Day 203: God’s Relentless Pursuit
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
What is the Rosary in the Year podcast and how can I access the prayer plan?
And this is the Rosary in the Year podcast, where 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 203. 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 recordings of the full Rosary. with myself and other friars on behalf of myself and the whole team here at Ascension.
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who's helped support this podcast financially. Your support is so appreciated and helps us to reach as many people as possible.
Which mystery are we meditating on today and why is Day 203 significant?
And if you haven't already, please consider supporting us at ascensionpress.com forward slash support. Today, we will be meditating upon and praying with the fifth sorrowful mystery, the crucifixion and death of our Lord. Now, before we pray with this mystery today, let's take a moment to call to mind what we have prayed with and meditated upon up to this point. Back when we were in many ways just beginning our journey back at day 43, We had some time of prayer, particularly with Pope Benedict XVI. Reflection on Jesus during the crucifixion. As you recall, our Lord, while nailed to the cross, he prayed Psalm 22. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? This cry of despair, but also this revelation of hope.
How does Psalm 22 explain Jesus' cry 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'?
And if you recall Pope Benedict the 16th, he saw in this prayer of Jesus, Jesus bringing all of the world's anguished cry at God's absence before the heart of God himself. He writes, he takes their cry, their anguish, all their helplessness upon himself. And in so doing, he transforms it. there's an invitation again today to bring to Jesus crucified, to unite your own prayer to this prayer of Jesus, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? And in so doing this, like bringing your cry, your anguish, your experience of absence or silence from God to the heart of God himself, but with hope. with confidence as Jesus does, we call to mind that throughout his passion, Jesus remains in dialogue with his Father.
So if this is your experience today, again, we bring it with Jesus before the heart of the Father, but we remain here. We wait on Him.
How does Pope Benedict XVI interpret Jesus bringing human anguish to the Father?
Now, secondly, for our view today, In the conclusion of the short mini series in which we journeyed through the sorrowful mysteries interwoven with a variety of meditations on the parable of the prodigal son, I called to mind this prayer, this reflection of how the father in the parable is always looking for his son, attentive for his son. And as soon as his son appears on the horizon, the father runs to him and embraces him and cries with him and kisses him. and restores him to his dignity and brings him home. And how I see in this very much lived in salvation history as Jesus nailed to the cross at Calvary says to like dismiss the name that tradition gives to the good thief. Like today you will be with me in paradise.
We see this search and we see Jesus as the pursuit of the father for his son. In this case, the good thief coming to him, taking upon himself like the consequences of sin to bring him home. And what this reveals to us about the heart of Jesus is how deeply God is invested in us. How deeply God cares. And if you remember, there's the rebuke that some of the apostles receive in the boat during the storm when they come to Jesus and say, like, do you even care? And the answer to this question, a question that rises up in the hearts of man again and again and again, particularly as we encounter personal suffering or suffering of loved ones, is God, like, do you care? And the answer to this question we find definitively answered in Christ crucified who reveals to us the heart of the Father.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:04–0:07
2
What is the Rosary in the Year podcast and how can I access the prayer plan?
0:07–0:53
3
Which mystery are we meditating on today and why is Day 203 significant?
0:53–2:03
4
How does Psalm 22 explain Jesus' cry 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'?
2:03–3:33
5
How does Pope Benedict XVI interpret Jesus bringing human anguish to the Father?
3:33–5:36
6
How is the parable of the prodigal son connected to the good thief at the crucifixion?
5:36–10:40
7
How does Christ’s crucifixion reveal God's care and answer 'Do you care?' about suffering?
10:40–13:21
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How does the crucifixion fulfill the covenant symbolized by the rainbow and promise of resurrection?
13:21–15:41