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Fr. Mark Mary (0:00)
Foreign Mark Mary with Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and this is the Rosary.
Fr. Josh Johnson (0:07)
In a Year podcast, where through prayer.
Fr. Mark Mary (0:09)
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 95. To download the prayer plan for Rosary in a year, visit ascensionpress.com forward/rosary in a year or text RIY 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. 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@ascensionpress.com forward slash support. Today we'll be meditating upon and praying with the second luminous mystery, which is the Wedding Feast at Cana, enriched by an excerpt from a reading from Saint.
Fr. Josh Johnson (1:08)
Alphonsus Liguori from his work the Glories of Mary.
Fr. Mark Mary (1:13)
So I've already had an opportunity to introduce you to our author today, Saint Alphonsus Liguri, Doctor of the Church. So we're going to get straight into the reading and it is. It's a slightly longer excerpt than normal, but I think it's worth it. I love it. All right, now we'll have our reading from St. Alphonsus Liguori, with a special emphasis on this God's other general decree. If the time appointed for miracles was the time of preaching, how could it be anticipated by the miracle of the wine, contrary to the Divine decree? Nothing, it may be answered, was done contrary to the divine decrees. For although generally speaking, the time for signs had not come yet from eternity, God had established by another general decree, that nothing the Divine Mother could ask should be denied her. And therefore Mary, well acquainted with her privilege, although her Son seemed to have then set aside her petition, said, notwithstanding, that the water pots should be filled, as though the favor were already granted. This St. John Chrysostom would express when commenting on the passage of John above mentioned, O woman, what is that to thee and to me? He says that although Jesus had answered thus, yet for the honor of his mother, he did not fail to comply with her demand. St. Thomas confirms the same when he observes that by these words, my hour has not yet come. Jesus Christ wished to show that he would have deferred the miracle if another had asked him to perform it. But because his mother asked it, he immediately performed it. St. Cyril and St. Jerome confirmed this, according to Barada. And Jansenius of Ghent says, commenting on the same passage of St. John, that he might honor his mother, he anticipated the timing of working miracles. The end of the reading. Thanks be to God. Saint Alphonse Liguri writes, from eternity God had established by another gentle decree that nothing the Divine Mother could ask should be denied her. To be honest, I get this, and I'd say I get this from within. But for going into it a little bit more, just a quick clarification, St. Alphonsus, he used the language referring to Mary as the Divine Mother. This does not mean that Mary is divine. It means that she is the mother of God, Jesus. I think a lot of priests are in this position, and I certainly am, just because of some of the public nature of my ministry, that I get invitations and requests all the time.