Day 225: Bring It to Jesus

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

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

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Summary

Continuing the focus on intercessory prayer, Fr. Mark-Mary invites us to bring the intentions on our hearts directly to Jesus. He encourages us to imagine the Lord drawing near—whether to rejoice with us, to comfort us, or simply to be present with love and power. With trust in Christ’s nearness and care, we are called to lay down our intentions and enter prayer with openness and faith. Today’s focus is the mysteries of the Crowning with Thorns and the Carrying of the Cross and we will be praying two decades of the Rosary.

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0:00.0	I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan friars at the renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast.
0:08.6	We're through prayer and meditation.
0:10.1	The rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world.
0:15.6	The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by ascension.
0:18.7	This is Day 225. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a year,
0:24.8	visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text RIY to 33777. You'll get an outline
0:33.5	of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place
0:36.4	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, saint reflections, and beautiful images
0:55.2	of the sacred art we'll be reflecting on.
1:00.2	Today we will be praying with the third
1:01.9	and the fourth, sorrowful mysteries,
1:03.0	the crowning with thorns, and the carrying of the cross.
1:06.7	And we're continuing to practice,
1:08.3	now praying with intentions.
1:12.6	We're going again through these next couple episodes,
1:15.0	the persons of the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
1:17.6	And today we're going to be praying with the person of Jesus.
1:21.6	And there's a couple ways this can happen, right?
1:23.5	We can bring this person or this intention to the Lord in kind of the first century setting,
1:30.4	or you can experience Jesus coming to you, to that person, to that situation, and just being there.
1:38.4	And perhaps if it's a particularly difficult situation, we can kind of be reminded of Jesus in the boat during this
1:45.0	storm. His power, but also just he cares. Like he's not indifferent towards any situation or any
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