This is the movement of the Holy Family leading people to Jesus through friendship, good conversation, and the Rosary.

Hello, let us begin our Rosary in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen. The title of our Rosary is Noise versus Silence, But before we begin let's call to mind all those for

whom we said we would pray. Mike has had some very specific Rosary intentions

for some people who are struggling with cancer. So we continue to offer

them up in our prayers. We pray for the Canelies and for Paul Sherman and his family.

I'd like to pray for all priests and our clergy and all those suffering from COVID, whether it's physical, spiritual, or economic.

And here you can press pause and call to mind your intentions.

Throughout Salvation History, the devil uses Throughout salvation

history, the devil uses noise to distract the people of God from listening to God's voice,

as well as to cause fear and panic.

We know from 1 Kings Chapter 19

that God wishes to reveal himself

to his prophets in a still small voice, gentle and not through a loud clamor.

Through the Prophet Elijah, he teaches us that to hear his voice,

we must learn how to tune out the world. As we learn to hear him, we

discover his peace. Somehow, I've been put on a couple of new site outlets that send me headlines via email.

I notice that if I scan these headlines, I immediately lose my peace.

I feel eager or anxious or angry or fearful etc. But when I open up

the sacred scriptures or a good spiritual book and read that instead I'm calmed, comforted, and know that God is the one in control.

God's word restores my perspective. This is why it is so important for us to make a real effort, not a flabby one, to tune out the world and spend more time in silence, more time focusing on

God's word. We cannot forget the things of this world because they are passing, even things that seem so important, things like politics, investments, sports, entertainment, etc.

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