Welcome to our daily 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. One of the most common excuses we give for not being Saints is by acting as though

holiness is just for people in certain walks of life.

You hear it all the time. People say, well of course I'm not a monk or a nun or a priest. Maybe those folks can afford to be Saints. Maybe they have the time to be Saints. I don't.

And we say, well, we have to be balanced. We're mothers and fathers and managers and employees,

and we have lots of responsibilities in the world.

So we have to balance holiness with all the rest of the stuff we need to get done. But that's not what it means

to be a disciple of Jesus. Jesus told all his followers to be perfect as the Heavenly Father is perfect.

And holiness isn't one thing that you balance with other things.

Holiness is the balance. It's the balance that comes from sanctifying your whole life.

And remember, balance doesn't mean comfort. A tight rope walker is balancing and it's difficult. It demands

concentration and focus and effort and practice. So don't use balance as an excuse to be a mediocre Christian or

better said a lazy Christian.

If you're a disciple of Jesus,

you don't get to be lazy about your faith.

We are obliged to let our faith transform our whole life, and that's what it means to be a saint.

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

Give us to stay our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us

from evil, amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women.

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