Day 213: Advocate, Queen, and Mother

Pam Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast where through prayer and meditation, the Rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world.

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This is day 213.

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All right, friends, welcome back to our journey of prayer here.

So, we are building up the decades today, continuing our practice of the habit of praying

in relationship and being attentive to and just practicing and experiencing these ways in which we can be in relationship with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and come to them in unique, particular ways.

to the whole Trinity.

Today, we're going to practice praying while in relationship with Mary.

And to be honest, like, this is one of the most kind of graced takeaways already of my Rosary in a year journey: kind of going back to that

first week and just really having an experience of being like in St.

John's house and being there with Mary

and relating to her as I think St.

John would have

with love and affection,

with compliments, with my acts of service and honor towards her.

But at the same time, just being able to sit at the table with her and receive her love,

to share and to kind of speak freely and to ramble on if I want to, knowing that she loves just hearing everything that I say and share,

but that she's not just like a passive receiver, listener, like she is mother and queen,

and able to respond through God's grace kind of perfectly to whatever I need.

She's not a statue.

She's a mother who has agency and ability and a role to be a compassionate and helpful mother, to love me, to fight for me, to encourage me, to comfort me, to coach me.

And so what I'm going to invite you to do is just to,

if you can yourself, find a seat at the table with Mary.

Certainly you're free to choose your space.

For me, I kind of have an image of what that house would have looked like with

kind of a simple floor and

wood table and exposed stone.

And just as you sit here with Mary, notice how much you love her

and want to love her.

And notice how much she loves you

and wants to love you.

So with whatever comes to your heart, if it is just love and affection, honor,

we can remain there if you want to share something with her.

Feel free to do that if you need to entrust something to her.

But grateful for the reality of this relationship and how we can access it through the power of the Holy Spirit, let us pray.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

The fourth luminous mystery is the Transfiguration.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

and thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day 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.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen.

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.

The fifth luminous mystery is the institution of the most holy Eucharist.

As we go into our second

decade today, we place ourselves again, recognize ourselves being with Mary

as we pour out our love for her and receive her love for us,

all in the midst of thanking God

for the gift

of Mary

as advocate, queen, and mother.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day 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.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

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

Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen.

O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Thank you so much for joining me in praying with me again today.

I look forward to continuing this journey with you again tomorrow.

Pocoa, Poco, friends.

God bless y'all.