Day 213: Advocate, Queen, and Mother
Fr. Mark-Mary encourages us to build a personal, relational prayer life by connecting intimately with the Blessed Virgin Mary. He invites us to imagine ourselves stepping into St. John’s home, sitting at a simple table with Mary, and resting in a space filled with love, comfort, and open conversation. Mary is not a distant or silent figure, but a present and responsive mother who offers encouragement, guidance, and compassion through God's grace. Today’s focus is the mysteries of the Transfiguration and Institution of the Eucharist and we will be praying two decades of the Rosary.
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Speaker 1 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.
Speaker 1 The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
Speaker 2 This is day 213.
Speaker 1 To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit AscensionPress.com forward slash Rosary in a Year or text RIY to 33777.
Speaker 1 You'll get an outline of how we're going to preach month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place to listen to the podcast is in the Ascension app.
Speaker 1 There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full Rosary with myself and other friars.
Speaker 1 I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in a Year Prayer Guide, a book published by Ascension that was designed to complement this podcast.
Speaker 1 You'll find all the daily readings from scripture, Saint Reflections, and beautiful images of the sacred art we'll be reflecting on.
Speaker 6 All right, friends, welcome back to our journey of prayer here.
Speaker 9 So, we are building up the decades today, continuing our practice of the habit of praying
Speaker 12 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.
Speaker 16 to the whole Trinity.
Speaker 10 Today, we're going to practice praying while in relationship with Mary.
Speaker 12 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
Speaker 12 first week and just really having an experience of being like in St.
Speaker 2 John's house and being there with Mary
Speaker 16 and relating to her as I think St.
Speaker 12 John would have
Speaker 8 with love and affection,
Speaker 8 with compliments, with my acts of service and honor towards her.
Speaker 12 But at the same time, just being able to sit at the table with her and receive her love,
Speaker 12 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,
Speaker 8 but that she's not just like a passive receiver, listener, like she is mother and queen,
Speaker 16 and able to respond through God's grace kind of perfectly to whatever I need.
Speaker 12 She's not a statue.
Speaker 16 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.
Speaker 12 And so what I'm going to invite you to do is just to,
Speaker 12 if you can yourself, find a seat at the table with Mary.
Speaker 12 Certainly you're free to choose your space.
Speaker 6 For me, I kind of have an image of what that house would have looked like with
Speaker 16 kind of a simple floor and
Speaker 12 wood table and exposed stone.
Speaker 8 And just as you sit here with Mary, notice how much you love her
Speaker 6 and want to love her.
Speaker 12 And notice how much she loves you
Speaker 9 and wants to love you.
Speaker 13 So, with whatever comes to your heart, if it is just love and affection, honor,
Speaker 2 we can remain there if you want to share something with her.
Speaker 5 Feel free to do that if you need to entrust something to her.
Speaker 20 But grateful for the reality of this relationship and how we can access it through the power of the Holy Spirit, let us pray.
Speaker 13 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 1 The fourth luminous mystery is the Transfiguration.
Speaker 15 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 2 Thy kingdom come,
Speaker 2 thy will be done,
Speaker 9 on earth as it is in heaven.
Speaker 17 Give us this day our daily bread,
Speaker 5 and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Speaker 9 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Speaker 15 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 7 pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 19 pray for us sinners,
Speaker 7 now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 19 pray for us sinners,
Speaker 7 now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 7 pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 19 pray for us sinners,
Speaker 7 now and at the hour of our death, amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 10 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 7 pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 11 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 11 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 10 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 5 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now.
Speaker 2 and ever shall be, world without end.
Speaker 11 Amen.
Speaker 15 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.
Speaker 1 The fifth luminous mystery is the institution of the Most Holy Eucharist.
Speaker 5 As we go into our second
Speaker 13 decade today, we place ourselves again, recognize ourselves being with Mary
Speaker 17 as we pour out our love for her and receive her love for us,
Speaker 9 all in the midst of thanking God
Speaker 16 for the gift
Speaker 10 of Mary
Speaker 10 as advocate, queen, and mother.
Speaker 15 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 7 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Speaker 13 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Speaker 9 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Speaker 11 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 7 pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.
Speaker 24 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 19 pray for us sinners,
Speaker 7 now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 16 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 16 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 11 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 19 pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 24 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 19 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 14 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Speaker 22 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Speaker 11 Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Speaker 7 pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Speaker 11 Amen.
Speaker 10 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.
Speaker 21 Amen.
Speaker 4 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.
Speaker 14 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Speaker 11 Amen.
Speaker 12 Thank you so much for joining me in praying with me again today. I look forward to continuing this journey with you again tomorrow.
Speaker 6 Pocoa, Poco, friends.
Speaker 13 God bless y'all.