Day 178: Open the Door
6/27/202614 min
In Tanner’s painting, Christ and the Disciples Before the Last Supper, we see Jesus and a few disciples before they enter the upper room to eat the Passover. In moments, the institution of the Eucharist will occur. Fr. Mark-Mary invites us to experience the incredible love Jesus is inviting them into before they enter and share the Passover meal. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Institution of the Eucharist and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.
All of the Sacred Art we’ll be meditating with can be found in the Rosary in a Year Prayer Guide, for free linked in the complete prayer plan, or in the Ascension App. For the complete prayer plan, visit https://ascensionpress.com/riy.
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First 90 secondsMark-Mary Ames· Host0:00
[gentle music] I'm Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a 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 a Year is brought to you by Ascension. This is day one seventy-eight. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com/rosaryinayear or text R-I-Y to three three seven seven seven. You'll get an outline of how we're gonna 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. No matter what app you're listening in, remember to tap follow or subscribe for your daily notifications. Today, we will be meditating upon and praying with the fifth Luminous Mystery, the Institution of the Most Holy Eucharist, with help from a painting by the artist Henry Ossawa Tanner entitled Christ and the Disciples Before the Last Supper. All right, we've had a painting by Tanner before, but again, just a brief introduction to our artist again and then the artwork. Henry Ossawa Tanner was born in the year eighteen fifty-nine, died in the year nineteen thirty-seven, and he was an American painter from Pittsburgh who spent most of his career in Philadelphia and Paris, and he was one of the first African American painters to be recognized internationally. This particular