This is the movement of the Holy Family, leading people to Jesus through friendship, good conversation, and the rosary.

Welcome to our 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 that we've promised to pray for, especially Olivia Keneally and Damien Clay.

Now we've been learning about and meditating on the virtue of justice, the constant and firm choice to give God and neighbor their due, what we owe them. Injustice, we must

consider first what we owe God and then others. And then we should make sure that we do not

deprive them of things. So to begin with, we owe all people, even enemies, goodwill, and respect.

Goodwill is the virtue in which we make the choice.

Notice I focus on the choice.

You don't have to feel like it.

We have to make the right choice. Goodwill is the virtue in which we make the choice to want good for others, even competitors, even enemies. But it's also to think well of others, to give them the benefit of the doubt, to make excuses for them, and to speak well of others, because every person has the right to make excuses for them and to speak well of others because every person has the

right to a good reputation. Now, some people listening to the podcast have remarks that they

don't quite understand this making excuses for others. Here's what I mean. There are three parts of any

action. The act itself, what you are doing, the reason why you are doing it, and the circumstances surrounding the action.

You can see the actions of others, but that's all you can see.

You can't know all their reasons and their circumstances.

We are sure quick to judge, aren't we, when we only have a third

of the information? Now, respect, so we have to offer, we owe people, even our enemies, goodwill,

but also respect. Respect means never view other people as less great than their true dignity.

Every human was made in the image of God and all are called to share in his divine life.

Therefore, all people have an immense dignity that deserves respect.

We must never reduce people to some attribute or defect or label.

No person can be reduced to simply a Democrat or liberal, Republican, or conservative,

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