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Welcome to our Rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

And let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for,

continuing to pray for this young Father Troy Bedis

that God will heal Him from this aggressive cancer.

We also pray for Olivia Canili

for her complete healing and recovery.

And I will pause for a moment and you can add your own intentions.

When Joseph was considering what to do about the pregnancy of Mary, an angel the Lord came

to him saying Joseph, do not be afraid to take Mary into your home. So he did as the angel commanded and took Mary into his home. He was

not the only one. In fact, three important people took Mary into their home, Jesus, Joseph, and St John the

Apostle. But to take Mary into their home meant far more than taking her into the physical place where they lived.

We learned more about this from John Chapter 19,

the scene of Jesus on the cross, surrounded by Mary and the Apostle John, the beloved

disciple.

Scripture tells us, seeing his mother and the disciple he loves standing near her, Jesus said to his

mother, woman, this is your son. Then to the disciple he said, this is your mother.

And from that moment, the disciple made a place for her in his home.

Now St. Ambrose says that the original Greek text of this passage suggests a deeper meaning

than simply John taking Mary into his physical home or taking care of Mary.

The Greek text says, Aista Idia, which literally means that John took Mary not just

into his home, just into his home but into his interior life, that is into his soul.

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