The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames) - Day 221: Words of an Angel

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

By reflecting on the angel Gabriel’s greeting to Mary from Luke 1:28, we are guided through the opening words of the Hail Mary with renewed attentiveness. Fr. Mark-Mary encourages us to enter into a practice of focused prayer, gently strengthening our capacity for meditation and contemplation. This steady, grace-filled approach helps us grow in spiritual intimacy with God. Today’s focus is the mysteries of the Finding of Jesus in the Temple and Baptism of Jesus 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 New 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 you by Ascension. This is day 221. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text, R-I-Y-2-3-3. 777. You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place to listen to the podcast is in the Ascension app. There's special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars on behalf of myself and the whole team here at Ascension, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's helped support this podcast financially. Your support is so appreciated

and helps us to reach as many people as possible. And if you haven't already, please consider supporting us at ascensionpress.com forward slash support. Today we'll be praying with the fifth joyful mystery, the finding of Jesus in the temple, and the first luminous mystery, the baptism of Jesus at the Jordan. Today we will be praying two decades, specifically practicing, developing the habit of focusing on the words of the prayers. And as a reminder, this phase, it's called building up the decades. And so you might come to the end of these two decades and realize it wasn't a stretch. Like you kind of, you're hungering for more prayer.

And that's a good thing. If that's the experience, certainly you can continue to pray. But the idea, if you will, the pedagogical sort of world, be behind it is just understanding that extended concentration, meditation, contemplation on a natural level is a muscle. And it's a habit that we can grow and develop. And so we're trying to, at the service of really kind of praying and focusing and paying attention, we're starting slow and building up. And so the two decades might feel like it goes pretty quick. But that's all right. We're just continuing to grow and to build the muscle. And slowly but surely, we'll add the amount of decades that we're praying. So as we're praying the Hail Mary, you can focus on the opening words of the Hail Mary drawn from Luke chapter 1 versus 28. Right? The enunciation is the angel Gabriel. He appears to Mary and says, Hail full of grace.

The Lord is with you. the Lord is with Mary and she is filled not with herself but with grace we can really focus on linger with the words of the angel Gabriel the messenger of God which we encounter in Luke chapter 1 verse 28 hail full of grace the Lord is with you an angel greeting his queen as we too greet our queen or the joyful this overflowing shout of gratitude and joy let us pray in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the fifth joyful mysteries the finding of jesus in the temple 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 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 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 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 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. 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 all right so we'll go ahead and refocus to the grace of the Holy Spirit be recollected again as we continue to focus on the words of the prayers the first luminous mystery is the baptism of Jesus at the Jordan

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 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 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 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 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 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 never 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 all right thanks so much for joining me and praying with me today i look forward to continuing this journey with you again tomorrow Oh, Poca, Poca, Poca, Poca, friends. God bless y'all.