Day 184: Beyond the Tomb

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

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

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Summary

What if the first person to witness the Resurrection was Mary, the mother of Jesus? Fr. Mark-Mary explores this possibility through prayerful reflection on Annibale Carracci’s painting The Holy Women at Christ’s Tomb, highlighting the emotional depth and symbolism in the women's encounter with the angel. Drawing from Pope John Paul II’s insights, he invites us to imagine a tender, intimate reunion between the risen Christ and His mother, filled with healing, tears, and joy. 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 a Year podcast.
0:09.0	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.
0:16.0	The Rosary in the Year is brought to by Ascension. This is day 184. To download the prayer plan for
0:22.4	rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text R-I-Y to
0:28.5	3-777. You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track
0:33.3	your progress. The best place to listen to this podcast is in the Ascension app. There's special
0:37.4	features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and
0:41.9	other friars. No matter what app you're listening in, remember to tap, follow, or subscribe
0:46.2	for your daily notifications. Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the first glorious mystery, the resurrection,
0:58.0	with help from a painting entitled The Holy Women at Christ's Tomb by the artist Anibale Caracci.
1:07.8	And now a brief introduction to our artist and artwork, Anibale Caracci was born in the year 1560.
1:13.6	He died in the year 1609.
1:15.6	And he was a pivotal Italian baroque painter and co-founder of the Bolognese school.
1:21.6	He was born in Bologna where he trained alongside his brother and his cousin.
1:26.6	And his art at that time was deeply grounded in Renaissance
1:29.2	principles and direct observation of nature. His moves in Roman in 1595 marked a shift towards
1:36.2	monumental classicism. Karachi would die at a young age of 48, but his work would influence
1:43.6	generations.
1:46.5	His painting that we're looking at today, the Holy Women at Christ's tomb, was done around the year
1:51.4	1600. We see here Karachi's style merges high Renaissance clarity with Baroque dynamism,
2:00.2	rejecting mannerist, artifice.
2:02.6	He emphasized naturalism, vibrant color, and expressive gestures.
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