In Ascension’s Rosary in a Year podcast, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, guides listeners in a step-by-step
St. John the Baptist said in John 3:30, “he must increase, I must decrease”. In today’s mosaic of th
Repeatedly in the Gospels, Jesus goes off alone to pray to the Father, telling us, “pray to your Fat
In the Old Testament, God sent Noah the sign of the rainbow to promise he would never flood the eart
Pieter Bruegel’s painting, The Procession to Calvary, is distinctly filled with Roman soldiers. Fr.
As we see the bust of Tiberius Caesar at the top of today’s painting, Christ Crowned with Thorns by
St. Paul’s letter to the Romans tells us, “if God is for us, who is against us?” Reflecting on a fre
In today’s painting by Vicente Masip, Judas is pictured with a gold and black halo. Even as Judas le
Even at the Last Supper, anticipating his passion, Jesus is at peace, as depicted in today’s mosaic
Jesus is the light of the world, shown so clearly through the mystery of the Transfiguration. Fr. Ma
In today’s painting, The Healing of the Lepers at Capernum, Jesus has healed ten lepers, but only on
Why does Jesus perform miracles? Fr. Mark-Mary, meditating with help from a painting by Carl Bloch,
The first Luminous mystery is a mystery of profound joy, but a fresco of Jesus’ Baptism, featured in
How would you react if you saw 12-year old Jesus preaching in the temple? Fr. Mark-Mary points out t
Giulio Campi’s fresco of The Presentation in the Temple, is filled with people and commotion. Two wo
What will be true in heaven is already true in the manger at Bethlehem. Already, heaven and earth b
So often, our futures are shrouded in mystery and darkness. It can be hard to see where God’s plan i
Fr. Mark-Mary begins our visio divina episodes with a meditation on The Annunciation by Fra Angelico
Mary is the general of an angelic army, and her aim is fighting for us, protecting us from harm. Fr
What was it like in heaven the day Mary was assumed? St. Bernard of Clairvaux describes the incredi
God desires the fire of his love to burn always in our hearts, says St. Alphonsus Liguori. Fr. Mark-
