This is the movement of the Holy Family.

Welcome to our daily Rosary meditation.

Today we are setting out on our journey of Advent.

We will immerse ourselves in different aspects of the life of Jesus

And this will prepare us for our consecration to Mary on January 1st the feast of Mary the the Mother of God. 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

promised to pray for. If a non-believer were to begin his research into the Christian

story with the Gospel of Luke, he might understandably complain that it takes Luke a while to get to Jesus.

Luke doesn't in fact begin with the narrative of Christ's infancy.

He doesn't begin by talking about Jesus at all. The first story he tells is of a man

named Zakaria, a childless old man whose wife is too old as well to allow for any hope of offspring.

But then an angel comes and announces that their barrenness will be miraculously relieved, they are to have a son.

Zechariah, however, is skeptical of the message.

He won't hear what God has to say. So God strikes him deaf and

speechless to give him some time to think it over. Still, God is generous and not only gives him his voice back, but gives him a son.

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. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou among women.

Blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

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