Day 347: The Joyful Mysteries
The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)
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🗓️ 13 December 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Our meditations for today’s Rosary remind us of how God so often moves in unexpected ways. Fr. Mark-Mary reminds us of the prophecy shared with Zechariah and Elizabeth, concurrent with the Annunciation. Instead of the Messiah coming to a priest in the Temple, the Messiah is given to a hidden, lowly woman. Similarly, the Holy Family’s journey to Bethlehem was surely difficult, yet God was working through this to fulfill Micah 5:2. Today's focus is the Joyful Mysteries, and we’ll be praying the full Rosary.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and this is the Rosary in the Year podcast, |
| 0:09.5 | where through prayer and meditation, the rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary |
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| 1:01.0 | Today we will be praying the joyful mysteries. |
| 1:05.0 | Let us begin in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. |
| 1:10.2 | I believe in God, the Father Almighty, |
| 1:12.8 | creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, |
| 1:15.2 | His only Son, our Lord, who's conceived by the Holy Spirit, |
| 1:18.3 | born of the Virgin Mary. |
| 1:20.2 | Suffered under Pontchus Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. |
| 1:23.6 | He descended to hell. |
| 1:24.9 | On the third day, he rose again from the dead. |
| 1:27.4 | He ascended into heaven |
| 1:28.7 | and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living |
| 1:34.1 | and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, |
| 1:39.9 | the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting, amen. |
| 1:45.5 | For Holy Father's health and intentions, our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. |
| 1:51.8 | Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread |
| 1:58.4 | and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, |
| 2:03.8 | and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, amen. |
| 2:10.0 | For an increase in the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity, |
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