Credit to Dan Clark for the story of generosity not to Katherine Hepburn. It came from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Thanks a lot.

July 16, 2023. Gospel Passage: Matthew 13:1-23. For further reading: "The Betrothed" by Alessandro Manzoni. Free ebook at Project Gutenberg in https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35155 Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Wheat Field Overlooking Arles" by Vincent Van Gogh in the Musée Rodin, Paris. (Wikimedia Commons)

Of Soil and Seeds (Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time)

July 28, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 1:39-42. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "La Visitación" by Jerónimo Ezguerra in the Carmen Thyssen Museum, Malaga (Wikimedia  Commons)

Mary Went With Haste ~ World Youth Day, August 2023

September 9, 2023. Gospel Passages: 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: "Christ and the Pharisees" (detail) by Edward Armitage. Location Unknown. (Maritius Images)

Breaking Our Own Laws (Rebroadcast)

October 8, 2023 Gospel Passage: Matthew 21:33-43. Image: "Parable of the wicked husbandmen" by Marten van Valckenborch in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. (Wikimedia Commons) Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.

Vineyards of the Spiritual Life (Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)

November 2, 2023. Scripture Passages: John 15:15,13; Sirach 6:15; Hebrews 12:1. Quoting from "The Way" Points 422 and 571 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://escriva.org/en/camino/422 and https://escriva.org/en/camino/571 and "Lumen Gentium" Point 49 in  https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html Meditation with Fr. Donncha O hAodha, guest priest from Ireland on “Be Silent" on Spotify. Image: “The Last Judgment” by Maerten de Vos in the Museo de Bellas Artes, Sevilla. (Wikimedia Commons)

Our Good Friends ~ The Souls in Purgatory

November 16, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 17:20-25. Quoting from "The Way" Points 752, 253, and 17 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://escriva.org/en/camino/752; https://escriva.org/en/camino/253 and https://escriva.org/en/camino/17. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Bergpredigt im Schwarzwald" (Sermon on the Mount in the Black Forest) (detail) by Rudolf Yelin der Ältere in the Protestant church in Reinerzau, Germany. (Wikimedia Commons)

Living the Eternal Moment

February 5, 2024. Gospel Passage: Mark 6:30-34. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Kingdom Within" by Greg Olsen. Used with permission.

Come Away Into My Heart

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)

May 6, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 28:16-20; Matthew 18:15-35. Quoting from "Christ Is Passing  By" Point 117 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escrivaworks.org/book/christ_is_passing_by-point-117.htm and Pope Benedict XVI's  "The Meaning of the Ascension" from Dogma and Preaching in www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/spiritual-life/the-meaning-of-the-ascension.html and from "Spe Salvi" Encyclical Letter dated November 30, 2007 in www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html. This podcast by Fr. Leo Agustina originally appeared on the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast in stjosemaria.org/podcasts/behold-i-am-with-you/ © St. Josemaria Institute. Rebroadcasted by permission. Photo Credit: "Holy Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, Communion, Catholic Church" by Thays Orrico on Unsplash.

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Behold, I Am With You (Rebroadcast)

May 15, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 14:13-14; Luke 15:11-32; 1 John 3:18. Quoting from 1 Kings 3:1-15, "Friends of God" Point 237 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/239; and "About the Holy Spirit" by Francisca Javiera Del Valle (Scepter, 1998) in where-you-are.net/ebooks/about-the-holy-spirit-francisca-javiera-del-valle.pdf. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Return of the Prodigal Son" by the Neapolitan School (Anonymous) in the Dulwich Picture Gallery, South London.

Ten-Day Devotion to the Holy Spirit, Day 7 (Rebroadcast)

May 16, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 17:26-36; Luke 16:10. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Last Supper" by Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne in the Detroit Museum of Arts, Michigan. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Small Things ~ Unity of Life

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