This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our Rosary meditation on the Feast of St. Patrick. I just want you to know that even though I have a German name,

I am 3 quarters Irish and my confirmation Saint is St. Patrick. I am joined today with Teresa the Great and my Habibi.

So 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.

Don't waste your sufferings, offer them up.

Well what does it mean to offer up our suffering?

Teresa of Avala in her book, The Way of Perfection writes,

Everything I have advised you about is directed toward the complete gift of ourselves to the Creator,

the surrender of our wills to His and detachment from creatures.

For we are preparing ourselves that we may quickly reach the end of our journey

and drink the living water from the found.

This complete gift of self to God, the offering of our whole being means to offer up our

Thanksgiving, joy, prayer, work, and our suffering.

By offering up these things, we make the complete gift of ourselves to God, and in return he floods us with his divine life.

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 stay our daily bread and for you best our trespasses,

as we for you of those who trespass against us and need us

one to temptations for us for me of all men.

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