any surprises lately? You? I have had one. I'm so glad you asked. Was it one of the good kinds or like, because the Bronx holds many different types of surprises, right? Right. Yeah, and some are good, and some are less desirable, right? Right. This one was unexpectedly delightful. Yes.
I was, um, well, you see, I was going to collect wood. Uh-huh. What was that for? Should I even ask? Now, it's not a typical activity that we normally do. Um, but we were having a bonfire in the back, contained, very good bonfire, legal, legal, yeah, official fire pit, et cetera. But I was going to collect the branches of a tree that had fallen and smashed one of our chairs in an unexpected advent. That was a surprise. It was a surprise. Just a detour. That was, that was, that was right. It was one of the less desirable surprises. Yeah. I mean, praise God, we were, we were spirit of that. But it was a still evening that evening, and we had left the area, and all of a sudden, the branch crashed down and literally smashed to smithereens one of the chairs that was less desirable. It was a surprise, right? We have a sick tree, right? So, yes, we're praying for the tree. Yeah. What happened this time, right? Right.
So I went to go collect that wood, um, and in that area of the yard, uh, by the street, there is, we have like a dumpster area. It's like a small fenced-in area where there's a little dumpster and trash containment, trash cans. And I'm walking, you know, with purpose and vigor. And then I look, and I, I just have to start laughing because in the trash area, there's a giant teddy bear. I mean, like, how big are you talking? Like six to seven feet tall. Okay. Huge. Are you kidding me? Is he sitting there? And probably four of me could have fit inside him. Okay. He was huge. And he's just sitting against the, in the corner with a big smile on his face, kind of like a little bit dopey, you know. And, um, like he self-quarantined. Okay. That is ridiculous. I just couldn't, you know, it's like the laugh you have in public when you're laughing in public and you can't stop it. That was what I did. But it was so surprising. It's the last thing I expected ever to see in the trash bag, a giant teddy bear. Yeah. It's like, it's like you want to do like a newsreel, like, you know, they do like the, it's like he's, he's big, but he's not bad. Meet Teddy, guys. I mean, did the sisters pray for that? I don't know. We wanted to, uh, we did want to pull him out of there and put him in at the tree to surprise you later. But gosh, we didn't do that. Well, I'm grateful for the thought. Yeah. That is a genuine surprise. It was so genuine. I just, I love it. But it was, it was like, just added complete delight, you know. I feel like that's what God wants to do to us all the time, yeah. Is like surprise us with his love. Yes. And, and delight us. And, you know, like, let's let him. Amen, sister.
Because in truth, there's never a time when God is not loving us. He is. He's loved us from all eternity, and He's loving us into all of eternity. And it's never if, it's always how. And in a sense, I know as I've grown in the grace of awareness and learning to kind of tune in to notice His love, life gets fuller, deeper, richer. And it's a beautiful way to live. Wow. Because I think in a sense, uh, we all desire to live in love. Yeah. Amen. And letting love surprise you breaks it open. Yeah. I'd love to to dive more into it. Let's, let's do it. Yeah.
Do you want to start with a prayer? I'd love to. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit. Come, Lord Jesus. Lord, we praise and thank you for your goodness and your love. Uh, Lord, we surrender ourselves to you. We let go of whatever we're kind of holding on to too tightly. And we, we ask you, Lord, to create in our hearts the space to be surprised by you, to be surprised by your love. Uh, yeah, that you just open, open us to this grace. We ask this in your name, through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, as we pray. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Our Lady of the Annunciation, pray for us. The Holy Spirit. Amen.
Okay, sister. I love your prayer, and I love who you just tucked this whole thing thanks inside the patronage of Our Lady of the Annunciation, because I was just thinking, in a sense, how did God come to us? How does God come to us? And if you look at the Annunciation, talk about letting love surprise you, yeah. That God is all about surprising us. Um, I mean, look at Our Lady here. She is a young, a young woman, and the Holy Spirit overshadows her. This angel Gabriel says, "Hey, you want to participate in God's eternal designs for salvation?" And she gives her yes, and boom, life is conceived like in a virgin womb. Yeah. But not just any life. I mean, divine life. This is divine life. Divine life. Yeah. I mean, God incarnate. God taking on human flesh. No one could have ever thought of that or even dared to hope for that. That's a big surprise. Big surprise.
Well, and I love thinking about this because this is how God, in a sense, God is always inviting us to be conformed, uh, deeper into the image of His Son. And in a sense, that our lives become a living gospel, that the very mysteries of Christ's life, of Mary's life, um, are are echoed within our, yes, within our journey, our pilgrimage home to the Father. And, and I think I let, I love this, uh, concept, let love surprise you, because if we look to Our Lady and we look to how this all began, when the Word was made flesh, when God came to dwell among us and be with us, we see that it's giving space, yeah. That that allowing love to surprise us and allowing divine life to explode into our lives and overflow into those lives around us, uh, we need to, we need to give space. Yeah. We need to actually look for the surprise. Yeah. We actually have to look up and say, "All right, now what, Jesus?" Yeah. Which actually takes a lot of courage. It does. And it also takes a letting go of control in a lot of aspects of our life, you know, and giving us, uh, our hearts the space to to expect that He wants to give us something new, you know. And it's like to have that ready expectation, right? Like they, I've heard priests talk of Our Lady as one who, um, lived so deeply the promises of the Old Testament and was ever expecting God's coming, you know, or God's new mercy. And and just that open posture allowed her to receive the biggest surprise ever known to the world. Amazing. Yeah. This expected hope. Yeah. Isn't that powerful? It's so powerful. When it is, it's a tremendous call for our to grow in the pattern of Our Lady's holiness, to grow, um, and ask her to pray for us that we may be courageous in and letting it be done, and it is. I think you speak well, sister. It's, it's a little scary. Yeah. It's kind of like, again, it's good to have plans and and to steward our lives. And yet also to live kind of with, um, with not too tight a grip, um, and as we do, He unfolds a masterpiece of grace and of delight. And I don't know, I want to crack this open. Where do we see this?
I know it's a great, that's a great question, sister. And actually, it makes me think first, even preceding Our Lady, but going way back to the Old Testament. You know, there's a multitude of stories of God surprising. You know, I think in Isaiah, He says, "See, I'm doing something new." And it's like, after every twist and turn and valley and rut, and it's like, "Look what I'm gonna do!" You know? And you see it, like Moses, right? This is a, you know, Egyptian, well, not really Egyptian, but Jewish, pulled into an Egyptian family, right? Pulled into an Egyptian family, you know, kills a man, runs away, becomes a shepherd, you know, just doing his daily duty. Like he didn't wake up thinking his life is going to change today. And then what happens? He, you know, sees the burning bush, goes to examine it, God calls him, God speaks to him by name, loves him, and then calls him to set His people free. It's like, that was not on Moses's list of things, you know. Is he drinking his morning coffee? Why is to do this, right? When he was brushing his camel down, right? It's like, it's true. And so, like that. Or like, you know, you think of Sarah and Abraham, right? The three mysterious angelic visitors who visit Abraham, you know, and promise him a child, you know. And I just love the part in scripture, and Sarah, they're both elderly. I mean, and what does she do? She laughs because it's ridiculous. Like, I'm like, "Whatever, like 90. Have a baby?" That's a surprise, right? Right. So, but, but then, I actually love that part because God is like, says to Sarah, "Like, you laughed." And she's like, "No, I didn't." He's like, "Um, but you did." But it's like, but then she had, she gives birth to a son, to Isaac. Um, or you think even, I love this, actually, um, Joseph's brothers, Joseph of the many-colored coat, you know, um, and his brothers sell him to slavery in Egypt. And, um, and then the famine strikes the land, and it, you know, and they're all suffering. But in the meantime, Joseph has become like a leader of the people. And they, you know, they go eventually to beg for food. Um, and they don't recognize him. But the surprise of when he reveals himself to them. Wow. And he's so moved to see his brothers, but he's so moved with love. And they're surprised by love and by his mercy. And how, how even in the funny event of their sin, you know, God, God took it and pulled the greater good out of it that could have been if it hadn't happened at all, you know. And like God's surprising us with His creative mercy and love. And, and like, I mean, which you said before, there are no dead ends. And no dead ends. Yeah.
Sister, and I love that phrase, creative love. Because if we give this space, He can do anything. That love conquers all. And even here, we go, Old Testament, if we skip to the to the New Testament and beyond, right? Into the saints that are made in and through letting love surprise them. So Cardinal Antoine, oh, he's so good. He's amazing. I mean, this man, in a sense, um, he was a political prisoner of a communist regime in Vietnam. And he was in, in jail, essentially for 13 years, nine of which were in solitary confinement. Wow. If you can imagine. Wow. I cannot imagine. That's history. It's outrageous. It's like the worst, that's the worst punishment to be alone. Truly. We are geared and wired for communion. And to deprive the human person of communion and connection, it is, I think, the cruelest thing you can do. And yet, even in that, it's like he was tortured. He was mistreated. Um, he was exposed to many sufferings. Um, and yet, I mean, he looked to the Lord. Even, okay, there's an article in the New York Times that, uh, his jailers would often ask him, "Why are you so happy?" Wow. And his response would be, "Because I have faith in my God." And that his faith was truly infectious, in a sense. Okay. I love this. The way he let love surprise him. He said he taught one of his jailers, actually, how to sing this ancient hymn called the Veni Creator Spiritus. How about him? Love that hymn. Even as a nun, it's hard to sing. It's hard. That's a, that's a tough. It's hard. I could try now, but you wouldn't want me to, right? It's hard. It's a hard one. And so Cardinal Bonton is teaching his jailer how to sing the Veni Creator Spiritus, all in Latin. And he learns it. And one, there was a day that Cardinal Antoine was feeling depressed, sad. Um, and I love this. This is how God loves to love us. That the guard noticed this. And so he then sang the Veni Creator Spiritus to Cardinal Antoine. Isn't that incredible? So moving. Even in that, it's like his whole life was such a testament to faith, in the Eucharist, the power of forgiveness, um, you know, redemption, even in a sense, um, you know, he strove to love those that abused him. That's that is like, I, to the capacity to do that, that is love. And the surprise of love. Because what is our natural inclination? There. One of his quotes, um, Cardinal Antoine wrote that only Christian love can change hearts, not weapons, not threats. It is love that prepares the way for the announcement of the gospel. And, uh, he quotes, "Love conquers everything." Wow. Love conquers everything. If we let it. If we let it. And this is a man who lived it to the core and to the depths, you know. Amen. Like, amen. And converted. I mean, I read too, he's converted a number of his guards, and they became friends. It's amazing. This is letting, letting love surprise us, even in suffering, even in our darkest places, even in those places where we think there can be no light, no redemption, uh, no good news. It's like, if we give love space, let it go to work, uh, you can transform other people's lives. You can live difficult things well, right? It's always possible, right? Love isn't always an option. It's true. And it, and it's, um, wherever there can be love, it's like the Lord will put it there. I mean, I actually think I studied biology before I entered. And one of the things I was struck with was that in, wherever there could be life or was remotely possible, or even where it seemed like it wasn't possible, it would be there, you know? Like, even, even like the deep, deep sea fish, the scientists were shocked. I forget what it was. The pressures are so high. They said, "There's no possible way anything can live that deep down." And so they sent like this robotic submarine down to check. And they were shocked. Huge fish. Huge things. It's like, "It's not, how is this possible?" But it's like, like you're talking about God's love, like even where it doesn't seem like it's possible, let Him surprise you. They were shocked. Isn't that so amazing? It's amazing how we even see it in His creation. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, I love this too, like, um, even like, kind of a jump point from that, but even letting life surprise you, like in places of, of sin, you know, where we're stuck in sin. Um, and I think particularly of, of Saint Matthew, the tax collector, right? Who, I mean, tax collectors in those times were, you know, Jewish people who had kind of sided with the Romans, um, and exploiting their own people, right? And so they would, uh, up the taxes and take the cut, you know. And they were hated. They were hated by all of their fellow Jews. And it's, it really just despised. And, and you'd have to keep choosing it to living, you know, it's, there's a deliberate choice that I'm gonna engage in this life, you know. So here's Matthew, stuck, right? We don't, I mean, there's no sense that there's any, you know, desire for repentance or change of life. And then Jesus, what happens? He comes. He looks at him. He says, "Come, follow me." And Matthew, I mean, something happened. Matthew got up and he left everything and he followed Jesus. In a gaze of love. In a gaze of love. Like to be. And there's a, the great Caravaggio painting, right? Yeah. Of Christ coming in, and, and you see the light is amazing, but just that pointing, um, and Matthew, kind of like, "Me?" But there's the experience of, "He sees me. He knows me. He loves me, even in my sin." Unbelievable. And then it, it, it's surprising because I think we can, we can become self-condemning. We can just be in that rut. And then to have like, this gaze of love that actually, like, surprises you out of darkness. It's stunning, you know.
Sister, I love that. Yeah. It's one of my favorite things, yeah, about our God, yeah, is He actually seeks us. Yeah. He seeks to surprise us, right? Right there. Yeah. And just surprised by His mercy. Like, I mean, another great, we might have talked about him before, but, um, Jean Valjean in Les Mis, you know, and that moment, and it's so well done in the, the film, but the moment when he's stealing all the stuff and he's caught and brought back, and, and the bishop, he's like, "Oh, I gave it to him." You know, in that moment, just being so moved by mercy and surprise. It was, you know, he had no right, but he was, it was totally shocked, surprised by love. Yeah. And the possibilities born of, uh, love as it flows from the Cross. Yeah. The victory that has been won there. Um, oh, so powerful, sister. It is. You know, it kind of reminds me of a bit of a funny story, actually, because, well, and before the funny story, there's this, this fabulous quote from Charles Piguet, you know, he's a beautiful writer, a poet. And I would look him up, but he said something quite witty and yet powerful. He said, you know, "There's something worse than having a wrong idea. It's having a ready-made idea." Wow. And then he continues, he says, you know, "There's something worse than having a bad soul. It's having a soul that's quite set in its ways or a soul governed by the force of habit." Um, and he spoke kind of of habit, um, as this this armor that every sword is dulled, and especially the sword of love. Like, and not that good habits are bad, or that we shouldn't be creatures of habit, because we are, but in a sense of being ready for these surprises. And again, this backs up a little story I remember. Um, we needed to have the piano tuned. So we kind of did a cold call to this guy who was a piano tuner. And he came. And, you know, he's tall, probably six foot three. Wow. Lean, just, you know, lean, lean bean. Um, and so he sat down, and I was kind of just sitting there with him. And, you know, I asked him, "Would you like a cup of coffee?" He's like, "Oh, absolutely." So I ran and got him a cup of coffee. And, um, I just said, you know, "Gosh, you know, how did you get into the piano tuning business?" And he's like, "You know what? I, I'm a jazz pianist. I played jazz piano like for decades." I'm like, "Oh, that is amazing. That is amazing." And so he was kind of telling me a little bit about his career, fascinating. I love this stuff. And he was a, you know, is this so delightful to be with, had some great stories. And he's like, "Yeah, you know, but there was one time where my beat, like my beat was off. And for a jazz pianist, like that's like, that's terrible. Terrible. That's the end game. I mean, that's just the worst thing that could happen is your beat right now. You can't deny it. It's the one thing. It's the one thing you need." Yeah. And so he's like, "I was trying to figure it out. I couldn't figure it out. And so I went to the doctor." And he's like, "Doctor, like, I mean, this is a true story. I'm not making this up." I believe he's like, "Doctor, he's like, my beat is off." And the doctor was like, "You know, this is kind of a new problem. Like, I think this is the first time, right? He dealt with the jazz pianist whose beat was off." And, um, he said, "You know, I don't know what's going on. You know, I had my beat, and then I lost my beat. Um, and I'm driving the guys in the band, like, you've got to help me out, like, you know, this is careers, right?" Right. "You can't play with this kind of stuff." Oh. And so, um, so the doctor's like going through the questions, doily-doodles. And, uh, at one point he's like, "All right, you know, um, do you do you drink? You know, do you smoke? Do you drink alcohol? Do you drink coffee?" And, you know, I was like, "Yeah, no, no, and oh, yeah, I drink coffee." And the doctor was like, "Well, how many cups a day do you drink?" And then the jazz pianist sat there for, you know, just a good reflective, uh, 10 seconds or so. He's like, "You know, um, I don't know. Like, uh, probably like 30 to 40 cups a day." That could kill somebody. Basically, he was living off of coffee. Oh my gosh. And so the doctor, you know, like, I don't know, he was a man of, he was reasonable. And he's like, "You know, well, maybe like, maybe cut back, like, you know, 15 to 20 cups, you know, see if you can pull it back." Sure enough, as this jazz pianist dialed down his coffee intake, right, which was hard, you know, um, he had to reach out for new things, um, he got his beat back. Praise the Lord.
Now, do you, this is where make the jump with me, in a sense. I was just thinking about this jazz pianist, and I was thinking about my own life, and I'm like, you know, there are things that I reach out for habitually that can really dull or distance me from the beat of love that is the Lord, from the, um, the desire of love, the conspiracy of love to break into my life, to surprise me. And, and naming those things. And so it is, it's like letting love surprise you. I think part of it is being willing to let go of other things so that you can have open hands, ready to receive love. Um, and so naming those things, like, what what numbs, um, my heart's awareness of God's love? What turns my gaze away from looking for the Lord, noticing Him in and throughout my day? Yeah. Um, what drowns out the voice of the Lord? You know, is there distractions I engage, or do I need to, do I need to pull in a little bit? Find, find deeper silence? Um, but we want to, we want to keep the beat. The Father's love. Yeah. You know.
Sister, I love that story. Fabulous. It's so, I mean, I cannot even imagine. First of all, I can't even imagine drinking that much coffee. But I think one cup would kill me. But it's like, you're serious. I believe you. I love it though, because it's, um, it's almost too, like he was like surprised at the solution, actually. Like, it's not rocket science. It's like this simple, like, "Oh, like there's nothing actually wrong with me." Yep. It's just like, "Oh, you just need a little more space. I need a little more space. Maybe eat a little more." Well, you know, even, sister, I love, yes, it's it's simple. I remember I was, I had a retreat director, this is 10 years ago, early in my days as a sister. And I remember this, he's actually since passed, and he was, uh, he was a fabulous priest. And he's like, "You know, sister," he's like, "just dial it back about fifteen percent." Wow. And I remember being so shocked because I think growing up in this culture and, you know, this time, it's like, it's you're ever striving, you're ever reaching, you're ever just climbing, you know, you're just trying to pull down the next thing. And I can't even tell you how much that advice, that wisdom has helped me. It's like, "Just dial it back about fifteen." Yeah. And I, I honestly, when I remember that, it's like I find rest. I find space. I find myself. I find a freedom to dialogue with God, talk to Him, you know, be aware of where I am, rather than just kind of running through life and to the next thing. Just dial, or if I'm feeling tired interiorly, I, I remember to say that to myself, "You just dial it back fifteen percent." Um, and it helps you tap in. It really does. I, I love that. It's, it's letting go. I think because, like you're saying, like often we think we need to figure it all out. We need to be in control. We need to have all our ducks in a row all the time, you know. And again, yes, there's a, there's a goodness to, you know, living an ordered life. But it's like, we're not in charge. Actually, God's in charge. And when we can actually live in that posture, like, "God, You're in charge, and I'm Your beloved son. I'm Your beloved daughter." And what does a good father do? He surprises. He's surprised, you know. And it's like, um, and not the bad guy. I mean, Jesus says, "You know, what good father is the child asks for an egg, and you give him a scorpion?" Like, that's not the surprise our Father gives us. He gives us delightful things, right? And it's like, even, I mean, I, again, I just, I love nature and creation, but like, if you want, God has a sense of humor too. Like He likes to have fun, you know. And to to trust that, like, to to expect that, you know, He wants to give us fun things and delight us. And like, even looking at nature, like the kinds of flowers that exist, like even orchids alone, unbelievable. They're amazing. Look it up. It's like there's like the, um, flying duck orchid. There's a Blessed Virgin Mary orchid. There's the bee orchid. I mean, they actually look like these things. Like He had fun with that. He wanted to surprise us, you know. You just imagine the first scientist discovering this. It's like, "Wow, what is that?" Awesome. You know, the platypus. Like, He has so much fun, seriously, bringing us joy. The llama. I'm not even. Two weeks ago, I was, I was at a little petting zoo, and there was a llama. And like, I just went up to the llama. I mean, first of all, they're hysterical. Second of all, I mean, this llama, I mean, it's, it's they, they rumored that they spit on you. This llama actually spit on me. I'm actually not kidding. The first person I've ever felt. I'm serious. I was like, "He had an authority problem." I went up over there, and he like spit on me. He was like, literally right in my face. I'm not even kidding. No respect from the llama. I'm sure. I know. I was like, "It's for real. Llamas actually do spit." Oh, yeah. He was having an off day. That's funny. He got to get his beat back. That's funny. But you know, too, sister, you're saying like the ordered life, ultimately, what you learn is that the ordered life is the life that's ordered by love. And it's, and at the service and giving space to the primacy of love, and receiving the gift of love that God holds for us each day. It's delightful. Amen.
But I wonder, sister, before we go, before we go, do you have any fun thoughts, challenges? Yeah, I do. Before we go, I love what you said about dialing it back by 15. And actually, I think my challenge would be to myself and all of us to be able to, um, identify the place in our life that we're kind of like, yeah, going full 150 or like we're just kind of, I don't know, white-knuckling it or have excess control or whatever. And, um, just allowing God into that place. Um, and even, even praying a simple prayer like, "Jesus, surprise me here with Your love." And letting Him, letting Him in there. And then, you know, as you're saying, trying to perhaps dial it back a little bit, but but inviting Him into that place. How beautiful. Yes. Sister, I love that. Yeah. And another thought I had, yes, but even to identify any situations in your life that you don't know how to deal with, like a difficult relationship or a conversation you need to have, or whatever it is, and you don't have the answer to, just ask Jesus, like, "Jesus, surprise me here with Your love. Come into this place. And I know You knew something. I know You're gonna do something. You do it." You know? So I think that's that'll be my second challenge. Oh, I love it, sister. It's like, what we receive when we just ask for what we need. I love it. Um, wow.
Well, before we go, yeah, what do you have? Well, I think I want to hearken to just the personal love of God and the personal nature of it. And I think if you ask any of the sisters, um, they, we love talking about this, like the personal ways that God loves us. And I would just encourage, um, everyone today to say, "Lord, give me eyes for the way that You're loving me personally today." Um, or even in the midst of a, of a, of a rough day. I remember there was a day, it was like, oh, just was going all wrong, right? The world was against me. I just, you know, those days. Yeah. Those are really hard days. And I remember, I'm like, "All right, you know, I'm gonna go for a walk." And I did. I said, "Father, like, I just asked God the Father, I'm like, I need You to show me Your love. I, I just really need You to show me Your fatherhood, Your love." So I went for my walk. And, and that helped, you know, to step back. And then when I arrived back, we had actually, in the midst of my walk, received a large donation of pies. And usually, standard apple pies, right? That's what you usually would get. That's usually the overflow for the bakery. But amidst all of these apple pies, and I'm talking like 50, there was one mini pie. And the, the crust on top was a cut out of it was a giant heart. That's awesome. And the flavor of the pie was rhubarb. Wow. Which I have never seen, heard, tasted a rhubarb pie in the Bronx. But for me, it was this incredible gift of personal love because, um, growing up, my father had the hugest rhubarb patches, and he was so proud of them. And it was always, it was Dad, right? Like rhubarb translated into father's love. And, um, and you know, my father has since passed. And just to receive this little pie, giant heart, filled with rhubarb, uh, that was the Lord. That's awesome. It was the Lord loving me and cutting through, and surprisingly, wow, with His love. And He does this every day. And it's, be it's we are able to perceive and receive it as we, yeah, pull it back 15, ask, as you were saying, sister, and look for it. I love that. That is actually a really moving story, sister. And then it's, it's real. It's what our Lord loves to do. Yeah. I love that.
But now, sister, it's, it's crazy. We're wrapping up, uh, season two. Yeah. We're gonna be back soon, but we're gonna take a little break for the summer. And, uh, we're gonna kick back in August. August 24th. Okay. We'll see you then. August 24th. So we can't wait to be with you. And I've just so enjoyed, yeah, the second season. And, um, yeah, just know our 11 prayers, definitely all those listening, definitely, um, how, how intimately connected we are in in Christ. Amen. And how much we, we carry you with us. Very much. Yeah.
So you want to close in a prayer? I would love to, sister. In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen. Father, we ask for every grace of openness and receptivity. Jesus, share with us Your receptivity to the Father's love. Um, Holy Spirit, make us alert and, uh, sensitive to the gift of love that the Father is seeking to pour out upon us today. We ask for every grace and blessing to be surprised by Your love, Father, in the places we need it most. And we thank You at a time for Your blessings, as we say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Amen. In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen. Blessed summer. Amen. A gift to be with you. See you soon.
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