This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our rosary meditation.

Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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

for Olivia Keneally asking the intercession of Pauline Jericho, and for all those that you would like to pray for.

Tomorrow is the beginning of Advent. One purpose of Advent is to remind us of our purpose in life, to wake us up and to get us moving toward our goal.

The very first line of the catechism tells us we were created to share in the very

life of God.

And the Bible in 1 John chapter 3, verse 2 says that the purpose of our life is to become

like God.

Yes, that is really what the Bible says, and if you don't believe me, look it up

yourself. In other words, what God is offering is that we become a saint and a great saint at that.

The virtue that corresponds to what God is offering is the virtue of magnanimity. It comes from two words,

great soul. Magnanimity is to have a great soul. God offers us all we need to share in his life,

become like him and be a saint. Magnanimity is the virtue by which we say, wow, I want that. God, I want

what you want for me, and I will do whatever it takes to receive this gift. Magnanimity is the desire

and action to become as great as God wants you to be and nothing less. The opposite of magnanimity is to be

pusillanimous. Can you say that word? Pucillanimous, which also comes from two words,

small soul. Puselanamus, which also comes from two words, small soul.

Puselanimus is to choose to suck spiritually and in virtue.

To be pusillanimous is to choose to be less great than God wants you to be,

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