December 24, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 2:1-7. Quoting from "Christ is Passing by"" Point 174 by St. Josemaría Escriva in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/christ_is_passing_by-point-174.htm and from the General Audience with Pope Benedict XVI  on December 23, 2009 in https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2009/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20091223.html " Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Adoración de los pastores" (The Adoration of the Shepherds) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)

"O Virgo Virginum"
O Virgin of virgins how shall this be?
For neither before you was there any like you, nor shall there be after.
Daughters of Jerusalem why do you marvel at me?  
The thing you behold is a divine mystery.
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December 24: The Contemplative Life ~ The Bethlehem of Our Hearts (Rebroadcast)

December 14, 2023. Gospel Passages: Luke 14:12-24, 27-33; Matthew 14:13–21, 26:40. Also quoting from "The Way" Point 999 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://escriva.org/en/camino/999. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Parable of the Great Banquet" (detail) by the Brunswick Monogrammist in the National Museum, Warsaw. (Wikimedia Commons)

Perseverance (Rebroadcast)

December 27, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:1a and 2-8; Luke 5:1-11; Luke 9:49-56; John 1:14; Mark 15:40-41; Luke 2:25-35; John 19:25; Luke 2:14; John 3:16. Also quoting from "A Spiritual Canticle of St John of the Cross, priest" in the Office of Readings, December 14 in https://www.liturgies.net/saints/johnofthecross/readings.htm Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded at Ernescliff College, Toronto in 2021 on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Tomb on the Morning of the Resurrection" by Eugène Burnand. (Wikimedia Commons) Music: Recordações do passado (Souvenirs from the Past) a Valsa for piano (1885) by Ernesto Nazareth arranged by Bert Alink.
Priest's Note: John was a native of Bethsaida, a town of Galilee on the northern shore of the Sea of Tiberias. His parents were Zebedee and Salome, and his brother James the Greater. The words of John the Evangelist, whose feast we celebrate today, resound in our hearts: "Et Verbum caro factum est - the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1: 14). Priest's Note: John was a native of Bethsaida, a town of Galilee on the northern shore of the Sea of Tiberias. His parents were Zebedee and Salome, and his brother James the Greater. The words of John the Evangelist, whose feast we celebrate today, resound in our hearts: "Et Verbum caro factum est - the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1: 14).

Dec. 27: Why Did God Become Man? Feast of St. John (Rebroadcast)

January 23, 2024. Gospel Passage: Luke 4:14-21. Also quoting from Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 15; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Points 1210-1212, 1670. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Última Cena" (The Last Supper) (cropped) by Juan de Juanes in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)

Unity and the Sacraments (Rebroadcast)

February 2, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:22-40; Mark 15:37-39; John 19:28; Matthew 17:4 and 13:8, 20; John 18:26. Quoting from "Furrow" Point 416 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/surco/416.Meditation with Fr. Gavan Jennings, guest priest from "Be Silent" on Spotify. Image: "The Presentation of the Temple" by Philippe de Champaigne at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels. (Wikimedia Commons) Priest's Note: While presenting Jesus in the Temple Our Lady learns that a sword is to pierce her soul, and yet she courageously accepts the cross God has willed for her.

The Presentation of Our Lord

February 16, 2024. Gospel Passage: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Volunteer handing bulletin" by Erika Giraud on Unsplash.

Lent to Us (Rebroadcast)

March 5, 2024. Gospel Passages:Matthew 18:21-35; John 14:6. Also quoting Isaiah 43:7. 1 Thessalonians 4:3; Ephesians 1:4-8; Philippians 2:7, and "The Way" Point 181 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/181. Meditation with Fr. Oskari Juurikkala, guest priest from Finland in "Time for Jesus" on Spotify. "Image: ""The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant"" by Claude Vignon in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours. (Wikimedia Commons)"

The Way of Holiness is Jesus Christ (Rebroadcast)

April 15, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 11:47-53; John 15:18-25; John 11:53-56; Luke 5:4; Matthew 4:19; John 21:7. Also quoting from Bishop Barron in an Interview with the National Catholic Register, March 18, 2024 in https://www.ncregister.com/interview/bishop-barron-spiritual-crisis-eucharist and from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Furrow" Point 118 in  http://escriva.org/en/surco/118. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Silhouette of man fishing on sea during sunset" by Clay LeConey on Unsplash.

Fortitude—Facing Apostolic Challenges

April 22, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 10:1-18; Luke 19:1-10. Quoting Romans 8:28, the hymn "Tuyo Soy, Para Vos Nací" in youtu.be/0bECeVc2CCQ, and St. John Henry Newman's comments for January 8, 2022 in ipraywiththegospel.org/docs/iPray_2022.pdf; from "Furrow" Point 127 and "Friends of God" Point 119 by St. Josemaría Escrivá; from St. Augustine's Confessions in newadvent.org/fathers/1101.htm or gutenberg.org/files/3296/3296-h/3296-h.htm. Quoting from the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis dated March 19, 2018, "Gaudete Et Exsultate" (Rejoice and Be Glad) Point 130 in www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20180319_gaudete-et-exsultate.html. This podcast by Msgr. Frederick Dolan originally appeared on August 30, 2022 in the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast in https://stjosemaria.org/recollection-september-year-a © St. Josemaria Institute. Rebroadcasted by permission. Photo Credit: "The Lord Is My Shepherd" by Simon Dewey. Used with Permission from the Artist and Altus Fine Art.

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Everything for the Good (Rebroadcast)

April 24, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 19:23-30; Matthew 27:34. Quoting from Colossians 1:24, St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Holy Rosary" Fifth Sorrowful Mystery and "The Way" Point 279 in escriva.org/en/camino/279, and "Helping Create A Symphony of Priestly Prayer " by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI in ronrolheiser.com/helping-create-a-symphony-of-prayer. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ on the Cross" (Christus am Kreuz) by Simon de Vos and workshop.

United to Christ's Priestly Prayer and Sacrifice

April 28, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 15:1-8; John 5:17; Mark 11:12-25. Quoting 1 John 3:18-24, Psalm 34:8, and “The Way” Points 701 and 2 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/701 and escriva.org/en/camino/2. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Christ the Vine” by Victor Crete in the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies, Venice. (Wikimedia Commons)

Being Grafted Into Christ (Fifth Sunday of Easter)

Uploaded by friends of Father Francis Ongkingco, with his guided meditations from the Philippines. We also have guest priests.

Everything for the Good (Rebroadcast)

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