I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan friars with Renewal and this is the Rosary in the Year podcast.

We're through prayer and meditation.

The Rosary brings us deeper into relationship with Jesus and Mary and becomes a source of grace for the whole world.

The Rosary in the Year is brought to you by Ascension.

This is Day 7. To download the prayer plan for

rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com forward slash rosary in a year or text Rai to 3377.

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 full rosary with myself and other friars. All right, friends, we've made it today seven.

We've made it through one week together here on our journey with the rosary in year podcast.

And just a reminder of where we've been,

we began with a basic look at prayer.

This reminder that in our prayer in general,

we want to be raising our minds and our hearts to God.

For two days, we had the opportunity

basing our meditation on the litany of the sacred hearts

of encountering Jesus, encountering his heart, which is kind and merciful.

We've been with Jesus in the throne room where he reigns and we've been with Jesus in the workshop where he patiently and mercifully teaches us. And then we've been with Mary.

We've taken her into our own home. She's a real mother and she needs to be more than just a

statue in our lives. But someone we talk to, someone we relate with, someone we share our hearts with,

someone we honor and venerate,

but also someone who wants to be asked to help and whose intercession is so powerful.

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