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Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and this is the Rosary in Here 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 44. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com rosary in the year text RIY to 33 7. 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's 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. And if you haven't already, please consider Supporting us at ascensionpress.com forward/support.
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Glorious Mystery is the resurrection Matthew, chapter 28, verses 1 through 10 now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb, and behold, there was a great for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow, and for fear of him, the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen. As he said, come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. And behold, he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him. Behold, I have told you. So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, hail, and they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, do not be afraid. Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me. Today we begin looking at the first of the five glorious mysteries. And what we'll notice is these are mysteries of a new creation of glorified realities. And we'll get into that in just a second, seeing the elevated reality, the glorified reality that is the fruit of the resurrection of our Lord. But first, a couple of notes from the Scriptures. Matthew's account begins with the signs, images consistent with a theophany, a manifestation of God. We have the descent of an angel. We have a great earthquake. And this angel, his appearance is like lightning and his clothing white as snow. And so it's clear God is here and God is going to be revealing himself. A note which is particularly moving to me, and I offer this to you for your prayer in the future, is this is the resurrection's already happened. Jesus isn't rising from the dead. In the context of the earthquake and the appearance of the angel, he's already risen. But no insight is offered to us of that experience. And consistently in the Gospels, we do have insight, if you will. The veil is open beyond particularly intimate realities, like when the angel Gabriel comes to Mary at the Annunciation. We even have Jesus's exchange with his Father in the Garden of Gethsemane. Father, if it is possible, you let this cup pass. Not my will be, your will be done. But before the mystery itself of the resurrection, there's silence and the veil remains. And it's as if to say, this is just for the Father and the Son. We've shared so much, we've given so much, we've let you into so much. But what happened here is just between us.