The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)

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, The Last Supper, by Juan de Juanes (Vicente Juan M...

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 Biblical reference. Raphael has chosen to depict the b...

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 from the Gospels. A group of accusers try to trap J...

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 might struggle to multitask, God works on multiple le...

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. John is troubled, explains Fr. Mark-Mary, and yet,...

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 from St. Joseph to Jesus in the Holy Family. God'...

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 today’s art, we see Joseph offering the turtle do...

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 happened? Fr. Mark-Mary continues our focus on St. Josep...

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 take Mary, his wife, into his home. Fr. Mark-Mary, m...

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 our meditation to an observation of Mary’s youth a...

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 Velázquez’s painting, The Coronation of the Virgin. Fr. ...

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, meditating on The Immaculate Conception, a fresc...

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 upper room and fire descended. However, Jean Resto...

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 of the Ascension, Fr. Mark-Mary draws our attenti...

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 Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees i...

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 earth again. Pietro Gagliardi’s fresco of the Crucif...

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. Mark-Mary leads us in a meditation focusing on t...

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 Thorns by Titian, the phrase “render to Caesar what i...

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 a fresco of the Scourging, Fr. Mark-Mary draws ou...

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 leads the soldiers to arrest Jesus, Fr. Mark-Mary ...

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 mosaic by Giacomo Raffaelli. Jesus can be at peace beca...

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. Mark-Mary draws on the symbolism found in today’s ...

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 one returns to give thanks. In this mystery, the K...

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, says that Jesus doesn’t just do miracles as a si...

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 in the Church of San Benedetto in Padua, reveals t...

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 the varied reactions of onlookers in the mosaic of ...

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 women converse, a child looks towards the viewer, ...

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 bend the knee in worship of Jesus to the glory of...

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 is leading. Fr. Mark-Mary highlights the dynamics...

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. We contemplate the reverence and solemnity depic...

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. Fr. Mark-Mary, with help from St. John Henry Neuma...

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 incredible joy that must have occurred, and Fr. Mark-Ma...

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-Mary explains that we can kindle this fire of the ...

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 that we can do this through works of charity, using ...

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 too might walk in newness of life. Fr. Mark-Mary, ...

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 explains that by meditating through Mary, we see Our Lor...

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, as a victory carries his trophy. Fr. Mark-Mary reve...

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. Mark-Mary reads from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, e...

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 don't receive this gift and continue to live our li...

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 of love when it encounters suffering and difficulty...

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-Mary shares some catechesis on the Eucharist, drawi...

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 descent, back to the world. As much as Peter would like ...

Day 116: Continued Through You

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus has a plan for your life, a plan to continue his divine mission through you. Fr. Mark-Mary shares a reading from St. John Eudes, explaining how ...

Day 115: Wedding of the Lamb

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two weddings are being celebrated at the wedding feast at Cana. As the divine bridegroom, Jesus’ relationship to his bride, the Church, changes here...

Day 114: Baptized with Him

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

St. Gregory of Nazianzus offers us a reading on Christ’s baptism, full of scriptural references to the Old Testament and the Trinity. Fr. Mark-Mary ...

Day 113: Spoiler Alert

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Spoiler alert: Jesus is Lord! While the mystery of the Finding in the Temple is not the climax of Jesus’ story, for the first century man or woman, ...

Day 112: All My Time is Free

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 Mary gave consent to Jesus’ sacrifice in the mystery of the Annunciation, but in the mystery of the Presentation, God asks her to recommit to thi...

Day 111: Manifest in Humility

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

God so profoundly wants us to have confidence to approach him, that he veils his glory and clothes himself in humble humanity, saying, “Come to Me.”...

Day 110: Greater Seeks Lesser

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

God doesn’t just stay in heaven and wait for us to approach him. Instead, as reflected in the mystery of the Visitation, God comes in search of us. ...

Day 109: The Gift of Wonder

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 St. Gregory Thaumaturgus means St. Gregory the “wonder worker,” Fr. Mark-Mary tells us. Leading us through a reading from St. Gregory, Fr. Mark...

Day 108: Heights of Holiness

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Queen is set apart, but Mary, as Queen of Heaven and Earth is set apart so that as our mother she can draw us up to her son. When we are too little ...

Day 107: Beauty Which Never Fades

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The mystery of the Assumption reveals to us that true beauty lies not in earthly appearances, but heavenly things, in heaven, our true home. Fr. Mark-...

Day 106: He Sends His Spirit

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it feels like Jesus gets more attention than the Holy Spirit. Fr. Mark-Mary, with help from a reading by  St. Ambrose, dives into the role...

Day 105: Love Draws Us Up

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Heaven is more than just a theological reality. Heaven can be a personal truth we approach with profound love, longing to join Jesus in heaven. Fr. Ma...

Day 104: Where is Your Sting?

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meditating on a reading from St. John Chrysostom, we recall that Jesus’ victory over death is eternal. Fr. Mark-Mary encourages us to take comfort i...

Day 103: Pilgrimage of Faith

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mary was preserved by special grace from sin, but Mary was also human, requiring her to journey on the same spiritual pilgrimage we all undertake. Her...

Day 102: Carried with Love

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the day of the crucifixion, three crosses were carried. Yet, there’s only one cross that we honor, only one cross that is featured as a mystery o...

Day 101: Glory and Indignity

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 Instead of a crown of glory, they imposed on him a crown of indignity, St. Thomas Aquinas writes of the Crowning with Thorns. Fr. Mark-Mary recalls...

Day 100: Always Her Son

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Drawing upon St. Bridget of Sweden’s work, Revelations, we meditate on the Scourging at the Pillar from Mary’s perspective. Fr. Mark-Mary reminds ...

Day 99: Stay in Dialogue

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we experience  real, deep, human fear and anguish, we can draw hope from the fact that Jesus has experienced these things before us. Fr. Mark-M...

Day 98: An Abyss of Love

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Aided by a meditation from St. Catherine of Siena’s Dialogue, we reflect on the profound gift of the Eucharist. Jesus tells each and every one of us...

Day 97: Climb the Mountain

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the mystery of the Transfiguration, there’s an invitation to climb the mountain with Jesus. However, in our vocations and states of life, it can ...

Day 96: A New Love

06 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus is raising the stakes during his ministry and proclamation of the kingdom. St. Augustine tells us that there’s a new kingdom, a new law, and a...

Day 95: Moms are Special

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Would Jesus have turned the water into wine if someone other than Mary had asked him? Fr. Mark-Mary, reading from  St. Alphonsus Liguori, reflects o...

Day 94: No Doubt

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is there any room left for doubt in the mystery of the Baptism? No, say Fr. Mark-Mary and St. Ambrose, as we meditate on the confidence with which we ...

Day 93: Look Like You Love Him

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Mary and Joseph realized that Jesus was missing, they searched everywhere, stopping at nothing to find him. This is how love searches, Fr. Mark-M...

Day 92: Waiting in the Temple

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Jesus was presented in the Temple, Simeon was ready to receive the long desired savior. With a reading from  St. Cyril of Alexandria, Fr. Mark-...

Day 91: Cause For Joy

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is the Nativity a cause for joy in your life? Reflecting on a sermon from St. Leo the Great, Fr. Mark-Mary tells us that sometimes when we don’t fee...

Day 90: Consoling Mother

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We read from St. Alphonsus Liguori’s On the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin, recognizing that Mary’s office as Mother means that she will console...

Day 89: Long Desired

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We move into our Saint Reflections section of Phase 3 with a reading from St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s Four Homilies in Praise of the Virgin Mother. F...

Day 88: The Road of Humility

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mary chose humility, waiting with confidence in the Lord and his goodness. For this, Fr. Mark-Mary says, she has been made queen of heaven and earth. ...

Day 87: It’s All True

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The mystery of the Assumption reveals that everything God promised to Mary was fulfilled. Fr. Mark-Mary emphasizes that we can place our hope in this:...

Day 86: Filled with New Wine

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After the descent of the Holy Spirit, those who hear the Apostles are amazed and perplexed, suggesting that perhaps the Apostles have had too much win...

Day 85: The Blessing Never Stops

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In his glorified body, Jesus no longer has physical limitations. This is why, Fr. Mark-Mary explains, Jesus’ blessing upon the Apostles, and therefo...

Day 84: Do Not Be Afraid

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the mystery of the Resurrection, Jesus and the angels bring the same message: do not be afraid. This is a sign of the joy and confidence with which...

Day 83: Father Forgive Them

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the midst of the most tragic of circumstances, his crucifixion and death, what does Jesus say? Jesus prays for all of us, asking the Father to forg...

Day 82: Simon’s Choice

23 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

During Jesus’ passion, the gospel tells us that a man named Simon was compelled to carry Jesus’ cross. In this moment, Simon was given a decision:...

Day 81: Behold Your King

22 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Although the Roman soldiers mockingly hail Jesus as king, Fr. Mark-Mary explains that in this mystery we see the reality of Jesus’ true kingship and...

Day 80: His Blood For You

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jesus freely endured the suffering of the scourging because of his great love for us. Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in lectio divina, meditating on the depth...

Day 79: Trust like Jesus

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Jesus is sorrowful in the Garden of Gethsemane, he stays in relationship with the Father, trusting in the Father’s plan. Fr. Mark-Mary invites ...

Day 78: Given for You

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the last supper, Jesus tells his disciples that he earnestly desires to eat the Passover with them. Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in lectio divina, medita...

Day 77: Have No Fear

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When we experience fear and doubt, we can turn to the Father’s revelation that Jesus is the one we have been looking for. Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in ...

Day 76: The Shepherd is Shepherding

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The mystery of the Proclamation of the Kingdom and the Call to Conversion reveals to us that the time is now. God is here, and he desires to shepherd ...

Day 75: Jesus and Mary See You

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the Wedding Feast at Cana, Mary notices first that the wine has run out. Fr. Mark-Mary explains that this means Mary and Jesus are invested in us. ...

Day 74: Beloved of the Father

15 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We know Jesus is the beloved of the Father, but today Fr. Mark-Mary tells us that we too should see ourselves as beloved through the grace of our Bapt...

Day 73: Seek Him

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How are we seeking Jesus? Are we aware that as we seek Jesus, he too is seeking us? Fr. Mark-Mary asks us the words Jesus asks Mary when she finds him...

Day 72: You Don’t Wait in Vain

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Simeon and Anna spent their entire lives waiting in the Temple for the savior. We might feel like Simeon and Anna, waiting for God and his promises in...

Day 71: Behold God

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What was the experience of the shepherds, called by angels to the birth of God? How would we react to seeing the newborn Christ? Fr. Mark-Mary leads u...

Day 70: The Faith of Mary

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the Visitation, God is revealing that he keeps his promises. Fr. Mark-Mary leads us in lectio divina, meditating on finding blessedness in our fait...

Day 69: Nothing is Impossible

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Congratulations! You have made it to Phase 3 of the Rosary in a Year: Meditating on the Mysteries. We begin lectio divina with Fr. Mark-Mary, meditati...

Bonus: Introduction to Phase Three: “Meditating with the Mysteries”

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do we really dive into meditation while we pray the rosary? In this special bonus episode, Fr. Mark-Mary is joined by Fr. Gregory Pine to discuss ...

Day 68: Fancy Friends

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many of us have “fancy” friends in our lives, and sometimes we are the “fancy” friend: someone whose role, talents, or connections are able to...

Day 67: He Has Promised

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes God asks us to do things that are unexpected or difficult. However, these times are often an opportunity for God to bless us: although we mi...

Day 66: Wait and Pray

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What were the Apostles feeling as they waited in the upper room? Despite their trepidation, the Apostles waited and prayed with confidence, and the Ho...

Day 65: Returning Home

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Did Jesus leave us when he ascended to heaven? Fr. Mark-Mary answers this question, leading us in a meditation on the certainty of Jesus’ perpetual ...

Day 64: Christ is Risen

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

How do you celebrate Easter? Fr. Mark-Mary provides listeners with a challenge, reminiscing on the moment he realized just how important Easter is, an...

Day 63: Even Unto Death

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just as the father in the parable of the prodigal son does not merely wait to welcome his son back, but pursues to meet him on the way, Fr. Mark-Mary ...

Day 62: He Meets Us

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the parable of the Prodigal Son, the father does not wait for his son to come back home, but instead descends to meet him on the way. In the myster...

Day 61: You Are Beloved

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the devil attacks, he tries to mock us and deny our dignity. Fr. Mark-Mary continues the journey of reflecting on the passion of our Lord as it r...

Day 60: Effects of Sin

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes we don’t fully recognize or understand the effects of sin on our soul, but the mystery of the Scourging at the Pillar reveals the reality ...