Name: Becoming God's Footprints ~ On the Feast Day of St. Josemaría Escrivá by Blessed Meditations
Duration: 25 min 48 s
Description: June 26, 2023. Quoting from "The Founder of Opus Dei: The Life of Josemaria Escrivá, Volume I: The Early Years." by Andres Vázquez de Prada. (Scepter, 2001) On the Feast Day of St. Josemaría Escrivá. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain Photo Credit: "Footprints in Snow" by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash.

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Image: "Jesus falls the first time" by Giandomenico Tiepolo in the Chiesa di San Polo, Venice (Wikimedia Commons)

The Way of the Cross, Three Words: 3rd Station, Jesus Falls the First Time

February 6, 2023. Gospel Passage: Revelation 2:3-5; Matthew 3:1-3. Quoting St. Josemaria Escriva in "The Way" Point 443 within https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-chapter-19.htm and :Furrow" Point 145 in  https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-145.htm Also referring to the conversion of Archbishop Metropolitan Anthony Bloom as told in http://www.mitras.ru/eng/eng_04.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Virgen despertando al Niño" (The Virgin Awakening Child Christ) by Juan Sánchez Cotán in the Museo de Bellas Artes, Granada. (Wikimedia Commons)

Returning to Our First Love

March 16, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 22:36-40; Matthew 5:17-19; John 13:34. Quoting from St. Peter Chrysostom, "Prayer knocks, fasting obtains, mercy receives" in https://www.liturgies.net/Liturgies/Catholic/loh/lent/week3tuesdayor.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Русский: Тайная вечеря" (The Last Supper) by A.N. Mironov. (Wikimedia Commons)

Acts of Lent ~ Love in Deeds

March 29, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 16:13-22, 24-25; John 19:28; Luke 2:35. Also quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way of the Cross" Fifth Station in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way_of_the_cross-point-5.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Fifth Station of the Cross" by Holly Whiting. Used with Permission from https://www.hollywhitingart.com

Denying Ourselves, Taking Up Our Crosses

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)

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)

Finding God In Times Of Silence

May 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 6:21-29. Praying the Litany of Humility by Cardinal Merry del Val ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/litany-of-humility-245 Quoting from "About the Holy Spirit" by Francisca Javiera Del Valle (Scepter, 1998) in https://where-you-are.net/ebooks/about-the-holy-spirit-francisca-javiera-del-valle.pdf Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Incarnazione di Gesù e i santi Filippo Benizi, Giovanni evangelista, Caterina d’Alessandria, Margherita, Pietro e Antonino Pierozzi" by Piero di Cosimo in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ten-Day Devotion to the Holy Spirit, Day 5 (Rebroadcast)

May 23, 2023. Gospel Passage: Matthew 11:12; John 3:30. Quoting from "About the Holy Spirit" by Francisca Javiera Del Valle (Scepter, 1998) in where-you-are.net/ebooks/about-the-holy-spirit-francisca-javiera-del-valle.pdf. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: Pentecost by Matthys Voet in St. Paul's Church, Antwerp. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ten-Day Devotion to the Holy Spirit, Day 6  (Rebroadcast)

June 25, 2023. Gospel Passage: Matthew 10:26-33. Also Colossians 1:24. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit; "Brown and White Birds on Black Metal Fence" by Patrice Bouchard on Unsplash.

Declaring Christ ~ Trust in God (Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

June 26, 2023. Quoting from "The Founder of Opus Dei: The Life of Josemaria Escrivá, Volume I: The Early Years." by Andres Vázquez de Prada. (Scepter, 2001) On the Feast Day of St. Josemaría Escrivá. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain Photo Credit: "Footprints in Snow" by eberhard grossgasteiger on Unsplash.

Becoming God's Footprints ~ On the Feast Day of St. Josemaría Escrivá

December 5, 2023. Gospel Passages: Luke 21:33; Luke 21:28; John 16:33; Mark 13:33-37. Also Isaiah 63:16-17, 64:2-7; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9; Hebrews 11:1; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Psalm 46:10. Meditation with Fr. John Grieco, guest priest from "Come Away By Yourselves" on Spotify. Photo Credit: "Lighted candle beside another 3 candles" (Advent Wreath) by Waldemar on Unsplash. Priest's Note: Advent is a time of patience and hope. Both of these virtues entail waiting. Waiting for God is sometimes very difficult, especially in trying situations. Our faith in Jesus, who is God with us and faithful to his promises, bolsters our ability to wait for him with joyful hope. Our faith overcomes the tribulation of the world and even makes us peaceful in the face of possible persecution.

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Becoming God's Footprints ~ On the Feast Day of St. Josemaría Escrivá

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