Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. 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 chapter 13 of Matthew's Gospel,

Jesus tells the parable of the weeds and the wheat. He says that the kingdom

of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, but when nighttime came, an enemy went into the field and sewed weeds as well.

When the plants began to grow, the man's servants noticed the weeds along with the wheat and asked him about it.

The man knew that the weeds were the work of an enemy, but when his servants showed their eagerness to get rid of the weeds, he stopped them.

No, he said, because the farmer knew that the roots of the weeds and the roots of the wheat were now intertwined.

If you pull the weeds out, he said, you will pull the wheat out with it.

We have to let them grow together, he decided. But he also makes it clear to

his servants that this state of affairs isn't going to last forever. The good and the bad plants are going to stay together for now,

but, says the master of the field,

when the harvest comes, then there will be a separation.

The wheat will be gathered into the master's barn,

and the weeds will be bundled together and burned.

Our Father who art in heaven, hollow 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 to live rest for me

evil a man.

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

blessed, art thou among women, blessed is a fruit of thy womb Jesus.

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