Day 200: Glory Hidden in Suffering

Speaker 1 I am Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars the Renewal and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast where through prayer and meditation the Rosary brings us deeper into a relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world.

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Speaker 1 Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the second sorrowful mystery, the scourging at the pillar.

Speaker 12 And to aid today's prayer and meditation, a reflection on some of what we have discussed up to this point.

Speaker 15 We'll begin by going back again to the series of episodes

Speaker 9 comparing and in some ways contrasting our Lord and the journey he goes on in his passion and the parable of the prodigal son.

Speaker 7 And if you recall, and the prodigal son, after the son takes his inheritance and he squanders it and there's a famine, how does he end up?

Speaker 15 He ends up like bent over, beat up, alone,

Speaker 7 fighting at the trough for some portion of the food of swine.

Speaker 3 And we see like an insight there, like into

Speaker 7 externally, like the effects of sin, the consequences of sin beat up bent over alone

Speaker 3 and I propose that Jesus in his scourging

Speaker 18 is saying like look at me

Speaker 16 look at me and see like what is being done to me as I am being scourged as I

Speaker 14 am beat up

Speaker 9 scourged stripped mocked

Speaker 22 As Jesus, if you will, to quote St.

Speaker 11 Paul, takes upon himself sin, like he is revealing to us both the nature and the heart of God, which we'll talk about, but also the reality of sin.

Speaker 4 And Jesus, it's as if he's saying, like, look at me, like, this is what sin does

Speaker 8 to your soul.

Speaker 13 This is the true nature of sin.

Speaker 15 It appears like shiny and bright.

Speaker 13 There can certainly be a lot of temptations to watering down sin, the effects of sin, being indifferent towards sin.

Speaker 25 And Jesus is saying, like, look at me.

Speaker 7 look at me, this is what sin does.

Speaker 7 This is what sin does to the world.

Speaker 11 This is what sin does to your own soul, to relationships.

Speaker 3 This is what sin did to the innocent Lamb of God.

Speaker 20 So, we see our Lord discouraged as an invitation

Speaker 23 to be reminded of the great horror of sin.

Speaker 21 And can this be a source of lights, courage, perseverance for us when we are tempted?

Speaker 12 Okay, next we'll review today.

Speaker 24 During one of our episodes

Speaker 9 on the Lord Scourged at the Pillar, we had a reading from St.

Speaker 14 Faustina.

Speaker 11 And if you recall in her prayer and then in her diary,

Speaker 3 St. Faustina wrote this experience of the Lord.

Speaker 20 And this is what she wrote.

Speaker 6 And Jesus gave to me to know in detail the gravity of the malice of these ungrateful souls.

Speaker 15 Then the Lord said to me,

Speaker 26 I see the sincere pain of your heart,

Speaker 13 which brought great solace to my heart.

Speaker 16 And the invitation offered in that episode and renewed today is to be the one.

Speaker 15 Be the grateful soul

Speaker 23 who stays with Jesus, who, if you will, consoles the heart of Jesus by being with him in his passion,

Speaker 10 who sees him scourged, remains with him scourged.

Speaker 26 It says, I receive this gift.

Speaker 26 I receive this gift.

Speaker 12 I am grateful.

Speaker 27 Thank you, Jesus.

Speaker 14 So there's this invitation to be the one, be the grateful soul,

Speaker 12 be the one who remains with Jesus,

Speaker 10 who receives the fullness of the gift of the shedding of his precious blood.

Speaker 18 And then lastly for today,

Speaker 6 if you recall, when we looked at the fresco of the flagellation by the artist Agostino Ciampelli,

Speaker 11 if you recall, the fresco was had somewhat muted colors,

Speaker 2 but this was broken by Jesus' halo.

Speaker 10 No one else in this scene had a halo except him.

Speaker 13 And it still shone bright,

Speaker 4 even though he was undergoing his passion.

Speaker 4 And in this halo, we saw the artistic sign of the holiness of our Lord and the glory of our Lord,

Speaker 24 which will only shine brighter and brighter and brighter, because the worst

Speaker 20 betrayal of man, scourging of man, tortures of man

Speaker 3 can do nothing to dim or to extinguish the glory of Jesus, the holiness of Jesus.

Speaker 6 And we call to mind the words of St.

Speaker 13 Paul in his letter to the Romans.

Speaker 4 If God is for us, who is against us?

Speaker 13 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

Speaker 10 Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

Speaker 9 We recall

Speaker 27 the glory of Jesus, the strength of Jesus, the divinity of Jesus.

Speaker 4 Yes, he freely undergoes the scourging, this passion,

Speaker 15 but he will be victorious.

Speaker 16 But even now, here, he's on the road to victory.

Speaker 4 Like Jesus says yes to the Father's will,

Speaker 4 and his glory shines, and Jesus says yes to saving you, and his glory shines.

Speaker 4 He fights for you, he loves you, he pushes forward.

Speaker 10 Nothing can diminish or dim or conquer

Speaker 4 Jesus' fidelity to the Father

Speaker 4 and Jesus' love for you

Speaker 13 and his fight for you.

Speaker 10 So now we'll take just a moment to be still

Speaker 22 to perhaps go deeper, remain with the invitation to see the nature of sin, the truth about sin being revealed through our Lord's scourging.

Speaker 5 Perhaps what has called you is this invitation to be the one,

Speaker 23 be the grateful soul, the consoling soul who receives the gift of Jesus' passion.

Speaker 23 Or perhaps the invitation is to focus on, to remain with the glory of Jesus, the love of Jesus.

Speaker 15 that endures all and conquers all

Speaker 9 so for you at this moment what is the grace, the truth being revealed that you are being invited to receive?

Speaker 16 How can you respond?

Speaker 8 What is the grace

Speaker 3 that you would like to request?

Speaker 4 And now rejoice,

Speaker 7 give thanks to the Lord for this time of prayer,

Speaker 27 the grace given,

Speaker 9 and the life shared.

Speaker 2 And now, together with Mary, let us pray in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Speaker 28 Amen.

Speaker 11 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Speaker 18 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Speaker 21 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

Speaker 10 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Speaker 25 Amen.

Speaker 22 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 19 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 17 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Speaker 28 Amen.

Speaker 23 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 19 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 29 Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Speaker 17 pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.

Speaker 23 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 19 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 29 Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Speaker 28 pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.

Speaker 8 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 5 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 29 Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Speaker 17 Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Speaker 28 Amen.

Speaker 23 hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee

Speaker 19 blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus

Speaker 17 Holy Mary mother of God pray for us sinners

Speaker 28 now and at the hour of our death amen

Speaker 23 hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee

Speaker 5 Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Speaker 9 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Speaker 28 Amen.

Speaker 8 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 19 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 17 Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners,

Speaker 30 now and at the hour of our death.

Speaker 28 Amen.

Speaker 22 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 19 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 24 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.

Speaker 28 Now and at the hour of our death, Amen.

Speaker 22 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 19 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 17 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Speaker 28 Amen.

Speaker 8 Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Speaker 19 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Speaker 24 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners.

Speaker 30 Now and at the hour of our death.

Speaker 28 Amen.

Speaker 16 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 19 Amen.

Speaker 10 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Speaker 24 Amen.

Speaker 18 All right. Thanks so much for joining me and praying with me again today.
I look forward to continuing this journey with you again tomorrow.

Speaker 5 Poco Poke, friends.

Speaker 18 God bless you all.