# Conversations with Jesus in the Tabernacle
*2015-04-07*

> Bill Young leads a prayer from St. Thérèse of Lisieux, offering it for the brothers of St. Gregory’s in California as he celebrates the 500th episode of the podcast.

## Celebrating 500 Episodes

Good morning, I’m Bill Young. Today marks the 500th episode of Prayer and Lunch, and I’m grateful to everyone who has listened and shared these podcasts. Thank you for being part of this journey.

## Prayer for the Brothers of St. Gregory’s

We lift up the brothers of St. Gregory’s in California, especially Brother Robert, in the name of Jesus. May they experience the love and protection of Christ in their daily ministry.

## Conversation with Jesus in the Tabernacle

Oh God, hidden in the tabernacle, I return to you each evening to thank you for the graces you have given me and to implore your pardon for my failings during the day, which slips away like a dream.

Jesus, how happy I would be if I had been faithful! Yet I often feel sad in the evening, knowing I could have responded better to your graces. Still, I do not let discouragement over my unworthiness keep me from you. I come with trust, remembering that it is the sick who need the doctor, not the healthy.

I ask you, Lord, to heal me and forgive me. I will remember that the soul to whom you have forgiven more must love you more than others. I offer you all my heartbeats, together with many other acts of love and reparation, united to you as infinite merits.

I earnestly ask, my divine spouse, that you be the doctor of my soul, working in me even when I resist. May I desire nothing but yours. By the grace of your mercy, I will begin anew tomorrow, living each moment as an act of love and renunciation. Amen.

## Blessing

May God bless you all, and especially the brothers of St. Gregory’s.

*Even in our unworthiness, we can trust Jesus to heal and renew us each day.*