April 15, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 19:17-30; Luke 6:36; John 20:16. Meditation given on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 11, 2021 with Fr. Charles Belmonte, guest priest from "Meditations" on Spotify.  Image: "The Crucifixion" Triptych (Kreuzigungsaltar)(detail) by Rogier van der Weyden in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. (Wikimedia Commons)

At the Foot of the Cross

April 11, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:1-2, 3-10, 11-18; Luke 7:36-49; Matthew 22:36-40; Matthew 28:20. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Friends of God" Point 239 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-239.htm Meditation with Fr. John Grieco, guest priest  from "Come Away By Yourselves" on Spotify. Image: "Christ's Appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection" by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov at The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. (Wikimedia Commons)

Come Away By Yourselves

Loving Much: Mary Magdalene's Encounter with Christ as a Model for Dealing with Loss and Loving God

April 13, 2023. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:35-39, 40-48; John 4:1-26,; John 20:24-29. Quoting from Genesis 3:9, Psalm 23, and "Touched by God ~ The Way to Contemplative Prayer" by Luigi Gioia. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "De Ongelovige Thomas" (The Incredulity of Saint Thomas) by Wouter Pietersz Crabeth II at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Wikimedia Commons)

Feelings and Our Interior Life

April 14, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 21:1-14; John 20:11-18. Quoting from "Friends of God" Point 266 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-266.htm Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "Apparition du Christ sur les bords du lac de Tibériade" (Christ Appears on the Shore of Lake Tiberias) by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. (Wikimedia Commons)Music: Handel, Opera Rinaldo, Aria "Lascia ch'io pianga", arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

"Look, It is the Lord!"

April 16, 2023. Second Sunday of Easter. Gospel Passages: John 20:19-31; Luke 15:11-32. Quoting from "Seven Secrets of Confession" by Vinny Flyn Image: "Still Doubting" by  John Granville Gregory in the Bangor Cathedral, Wales. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.

Plunging Into God's Mercy ~ Divine Mercy Sunday

April 17, 2023. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:6-7; Matthew 25:23; Luke 15:20-21; John 16:20-23. Quoting from "The Holy Rosary" First Glorious Mystery by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/-point-11.htm and from "Behold the Pierced One: An Approach to a Spiritual Christology" and  "Jesus of Nazareth" (Volume II) by Pope Benedict XVI. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Resurrection of Christ" by Samuel van Hoogstraten in the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Christian's Joy and Optimism

April 18, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 3:8, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 6:21, 1 Samuel 3:7-11, Ecclesiastes 8:8. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Jesus Christ and Nicodemus” by Matthias Stom in the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany. (Wikimedia Commons)

Docility to the Holy Spirit (Rebroadcast)

April 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 5:1-12; John 15:1-8; John 17:20-23. Also quoting Exodus 20:1-20 and 1 Corinthians 6:15-20; "The Way" Point 7 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-7.htm and "Friends of God" Point 175 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-175.htm by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Suggested Reading: "The Eight Doors of the Kingdom: Meditations on the Beatitudes" by Jacques Philippe (Scepter, 2018). Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "Great Crowds Followed Him" illustration by Elizabeth Wang R-60034-CW © Radiant Light 2006, www.radiantlight.org.uk Used with Permission.

The Beatitudes: True Happiness

April 24, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 6:1-14. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Loaves and Fishes" by Michael D. O'Brien in "The Art of Michael D. O'Brien" by Michael D. O'Brien (Ignatius Press, 2019). Used with Permission.

Gathering Grace and Discovering Treasures from Scraps (Rebroadcast)

May 4, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 13:16-20. Quoting on "Just Little Children" from "Through the Heart of St. Joseph" by Fr. Boniface Hicks, "St. Therese of Lisieux ~ Essential Writings" by  Mary Frohlich, and "The Goodness of God" from "Summa Theologiae" by St. Thomas Aquinas in https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1006.htm. For further reading: "The Way" Chapter 38 on "Little Things" by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-chapter-39.htm

Getting Smaller in Smaller Things

May 8, 2023. Scriptural Passages: Psalm 46:10; 1 Kings 19:11-13,14-18; Luke 2:19; Mark 1:35-37; John 14:18, 3:16; Colossians 3:1-2; Isaiah 55:8-9. Quoting from the Encyclical, "Patris Corde" Point 5 by Pope John Paul II  dated Dec. 8, 2012 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html; St. Teresa of Avila on Silence in http://www.catholictradition.org/Tradition/silence3.htm; and St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta on finding God in silence in "Mother Teresa's Secret Fire" by Joseph Langford or https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mother_teresa_164357; and and from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 285 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-285.htm and "Furrow" Point 481 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-48.htm Meditation with Fr. Timothy Uhen, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "Girl Lost in Contemplation of an Image of the Virgin" by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Private collection. (Wikimedia Commons)

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