The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)
Pray the Rosary Like Never Before
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Day 348: The Glorious Mysteries
December 14th, 2025 | 26 mins 45 secs
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Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in the Rosary, centering our meditations around hope. We’re reminded of the message both Christ and the Angel share: to not be afraid, the Apostles’ assiduous prayer of hope before Pentecost, and the promise revealed in Mary’s Assumption. Today's focus is the Glorious Mysteries, and we’ll be praying the full Rosary.
For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.
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Day 342: The Joyful Mysteries
December 8th, 2025 | 28 mins 14 secs
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As we enter into today’s meditation, Fr. Mark-Mary guides us through the Joyful Mysteries with reflections on grace, trust, and the hidden beauty of God’s work in our lives. We reflect on Mary’s humble courage at the Annunciation, the transforming joy of her encounter with Elizabeth, and the gentle invitation to draw close to Christ in the Nativity. We’re called to seek Jesus with the same relentless love shown by Mary and Joseph in the Finding in the Temple. God meets us in our littleness and invites us into deeper trust and wonder. Today’s focus is the Joyful Mysteries, and we’ll be praying the full Rosary.
For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.
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Day 337: The Glorious Mysteries
December 3rd, 2025 | 25 mins 53 secs
apprehension, ascension, assumption, blessing, catholic church, catholic faith, confidence, contemplative prayer, coronation, coronation of mary, decades, descent of the holy spirit, faithfulness, father mark mary, father mark-mary, five decades, fr. mark mary, fr. mark-mary, glorified reality, glorious, glorious mysteries, help of christians, holy spirit, home, imaginative prayer, intercessory prayer, magnificat, mary, meditating, meditation archive, meditation muscles, meditative prayer, pentecost, poco a poco, prayer, praying together, presence, queen, queen of heaven, queen of heaven and earth, relational prayer, resurrection, riy, rosary, rosary in a year, rosary-in-a-year, trust
Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in the Rosary, guiding our meditations on the Glorious mysteries. We’re reminded of Pope Benedict XVI’s teachings on the Resurrection, the Apostle’s experience of Pentecost, and God’s faithfulness to Mary. Today's focus is the Glorious Mysteries.
For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.
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Day 87: It’s All True
March 28th, 2025 | 14 mins 45 secs
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The mystery of the Assumption reveals that everything God promised to Mary was fulfilled. Fr. Mark-Mary emphasizes that we can place our hope in this: if God’s faithfulness was true for Mary, God’s faithfulness will be true for us. We, like Mary, are invited to share in the blessedness of salvation as heirs of the works of God. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Assumption and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.
For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.