June 7, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 1:26-38; Matthew 6:21. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point in escriva.org/en/camino/755, the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" Points 2562-2564 in www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_four/section_one.html and from "Mary's Prayer" by Dan Burke and Blessed Edward Poppe in spiritualdirection.com/2017/05/29/marys-prayer. References: Rerum Novarum by Pope Leo XIII in www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html and St. Bernard of Clairvaux on distraction in www.ncregister.com/blog/st-bernard-pray-for-wha and  from "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen" by David Brooks. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Virgin of the Annunciation" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Wikimedia Commons).

Mary, Model of Prayer

June 6, 2025. Gospel Passages: John 16:12-15, 15:5, 19:30; Luke 18:38; John 8:32. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Point 57 in escriva.org/en/camino/57 and in "The Forge" Point 263 in escriva.org/en/surco/263, and St. Augustine in "Confessions" Book IIl, Chapter 6, Point 11 in www.newadvent.org/fathers/110103.htm. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Girl Sitting on Daisy Flowerbed in Forest" by Melissa Askew on Unsplash.

Becoming Disciples of the Holy Spirit

June 10, 2025. Gospel Passages: John 15:18-21; Matthew 6:21. Also Exodus 3:1–15. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Point 319 in escriva.org/en/camino/319 and "Conversations" Point 116 in escriva.org/en/conversaciones/116; from Ronald Knox in "The Priestly Life" in www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/priestly-life-11954. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "In Prayer" by Cassandra Christensen Barney in LDSArt. Used with permission.

A Recollected Heart, in Action and at Rest

June 9, 2025. Gospel Passages: John 19:25-27; Matthew 19:16-21 (Mark 10:17-27).  Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain Image: “Calvario” (detail) by Raul Berzosa. Used with Permission.

Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church (Rebroadcast)

June 11, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 5:17-19, 20-22; Luke 1:38. Also 1 Corinthians 4:7. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in “Furrow” Points 273, 293, and 283 in escriva.org/en/surco/273, escriva.org/en/surco/793, and escriva.org/en/surco/283. Quoting also St. Augustine in Homily 4 on the First Epistle of John, Point 6, in www.newadvent.org/fathers/170204.htm and quoted by Pope Benedict XVI in the Encyclical "Spe Salvi", Point 33 dated November 30, 2007 in www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html. References: "When the Lord Speaks to Your Heart: Daily Reflections: by Gaston Courtois and "Mary of Nazareth" by Federico Suarez. Image: "Sermon on the Mount" by Ivan Makarov. Location unknown (Wikimedia Commons).

Forgetting Oneself and Growing in Humility (Rebroadcast)

June 13, 2025. Gospel Passage: Luke 18:35-43 (Mark 10:46-52); Matthew 20:28; Matthew 7:7. Also James 4:3. Quoting St. Augustine (aut mali, aut male, aut mala) in "On the Sermon on the Mount" Chapter II, Point 73 in newadvent.org/fathers/16012.htm. References: St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Christ Is Passing By" in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa and "Friends of God" Points 195-198 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/195 ff. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Image: "Healing the Blind Man" by Yongsung Kim in LDSArt (Used with Permission).

"What do you want me to do for you?"—God At Our Service

June 12, 2025. Matthew 26:38-44 (Proper to the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest, Thursday after Pentecost). Quoting from "The Sanctifier: The Classic Work on the Holy Spirit" by Arch. Luis Martinez. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Última Cena" (The Last Supper) (detail) by Juan de Juanes (Vicente Juan Masip) in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Wikimedia Commons).

Identifying Ourselves with Jesus Christ, Eternal HighPriest (Rebroadcast)

June 16, 2025. Gospel Passage: John 16:31-33. Also Psalm 88, 2 Corinthians 12:10. Quoting St. Augustine, "Confessions" Book III, Point 11 in www.newadvent.org/fathers/110103.htm and St. Josemaría Escriva in "The Way" Point 330 in escriva.org/en/camino/330. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ Carrying the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John" by Luis de Morales in Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (Wikimedia Commons).

Acts of Contrition, Strength in our Weakness

June 15, 2025. Gospel Passage: John 16:12-15, 15:15. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Points 692 and 968 in escriva.org/en/camino/692 and escriva.org/en/camino/968, in "Friends of God" Point 310 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/310, and in "The Forge" Point 227 in escriva.org/en/forja/227. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Holy Trinity" by Pietro Novelli in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Wikimedia Commons).

Mystery Inviting to a Trusting Relationship (The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity)

June 20, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 6:19-21,22-23; Matthew 16:26; Luke 2:7; Matthew 8:20. Matthew 27:28; Luke 5:3; Matthew 27:28; Luke 5:3; Matthew 21:2; Luke 22:11; Mark 15:46; Matthew 6:19; Matthew 5:3. Also Psalm 24:1; Philippians 4:12-13; Romans 14:7; Galatians 5:19-23; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 8:9;  1 Peter 5:8. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Forge" Points 523, 117, and 512 in escriva.org/en/forja/523, escriva.org/en/forja/117, and escriva.org/en/forja/512; and Pope Francis in Speech at Prayer Vigil on XXXI World Youth Day, July 2016 in vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2016/july/documents/papa-francesco_20160730_polonia-veglia-giovani.html. Reference:  Pope Benedict XVI, "Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives." Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Photo Credit: "Brown jewelry box beside concrete stairs" by Roman Kraft on Unsplash.

Store Up Treasures in Heaven ~ The Spirit of Detachment

June 22, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 9:11b-17, 22:9-11; Mark 14:12-16. Quoting St. Thomas Aquinas in Opusculum 57 in the Second Reading of the Divine Office for Corpus Christi in ibreviary.com/m2/breviario.php?s=ufficio_delle_letture and in crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/wonderfulbanquet. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Forge" Point 835 in escriva.org/en/forja/835; "Friends of God" Point 67, in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/67 and "Furrow" Point 497 in escriva.org/en/surco/497. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Man Bearing a Pitcher" by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum, New York (Wikimedia Commons).

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