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Welcome to Let Love, a podcast with the Sisters of Life. We invite you to join us for conversation looking at life through the lens of love. You are loved. You are made in God's image, and your life matters. Let's talk about it.
Howdy, this is Sister Annie's Day, and this is Sister Veritas. And we're back with Let Love podcast with the Sisters of Life. Talking about, what are we doing? Let Love Keep It Real.
Let Love Keep It Real. Yeah, it's cool. Um, yeah, and I, I'm all about it. Yeah. In fact, keeping it real is like, really big these days, you know, in general, don't you think?
Like, I think so. Yeah. Yeah. Like, you know, organic stuff and like, yeah, and you know, like, not the real people want the real thing. Like they want to go back to the basics. Back to the basics. You know, it's like they're tied. Yeah. Homegrown. You know, raw milk. Yeah. Nice. That's really good. Mm-hmm. You know, organic brown organic eggs. Yeah. Let's keep it unrefined. It is. It tastes good too. It tastes better. It tastes better. I mean, yeah, that's what I grew up on. Yeah. You grew up in Maine. I mean, open Maine. And actually, if anything, like, if someone snuck like low-fat or fat-free into the cart, as soon as Dad saw it, go into the garbage. I'm serious. Because he did. He, as a father, he's like, "No, no, no. I want my kids to eat real." Wow. I want, I don't want chemicals. I want, I want real.
A knife. So I drank whole milk. And, uh, right. That's awesome. Yeah. And that's, I mean, that's a great analogy, Sister. Like God, the Father, He wants His kids to eat real. He wants us to eat the real. It's actually, I love it. Sister. It's true. Yeah. And it's like, we've been, we've been feeding ourselves with junk for so long. And like, like we were sick of it. I mean, I think you could see like, people want more. And, and it doesn't, like, I remember as a kid, if you had this experience when you're like, totally disillusioned. Yeah. But like, yeah, like, um, when the Brontosaurus, which we learned about in school, it was later declared that they had gotten the bones all mixed up, so it didn't really exist. It was like, "What? I loved you." You know? Or like, Pluto, no longer a planet. Amen. Really hard.
Well, I think you speak to something very real, Sister, that, yeah, right. It's a disappointment in life. But, and again, that wasn't intentional. But when we, when we're disappointed, or when something we thought was true doesn't follow through to be true, or when we're sold a counterfeit, um, or even it's like that feeling when you're talking to someone and you know, "Oh, you know what? I don't think they're being honest with me. I don't think they're being real." Um, you know, in our relationships, in our desire for love, in our dreams for our future, in life in general, we want authenticity, genuineness. Um, I want the real thing. But, um, how do I claim that? And when it comes to a life of faith, what's real? And how do I keep it real with the real, wow, so to speak?
That's seriously deep. Yeah. I mean, whoa. Thanks. Thanks. This is really. But it's a great question, Sister. And I think, I mean, I want to dive in and, and maybe we should start with a prayer. But I think it's just like, let's pray. Yeah. And let's hash this thing out. Yeah. Yeah. Sounds great.
In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen. Father in Heaven, we thank You. We praise You. We love You. We come to You as Your children and we ask for the grace to live as Your sons and daughters, trusting in the good that You have for us. Um, surrendering ourselves to Your provident care, welcoming and receiving Your love. We entrust ourselves, Father, to Your loving will. We ask for every grace to trust it. And Blessed Mother, be a mother to us now and help us to live in the real, as you did in the, the life of Your Son, Jesus. As we say, 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 Grace, pray for us. Amen. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen.
Thanks, Sister. Yes. You listen to joy. But I love what you brought up, just to, just the real, and especially the realm of faith. Like, yeah, how do we know what's real? And how do we live by it? How do we live out of it and in it? Um, and it actually made me think of, uh, and pull up this quote from the Catechism, um, a definition of, of faith, you know, which I think is, is really related to reality. You know, because it's like, um, to believe things that we can't see, you know, especially the realm of faith. Yeah. Um, but trusting that they're more real than, than we know, you know. And, and just, anyway, this quote from the Catechism: "By faith, man completely submits his intellect and his will to God. With his whole being, man gives his assent to God the Revealer. Sacred Scripture calls this human response to God, the author of revelation, the obedience of faith." And, uh, yeah, I just love to kind of, in connection with what you said, just to break this open more. Like, I guess, A, like, yeah, what's real? And B, how do we live in the real? Um, both, you know, physically and, and spiritually. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, and I think as you read that to me, Sister, that's a dare. And there's some scary words in there, right? For the average person, right? Obedience. Yeah. Um, it's a big, scary one. Faith. Yeah. I think there's something about like, you know, tossing my, my intellect and, right, faculties in obedient faith to the Lord, right? Uh, and I think even if I look at my own life of faith, what I see is these pivotal moments where this dare kind of confronted me. And it's kind of like, am I going to leap in faith and trust that God is who He says He is, and that He's trustworthy? Or am I going to kind of, it's almost like being on the, on a cliff, on the side of a cliff, you know? Am I going to kind of hold on to the side of that thing, or am I going to take a huge leap of faith? And what I can say, and whether this was, you know, in middle school at my confirmation retreat and saying, "Yeah, actually, I think there is something more." Wow. And daring towards that. Or whether this was in high school and making different decisions because I knew there was a goodness in me and a goodness I was called to, and I wanted to live for that, even though that cost. Or whether it was choosing a college, or whether it was choosing a career, or then whether when it was came to the point of like, "God is calling me to religious life," and trusting that. Wow. But it was all of these things are a leap in faith. And that hasn't stopped. I would say, you know, after eight years professing final vows, giving this "yes" to God, and, and knowing, in a way, what I'm saying "yes" to. I have the form. I'm saying "yes" to a life of consecration, being set aside for God. Yeah. I'm saying "yes" in the form of vows, poverty, chastity, obedience, to protect the sacredness of human life. Yeah. And yet, at the same time, I'm leaping off a giant cliff. I have no idea where I'm gonna, where God's gonna call me to live, love, serve, receive, right? Right. And yet, knowing Him. And as we come to know Him, and as I believe so as to understand, not understand so as to believe. This is, this is the great dare of Saint Augustine. Big difference, right? Yeah. Right. Yeah. I'm gonna believe and come and arrive at this truth. I'll touch this gift. Uh, I've never been disappointed by God. He's never given me a reason not to trust Him. Uh, He's showed up. In fact, my only regret in life is that I haven't trusted Him even more. Wow.
Sister, that that's powerful. And actually, hearing that, even just like what you charted, like middle school, high school, you know, entering religious life, professing vows, like all those moments, um, it seems like you touched something that you knew was more real than anything else you had known to that point. And it wasn't like, um, often people accuse, you know, us, you know, those who have faith of being like, you know, stupid or not thinking or like, but it's like, I mean, that's not, I mean, that's not true. That's not the case. And it's like, it sounds like you actually touched something so real that to, um, to turn away from it would have been a denial of your own, um, not only God, but your own, your own heart and your own person. Yeah. Yeah.
Well, and knowing too that, I mean, precisely, Sister, yeah. It's a, it's a leap of faith, but it's actually the secure leap you could make. Yeah. Because what you're leaping into is the one you've been created for. What you're leaping into is, um, whoa, you know, you've been made for greatness. And, and, you know, it's beyond and yet deeply within yourself. And, uh, and, and if, in a sense, that those leaps, don't, I don't think those stop until 15 minutes after your death. Sure. I believe it. And yet, it's what we've been made for. Yeah. They allow us to ascend, to climb, yeah, the heights of love, of grace, of, of blending my life with God, yeah, of taking risks for the one that I love. Um, so that, I would say, it's way more secure than holding on to, you know, my calculations, of my five-year, 10-year plan, of my finances, of the house that's here today, gone tomorrow, of the stuff that I will console me today, maybe entertain me today, but, you know, what tomorrow, it gets a little bland and dry. Yeah. What this is, is, is the realist thing. And you, you speak to that beautifully, Sister. Yeah.
Well, and it even strikes me, too, Sisters, and maybe you could expand on this, but like, as you're speaking and thinking of my own experience, and which is, you know, similar in some ways, I guess, but, um, not only that, um, it's like the realist thing, but that actually you find yourself becoming more real with every "yes" you give. And it's like, you actually, like your interior world expands in a way, and almost like solidifies in a way, with every kind of leap of faith into the, what you believe truly is more real. Um, and it's like, you, you actually become more and more yourself. And I don't know, I was just thinking, just as you were speaking, with like, "Gosh, I, that, that's a good test of, of reality. Is something true? You know, is it, is it actually, yeah, helping me be more myself? Expanding me? Or is it, um, eating, eating me? And, you know, making me doubt, you know, who even who I am, you know?" Yeah. Yeah.
Sister. Well, and even, gosh, like, just to ground this in reality, looking at, um, the foundations of our own community, right? Uh, we're 30 years old. We're barely, we're young. I'm part of the Church, barely out of our diapers as a religious institute. You know, the good Dominicans have 800 years, yeah, underneath them. I know. And in fact, just as an aside, when we were celebrating our 25th, and if you remember that, oh, gosh, and there was a Dominican, they were celebrating the same year, their 800th anniversary. And one, one Dominican, he said, "Tell the new kids on the block, happy birthday." Oh, like that. Awesome. But it's really, we love that, right? Cheers to our good Dominican brothers and our Franciscan brothers as well. Yeah. Um, but this is, this was the walk of our founder, Cardinal Connor. And even to listen to this, is a man who's spent most of his, his life serving men in, in the naval chaplaincy, and starting a religious community was a huge dare. He's 70 years old. And this is a time I would, I would start kind of quieting down at age 70. He's already the Cardinal Archbishop of New York. I think he's got plenty to do. And yet, okay, the Lord opens his heart, um, places His dreams in Cardinal O'Connor's heart. Like, He wants to give this charism of life to the world. And He's chosen Cardinal Connor as an instrument who can carry this grace. But to look practically at that reality, I mean, can I just read to you? Yes, after praying about this for for years, he, he basically writes a column in Catholic New York, and the title of it was, "Health Wanted: Sisters of Life." That's awesome. That's an act of faith. Total faith. That's like walking on water with pewter, right? Yeah. And this is, I mean, it starts out, this column is essentially a commercial, better a help-wanted ad. "I would like to establish a new religious community of women." Um, I mean, he says, "I believe the time has come to act. If it is truly the work of the Spirit, it will come to be. If not, it won't and it shouldn't." Wow. Okay. That is faith. Isn't that amazing? Yeah. He said, "Obviously, the Blessed Mother has to play a critical role, as does Saint Joseph, right?" So he, here's a man living in, in the spiritual realities. And this is to be honest, Sister, when I look back at our community and the life of our community, the reason I think we've been able to grow and ultimately allow this act of God to be conceived in our hearts and in our lives as a community is from the beginning. I mean, Cardinal O'Connor knew it wasn't going to be about, um, what we did, even though yes, we're going to, we're going to take a fourth vow to protect the sacredness of human life. Yeah. He knew it was who we were. Yeah. Who are the Sisters of Life? And he knew the value of being. Yeah. And you might think, like, "What's being?" You know? And actually, it's really kind of poo-pooed by the culture today, I would say. Like, totally. You know, you do, and you get stuff done, right? Um, and your, your worth is measured by how much you can produce or achieve. Totally. There is, yeah. Meanwhile, here's Cardinal O'Connor saying, "No, no. Your worth, your value is in your being. The fact that God chose you. Yeah. The fact that God insisted, yeah, you exist. Yeah. And your heart is beating. Yeah. And the fact that you're alive means that God is sharing His life with you in this moment. It's amazing. He wants you. Yeah. Um, He thinks you're necessary. Yeah. And that's a profound thing. As you sink into that reality, I think this world of faith comes alive in 3D because all of a sudden, you're aware of this greater Someone who loves you and who is with you and who is walking with you, right? I mean, like, like Peter on, on walking on the water. I'm sure the other disciples were like, "What?" But he knew. He knew it was safe because Jesus was looking at him and calling him, yeah. It's, it's really something, Sister. And I love, I just love what you've painted with the, like, our community and the Cardinal. And I mean, that, I mean, that's bold. That's bold. It's really bold. And you have to be rooted. I mean, you're talking about being. You can't do unless you first are. Um, but, but that's really rooted in a deep faith that, um, that it's true, that it's real. Um, and that, you know, I matter. You matter. Yeah. The life of God is pulsing through my veins. You know? And it's like, this is not stuff we can measure under a microscope. Um, but it's, it's, it's like so true that it, it, um, it resonates in the, in the being, right?
Well, even as you, love it. I love it. It's just a beautiful gift to have a conversation with you, Sister. But thinking about our charism of life, um, speaks to the reality that every person is good, is worthy, has value, just in their being. Yeah. Um, and I'm not surprised that, again, this is a huge foundation of, of our own religious lives and our own, um, capacity, I think, to have been able to ground ourselves and live with faith and allow God to bring this whole thing to life. Um, but I, I, I think in a, in a big way, you wonder why this charism now? Because I think today, more than ever, perhaps, um, there is this spirit that speaks against, definitely precisely against that reality of, of a person's goodness just in their existence, in their being. Yeah. And, I mean, you can call it what you want, contempt for human life. Yeah. It's, it's basically, where do you see this spirit? In every act of killing. Yeah. You know, whether it's euthanasia, whether it's, um, suicide, right? It's this spirit saying, "You are not worth it." Um, "You are," yeah, yeah, "you're not enough." Not enough is history. I think it's true. I mean, the spirit of self-contempt. Right. I think it's, it's something that's ravaging our society. Um, and I think it's, it's partly rooted in, in the big lie that's being spread that you have to create your own reality. You're responsible for creating your own reality. And, you know, what? Yes, like we have free will, we have to make choices in life, that's part of being human. But if we're like, beating ourselves over the head trying to create our own reality, that's exhausting, not just physically, spiritually, emotionally. And, you know, why? It's also exhausting because I'll never be able to do it because the reality is, I'm, I'm loved and I'm held by love, and I don't have to create myself. But if we don't, if we're fighting against that or pushing against that, um, you're also pushing actually against the own very fiber of our being. And, and which really, I think, leads to this spirit of self-contempt and, and, yeah, what you're talking about, you know, these, these acts of destruction against, demon person. Um, and it's a lie. It's a lie. It's like this self-implosion. Very simple example, but, you know, like, uh, printers, like they can always recognize an ungenuine cartridge, you know? And it's like, this, they'll tell, it tells you, like, "This is not a genuine cartridge." Yeah. You know? It's a, you know? And it's like, we, I mean, it's a very simplistic example, but we know when we've been told something or fed something that's not a genuine cartridge, right? And it, it's like, um, when we get fed stuff that's not true, um, it's like rejected. But sometimes that can be taken to the extreme of rejecting ourself, right? I don't know if that makes sense.
But no, I think it does, Sister. And I think perhaps, and again, we're all vulnerable to it as, as human beings. And, you know, setting expectations for us or ourselves, or living according to the expectations of others, or, yes, living in faith. What it does is, as we look to God, we come to know who we are. And if there's an eclipse there, if that connection is severed, then, right, we look for definitions elsewhere. And as you say, with this, this cartridge, if we put the wrong cartridge in, it's like, um, nothing. No other definition can satisfy. And if we're living according to cultural definitions, if we're living according to expectations, um, in the fashion industry, um, or just keeping up with the Joneses, or whatever, um, we get tired, first of all. And second of all, it's counterfeit. Yeah. It's actually counterfeit. Like, that none of those are fair assessments or, or have any permission to measure, actually, what my being, which is sacred, it's of inestimable value, that the very life of God is, is within me, and that God is the author of life. So it is, it's like, I think we're all vulnerable. And it's, it's keeping watch, um, keeping watch and, and fighting that spirit. I know, I think even as sisters, being aware of how we're being tempted away from receiving ourselves from God, right? From, from measuring myself according to His love, from finding my worth not in what I do or don't do, or what I have or don't have, but in the fact that God has insisted I continue to exist. I'm good. And I, I can, He desires me to be about and living a good. Um, but I would say it's a time where people are, are very vulnerable, I think, in our world. And I guess I want to speak into that. It's like, to resist, um, to help your friends resist, um, that spirit of contempt for your life. Yeah. Because your life is good. It's so good. It's beautiful. Yeah. Um, you are an original splendor of the living God. And actually, we need you. Yeah. We need you to be who you are. That's what God needs you to be. Yeah. And, um, yeah, resist that. Reject it. Yeah. It's, it's a lie. And, um, and you're loved. Yeah. Yeah. We, we beg you, actually. Um, and God, like Sister is saying, I love what you what you said, but He insists that you exist. He keeps choosing you. He never stops choosing you. Ever. Ever. Um, and to, yeah, to reject that, that spirit of self-contempt, and then to rest in the truth of His choice of you, His love of you. You delight His heart. God doesn't only love you. He likes you. Yeah. He actually likes you. Um, I think we don't think about that enough. Um, but like, that's, that's the, that's the pulse. That's the heartbeat. That's everything, you know, of our lives. Um, yeah.
I love your expectations, Sister, because I think it's true. We all are vulnerable to it because we're human. And because we live in a world that is dark, and it's scary, and it's been disappointing, and, um, and we don't know what's going to happen next, you know? And, and, but to let Him hold us, yeah, to let Him hold us. And, and to believe, like, He's never gonna let go. Yeah. He's never gonna stop loving us. Um, He's never gonna stop choosing us. Um, no matter what happens. And He's with us in it. Yeah. Amen. Sister. Spoken like a true spiritual mother. It's beautiful. Amen.
Well, no, and He's the certainty in the midst of uncertainty, you know, even in the wake of failures and disappointments, whether they're small scale or large scale, whether or not life is everything you thought it would be, or you actually cannot believe how disappointing it's been, right? Where you are making an act of faith, thanking God for being with you, thanking God for leading you, and even in those acts of faith, drawing in power and strength. I would say, it's like, give yourself a 24-hour challenge. And, uh, make acts of faith at every turn. Like, "Jesus, even though I don't feel You with me, thank You for being with me. Father, even though I feel like I am so alone in this world, thank You for loving me. Thank You for creating me. Thank You for choosing me. Um, thank You for providing for me." Um, like, and, and say it with, like, yeah, like stupid confidence, conviction. Like, "Lord, I believe that You want me. I believe that You see me. I believe that You're here. I believe that every problem in my life, You have the answer to. That You are in Jesus. I, I believe that You're in my heart right now." Um, yeah.
Sister, I think it's so important because, yeah, Sister, I think to be honest, I'm gonna take, yeah, to be plain-faced about it, we're living in a time where we actually, we do have to fight for it. Um, because I think there's a lot of easy slopes, and I think discouragement catches easy. And I think we're living in a culture, perhaps in a time where, where it's almost been normalized to, um, despise yourself, or learn to not cherish the gift of life, whether it's yours or those around us. And, um, we have to fight, like, like, "No, right?" Um, "You're good." Right? And I think too, I mean, just to hold up, Sister, I think it's so important, um, and I think that, I mean, the fight is a lot. I mean, we talked about in a previous issue, but our thoughts, how we're thinking about ourselves. But also, um, and I think it's very insidious, but the fight, even like, I'm not, I'm not trying to slam social media, but the fight in social media, you know, if I wake up every morning and the first thing I do is grab my phone and scroll from through my feeds and start comparing myself to other people in my social media feed, wow. That, that charts, that, that sets the course of my day, unless I choose to get off of that. Um, if I'm living in constant comparison of myself, and I experience, you know, I see the worst of myself and the best of myself, I see it all. But if I'm comparing the worst of myself with what, you know, other people are posting on social media, which is usually, you know, their best photos, what's the recipe for that? I mean, what will that result in? Discouragement, like you're saying, comparison, beating myself up, "I'm nothing. I'm not worth it. I can't do it." Yeah. Which easily leads to self-contempt. So it's kind of like, I, I mean, part of the 24-hour challenge is, is, gosh, you know, what, what am I? How am I feeding the truth of myself? Like, how does that make sense? How am I, what am I feeding myself? Um, how am I looking at myself? Do I need to be doing this? You know, every morning scrolling through, every night comparing myself with others? Maybe not. Amen. Maybe not. Because maybe it's actually just draining me of confidence, draining me of hope, draining me of faith, yeah, draining me of any regard I have for myself, yeah. I, I, I mean, I would encourage us all, whatever our social media is, and we don't even have it, but any situation in our life, to look at that: Is this actually bearing fruit? Am I becoming more myself, like we talked about earlier? Yeah. Or am I becoming a shell? Amen. Yeah.
Well, it's, I think this is where it's like, "Let Love Keep It Real." Because being real with yourself and really asking yourself those hard questions, "Am I really? Am I really happy? Like, are the habits of my life really helping me live true?" And being real in a sense, if, if right now, um, you're confronted with the reality like, "You know, I don't even think the good life's possible for me." Maybe that's that, the battle, actually, is believing that God loves you, and that God has great plans for your life, and that God has dreams for your love. Um, and maybe you just need to make acts of faith right there. Like, or ask for the grace to believe the truth. Um, yeah. And that it's tough. And that this is why the good Sisters are praying. Yeah. Um, yeah, that you would believe. And, um, believe so as to understand, and let that be your response to life. And let love keep it real for you, especially when, when you're provoked or are tempted, um, to discouragement, or to believe anything else but that you're a beloved child of God. Amen. Yeah. Amen.
That's it, Sister. I think it's so awesome. It's like, it's the good news, Sister, I tell ya. But, and we gotta hear it more. We do. Uh, we do. In fact, I, we actually need to hear it every day. Every day. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Yeah.
Well, Sister, before we go, before we go, do you have a challenge? I do. I think, um, my challenge would be to find a "keep it real" buddy in your life. Cool. So, someone, because I think, again, we can't, we're not meant to be alone. God said so. Um, I think find someone in your life who you can go to, uh, whether that be a friend, a priest, someone you trust, that you can be open with and go to. And, and whenever you have those moments of despair or discouragement, or "this is what I'm thinking about myself," to go to that person. I mean, not obviously go to Jesus first for everything, but, but to have a friend over that person and just be like, "Hey, this is what I'm thinking lately. Can you speak truth into this? Is this real?" And, and then listen to what they have to say to you. But I think that would be really important. Um, yeah, because I think that's bringing it out, especially those lies, bringing them out into the open, and have someone help you, you know, just stomp on them. That's going to be freeing. And I, I mean, yeah, I encourage all of us for that. Love it. Yeah. Keep it real buddy. Yeah. Keep it real buddy. What about you?
You know, I think just to lean in. And I know it's, I know it's sacred ground. And, um, and yet, just want to lean in. Uh, something I recently heard is, uh, they were interviewing people who, um, it was a handful of people, again, this is years, years ago, but who had, um, jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge with the intent of taking their life. And they interviewed those who actually survived, because there's a number who did survive. And the question was asked, "What was going through your mind as you were falling?" And down to a one, every single one of those people who were interviewed said, "I wish I wouldn't have jumped." Because what I realized is that the problems that I thought were unsolvable, uh, were solvable. Wow. And that actually, this, it wasn't worth my jumping. And I put that out, and I hold that out because I think if you feel like your problems are so overwhelming, and you know, kind of closing in on you, and it's like that, that road is, is seeming to look like, kind of the best option. And again, we all have tough days, and like, life can be tough. Life can throw us some, some tough valleys. And, and I put that out to just invite, if you are confronted with that, to put before you that there are, there's another way. And it is a path of light. And it's a courageous path. And yet, it's the path true to you. And, to trust, and to make an act of faith, right now, that God and His love and His plans and His dreams are way bigger, way bigger, way bigger. And give that a chance. It, that is deeply powerful. I, but I think it's real, actually. I think it's really real. But that's actually why it's so powerful. Yeah. Because it's so real. Just keep it real. Yeah. Amen. And if that's where you're at, keep, please keep it real. Yeah. And, and turn to the Lord and make an act of faith. Amen. Amen.
Sister, thank you. Amen. Sister. Well, do you want to close us down with a prayer? I would love to. Amen.
In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen. Jesus, thank You. Thank You for Your love. For the reality of Your love. Thank You for creating us in Your image and likeness. Thank You for making us Your beloved sons and daughters. Thank You for loving us, for choosing us, for desiring us constantly. Jesus, right now, we just ask for Your Spirit right now to be poured upon us, upon and upon every single person listening. Jesus, right now, especially those who are really struggling with despair, or discouragement, or depression, not believing that they're good, not believing that their life matters, not believing that they're worth, worth love. Jesus, right now, right now, come down. Fill them with Your light, with Your hope, with the reality of Your love for them. Jesus, give them courage. Give them faith in Your love. Help them to know that they are good. That their life matters. We ask our Blessed Mother, pray for us. We give You glory, Lord, as we pray. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen. Amen.
May God wrap you in His love. And we will see you next week. Love you. Remember, praying for you. Amen.
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