Day 235: The Crowning with Thorns and the Carrying of the Cross

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

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🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In prayer, we focus on the third Sorrowful Mystery, the Crowning with Thorns, and the fourth Sorrowful Mystery, the Carrying of the Cross. In the mockery of Jesus as King, we behold the profound humility and suffering He freely embraces. On the road to Calvary, we reflect on His encounter with Simon of Cyrene, who shares in the weight of the cross and meets salvation face to face. These mysteries draw us into deeper surrender as we say yes to carrying our own crosses each day in union with Christ. 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 with Renewal, and this is the Rosary in Year podcast.
0:08.2	We're through prayer and meditation.
0:10.0	The Rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world.
0:15.2	The Rosary in the Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:18.2	This is Day 235.
0:20.9	To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text R-I-Y 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 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. No matter what app you're listening in,
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0:45.3	Today we'll be praying the third and the fourth sorrowful mysteries, the crowning with thorns and the carrying of the cross. As we pray with the third, sawful mystery, the crowning with thorns, and the carrying of the cross.
0:55.0	As we pray with the third, so awful mystery, the crowning with thorns, we see Jesus, the true king being mocked,
1:03.0	being crowned with thorns, clothed in purple, given a reed, but then being spat upon,
1:13.6	behold your king, behold his humility,
1:19.6	but also behold the royal road of his passion,
1:24.6	which leads to his ultimate victory in the resurrection.
1:31.3	As we pray with the fourth sorrowful mystery, Jesus carrying his cross,
1:35.3	we see Jesus freely embracing his cross,
1:39.3	journeying away from Jerusalem to Calvary,
1:47.0	like an ordinary criminal condemned to death.
1:53.0	We call to mind those who meets along the road, especially Simon,
1:57.0	who's compelled to help carry the cross.
2:00.0	And in carrying this cross, is given the opportunity who's compelled to help carry the cross.
2:03.8	And in carrying this cross, is given the opportunity to encounter his Savior and his salvation in Jesus face to face.
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