December 3, 2022. Gospel Passages: Mark 1:1-8; Matthew 3:1-12; John 1:19-28; Luke 2:7. Quoting also from Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis dated March 19, 2016. Meditation with Fr. John Agnew, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. (Wikimedia Commons)

Prepare The Way Of The Lord

December 5, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:1-19; John 20:28; John 1:10. Quoting from "The Holy Rosary" Commentary on the Third Joyful Mystery by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/-point-3.htm and "Address of the Holy  Father" Pope Francis on his visit to Assisi, quoting St. Francis of Assisi, Sept. 20, 2016. Meditation with Fr. Gavan Jennings, guest priest from Dublin on "Be Silent" on Spotify. Image: "Adoration of the Magi" by the Cusco School (anonymous) in the Lima Art Museum, Peru. (Wikimedia Commons)

Lessons From Bethlehem

December 7, 2022. Gospel Passage: John 1:1-18; John 15:9-11. Quoting also from Romans 8:28, 31; Philippians 4:4; Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love), Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Francis dated March 19, 2016; "The Way" Point 267 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in  https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-267.htm; "Furrow" Point 61 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-61.htm; and "This Tremendous Lover" by Eugene Boylan. Meditation with Fr. Fred Dolan, guest priest from the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast in the "Day of Recollection" for December 2022 in https://stjosemaria.org/recollection-december-year-a/ Rebroadcasted by permission. Image: "Christ with Children" by Del Parson. Used with Permission.

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Divine Filiation: Our Cause for Joy

December 6, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 18:12-14, Luke 1:38. Also quoting Isaiah 35:1-2, Genesis 3:9-11, and "Man is a beggar before God." by St. Augustine, Sermo 56,6,9:PL 38,381 and quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Point 2559. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Lost No More" by Greg Olsen. Used with Permission.

Beggars of Grace (Rebroadcast)

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 1:26-38. Further Reading: "Ineffabilis Deus" (Ineffable God),  Apostolic Constitution by Pope Pius IX dated December 8, 1954 in https://www.papalencyclicals.net/pius09/p9ineff.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "La Inmaculada Concepción" (The Immaculate Conception) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the Museo Nacional del Prado. (Wikimedia Commons)

Order of Grace, Disorder of Sin. On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

December 9, 2022. Gospel Passages: John 2: 13-22; Luke 10:38-42; Matthew 2:1-12. Meditation with Fr. Gavan Jennings, guest priest from Dublin on "Be Silent" on Spotify. Image: "Jesus Casting Out the Money Changers at the Temple" by Carl Bloch. (Wikimedia Commons)

Priest's Note: "Advent and Idols. Advent is a time for us to identify personal possessions, activities, or even qualities which we tend to idolize, and to offer them to Our Lord."

Advent and Your Idols

December 10, 2022. Gospel Passage: Matthew 17:9a, 10-13; Luke 1:13-17, 5-10. Also quoting from Malachi 4:5-6; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Galatians 4:4-7; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded at Lyncroft Centre, Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "The Preaching of St John the Baptist" by Giovanni Battista Gaulli in the Louvre Museum, Paris. (Wikimedia Commons)Music: Amores de Estudiante by Carlos Gardel, arranged for guitar by Bert Alink, 2018.
Priest's Note: "John the Baptist came to prepare the way for the Lord. It meant to create a favourable environment, a place that made easy to operate your life."

How To Prepare The Way For The Lord

December 14, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 1:26-39. Quoting from Psalm 2. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "March 25, The Annunciation and the Incarnation of the Lord" by Polikipolik.Design on Instagram. Used with permission.

What's In a Name? Being Called and Sent

December 15, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 7:24-30. Quoting from "Friends of God" Point 75 by St. Josemaría Escriva in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-chapter-5.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist" by Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolommeo di Pagholo) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Wikimedia Commons)

A Personality Like Christ's

December 17, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 2:4-6. Quoting from "Apostolic Letter to All Consecrated People on the Occasion of the Year of Consecrated Life" the By Pope Francis dated November 21, 2014 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco_lettera-ap_20141121_lettera-consacrati.html Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Saint Joseph Seeks a Lodging in Bethlehem" by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum (Wikimedia Commons)

"O" Antiphon, December 17: O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High (Sirach 24:3), reaching from one end to the other, mightily and sweetly ordering all things (Wisdom 8:1). Come, and teach us the way of prudence (Isaiah 40:14).

December 17: Gratitude. Mary, Mother of Divine Grace, pray for us. (Rebroadcast)

December 18, 2022. Fourth Sunday of Advent. Mary, Queen of Angels, pray for us. Gospel Passages: Matthew 1:18-24, Luke 5:17-26. Quoting from "Apostolic Letter on the 150th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, Patris Corde (With a Father's Heart)" by Pope Francis dated December 8, 2020 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html Also quoting from an article by Fr. Roger J. Landry published in "The Anchor" on January 30, 2015 entitled "The General Examination" quoting St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. John Vianney, St. Ignatius, and Blessed Alvaro del Portillo in https://catholicpreaching.com/wp/the-general-examination-the-anchor-january-30-2015/ and from "The Way" Numbers 882 and 746 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-882.htm and https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-746.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Dream of Saint Joseph" by Anton Raphael Mengs at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. (Wikimedia Commons)

"O" Antiphon, December 18:
O Adonai (Exodus 3:14), and leader of the House of Israel (Matthew 2:6; Micah 5:1; 2 Samuel 5:2), who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush (Exodus 3:2) and gave him the law on Sinai (Exodus 20): Come and redeem us with an outstretched arm. (Jeremiah 32:21)

December 18: Saint Joseph, Our Model for the Daily Examination of Conscience (Rebroadcast)

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