Day 276: The Luminous and Sorrowful Mysteries
The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)
Ascension
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🗓️ 3 October 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, we pray through mysteries that draw us into both the glory and the suffering of Christ. We begin with the Transfiguration, where Jesus reveals His divine majesty to Peter, James, and John on the mountain. We then move to the Institution of the Eucharist, contemplating the gift of His Body and Blood given for us at the Last Supper. From there, we enter the sorrowful hours of His Passion, beginning with the Agony in the Garden, where Jesus surrenders to the Father’s will in the face of suffering. Finally, we reflect on the Scourging at the Pillar, remembering His profound endurance and love even in the midst of violence and humiliation. These mysteries invite us to hold together both the glory of Christ’s divinity and the depth of His sacrifice, strengthening our faith and drawing us deeper into His love. Today’s focus is the mysteries of the Transfiguration, the Institution of the Eucharist, the Agony in the Garden, and the Scourging at the Pillar. We will be praying four decades of the Rosary.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan friars of Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year podcast. |
| 0:08.9 | We're through prayer and meditation. |
| 0:11.0 | The rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world. |
| 0:15.5 | The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:18.7 | This is day 276. To download the prayer plan for rosary in a year, |
| 0:23.9 | visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text R-I-Y to 33-777. You'll get an outline |
| 0:31.5 | of how we're going to pray each month and it's a great way to track your progress. The best place |
| 0:35.0 | to listen to the podcast is in the Ascension app. There's special |
| 0:37.7 | features built just for this podcast and also recording to the full Rosary with myself and other |
| 0:41.1 | friars. I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in the Year prayer guide, a book published |
| 0:46.3 | by Ascension that was designed to complement this podcast. You'll find all the daily readings |
| 0:50.3 | for scripture, saint reflections, and beautiful images of the sacred art we'll be reflecting on. |
| 0:57.0 | Today, we will be concluding the luminous mysteries, and then we'll begin the sorrowful mysteries. |
| 1:04.0 | So we'll pray the fourth luminous mystery, the transfiguration, the fifth luminous mystery, the institution of the Eucharist, and then the first two sorrowful mysteries, the agony in the garden, and the scourging at the pillar. |
| 1:17.7 | We'll begin in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. |
| 1:23.0 | The fourth luminous mystery is the Transfiguration. |
| 1:26.8 | Our Father, who art in heaven, howllowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth |
| 1:34.6 | as it is in heaven. |
| 1:36.8 | Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who |
| 1:42.9 | trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation |
| 1:46.8 | but deliver us from evil amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed are thou |
| 1:56.8 | among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God. Pray for us sinners, |
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