Day 192: A Renewed “Yes”
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What is the Rosary in a Year podcast and how do I access the prayer plan?
I'm Father Mark Mary with the Franciscan Friars of Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a 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 a Year is brought to you by Ascension. And this is day 192. 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 33777. 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 recording to the full rosary with myself and other friars.
I encourage you to pick up a copy of the Rosary in the Year Prayer Guide, a book published by Ascension that was designed to compliment this podcast. You'll find all the daily readings of scripture, saint reflections, and beautiful images of the sacred art we'll be reflecting on. Today, we will be meditating upon and praying with the fourth joyful mystery, the Presentation. So today, before we get into our time of prayer, we'll go ahead and have a little review of what we've covered to this point. If you recall back, inspired by the words of Simeon at the presentation. My own eyes have seen the salvation. My own eyes have seen the salvation of God. And I called to mind the prayer, we call it, the Canticle of Simeon, that religious priests, so myself personally, we pray every night.
Lord, now you let your servant go in peace. Your word has been fulfilled. My own eyes have seen the salvation which you have prepared in the sight of every people. And I shared the story of Ray, who was a man in our homeless shelter who would join us for Compline every night. And if you recall, one of the characteristics of Ray was that he was blind. And that blindness isn't necessarily a total absolute inability to see, but sometimes you can see a little bit. And so Ray had these big, big glasses and we had these huge printouts of these words of Compline. And every night, every night he would sit in the chapel and he would pray these words with all sincerity and genuineness and faith. My own eyes have seen the salvation.
And how Ray, as he came to be Catholic amongst us, as he came to be confirmed and receive his first communion, he was an elderly man. He was a homeless man. He was a blind man. But he was a joyful man. Why? Because his own eyes, his eyes of faith, had seen the salvation that God had prepared in the sight of all peoples. He knew Jesus. And he knew what Jesus meant and he found his joy, his confidence, his hope, and his faith in Jesus, Emmanuel, God with us. So there can be an invitation today as we pray to look upon Jesus again with the eyes of faith, just like Ray did. and to find our joy, our confidence, our fullness, our satisfaction, our hope in Jesus, just like Ray did. And we ourselves can echo the Canticle of Simeon.
Lord, now you let your servant go in peace. Lord, you are enough. And we also talked about this quote from St. John Paul II. in one of his interviews, when someone asked John Paul II, like, what do you do with your free time? And he said, all my time is free. In the context of looking at this quote, remember St. Alphonsus wrote, now we begin to see how much the sacrifice cost her and what heroic virtue she, referring to Mary, was obliged to practice when she had herself to sign the sentence of condemnation of her dear Jesus to death. And I shared the story of Pope St. John Paul II. All my time is free. in some ways echoing Jesus' own words. Like, no one takes my life from me. I lay it down freely. What St.
John Paul II is saying is like, I am free. And whatever is happening to me, it's never just happening to me. I am free. I am free.
Which mystery are we meditating on today and why is the Presentation significant?
And Jesus, like, no one condemns me to death. I lay my life down freely. And what we see in Mary, which is so profound, but also in many ways so challenging, is that at the presentation, And as she continues to walk with Jesus all the way to Calvary, she presents Jesus.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the Rosary in a Year podcast and how do I access the prayer plan?
0:04–4:49
2
Which mystery are we meditating on today and why is the Presentation significant?
4:49–7:03
3
How does the Canticle of Simeon frame the presentation and prayer life?
7:03–12:12
4
What does the story of Ray illustrate about seeing salvation with the eyes of faith?
12:12–16:24