The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames) - Day 214: Trusting the Father

Episode Date: August 2, 2026

We are invited to enter into prayer with a deep awareness of the Heavenly Father’s presence through Fr. Mark-Mary’s meditative reflection. Drawing from Jesus’ prayers before Lazarus’ tomb and His teachings in the Sermon on the Mount, Fr. Mark-Mary emphasizes that God sees, hears, and knows us intimately. This reflection reminds us of the Father’s love and His desire to give us every good gift. Today’s focus is the mysteries of the Agony in the Garden and the Scourging at the Pillar and we will be praying two decades of the Rosary. For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.

Hi, I'm 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. The Rosary in a Year is brought to by Ascension. This is Day 214. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash Rosary in a year or text, R-I-Y-2-3-777. You'll get an outline of how we're going to each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place to listen to this podcast is in the Ascension app. There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars. No matter what app you're listening in, remember to

tap, follow, or subscribe for your daily notifications. Today we'll be praying with the first two sorrowful mysteries, the agony in the garden, and the scourging at the pillar. Today we will be beginning our second and final time through praying our decades, very specifically focusing on being aware of the person to whom we are praying and who is looking at us. So today, we're really going to be focusing on the Father again. And so to aid our prayer and are being aware of and being in the presence of our Heavenly Father as we pray today, let's go ahead and pull again from some of Jesus' own prayer to the Father. I'm particularly struck as always by Jesus' prayer to the Father before the Tomb of Lazarus. You hear me. I know you always hear me.

The Father is with you. He hears you. He always hears you. I'm reminded of Jesus' words about our Heavenly Father spoken in His sermon on the Mount. That's where Heavenly Father is all the hairs on our head are counted. Like, he knows us. He knows you. He sees you. He hears you. And Jesus shared the story of, like, what human father,

if their son asks for a fish, are going to give him a snake? How much more does your Heavenly Father want to give you good gifts? Your Heavenly Father, he is good. He knows you. He loves you. He is good. So we bring to him our hearts, bring to him our needs, aware that he hears us.

He always hears us. Perhaps some of us are with our Lord and his passion and his agony so we can go to him like Jesus did in the garden. Say, my father, my father, my father. And if we're struggling, if we're not aware of his presence, if we're suffering, we can also echo Jesus's words. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? But these words which ultimately end in a prayer of hope, Psalm 22, a prayer of hope, and the victory of hope in Jesus' resurrection. So let's just go ahead and take a moment. Pay attention to your heart where you're feeling moved and called.

And now let us pray. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The first sorrowful mystery is the agony in the garden. Our Father, who art in heaven, how though 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 are 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 us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed are 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 are 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 are 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 oh 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 so we'll go ahead and take a moment focus on the Father, our Father who sees in secret, our Father who hears us, who always hears us. The Seconds is sorrowful mystery is the scourging at the pillar. Our Father, who art in heaven, howlode 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 are 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. 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 are 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 are 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,

into the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now. and ever shall be world without end amen oh 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 thanks so much for joining me and praying with me again today i look forward to continuing this journey with you again tomorrow poco poca poca friends god bless y'all Thank you.