Day 53: Our Perfect Director (2026)
The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)
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🗓️ 22 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Mary and Joseph knew that they had a special role when raising Jesus, but something unexpected happens in the mystery of the Finding in the Temple. Mary may not fully understand Jesus’ explanation that he would be “in his Father’s house”, but she continues to trust in God’s plan. We have all experienced times in which we cannot visualize God’s plan for us, but Fr. Mark-Mary reminds us that we have a perfect director who will make a masterpiece out of our stories. All we have to do is trust and say yes. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and we will be praying one Our Father, three Hail Marys, and one Glory Be.
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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 a Year podcast, |
| 0:09.0 | where through prayer and meditation, the rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary, |
| 0:14.0 | and becomes a source of grace for the whole world. |
| 0:17.0 | The Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. |
| 0:20.0 | This is Dave 53. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year is brought to you by Ascension. This is Dave 53. 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 3377777. 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 is in the Ascension app. There are special features built just for this podcast and also recordings of the |
| 0:41.0 | full rosary with myself and other friars. I encourage you to pick up a copy of the rosary in the |
| 0:46.2 | year prayer guide, a book published by Ascension that was designed to complement this podcast. You'll find |
| 0:50.4 | all the daily reading from scripture, saint reflections, and beautiful, full-page images of the sacred arts will be reflecting on. |
| 0:59.7 | The fifth joyful mystery is the finding of the child Jesus in the temple. |
| 1:06.0 | Luke chapter 2, verses 41 through 52. |
| 1:15.1 | Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover, |
| 1:20.4 | and when he was 12 years old, they went up according to custom, and when the feast was ended, |
| 1:27.0 | as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, |
| 1:28.8 | but supposing him to be in the company, |
| 1:35.3 | they went a day's journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances. And when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem seeking him. After three days, they found him in |
| 1:41.4 | the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions. |
| 1:48.0 | And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. |
| 1:53.6 | When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, |
| 1:57.3 | Son, why have you treated us so? |
| 2:03.7 | Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously. And he said to them, how is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my |
| 2:11.5 | father's house? And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them. |
| 2:22.3 | And his mother kept all these things in her heart. |
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