Name: The Virtue of Fortitude: Overcoming the Spirit of Fear by Blessed Meditations
Duration: 31 min 49 s
Description: March 6, 2024. Gospel Passage: Matthew 7:24-27. Also quoting from 2 Timothy 1:7; 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, and from "Friends of God" Point 77 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/77. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "Christ Carrying the Cross" by Sir Stanley Spencer in the Tate Modern, London. (WikiArt)

February 29, 2024. Gospel Passage: Luke 16:19-31. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Point 736 in escriva.org/en/camino/736. Image: "Lazarus and the  Rich Man or 'In Luxury Beware'" by Jan Steen in the Leiden Collection Catalogue, 4th ed. (Wikimedia Commons)

Memento Mori (Rebroadcast)

March 2, 2024. Gospel Passage: Luke 15:11-32; Luke 23:28. Also Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6-7. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from the Lyncroft Centre, Toronto at "In Your Presence" on Spotify.  Image: "The Return of the Prodigal Son" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. (Wikimedia Commons) Music: Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847-1935), "Lua Branca" (white moon), played on guitar by Bert Alink.

The Prodigal Son and Divine Filiation (Rebroadcast)

March 4, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 5:43-48; 18:21-35; 16:24. Quoting from "Catechism of the Spiritual Life" Chapters IX and quoting St. Augustine in the Introduction by Robert Cardinal Sarah (EWTN Publishing, 2022). Reference: "The Image of the Divine Mercy" by St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/image. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "De Bergrede" (Sermon on the Mount) by Carl Joseph Begas in the Begas Haus Museum, Heinsberg. (Wikimedia Commons)

Perfection in Conversion in the Liturgy

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)

March 6, 2024. Gospel Passage: Matthew 7:24-27. Also quoting from 2 Timothy 1:7; 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, and from "Friends of God" Point 77 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/77. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "Christ Carrying the Cross" by Sir Stanley Spencer in the Tate Modern, London. (WikiArt)

Meditations in Manhattan

The Virtue of Fortitude: Overcoming the Spirit of Fear

March 7, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 11:14-23; John 15:5. Quoting from "The Way" Points 247, 255, and 115 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/247, escriva.org/en/camino/255 and escriva.org/en/camino/116. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Woman in blue denim jacket and black pants" by Aaron Owens on Unsplash.

Resting in Christ in Our Resolutions

March 8, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 22:36-40 (similar to Mark 12:28-34); Matthew 5:17-19; John 13:34. Quoting from Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Letter from the Prelate dated 16 February 2023 in opusdei.org/en-ph/article/letter-from-the-prelate-16-february-2023; and 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. Photo Credit: Mosaic of the "Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper by Jesus Christ as the Fifth Luminous Mystery" in  Medjugore, Bosnia and Herzegovina (detail) by dodo71 in Pixabay.

Acts of Lent ~ Love in Deeds (Rebroadcast)

March 9, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 18:9-14, Matthew 5:29, 18:9. Also quoting from "Furrow" Point 135 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-135.htm. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Pharisee and Tax Collector" Bible Drawings by Otto Semler in pcstratman on Flickr.

The Pharisee and the Publican: Humility and Sincerity (Rebroadcast)

March 11, 2024. 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; John 15:4. Also 1 John 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:18, Genesis 17:5. Quoting St. Lawrence Justiniani as quoted by St. Peter of Alcantara in "Treatise on Prayer and Meditation" in 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 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 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 (Rebroadcast)

March 13, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 5:17-30; Luke 1:39-56. Quoting from "Letter from the Prelate on Fidelity" by Fr. Fernando Ocáriz dated March 19, 2022, in opusdei.org/en-ph/article/letter-from-the-prelate-19-march-2022-fidelity, from "The Way" Point 999 by St.Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/999, and from the Homily of Pope John Paul II in Mexico dated Jan. 26, 1979 in www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19790126_messico-cattedrale.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Holy Trinity" (detail) by Szymon Czechowicz in the Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Tension and Thrill of Doing God's Will (Rebroadcast)

March 15, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 5:31-36; John 1:29-34; Matthew 11:3-6. Also Genesis 1:26-27,  "Friends of God" Point 251 and "The Forge" Points 613 and 82 by St.Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/251, escriva.org/en/forja/613, and escriva.org/en/forja/82. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Bautismo de Cristo" (The Baptism of Christ) (detail)  by Juan Fernández de Navarrete ("El Mudo") in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)

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