Day 173: Rooted in Identity

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

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🗓️ 22 June 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mark-Mary contemplates the courage required of 12-year-old Jesus speaking in the temple, as depicted in William Holman Hunt’s vivid painting, The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple. He contrasts this with his own childhood experiences of shyness and public speaking, drawing insight into how true meekness flows from knowing one’s identity. We are empowered to speak and live truthfully even in intimidating situations by cultivating spiritual confidence rooted in God’s love. 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, 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	and becomes a source of grace for the whole world. The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by ascension.
0:19.9	This is Day 173.
0:22.9	To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash
0:26.7	rosary in a year or text R-I-Y to 3377777.
0:31.8	You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress,
0:34.6	the best place to listen to the podcast in the Ascension app.
0:37.3	There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars.
0:43.7	On behalf of myself and the whole team here at Ascension, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's helped support this podcast financially, your generosity.
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1:01.6	Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the fifth joyful mystery, the finding of
1:07.4	the child Jesus in the temple with help from a painting by the artist William Holman Hunt
1:14.0	entitled The Finding of the Savior in the Temple.
1:19.6	A brief note on our artist and artwork. William Holman Hunt was born in the year 1827. He died in 1910,
1:30.1	and he was an English painter and one of the founding members of the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a movement that sought to revitalize art by
1:36.8	rejecting academic conventions and embracing realism, vivid color, and symbolism inspired by
1:43.8	early Renaissance art.
1:46.7	Hunt remained one of the most consistent adherence to pre-Raphaelite ideals through his career,
1:52.6	and he traveled extensively, especially to Palestine and Jerusalem,
1:56.7	seeking authentic settings for his religious artworks.
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