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

Day 274: The Joyful Mysteries

October 1st, 2025  |  18 mins 15 secs

Prayer, annunciation, ascension, building, building up the decades, catholic church, catholic faith, contemplative prayer, decades, father mark mary, father mark-mary, four decades, fr. mark mary, fr. mark-mary, imaginative prayer, intercessory prayer, joyful, joyful mysteries, mary, meditating, meditative prayer, nativity, poco a poco, presentation, presentation in the temple, relational prayer, riy, rosary, rosary in a year, rosary-in-a-year, visitation

As we continue to move through our slow build, today we begin praying four mysteries of the Rosary. Fr. Mark-Mary draws the connection between our pace, and the pace of communal prayer, reminding us that as we listen, we pray together with the community of believers, those praying through the Rosary in a Year, religious orders who pray the Rosary in community, and all Catholics praying the Rosary. Today’s focus is the mysteries of the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity, and the Presentation in the Temple. We will be praying four decades of the Rosary.

For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.