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.

Yesterday we meditated on the sin against the 8th commandment of speaking gossip, which is a

terrible sin, but just as bad is passively listening to gossip. The Psalms are the official prayers of God's

people and what are the first words of this incredible collection of prayers, what is the best beginning of the very

first Psalm?

It's this.

Happy the man who never follows the advice of the wicked, or walks in the way that sinners take, or sits and listens to scoffers.

Now scoffers are gossipers.

So the first Psalms telling us that it's not enough to avoid evil action or even to avoid evil words, we're also supposed to avoid listening to evil speech.

Don't listen to gossip.

For practical purposes, this means it's not enough to refrain from gossiping yourself.

We're supposed to fight against even listening to gossip, which as we know can be a lot more difficult.

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.

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

Blessed art thou among women.

Blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for a sinner is known at the hour of our death,

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