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

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

When Solomon had received wisdom from God, so much wisdom that he was said to be the wisest king who had ever lived and who ever would live.

A case came up for his judgment, and the case was destined to exhibit his wisdom to the world.

This was the case.

Two women both claimed to be the mother of the same baby.

This was before genetic testing obviously so there wasn't any scientific way to figure out who was the real mother.

But this was Solomon's solution. He said, cut the baby in

half and give one half to each woman. Pretty grisly solution, but one of the women, she was all for it.

She said, fine, cut the baby in half, that's fair.

But the other woman said, no, don't kill the baby, give it to her.

I'd rather let her have the baby than have it killed.

And Solomon knew instantly who the real mother was.

He decided that the envious woman, the woman who just wanted an equal material share,

the woman who didn't want a baby for herself so much as she wanted the other

woman not to have a baby Solomon decided that she was not the mother of the child

but the woman who saw that there was something precious

about the child, something that would be lost if the child were divided up, that

woman had the right attitude. She was the true mother.

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, deliver us from evil,

Amen.

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