It's Wednesday and tonight at 6 p.m. Central time, Theresa and I will be going live for the

Rosary and our good conversation. So come and join us and pray with us. Just turn your

notifications on on our app daily Rosary meditations and we'll notify you. St Paul at one point

compares the Christian life to athletes running a race and in another place he compares the Christian life to warfare against the

powers of darkness. So the Christian life is like competitive athletics and the Christian life is like warfare.

And one thing both athletes and soldiers have in common is that the training for both can be extreme.

Coaches and drill sergeants are known for pushing their players and soldiers

beyond their capacity to the brink of collapse.

They do it so that their athletes can win.

They do it so that their soldiers can survive.

And the soldiers and athletes need to trust their commanders and coaches

so that they can win, so that they can live.

Well, as Christian athletes, as Christian soldiers, our coach, our commander, is ultimately God himself, and no matter how intensive his training program, we need to trust him and accept it if we want to become the soldiers and athletes we need to be.

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 to stay our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from

evil a man.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women. Blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for a sinners,

now and at the hour of our death, amen.

And O Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women blessed is

a fruit of thy womb Jesus holy Mary mother of God free for a sinner is

now and at the hour of our death a man a year O Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee,

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