Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin 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 is the feast of St. John, the Apostle. I think we could sum up Christianity as friendship

with Jesus and friendship with others, and I think this is precisely what characterized the life of John the Apostle.

Jesus nicknamed John and his brother James Sons of Thunder, probably because they were so angry at the Samaritans who

wouldn't give them hospitality on their journey to Jerusalem that they wanted to call down

fire to torch them.

Now, John with his brother James probably had a pretty passionate personality, maybe even a little bit of a fiery temper, and they

tended to be a little rash. Well I can relate to that. Saints don't usually start out as such. Good thing for us. Most importantly, John

had a deep friendship with Jesus, and that made his life an amazing adventure.

John was with Peter and James when Jesus entered the home of Peter and and healed his mother-in-law.

And John along with James and Peter witnessed the raising of Gyres daughter from the dead.

They were the only ones with Jesus on Mount Taber for the transfiguration

when Moses and Eliza appeared to them and the Father's voice from heaven spoke. Likewise, they were alone with Jesus during the agony

in the garden, though they fell asleep. Only John and Peter were sent into the city to make preparation for the Last Supper, and at that Last Supper, John sat next to Jesus, actually rested his head upon his chest, upon his heart, while Christ

gave his last and greatest teaching and instituted the Eucharist. It was then that Jesus said to the Apostles,

no longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing, but I have called you friends.

Or Father who art in heaven, hallow it would be her 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, Amen.

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

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