This is the movement of the Holy Family.

Welcome to our daily Rosary meditation.

We are immersing ourselves in the life of Jesus

to prepare for Christmas and to consecrate ourselves to Mary. to

to consecrate ourselves to marry on January 1st,

the feast to 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've promised to pray for.

Great literary fiction may be ranked according to the insights it gives us into the real world and actual human existence, in which

case the parable of the prodigal son is undoubtedly the greatest piece of fiction ever authored. This story tells us

in sudden broad and beautiful strokes about the history of whole civilizations and peoples.

It's a story about the lost and found Gentile peoples

and the unforgiving mercenary Jews.

It's a story about the lost dissipated secular world and the proud ruthless Muslim world,

both of whom have rejected their relationship with their loving father.

It's even a story about fallen humanity which has

returned to the father in the person of Jesus. Contrasted with the fallen angels, those elder brothers who still refuse,

due to their eternal pride and envy, to come back into the father's house.

But most of all, this story is about the individual human heart and the

untiring efforts of a loving father to bring each of us home.

Our father who art in heaven,

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