Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. 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.

Too many people see the goal of the Christian life as the avoidance of sin.

If you were to ask the question, what's a good Christian?

You'd get a lot of people who'd answer in purely negative terms. They might say, a good

Christian is someone who doesn't murder or get drunk or do drugs or tell dirty

jokes or steal.

But that's not a good definition of a Christian.

After all, people in comas don't do any of these things.

Neither do some terribly evil people and neither do the

demons. But when we think of ideal Christians, hopefully we don't think of a comatose person or evil people or fallen angels.

A good Christian shouldn't focus on avoiding sin.

A good Christian should focus on doing good.

Someone isn't a good Christian or even a good person,

because he doesn't do certain things,

rather because he does certain things,

because he pursues union with God

and the good things of life,

because he strives to promote beauty and health and holiness

and friendship.

We have to make sure our focus is more on doing good than on avoiding evil.

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.

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