March 3, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 16:24-26; John 12:24-25; Matthew 26:39; John 4:34. Also quoting Revelation 21:5; Proverbs 24:16; Philippians 2:5-11 and St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Point 173 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-173.htm and "The Way of the Cross" Tenth Station in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way_of_the_cross-point-10.htm Reference: Footprints in the Snow https://opusdei.org/en-ph/article/footprints-in-the-snow/
Meditation with Fr. Timothy Uhen, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Photo Credit: "Praying; God" by Teddy in Rawpixel.
Priest's Note: Jesus has addressed this call to each one of us: Unless you take up your cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. Let us respond to this call, giving thanks to God. There we will discover joy.

Mortification: Finding Joy In The Cross

April 1, 2023. Gospel Passages: Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Matthew 14:13, Matthew 26:41, Luke 5:16, Luke 4:42, Luke 6:12-13, Luke 22:39-44. Luke 11:1-4, John 2:1-11. Also John 15:4 and 1 John 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:18; Genesis 17:5. Quoting St. Lawrence Justinian as quoted by St. Peter of Alcantara in""Treatise on Prayer and Meditation" in https://www.ourladyswarriors.org/prayer/mntlpryr.htm and the Apostolic Letter of St. Pope John Paul II entitled "Novo Millennio Ineunte" (At the Beginning of the New Millennium, At the Close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000) dated January 6, 2001 (Point 32) in https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20010106_novo-millennio-ineunte.html and "The Life of  (Vie de) Marthe Robin" by Bernard Peyrous in https://www.martherobin.com/en/son-message Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ on the Mount of Olives" by Josef August Untersberger (Giovanni). (Wikimedia Commons)

Prayer, A Path to Conversion

April 9, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:1-9; Luke 1:26-38. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá's The Way, Point 279 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-279.htm and Maximus the Confessor's The Life of the Virgin. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. 
Image: "Jésus-Christ ressuscité apparaissant à la Vierge"(The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin)  by Jacques Stella. Private Collection. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Regina Caeli, recited in place of the Angelus during the Eastertide:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_caeli
Regina Caeli (recited in place of the Angelus during Eastertide)
V. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. 
R. For He whom you merited to bear, alleluia. 
V. Has risen, as he said, alleluia. 
R. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia. 
R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray. O God, who through the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ gave rejoicing to the world: grant, we pray, that through His Mother, the Virgin Mary, we may obtain the joy of everlasting life. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

Easter Day ~ Mary's Eternal Fiat (Rebroadcast)

April 19, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 13:1; John 18:36. Quoting from St. Augustine's "The Confessions of St. Augustine" in https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3296/3296-h/3296-h.htm Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles" by Meister des Hausbuches (Master of the Housebook) in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. (Wikimedia Commons) Music: Ernesto Nazareth, Confidências (played by Bert Alink) Museopen.org Music: Ernesto Nazareth, Confidências (played by Bert Alink) Museopen.org

Priest's Notes: Preceding the account of the washing of the feet, St. John says: John introduces this gesture. It is not present in the other synoptics: “Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” (Jn 13:1).
He loved them to the end. We should reflect on the meaning of such a phrase, whether in my life, in your marriage, it can be said I have loved, and served to the end of my abilities, or 80% or 50%, or if I have given a lot but then seek out compensations in giving myself extra comforts or other forms of compensation. Or maybe it’s 90% at work, but only the leftover at home.

He Loved Them To The End

May 20, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 15:13. 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. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Close-up Photography of Crucifix" by James Coleman on Unsplash.

Ten-Day Devotion to the Holy Spirit, Day 3 (Rebroadcast)

June 28, 2023. Scriptural Passages: Luke 18:9-14; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Luke 23:39-43; Psalm 115:1; Psalm 51; John 15:5; Luke 1:46-55. Also quoting from “City of God” by St. Augustine and “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't” by Jim Collins. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "De Farizeeër en de tollenaar" (The Pharisee and the Publican) (cropped) by Barent Fabritius in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Wikimedia Commons)

Notes on the Painting: In the middle, the Pharisee kneels before the altar; on the left the proud Pharisee leaves the temple with a devil. On the right, the tax collector leaves the temple with an angel. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-2959

Priest's Notes: If we want to climb very high in our love of God and professional ambitions, we must have a deep foundation in humility. Humility opposes pride, which is the root of sin and complicates our lives; it helps us understand others, accept difficulties as opportunities to grow, and forget ourselves for the sake of God and others.

Humility

Humility: The Foundation of Greatness (Rebroadcast)

July 9, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 11:25-30; Luke 11: 1-2. Quoting from "Furrow" Points 448-449 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-448.htm and https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-449.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ Consolator" by Carl Heinrich Bloch in the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Utah. (Wikimedia Commons)

Simply Pray to Pray (Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

July 21, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 12:1-8 / Luke 6:1-5; John 13:34. Also Genesis 2:3; Deuteronomy 23:24-25; 1 Samuel 21:1-6. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Furrow" #505, #414, #114, #67 and #999, and an excerpt from "Forgotten Among the Lilies: Learning to Love Beyond Our Fears" by Ronald Rolheiser, partly in https://ronrolheiser.com/be-brave-admit-your-sinfulness/#.YxGY-i0Rpao Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Pharisees Finding Fault with the Disciples for Plucking Corn on the Sabbath Day" by Gustave Doré (wood engraving) in The Bible Panorama ~ The Holy Scriptures in Picture and Story. (Wikimedia Commons)

Breaking Our Own Laws (Rebroadcast)

July 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:1-18, Matthew 26:6-13, Luke 7:36-50, Mark 14:3-8, John 12:1-8. Also quoting from the General Audience of Pope Francis on May 17, 2017 in  www.vatican.va/content/francesco…nza-generale.html Rebroadcast from July 22, 2021. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Noli Me Tangere"" by Antonio da Correggio in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)"

Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene, Apostle of the Eucharist

July 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:1-2, 11-18; John 1:38-39. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image; “The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Virgin” by Guercino in the Pinacoteca Civica, Cento. (Dorotheum Gallery)

Mary Magdalene ~ Apostle of the Apostles

August 15, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 19:25 and the hymn Stabat Mater. Entrance Antiphon in https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2022-08-15 and Office of Readings for August 15 in https://www.liturgies.net/saints/mary/assumption/officeofreadings.htm For further reading: "Munificentissumus Deus" Defining the Dogma of the Assumption by Pope Pius XII dated November 1, 1950 in https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus.html Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Assumption" by Guido Reni in the Church of Saint Ambrose, Genoa.(Wikiart)

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