This is the movement of the Holy Family.

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.

I'm offering this rosary for all our listeners to despair.

Yes, my prayer for you is that you despair. Despair is the feeling that prompts a person to

give up. There's two kinds of despair. There is sinful despair that prompts us to give up on God.

I don't want that for you. But there is also a holy

despair, which is the beginning of salvation. And it prompts us to give up our pursuit of

worldly contentment, of trying to satisfy our desire for ultimate happiness in the things of

this world alone. Today, I share a story of a woman who tried to find her happiness in everything

but God and always came up empty until she met Jesus. Then she despaired. She quit seeking her happiness

through this world and set all her hope for happiness in Jesus. This is what I want for you.

Holy despair.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallow it 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 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 are thou among women blessed is the fruit

of thy womb Jesus holy Mary mother of God pray for sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

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