This is the movement of the Holy Family leading people to Jesus through friendship, good conversation, and the Rosary

Welcome to our Rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for, continuing to intercede for the healing of

Olivia Canoele. Now right before Christmas, it's good to reflect on this question why do we need

Jesus the answer we can't save ourselves the Jews couldn't save themselves by following the law of Moses and the rest of us, the Gentiles.

We can't save ourselves by science, medicine, politics, economics, or reason alone.

In Romans chapter 6, Paul explains that sin is turning away from God, and the consequence of turning away permanently is Hell.

For Hell is the only place one can go to get away from God.

In a variety of degrees, we are all slaves to sin. We are addicts to our disordered desires

and vices. And we don't have the power on our own to turn away to stop to be set free.

Yet we don't like to admit that we are powerless.

Do we?

Now every one of us is a slave to sin in some way.

Pride, Envy, sloth, anger, greed, gluttony, lust, fear, resentment.

The list goes on and on, pick your poison.

Still, we go on thinking we can solve our problems on our own.

This is pride, self-reliance, and it's the reason we refuse to go to Jesus,

and to spend time, the time we should in prayer, because you know, we've got this.

And even if you aren't ready to acknowledge your inability to overcome your vices,

there is one thing no one can overcome on their own. Death.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallow it would be your name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be down on earth as it is in heaven, hallow would be your name, thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those to trespass against us.

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