Day 261: The Joyful Mysteries

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

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🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

As we continue with the Joyful Mysteries, we celebrate the saving presence of Christ among us. In the Visitation, Mary carries the Savior to Elizabeth, and His presence brings joy and blessing. In the Nativity, Christ is born in poverty yet shines forth as the Light of the World. In the Presentation in the Temple, Mary and Joseph offer Jesus to the Father, and the promise of salvation is proclaimed. In these mysteries, we are called to bring Christ joyfully to others, to welcome Him with humble hearts, and to dedicate our lives to the will of God. Today’s focus is the mysteries of the Visitation, the Nativity, and the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. We will be praying three 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 261. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit Ascension. This is Day 261.
0:21.9	To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com
0:25.9	forward slash rosary in a year or text RIY to 3377777.
0:32.4	You'll get an outline of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress.
0:35.6	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, St. Reflections, and beautiful images of the sacred art we'll be reflecting on.
0:59.3	Today we will be praying the joyful mysteries, beginning with the second joyful mystery.
1:05.3	So we'll be praying the visitation, the nativity, and then the presentation of Jesus in the temple.
1:12.9	We'll begin in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
1:17.4	Amen.
1:19.9	The second joyful mystery is the visitation.
1:24.1	Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
1:28.4	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
1:32.9	Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us,
1:40.2	and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, amen.
1:46.8	Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
1:50.7	Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
1:56.2	Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, mother of God. Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen.
2:04.3	Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit
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