I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan friars at the 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 213. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit Ascension. This is day 213.

To download the prayer plan for rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text RIY to 3377777.

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 are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the full rosary with myself and other friars. I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in a Year Prayer Guide, a book published by Ascension that was designed to complement this podcast. You'll find all the daily readings from scripture Reflections, and beautiful images of the sacred art will be reflecting on. All right, friends, welcome back to our

journey of prayer here. So we are building up the decades today, continuing our practice

of the habit of praying in relationship and being attentive to

and just practicing and experiencing these ways in which we can be in relationship with Father's

Son and Holy Spirit and come to them in unique particular ways to the whole Trinity.

Today we're going to practice praying while in relationship with Mary.

And to be honest, like this is one of the most kind of graced

takeaways already of my rosary in year journey

is kind of going back to that first week and just really

have an experience

of being in St. John's house and being there with Mary.

And relating to her as I think St. John would have,

with love and affection, with compliments,

with my acts of service

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