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.

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

Now, Ellie Weissel, the famous concentration camp survival, said that

a person is more defined by his gratitude than by any other characteristic.

St Paul seemed to think the same thing,

for he says in 1st Thessalonians,

Chapter 5,

Rejoys, always, pray constantly.

Give thanks in all circumstances,

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Today, God gave me the great blessing of hiking to the top of

a mountain in Colorado with my daughter's Sarah and Grace to hike through the green pine trees and then clear the tree

line and reach the summit where the whole Western range exploded up in the distance.

It was spectacular. And there is nothing better than sitting down

at the top and resting in delight in something that only God could make. And on the way down we took our time, stopped and marveled at the

blooming wildflowers, that God plants in the most surprising places, and I

cooled or I should say froze my bare feet in a mountain stream where I could see its source from the snow.

Now, it can be pretty hard to remember to be grateful all the time.

And we don't just forget to be grateful in the hard times, but it's crazy we even forget

to be grateful in the good times.

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