Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

Everyone knows it's important to have a good sense of humor.

In fact, it's a sign of sanity, a sign of insight, and often enough a sign of

real humility.

But everybody also knows that certain jokes are not okay morally.

In fact, the Catholic moral tradition condemns the sin of derision or what the catacism calls irony aimed at disparaging someone

by maliciously caricaturing some aspect of their behavior.

And we know there are other jokes that are blasphemous or totally inappropriate in other ways.

So how do we distinguish humor that's healthy, all in good fun,

from jokes that should be off limits for everyone.

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 us and is his noun at the hour of our death, amen.

They'll 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, and is now

and at the hour of our death, amen.

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