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.

We are finishing up temperance meditating today on the second part of the deadly sins,

anger, greed, gluttony, and lust.

Now anger of itself is a neutral emotion. It's a God-given emotion meant to

prompt us to achieve something difficult or arduous

to correct some evil

or endure something we can't change

without giving up or becoming evil ourselves. So anger as a power or energy is meant to be

constructive, to give us the energy to correct an evil or end an injustice. But anger becomes sinful when it's inappropriate

for the circumstances, maybe it's too strong or it lasts too long or it seeks to hurt others to get revenge

to protect our ego or to show our importance and power.

This kind of anger, it's not constructive,

it's not directed toward a good.

Anger is sinful when we use it to get our way like a terrorist. So when do you get angry? What causes

you to be angry? Do you get angry about things that are beyond your control? Do you get

angry about the decisions of political authorities or church authorities?

What good is that kind of anger going to do anyone?

Why worry about the decisions you can't make?

The whole point of anger is to help you carry out the decisions that you can make

Those that are within your scope of authority

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.

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