Day 164: Guided by His Hand

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

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mark-Mary reflects on St. Thomas not as doubting and resistant, but as someone honestly expressing his need to see and believe because he is aware that if the Resurrection is true, everything must change. Caravaggio’s The Incredulity of St. Thomas captures this moment of intimate encounter, as the risen Jesus gently leads Thomas to touch His side, revealing a love that welcomes doubt and transforms it into belief. We are encouraged to acknowledge our own need for grace and trust that Christ will meet us there. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Resurrection 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	Hi, I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and this is the Rosary in New 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. This is Day 164.
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0:26.2	rosary in a year or text, R-I-Y to 33777. You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month,
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1:00.0	Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the first glorious mystery, the resurrection,
1:06.6	with help from a painting entitled The Incredulity of St. Thomas by the artist Caravaggio.
1:15.5	A brief introduction to our artist, right, Caravaggio, born in the year 1571, died in the year 1610, and his style is broke.
1:26.4	This particular painting was done in the year 1601.
1:32.9	And now a description of the painting.
1:38.7	Jesus draped in a white cloak, takes the hand of Thomas, and draws his hand towards him as he guides
1:46.9	the disciples' fingers into the folds of skin around the open red wound on the side of his ribcage.
1:55.9	Jesus' gaze is firmly and tenderly focused on Thomas' hand.
2:04.7	His brown curls fall at the side of his downcast face. Thomas is flanked by two other disciples over Jesus' shoulder. They are draped
2:15.0	in color garments against a simple dark background.
2:18.3	They each wrinkle their foreheads in wide-eyed astonishment and disbelief as they peer into Jesus' holy wound.
2:29.3	Now, I don't want to make this about St. Thomas.
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