Day 155: More than Meets the Eye

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

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

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Summary

Jesus is a divine multitasker, intentionally and perfectly. Fr. Mark-Mary explains that while we might struggle to multitask, God works on multiple levels at all times. As Jesus turns water into wine in Gérard David’s painting, The Wedding at Cana, he is both continuing the joy of the celebration and revealing himself as the divine bridegroom. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Wedding Feast at Cana 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 of the Renewal, and this is the Rosary in the Year podcast, where through prayer and meditation, the rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world.
0:16.8	The Rosary in the Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:19.5	This is Dave 155. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in Year, is brought to you by Ascension. This is Dave 155.
0:22.2	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 3-3-777.
0:30.9	You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress.
0:33.9	The best place to listen to the podcast is in the Ascension app. Their special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars.
0:42.0	On behalf of myself and the whole team here at Ascension, we wanted to take this opportunity to
0:46.3	thank everyone who's helped support this podcast financially. Your support is so appreciated
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0:59.8	Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the second luminous mystery,
1:05.2	The Wedding at Cana with help from a painting entitled The Wedding at Cana by the artist Gerard David.
1:12.9	Now a brief introduction to our artist and artwork. Our artist, Gerard David, was born in the year
1:18.6	1460. He died in the year 1523. He lived in the Netherlands, but not much is known about his life, but the influence of the Italian Renaissance on his art suggests that he probably studied in Italy early in his career.
1:35.2	He is best known for his altarpieces, several oil paintings, and illuminated manuscripts.
1:41.6	This particular painting was done in the early 16th century, around the time
1:47.5	like 1500 to 1510. And now our description of the painting. In a stone court with Gothic edifices
1:57.3	visible through marble pillars. A medieval banquet transpires. A substantial square
2:03.9	tables laid with a white tablecloth and a feast. An ornate Renaissance clothing,
2:09.8	eight women and three men are seated around the banquet table. Two halos reveal that among
2:16.7	them sit Jesus and Mary.
2:18.3	Jesus raises one hand with three fingers extended in blessing.
2:23.3	In the foreground, a cluster of earth-tone vessel sit with two attendants tending to caraffs.
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