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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.

Today I've got to give a special shout out to

Olivia, Francesca, and Penelope.

These are three little girls who live in Queens, New York,

who every morning at 5 a.m. before school

they get their mom Janus up and their dad Giovanni

and say, it's time for the Rosary.

So you are little awesome Rosary warriors. And we

also want to give a shout out to Rosetta, who came out to Central Park to pray the Rosetta who came out to Central Park

to pray the Rosary with us this past Sunday.

Now, the very first disciples began a nine-day novena leading up to Pentecost in the upper room after the

ascension.

So today we are beginning our preparation for Pentecost through these nine days of Rosary meditations. Now Pentecost celebrates the birth of the church, the mystical body of Christ.

And St Paul tells us in Colosians chapter 1 that Jesus is the head and

the church is his body. So we are the members of the mystical body of Christ.

Jesus and his body, the Church, are conceived and born in a similar way,

that is, by the power of the Holy Spirit and the maternal cooperation of Mary.

So let's begin with the birth of Jesus.

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