Day 214: Trusting the Father
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are invited to enter into prayer with a deep awareness of the Heavenly Father’s presence throug...
Day 213: Advocate, Queen, and Mother
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary encourages us to build a personal, relational prayer life by connecting intimately wit...
Day 212: Eternal Exchange of Love
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Opening with prayerful reflection, Father Mark-Mary invites listeners to contemplate the Holy Trinit...
Day 211: Presence of the Holy Spirit
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have an opportunity to deepen our relationship with the Holy Spirit through today's meditative pr...
Day 210: Relationship With the Son
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We continue deepening our practice of relational prayer, focusing on Jesus the Son. We place ourselv...
Day 209: Praying With the Father
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we begin Phase 5: Building Up the Decades. We begin to deepen not only the quantity but especi...
Phase 5 Bonus: Introduction to Phase Five: “Building Up the Decades”
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary is joined by Dr. Edward Sri as they discuss practical tips for growing your devotion t...
Day 208: Mary is With Us
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the mystery of Mary’s coronation, we dive into the depths of Mary’s role as queen and mother....
Day 207: Fiat by Fiat
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Those of us who wish to experience the fulfillment of God's promises in our lives are called to m...
Day 206: Promise of the Father
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Pentecost, the Church receives the promise of the Father: the Holy Spirit. Fr. Mark-Mary leads us...
Day 205: With Us Always
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary explains that the Ascension is not Christ’s departure, but the perfection of His pre...
Day 204: Transcending Death
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Resurrection was a transformation of life that transcended death, bringing hope, healing, and re...
Day 203: God’s Relentless Pursuit
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Christ’s cry from the cross reveals not despair, b...
Day 202: Scapegoat and Savior
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary connects Jesus carrying His cross to Christ as the new scapegoat, freely taking on the...
Day 201: Thorns for Love
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mocked and spat upon, Christ crowned with thorns fulfills the image of the suffering servant—humbl...
Day 200: Glory Hidden in Suffering
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We follow the trajectory of the Scourging, beginning with sorrow as we behold the results of sin in ...
Day 199: What the Garden Reveals
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Agony in the Garden reveals deep truths, shared by Fr. Mark-Mary, as we return to three prior me...
Day 198: The Love of Jesus
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Holy Eucharist is one of the greatest signs of Jesus’ love. With Fr. Mark-Mary, we return to t...
Day 197: Mystery of Light
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re invited to faithfulness in prayer and a journey to the mountaintop in the Transfiguration. R...
Day 196: Invited to the Kingdom
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We review our meditations focused on the Proclamation of the Kingdom, recalling Jesus’ call to us,...
Day 195: New Wine, New Life
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Do whatever He tells you.” Mary’s powerful words at the Wedding Feast at Cana urge us to trus...
Day 194: Beloved Sons and Daughters
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reflecting on the Baptism of Jesus, Fr. Mark-Mary emphasizes that our own baptism equips us with the...
Day 193: Faith in the Silence
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guided meditation on the fifth Joyful Mystery, the Finding of Jesus in the Temple, highlights th...
Day 192: A Renewed “Yes”
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Through storytelling and scripture, Fr. Mark-Mary explores the sacrificial freedom expressed by both...
Day 191: Unworthy Yet Welcomed
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary reflects on the Nativity, emphasizing the overwhelming joy and sense of unworthiness t...
Day 190: Returning to the Visitation
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We continue practicing meditation with our mental archive, returning to Mary as the Ark of the Coven...
Day 189: Beginning Our Meditation
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We begin Phase 4: Finding Focus today, reviewing several topics for meditation on the Annunciation. ...
Bonus: Introduction to Phase Four: “Finding Focus”
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the difference between a commitment and a devotion? How can we grow in love for the rosary?...
Day 188: Gifts for Mary
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our final visio divina episode, we meditate on a fresco entitled Mary, Help of Christians, by Giu...
Day 187: God is Never Outdone
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus took flesh from Mary and glorified it, says St. Augustine. As we meditate on the Assumption th...
Day 186: Power From On High
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In anticipation of Pentecost, Jesus tells his disciples to wait until the Father sends them power fr...
Day 185: Proclaiming Christ
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Each of us is called to share the Gospel boldly through our witness, words, and love. Fr. Mark-Mary ...
Day 184: Beyond the Tomb
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the first person to witness the Resurrection was Mary, the mother of Jesus? Fr. Mark-Mary ex...
Day 183: Love Poured Out
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary reflects on the Crucifixion through Rubens’ painting, The Descent from the Cross, em...
Day 182: Shared Sacrifice
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Inspired by Raphael’s painting depicting the Carrying of the Cross, Fr. Mark-Mary focuses on the p...
Day 181: Grace Amid Thorns
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Witnessing Christ crowned with thorns reveals a striking contrast between worldly might and divine s...
Day 180: The God Who Bleeds
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary draws us in to an overwhelming realization while meditating on The Flagellation of Our...
Day 179: Discouragement, Distraction, Despair
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s painting, The Arrest of Christ by Giotto di Bondone can be somewhat unsettling. Giotto di ...
Day 178: Open the Door
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Tanner’s painting, Christ and the Disciples Before the Last Supper, we see Jesus and a few disc...
Day 177: Earthen Vessels
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary introduces us to the spiritual background of icons as we pray with an icon of the Tran...
Day 176: Jesus is in the Boat
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark chapter 5 doesn’t shrink back from the danger of the storm. The apostles’ boat is filling w...
Day 175: Calling Through the Noise
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary draws unique comparisons when meditating on Paolo Veronese’s The Wedding at Cana. Th...
Day 174: Living Our Baptism
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Through Alexander Ivanov’s painting, The Appearance of Christ Before the People, Fr. Mark-Mary con...
Day 173: Rooted in Identity
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary contemplates the courage required of 12-year-old Jesus speaking in the temple, as depi...
Day 172: Heart of Prayer
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meditating on Mary’s presence in the Presentation scene, painted by Aert de Gelder, reveals a woma...
Day 171: Worship the Newborn King
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caravaggio’s Nativity with Saint Francis and Saint Lawrence offers a tender and grounded depiction...
Day 170: Grit and Grace
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary’s journey to visit Elizabeth is brought to life through Antonio Barluzzi’s mosaic, where Ma...
Day 169: The Faithful “Yes”
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to say “yes” to God with complete trust? Reflecting on Jan van Eyck’s painti...
Day 168: Our Shared Inheritance
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Coronation of Mary is portrayed in Giuseppe Mattia Borgnis’s fresco, where the Trinity crowns ...
Day 167: Glory Awaits the Faithful
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary reflects on the Assumption of Mary through Cesare Mariani’s 1863 fresco, which depic...
Day 166: Ordinary, Yet Called
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Titian’s Renaissance painting, Pentecost, focuses on St. Peter kneeling beside Mary with the keys ...
Day 165: Following in His Footsteps
14 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Exploring the mystery of the Ascension, Fr. Mark-Mary meditates on Jesus’ enduring presence throug...
Day 164: Guided by His Hand
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary reflects on St. Thomas not as doubting and resistant, but as someone honestly expressi...
Day 163: Through His Eyes
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What did Jesus see when He looked down from the cross? And what does He see in us now? Fr. Mark-Mary...
Day 162: Carrying the Cross Together
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Orazio Gentileschi’s painting, Christ Carrying the Cross, captures the profound strength and inner...
Day 161: Sharing Eternal Victory
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christ is depicted in Caravaggio’s Ecce Homo with quiet dignity amid humiliation, as He is crowned...
Day 160: Choose Your Side
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are in a war with darkness, and we must choose to take up the side as sons and daughters of God. ...
Day 159: Surrender Your Suffering
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we meditate with the painting entitled Prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane Garden by Alessandro Maganza...
Day 158: Wash All of Me
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus gives himself totally to us in the Eucharist, body, blood, soul, and divinity. Today’s art, ...
Day 157: We Have Authority
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary notices that The Transfiguration, painted by Raphael, contains a very interesting Bibl...
Day 156: I Do Not Condemn You
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Lorenzo Lotto’s painting, The Adulterous Woman, we are presented with an unforgettable moment f...
Day 155: More than Meets the Eye
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus is a divine multitasker, intentionally and perfectly. Fr. Mark-Mary explains that while we mig...
Day 154: I Am Not Worthy
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Jesus approaches John to be baptized, John initially resists, insisting that he is not worthy. ...
Day 153: From St. Joseph to Jesus
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Concluding our focus on St. Joseph, we reflect on the quiet but powerful transition of Mary’s care...
Day 152: St. Joseph’s Offering
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our series focusing on St. Joseph’s presence with the Presentation in the Temple. In t...
Day 151: St. Joseph’s Protection
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If St. Joseph had not been present at the Nativity, could the adoration of the shepherds have happen...
Day 150: God Will Provide
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary was not the only one who received an angelic visitor. Joseph too was directed by an angel to ta...
Day 149: Littleness Before the Lord
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Henry Ossawa Tanner’s depiction of the Annunciation is distinctly unique. Fr. Mark-Mary directs ou...
Day 148: Daughter, Mother, Spouse
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Coronation of Mary can be seen in a distinctly Trinitarian sense, highlighted in Diego Velázque...
Day 147: Fullness of Victory
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary, through her Immaculate Conception, shares in the fullness of Christ’s victory. Fr. Mark-Mary...
Day 146: My Soul Thirsts
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At Pentecost, the Apostles may have been filled with a reasonable amount of fear, as wind shook the ...
Day 145: He Must Increase
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
St. John the Baptist said in John 3:30, “he must increase, I must decrease”. In today’s mosaic...
Day 144: Done in Secret
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Repeatedly in the Gospels, Jesus goes off alone to pray to the Father, telling us, “pray to your F...
Day 143: Fulfillment of the Promise
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the Old Testament, God sent Noah the sign of the rainbow to promise he would never flood the eart...
Day 142: Truly the Son of God
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pieter Bruegel’s painting, The Procession to Calvary, is distinctly filled with Roman soldiers. Fr...
Day 141: Render Unto God
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we see the bust of Tiberius Caesar at the top of today’s painting, Christ Crowned with Thorn...
Day 140: His Glory Remains
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
St. Paul’s letter to the Romans tells us, “if God is for us, who is against us?” Reflecting on...
Day 139: Gold in Our Halos
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s painting by Vicente Masip, Judas is pictured with a gold and black halo. Even as Judas ...
Day 138: Rest in All Things
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even at the Last Supper, anticipating his passion, Jesus is at peace, as depicted in today’s mosai...
Day 137: Medium Reveals Meaning
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus is the light of the world, shown so clearly through the mystery of the Transfiguration. Fr. Ma...
Day 136: We Must Receive
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s painting, The Healing of the Lepers at Capernum, Jesus has healed ten lepers, but only ...
Day 135: Miracles of Love
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why does Jesus perform miracles? Fr. Mark-Mary, meditating with help from a painting by Carl Bloch, ...
Day 134: Shadow of the Cross
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first Luminous mystery is a mystery of profound joy, but a fresco of Jesus’ Baptism, featured ...
Day 133: Respond with Grace
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How would you react if you saw 12-year old Jesus preaching in the temple? Fr. Mark-Mary points out t...
Day 132: Eyes on Jesus
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Giulio Campi’s fresco of The Presentation in the Temple, is filled with people and commotion. Two ...
Day 131: Worship and Warmth
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What will be true in heaven is already true in the manger at Bethlehem. Already, heaven and earth...
Day 130: Joy in the Darkness
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So often, our futures are shrouded in mystery and darkness. It can be hard to see where God’s plan...
Day 129: A Disposition of Reverence
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Mark-Mary begins our visio divina episodes with a meditation on The Annunciation by Fra Angelico...
Day 128: Queen of Angels
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary is the general of an angelic army, and her aim is fighting for us, protecting us from harm. ...
Day 127: Reunion into Heaven
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What was it like in heaven the day Mary was assumed? St. Bernard of Clairvaux describes the incre...
Day 126: Fire of Love
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
God desires the fire of his love to burn always in our hearts, says St. Alphonsus Liguori. Fr. Mark-...
Day 125: Hold Fast to Christ
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Jesus ascends to heaven, St. Augustine tells us to hold fast to Christ. Fr. Mark-Mary explains th...
Day 124: Newness of Life
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We were buried with Christ by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead, we ...
Day 123: She Magnifies Him
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
St. Bridget's Revelations tells us of the crucifixion through Mary’s eyes. Fr. Mark-Mary explai...
Day 122: Trophy of Victory
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carrying the cross was meant to be a dishonor, but Jesus carried his cross as a sign of his glory, a...
Day 121: The Cost of Compromise
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pilate tried to compromise on truth. His concern was not justice, but instead self-preservation. Fr....
Day 120: Be the One
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus suffered tremendously to show his love for us and to win us for himself. And yet, many of us d...
Day 119: Till The End
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final moments before his arrest, Jesus is praying for the apostles. This is the movement o...
Day 118: Partake of God
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does transubstantiation happen, and what do we receive when we receive the Eucharist? Fr. Mark-M...
Day 117: Come Down, Peter
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The mystery of the Transfiguration begins with ascent to the heavenly mountain, but ends with descen...