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Prayer of the heart. Monday of
the tenth week of Ordinary Time. Come

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Holy Spirit to give me your ever
new life, fill me with that of

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the wonder of a child, to
admire the world and the life that I

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do not get used to the life
that let me surprise every morning, because

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behind everything is your Love, my
God. Help me to recognize that routine

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does not exist, because every day
I pray, because there is always something

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that is beginning. Take all my
life Holy Spirit and fill it with the

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eternal newness of your Love that on
this day does not pass in vain and

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can discover the message that you have
today for my life. Come my Holy

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Spirit Amen. Today we are going
to St John the Baptist. The Gospel

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of Luke is an activity. Chapter
Usicle. Chapter one, Verse fifty-

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seven from now on Elizabeth was fulfilled
the time of childbirth and gave birth to

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a son. His neighbors and relatives
learned that the Lord had shown him great

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mercy and congratulated him. Eight days
later. They went to circumcise the child

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and called him zacarías like their father. The mother intervened saying she' s

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not going to call herself John.
He' s been retorted. None of

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your relatives are called that. Then
they asked by sign to the father what

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he wanted his name to be.
He asked for a tablet and wrote John

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is a man. They were all
surprised. He immediately let go of his

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mouth and tongue and began to speak
blessing God. The neighbors were overwhelmed and

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the news spread all over the mountain
of Judea and all those who heard it

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stopped him saying what this child is
going to be, because the Lord'

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s hand was with him. The
child was growing and his character was gaining

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strength. He lived in the wilderness
until he presented himself to Israel today,

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24 June. The liturgy invites us
to celebrate in the solemnity of the character

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of Saint John the Baptist, whose
life was total, not interested in Christ,

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as the life of the mother of
the Lord Mary of Jerusalem and of

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all parts of Judea. People cured
to listen to John the Baptist and to

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get baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. The fame of

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the baptizing prophet grew to the point
that many wondered if he was the Messiah,

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but he was his braya. The
evangelist decidedly denied it. I am

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not the Christ. In any case, he is the first witness of Jesus,

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having received from heaven the indication about
whom you see the spirit descending and

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remaining upon him. That is the
one who baptizes with holy spirit. This

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happened precisely when Jesus, after receiving
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John saw the spirit drop like a
dove. It was then that he knew

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the full reality of Jesus of Nazarez
and began to manifest Israel by pointing to

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him as the son of God and
redeemer of man. This is the lamb

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of God who takes away the sin
of the world. As a true prophet,

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John bore witness to the truth without
compromise. All vocations are very interesting

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stories full of life and mystery,
because every vocation is a mystery, a

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gift from God. The Gospel tells
us the vocation of the first Apostle of

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Christ. And I am not referring
to St Andrew, his to St Peter,

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but to St John the Baptist,
for he was also an apostle.

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Bet means sent and witnessed, and
that was fair. John Motista, an

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envoy who anticipated the coming of being
the Savior and as every vocation was prepared,

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the Gospel says that he grew and
his spirit was strengthened and that he

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lived in desire. Right. I
remember fondly a boy I knew many years

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ago who was called Alfonso. She
was a college student We talked from time

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to time, and one day she
told me about the beginning of her speech

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to the priesthood, starting high school
at the age of sixteen. He was

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aware that he was far from God, but he had no interest at all.

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I had other illusions in my head. He wanted to fall in love,

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he had friends with a girl,
there was even one he liked and,

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according to him, it seemed that
she belonged to him, but it

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was restless. I didn' t
know why I didn' t, I

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didn' t give year without going
to Mass or confessing. He told me

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that there was no need at the
time. What happened to him was simple

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smoke without knowing why. He never
understood the reason. One day he accompanied

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a friend to a church. He
was there like an octopus on a staple.

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That' s how he expressed them. He noticed that there was a

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priest in a confessional and called by
a force he did not know in God

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went out, went there and got
down on his knees. He told me

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no more, he only experienced such
a merciful paternal welcome. He was kind

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enough to begin to cry and feel
well with a peace that he had not

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noticed for years since his first communion. He had not compared himself on his

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knees again in front of a priest. When he left there, he saw

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an idea instantly in his mind.
Sir, what an impressive peace. I

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would like to be able to give
this peace to many people. That said

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was the beginning of his vocation to
Satrigocio, when I met him I was

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about to enter the seminary. Today
he' s a wonderful priest. The

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example of baptism. Much can come
to us, to serve much, for

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we give, we realize the importance
of following Christ. He was able to

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leave everything to go ahead and anticipate
his arrival. Today, thanks be to

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God, we still encounter many Baptists
who anticipate the arrival of Christ in our

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hearts. They are those generous young
people of God' s call. They

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' re willing to follow her.
Let us ask today for many of them.

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John the Baptist teaches us to fulfill
our mission that we acquire on the

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day of our Baptism, to be
witnesses of Christ, living in the truth

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of his word, to transmit this
truth to those who now have through our

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word and example of life to be
living stones the Church, as well as

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in the Pope. San Juan Palon
II. It teaches us to recognize Jesus

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as the most important thing, as
the truth that we must follow we can

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receive him in the Eucharist. Every
day it makes us see the importance of

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repentance of sins and how we should
frequently turn to the sacrament of confession.

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We can heed the call of John
the Baptist, recognizing our sins, changing

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ways of living and receiving Jesus from
the Eucharist. Eh the daily examination of

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conscience helps conversion, since with this
we were reviewing our behavior before God and

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others. Do a life review to
see your talents you invest us for God

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' s sake and only for your
benefit, or only for your benefit.

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My Lord, and my God,
you have always chosen instruments from humble and

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docile people. This is why I
have asked you for humility to know how

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to recognize him to correspond to your
call, because it would be impossible to

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love you and not communicate to others
to have you and not to share you.

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I don' t want to doubt
how you' d hunt, help

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me beat human respect and not be
afraid to be close to you and help

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others. He will tell you blessing
that God seems to accompany you in your

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heart. Eh eh, take care
of you make you strong, joyful faithful,

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may God son, make you feel
his tenderness and mercy and remove from

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your heart any anxiety that can make
you suffer that God holy spirit gives you

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lights in intelligence, strength in your
heart renewed spirit and determination to love with

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all your heart Blessed Mary, make
you feel her warmth as a mother and

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her loving and tender embrace is St
Joseph takes care of you with his father

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' s heart in the name of
father and son and Holy Spirit Amen