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    <description>In Ascension’s Rosary in a Year podcast, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, guides listeners in a step-by-step journey that will change the way you pray – no matter where you are in your spiritual life.
By starting small and adding on over time, listeners will find themselves falling more in love with this powerful Marian devotion, becoming a source of grace for the whole world.
Listen to discover….
How to build a daily habit of prayer
How to form a relationship with Jesus and Mary
The Biblical foundations of the Rosary
How to meditate with sacred art (visio divina), saint writings, and scripture (lectio divina)
The power of Mary’s influence in your life
…and more. 
For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.
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    <itunes:subtitle>Pray the Rosary Like Never Before</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>In Ascension’s Rosary in a Year podcast, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR, guides listeners in a step-by-step journey that will change the way you pray – no matter where you are in your spiritual life.
By starting small and adding on over time, listeners will find themselves falling more in love with this powerful Marian devotion, becoming a source of grace for the whole world.
Listen to discover….
How to build a daily habit of prayer
How to form a relationship with Jesus and Mary
The Biblical foundations of the Rosary
How to meditate with sacred art (visio divina), saint writings, and scripture (lectio divina)
The power of Mary’s influence in your life
…and more. 
For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.
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  <title>Day 92: Waiting in the Temple</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>When Jesus was presented in the Temple, Simeon was ready to receive the long desired savior. With a reading from  St. Cyril of Alexandria, Fr. Mark-Mary asks us how we’ve been preparing to receive our savior: are we waiting in our metaphorical temples, or have we become distracted by the world? To help us place ourselves in the fourth joyful mystery, Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in imaginative prayer, setting the scene for a place of prayer we can always return to. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Presentation and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.

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For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy. 
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<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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  <title>Day 57: Let's Step Away (2026)</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>To reveal his glory in the Transfiguration, Jesus took the apostles up the mountain, apart from distractions. Today, Fr. Mark-Mary asks if Jesus might be asking us to step away and go up the mountain apart with him, so that we can be moved by his brilliance. Let’s take this opportunity to join the apostles and see what we might need to step away from. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Transfiguration and we will be praying one Our Father, three Hail Marys, and one Glory Be.</itunes:subtitle>
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For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>To reveal his glory in the Transfiguration, Jesus took the apostles up the mountain, apart from distractions. Today, Fr. Mark-Mary asks if Jesus might be asking us to step away and go up the mountain apart with him, so that we can be moved by his brilliance. Let’s take this opportunity to join the apostles and see what we might need to step away from. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Transfiguration and we will be praying one Our Father, three Hail Marys, and one Glory Be.</p>

<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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  <title>Day 92: Waiting in the Temple</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>When Jesus was presented in the Temple, Simeon was ready to receive the long desired savior. With a reading from  St. Cyril of Alexandria, Fr. Mark-Mary asks us how we’ve been preparing to receive our savior: are we waiting in our metaphorical temples, or have we become distracted by the world? To help us place ourselves in the fourth joyful mystery, Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in imaginative prayer, setting the scene for a place of prayer we can always return to. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Presentation and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.

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For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy. 
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<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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  <title>Day 57: Let's Step Away</title>
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For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>To reveal his glory in the Transfiguration, Jesus took the apostles up the mountain, apart from distractions. Today, Fr. Mark-Mary asks if Jesus might be asking us to step away and go up the mountain apart with him, so that we can be moved by his brilliance. Let’s take this opportunity to join the apostles and see what we might need to step away from. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Transfiguration and we will be praying one Our Father, three Hail Marys, and one Glory Be.</p>

<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>To reveal his glory in the Transfiguration, Jesus took the apostles up the mountain, apart from distractions. Today, Fr. Mark-Mary asks if Jesus might be asking us to step away and go up the mountain apart with him, so that we can be moved by his brilliance. Let’s take this opportunity to join the apostles and see what we might need to step away from. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Transfiguration and we will be praying one Our Father, three Hail Marys, and one Glory Be.</p>

<p>For the complete prayer plan, visit <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/riy" rel="nofollow">https://ascensionpress.com/riy</a>.</p>]]>
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