Name: The Holy Family's Simplicity, Sincerity, and Sacrifice by Blessed Meditations
Duration: 29 min 28 s
Description: December 30, 2022, Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:21; Luke 2:22-40 (2020); Luke 2:41-52 (2021); Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 (2022). Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Holy Family and The Holy Trinity" by Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos in the Colonial Art Museum, Bogotá. (Wikimedia Commons)

December 21, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 2:1-5. Quoting from the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Christus Vivit" by Pope Francis dated March 25, 2019 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20190325_christus-vivit.html and  "Apostolic Letter on the 150th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, Patris Corde (With a Father's Heart)" by Pope Francis dated December 8, 2020 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Sagrada Familia del pajarito" (The Holy Family with a Little Bird) by  Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)
"O" Antiphon, December 21: O Morning Star (Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8, 6:12), splendor of light eternal (Habakkuk 3:4; Wisdom 7:26; Hebrews 1:3) and sun of righteousness (Malachi 3:20): Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (Psalm 107:10; Luke 1:78).

December 21: Family and Fraternal Love. Mary, Queen of Families, pray for us. (Rebroadcast)

December 25, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:1-14; Matthew 26: 27-29; John 19:17-18, 20; John 20:22-23. Quoting St. Athanasius in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Point 460: "For the Son of God became man so that we might become God." and Luke 2:1-14; Matthew 26: 27-29; John 19:17-18, 20; John 20:22-23. Quoting St. Athanasius in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Point 460: "For the Son of God became man so that we might become God." and 1 John 3:2. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Giorgione at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. (Wikimedia Commons)

December 25:  Christmas Day ~ Last in Everything, First in Love

December 27, 2022. 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).

Why Did God Become Man? The Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist (December 27)

December 26, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 10:17-22; Matthew 16:24-26. Reference: Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59. Quoting the sermon of St. Fulgentius of Ruspe, bishop, in "The Armor of Love" on the Feast of St. Stephen, Proto-Martyr in https://divineoffice.org/1226-or/?date=20221226 and St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 178 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-178.htm and Point 204 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-204.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “La lapidation de saint Etienne” (The Stoning of Saint Stephen) by Charles Thévenin in the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Toulouse. (Wikimedia Commons)

December 26: Saint Stephen the Martyr and the Holy Cross of Christmas (Rebroadcast)

December 29, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:22-35,36-40; Matthew 2:9-18; Mark 7:37; Luke 2:19. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Simeon and Anna in the Temple" by Rembrandt in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. (Wikimedia Commons)

Christ Maturing in Us (Rebroadcast)

December 31, 2022. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Scriptural Passages: 1 John 2:18-21; Psalms 96:11a; John 1:1-18; Galatians 2:20; Revelation 22:13. Photo Credit: "Sun Reflection on Calm Water" by Davide Cantelli in Unsplash.

Tensed Up on the Last Day of the Year (Rebroadcast)

December 30, 2022, Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:21; Luke 2:22-40 (2020); Luke 2:41-52 (2021); Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 (2022). Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Holy Family and The Holy Trinity" by Gregorio Vásquez de Arce y Ceballos in the Colonial Art Museum, Bogotá. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Holy Family's Simplicity, Sincerity, and Sacrifice

January 3, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 2:21-24. Quoting from "The Way" Point 670, by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-670.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Virgin of the Angels" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau in the collection of the Forest Lawn Museum. (Wikimedia Commons)

Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, January 3 (Rebroadcast)

January 1, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 2:16-21; Luke 2:48; John 2:1; Matthew 12:46-50; John 19:26-27.  Quoting also Galatians 4:4-7 and from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Friends of God" Points 276, 290, and 293 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-chapter-17.htm Image: "Hoy celebramos la memoria de María, Madre de la Iglesia" posted June 6, 2022 by Raul Berzosa. Used with Permission.

Journeying with our Mother Mary (Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God)

January 4, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 22:35-40; Mark 10:46-52. Also quoting from Galatians 2:20; 1 Corinthians 13:4–8; 1 John 4:7-21; ﻿ Genesis 1:26-27. Meditation with Fr. Timothy Uhen, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Sculpture: "Jesus Healing Blind Bartimaeus" by Johann Heinrich Stöver in St John's Church, Hesse. (Wikimedia Commons)

Seeing with the Eyes of Christ

January 5, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 1:43-51; John 21:15-17, 21-23. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 17 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-17.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Nathaniel Under the Fig Tree” by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. (Wikimedia Commons)

Greater Things Than These You Shall See (Rebroadcast)

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

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