Name: Love One Another As I Have Loved You by Blessed Meditations
Duration: 26 min 17 s
Description: September 9, 2022. Gospel Passages: John 13:34-45; John 15:12; Matthew 7:12. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "La Última Cena" (The Last Supper) by Mariano Salvador Maella in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)

August 15, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 1:39-56. Quoting also from "Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary" by Loyola Press online. Rebroadcast from August 15, 2021. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Die Himmelfahrt Mariae" (The Assumption of Mary) by Guido Reni in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Solemnity of the Assumption: Openness to God (Rebroadcast)

August 16, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 18:9-14, Matthew 5:29, 18:9. Also quoting from Furrow #135 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-135.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain, recorded on July 18, 2022. Image: "De Farizeeër en de tollenaar" (The Pharisee and the Publican) by Barent Fabritius in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Wikimedia Commons) with description: "In the middle, the Pharisee kneels before the altar; on the left the proud Pharisee leaves the temple with a devil. On the right, the tax collector leaves the temple with an angel."

The Pharisee and the Publican: Humility and Sincerity

August 30, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 13:25; Matthew 20:1-6. Also quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" #355 and #815; from St. John of the Cross as shared by St. Therese: https://www.archives-carmel-lisieux.fr/english/carmel/index.php/testaments-jean-de-la-croix; and from  "Rooting Out Hidden Faults: How the Particular Examen Conquers Sin" by James F. McElhone, C.S.C. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Притча о винограднике" (Parable of the Vineyard) by Andrey Mironov. (Wikimedia Commons)

Master of our Time

September 2, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 25:1-13; Matthew 24:42-51. Also quoting Romans 13:11-14; Psalm 104:30; Psalm 18:1-3; St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" #732; St. Therese of Lisieux in "Letters of Soeur Thérèse the Little Flower of Jesus" of October 20, 1888 in https://mycatholic.life/books/story-soul-saint-therese-lisieux/letters-soeur-therese-little-flower-jesus/ 
Photo Credit: "Silhouette of person standing on a rock" by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash.

Fr. Grieco: "Jesus continually calls us to an alert vigilance.  He does this to make us aware of the great opportunities of love and service that fill our ordinary lives.  At the beginning of a new school year, it is good to foster an eager alertness in our souls, an excitement for the work that lies ahead of us.  If we find ourselves dull and without energy, we can start by asking Jesus for more strength, more enthusiasm.  If our lethargy persists, we can pray and practice a greater love of interior struggle as an opportunity to love heroically."

Come Away By Yourselves

"Stay Awake!" ~ Christian Alertness

September 3, 2022. 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
Rebroadcast from September 4, 2021. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.
Image: "The Pharisees Finding Fault with the Disciples for Plucking Corn on the Sabbath Day" by Gustave Doré (wood engraving) in The Bible Panorama ~ The Holy Scriptures in Picture and Story. (Wikimedia Commons)

Breaking Our Own Laws (Rebroadcast)

September 4, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 14:25-33. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Road to Emmaus" by Duccio di Buoninsegna in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, copied by Nicolas Lokhoff. (Wikimedia Commons)

Learning How to Hate (Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time)

September 5, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 5:16, 6:12; Matthew 26:39-44. Also quoting from "The Practice of the Presence of God" by Brother Lawrence; the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2697 in https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P9J.HTM and from "The Soul of the Apostolate" by Jean-Baptiste Chautard. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Photo Credit: "Holding Hands"  by Jon Tyson on Unsplash. Music: Carlos Gardel, "Soledad" arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

How Can I Be Recollected In Prayer?

September 6, 2022. Gospel Passages: John 6:1-15, 9:6; Luke 1:38. Also quoting 1 Samuel 3:5. Quoting from "Friends of God" Point 262 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-262.htm, "The Way" Point 755 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-755.htm and "Forge" Point 507 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_forge-point-507.htm by St. Josemaría Escrivá. ﻿Also quoting St. John Henry Newman in https://stjohnnewman.org/prayers-1 and "Boy's 1990 Cure Called a Miracle" (April 2005) http://banderasnews.com/0504/nr-boyscure.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish" by Ambrosius Francken I in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium. (Wikimedia Commons)

Instruments of God

September 9, 2022. Gospel Passages: John 13:34-45; John 15:12; Matthew 7:12. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "La Última Cena" (The Last Supper) by Mariano Salvador Maella in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Love One Another As I Have Loved You

September 21, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 8:19-21; Matthew 4:18–20. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Caravaggio in the Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. (Wikimedia Commons)

Discernment and Vocation to Christ ~ Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist (Rebroadcast)

October 2, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 17:5-10; Matthew 17:20-21; Matthew 13: 1–9, 18–23; Mark 4:26–29; Matthew 13: 31-32; Luke 1:38. Quoting 1 Corinthians 2:9, 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14; Catechism of the Catholic Church #1815; and St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" #830. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Faith" by Mike Moyers. Used with Permission.

Our Serving Faith (Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time)

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