all of us be free to receive the sacred body and blood of christ at this eucharist in memory of him. desmond was not only immersed in the liturgical prayer of the church, he was also up at four every morning to pray. to meditate, to contemplate and to intercede. in his intercessory work he would engage in a kirk's tour around the whole world. in his prayer, the world was his parish, and surely that was appropriate for a holder of the nobel peace prize. some give you, in memory of this holy and very human man, this humane person, this humane