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The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)

In Ascension’s Rosary in a Year podcast, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, guides listeners in a step-by-step

Episodes

Total: 190

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.

Day 141: Render Unto God

2025/5/21

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

Day 136: We Must Receive

2025/5/16

In today’s painting, The Healing of the Lepers at Capernum, Jesus has healed ten lepers, but only on

Day 135: Miracles of Love

2025/5/15

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-