Day 153: From St. Joseph to Jesus

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

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Concluding our focus on St. Joseph, we reflect on the quiet but powerful transition of Mary’s care from St. Joseph to Jesus in the Holy Family. God's constant provision for Mary is evident as we see how Jesus steps into his role as protector and provider for his mother. The reflection is anchored in a 17th-century painting of The Finding in the Temple, located at St. Nicholas Church in Brussels. Fr. Mark-Mary reminds us that even when God's plan requires letting go, His attentive love never leaves us abandoned. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Finding of Jesus in the Temple and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.

All of the Sacred Art we’ll be meditating with can be found in the Rosary in a Year Prayer Guide, for free linked in the complete prayer plan, or in the Ascension App. For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.

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0:00.0	I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan friars at the renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast.
0:08.5	We're through prayer and meditation.
0:10.1	The Rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world.
0:15.6	The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:18.5	This is Day 153.
0:23.4	To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text R-I-Y to 3377777. You'll get an outline of how
0:32.3	we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place to listen to
0:35.3	the podcast in the Ascension app. There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full
0:40.3	rosary with myself and other friars. I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in a Year
0:45.6	Prayer Guide, a book published by Ascension that was designed to complement this podcast. You'll find
0:50.3	all the daily readings from scripture, saintions, and beautiful images of the sacred art
0:55.2	will be reflecting on.
0:58.1	Today we will be meditating upon and praying with
1:01.4	the fifth joyful mystery,
1:03.7	the finding of Jesus in the temple,
1:06.9	with help from a painting of the finding in the temple
1:10.6	that can be found at St. Nicholas Church in Brussels.
1:15.3	Okay, now a very brief introduction to our painting is we don't have a lot of information about it.
1:20.4	We don't know the artist, and we don't have total clarity about the time period.
1:26.6	It's from probably the 17th century, though.
1:31.7	And now the description of our painting. A small boy, the 12-year-old Jesus, is wrapped in purple
1:41.7	in scarlet robes with lustrous golden curls.
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