Day 179: Discouragement, Distraction, Despair
6/28/202618 min
Today’s painting, The Arrest of Christ by Giotto di Bondone can be somewhat unsettling. Giotto di Bondone captures the moment of Judas' betrayal with intense emotion, reminding Fr. Mark-Mary that any of us could be in Judas’ place. Supplemented by a quote from St. Augustine, we meditate on the realization that all of us have the capacity to be great sinners or great saints. Today’s focus is the mystery of the Agony in the Garden and we will be praying one decade of the Rosary.
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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 to 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 179. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a Year, visit ascensionpress.com/rosaryinayear, or text R-I-Y to 33777. 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. 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 generosity is so appreciated and helps us to reach as many people as possible. And if you haven't already, please consider supporting us at ascensionpress.com/support. Today, we are meditating upon and praying with the first sorrowful mystery, the Agony of Jesus in the Garden, with help from a painting entitled The Arrest of Christ: Kiss of Judas by the artist Giotto. So our artist today is Giotto di Bondone. [laughs] Um, I don't know a lot of these names, so I'm looking them up, how to say it, you know, and they're, they're saying it in the accent, and so I feel a