Day 170: Grit and Grace

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

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

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Summary

Mary’s journey to visit Elizabeth is brought to life through Antonio Barluzzi’s mosaic, where Mary travels by donkey through rugged hills, accompanied by angels who walk beside her rather than carry her. This powerful detail highlights Mary’s strength and humility. She is a model of self-giving love, reminding us that holiness often unfolds through perseverance and sacrifice. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Visitation 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, the renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast.
0:08.3	We're through prayer and meditation, the rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and to Mary.
0:13.8	It becomes a source of grace for the whole world.
0:16.2	The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:19.6	This is Day 107. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, brought to you by Ascension. This is day 107.
0:22.3	To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com
0:25.5	forward slash rosary in a year or text R-I-Y to 3377777.
0:31.3	It will get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress,
0:34.1	the best place to listen to the podcast in the Ascension app.
0:36.8	There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full
0:39.7	rosary with myself and other friars. On behalf of myself and the whole team here at Ascension,
0:45.5	we wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped support this podcast financially,
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1:01.3	Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the second joyful mystery, the visitation,
1:07.3	with help from a mosaic, which we will call the mosaic, adorning the front of the church of the
1:14.1	visitation, depicting the scene of Mary's visit to Elizabeth at the church of the visitation
1:19.4	by the artist Antonio Barlutzi. Now, a brief introduction to our artist and artwork. Barlucci was born in the year 1884.
1:28.5	He died in the year 1960, and he was an Italian architect renowned for his sacred architecture
1:34.4	in the Holy Land, earning him the title Architect of the Holy Land.
1:39.6	His work reflects deep religious devotion and a unique ability to translate Christian mysteries into architectural
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