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.

Competition can be a good thing. It can be an activity that benefits all the participants.

As long as it's simply an activity geared toward everyone trying to become as excellent as they can.

Because basically there are two ways to get better at something.

The first is to practice in ways to challenge you and the second

is to observe someone who's able to show you how you can improve. In other words

to have somebody else set a standard that's worth reaching for.

That's basically what we're supposed to do when we engage in competitive sports. We challenge other people as they challenge us and

we set standards for each other so that each person can experience an excellent performance

that they can try to reach and surpass.

But competition can be spoiled by envy.

Envious competition happens when you don't care about being better than you are.

All you care about is being better than everyone else, so you attack everyone else.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallow would be your 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.

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

Blessed art thou among women.

Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death,

Amen.

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