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.

Once there was a brother and a sister, the brother's name was Lazarus and the sister's name was Mary.

Now we don't know a whole lot about either of them before they met Jesus.

Many of the early church before they met Jesus.

Many of the early church fathers like Augustine, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Gregory the Great, say that the sister of Martha and Lazarus is Mary Magdalen from whom Jesus drove out seven

demons and those scripture doesn't say explicitly, they believed that she was probably a prostitute.

But the main thing we do know is that they were both deeply devoted to Jesus, and we know they were both deeply devoted to Jesus and we know they were some of his closest

friends but we also know something about their debt to Jesus because we know that Christ rescued both of them. We know that Jesus

actually rescued Lazarus from death itself and we know that Jesus rescued his sister, Mary, from something much,

much worse than death.

Now Advent is about preparing for the coming of Jesus, and when we meditate on this brother and sister, we come to know exactly why Christ came as Savior, and what that means for us.

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. and 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 to live rest from evil men.

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, great for a sinner is known at the hour of our death, Amen.

Eil Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee,

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