I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan friars of Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast.

We're 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 a Year is brought to you by Ascension.

This is Day 186. To download the prayer plan for rosary in a year,

visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text RII to 33777. You'll get an outline

of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place

to listen to the podcast is in the Ascension app. There's special features

built just for this podcast and also recording to the full Rosary with myself and other friars.

I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in the Year prayer guide, a book published by

Ascension that was designed to compliment this podcast. You'll find all the daily readings

for scripture, saint reflections, and beautiful images of the sacred art will be reflecting on.

Today we will be meditating upon and praying with the third glorious mystery, the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.

With help from a painting of Pentecost, of the descent of the Holy Spirit, by the artist Simone Peterzano.

This painting is found in the Basilica, Santa Euaphemia. Now brief introduction to our artist and artwork. Simone Petrizano

born in the year 1535 died in the year 1599. He was an Italian manorous painter born in Bergamo.

He trained in Venice, possibly under Titian,

though his style more closely aligns with Tintoretto and Veronese.

He's active in Milan from the 1570s,

and he became known for religious frescoes and altarpieces.

His most famous people was Caravaggio,

whose keroskuro technique may derive from Peter Zano's experiments.

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