Day 175: Calling Through the Noise

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

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mark-Mary draws unique comparisons when meditating on Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding at Cana. The depiction of Christ’s quiet centrality amid worldly distraction mirrors how people often overlook Jesus, just as museumgoers miss this massive artwork while focused on the Mona Lisa. As well as the parallel between the statue of Atlas outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the image of Christ at Mass, contrasting the burden of self-reliance with the peace found in surrendering to God. Through this reflection, we are invited to entrust our struggles to Jesus, who alone can transform and uplift us. 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	Hi, 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. The Rosary in the Year is brought to by Ascension. This is day 175.
0:22.3	To download the prayer plan for rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com
0:26.0	forward slash rosary in a year or text R.I.Y to 33777.
0:31.5	You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress.
0:35.4	The best place to listen to this podcast is in the Ascension app.
0:37.9	There are special features built just for this podcast
0:39.5	and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars.
0:44.0	No matter what app you're listening in,
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0:51.7	Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the second luminous mystery,
0:57.5	The Wedding at Kena with help from a painting by the artist Paulo Veronese,
1:03.9	entitled The Wedding at Kena.
1:07.5	Now, brief introduction to our artist and artwork, Veronese was born in the year 1528. He died in the
1:12.8	year 1588. He was born in Verona, Italy, and he was a prominent Venetian Renaissance painter
1:20.3	celebrated for his vibrant use of color, dynamic compositions, and opulent depictions of
1:25.5	religious and secular themes. His work is emblematic of
1:30.3	the Venetian school and combines elements of mannerism with classical harmony. This particular
1:36.8	painting was done between the years 1562 and 1563 and it was executed in the mannerist style.
1:47.0	And now a description of our painting.
1:50.0	This large-scale banquet scene is set in an open-air classical architectural setting,
1:56.0	depicted with idyllic opulence.
1:59.0	Over 100 figures gather around an expansive white marble-grain
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