This is the movement of the Holy Family, meeting people to Jesus through friendship, good conversation and the rosary. The rosary.

Welcome to our rosary meditation.

Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

It's called to mind all those we've promised to pray for,

especially that Steve White may receive a new heart

and for the healing of Olivia Kinnealy.

Now for all you parents who don't know what to do with kids who are away from God and you might be discouraged, listen to this. I had the privilege of having lunch with a fantastic

young professional guy who told me this story. He had been in a long relationship, head over heels in love, and then was devastated

with the revelation that she had been unfaithful. He spiraled out of control. He lost faith in himself in other people and in

God and his one and only thought was how to remove the pain. He tried everything, but the pain was too strong and he thought

there was no way out that there was only pain on the horizon of his future.

Now his dad could see his son was in trouble.

So he signed him up to receive the Rosary podcast by text message and every morning at 4.29 a.m. it would ping.

The young man said he would look at his dog and say that's God calling but I'm not answering.

Yet his dad persisted he wouldn't give up.

He'd call his son and say you got to listen to this episode. It made me think of you all day.

This went on for more than a year until the young man could take the pain no more.

That was the night he took a gun and pulled the trigger.

But the safety was on.

Then he heard,

Ping. It was 4.29 a.m. Then he heard ping

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