This is the movement of the Holy Family.

Welcome to our Rosary Meditation.

You can probably hear the sleet hitting the window, but it's warm by the fire.

So let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

It's called to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

In the sermon on the Mount Jesus said,

When you give alms, your left hand must not know what your right is doing.

Your alms giving must be in secret, and your father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.

So Jesus has told us to pray, to fast, and to give alms.

The primary reason we pray is not to have peace

and happiness. The primary reason we fast is not to lose weight or have good health. And the

primary reason we give alms is not to bring about a better world or a better life for people. No.

The primary reason we pray fast and give alms is for the love of

Jesus to give ourselves to him and return for all that he has given us. But we can be in danger

of missing the point. We think we give our money to bring about some good in the church,

the world, or for some people. But that's not the primary reason we give. We give our money

because it represents ourselves and we give ourselves to Jesus. The primary reason to pray fast and give alms is to give

yourself to God. Our Father who art in heaven, hallow it 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.

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