March 21, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:26-29; Luke 15:11-32. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Point 240 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-240.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas" (Der ungläubige Thomas) by Caravaggio in the Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam. (Wikimedia Commons)

"Christ's Sacred Wounds" 4 ~ His Left Hand

March 28, 2023. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:13-35; Matthew 6:21; Luke 5:4-11. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.. Image: "Christ on the Road to Emmaus" by Jan Wildens and Hans Jordaens III in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. (Wikimedia Commons)

"Christ's Sacred Wounds" 5 ~ His Right Foot and The Road to Emmaus

March 20, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 1:16-24; Matthew 13:55; John 3:30. Quoting from "The faithful foster-father and guardian," A reading from the sermons of St. Bernardine of Siena in https://www.vatican.va/spirit/documents/spirit_20010319_bernardino_en.html Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.  Image: "The Child Jesus Taking the Cross of St. Joseph" by Carlo Dolci in the Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille. (Wikimdedia Commons)

St. Joseph, Our Silent Witness (Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

March 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 15:18-20; John 15;1-5. Also quoting Galatians 2:20-21, Pope Saint Leo the Great in his sermon, "Christ Lives in His Church" in https://www.vatican.va/spirit/documents/spirit_20010427_leone-grande_en.html and C.S. Lewis in "The Problem of Pain" Chapter 6 in http://www.samizdat.qc.ca/cosmos/philo/PDFs/ProblemofPain_CSL.pdf Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Sunrise in Napa" by Jen Norton. Used with Permission.

Purification of the Heart

March 24, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 27:25-26; Luke 22:41-44; Luke 1:38, 2: 6-7, 41-52; Matthew 1:18-24, 2:13-15; John 2:1-11; Matthew 15:22-28 (Mark 7:24-29). Also Daniel 10:11; 2 Kings 5:1-19. Reference: St.Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way of the Cross" 9th Station in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/-point-9.htm and 4th Station in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way_of_the_cross-point-4.htm and "The Way" Point 204 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-204.htm Quoting from "The Man of Villa Tevere" by Pilar Urbano and and "A Short Road to Perfection" in "Meditations and Devotions" by St. John Henry Newman in https://www.newmanreader.org/works/meditations/meditations8.html#shortroad Meditation with Fr. Gavan Jennings, guest priest from the St. Josemaria Institute. Image: "Christus am Kreuz mit Maria und Johannes" (Christ on the Cross with Mary and  John) by Albrecht Altdorfer in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel. (Wikimedia Commons)

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The Will of God ~ Hand in Hand with Mary

March 23, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 5:17-30, 31-47. Scriptural Passage: 2 Corinthians 9:6-7. Also quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Forge" in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_forge-point-613.htm and "Introduction to the Devout Life"  by St. Francis de Sales Part III in http://www.catholictreasury.info/books/devout_life/dev55.php
Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Holy Trinity" by Miguel Cabrera (Circle of)in the Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona.(Wikimedia Commons)

Obedience ~ Corresponding to Grace

March 25, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 1:26-38. Quoting from  St.Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 755 https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-755. Image: "The Annunciation" by Henry Ossawa Tanner in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania. (Wikimedia Commons) Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.

Discovering Our Annunciation

March 26, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 11:1-45. Also quoting Ezekiel 37:12-14, 1-11. Reference: Catechism of the Carholic Church Points 1840-1845, 1812-1829 in https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P68.HTM and https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P66.HTM and St.Josemaría Escrivá in "Friends of God" Point 71 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-71.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Raising of Lazarus" by Master of the Legend of the Magdalen in the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen. (Wikimedia Commons)

Our Daily Resurrections in Christ (Fifth Sunday of Lent)

March 29, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 16:13-22, 24-25; John 19:28; Luke 2:35. Also quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way of the Cross" Fifth Station in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way_of_the_cross-point-5.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Fifth Station of the Cross" by Holly Whiting. Used with Permission from https://www.hollywhitingart.com

Denying Ourselves, Taking Up Our Crosses

March 31, 2023. Scriptural Passage: Acts 9:1-19 References: Little Nellie of Holy God in https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=7871 and Venerable Antonietta Meo in https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cevang/p_missionary_works/infantia/documents/rc_ic_infantia_doc_20090324_boletin15p12_en.html. Also quoting from "The Founder of Opus Dei: The Life of Josemaría Escrivá, Volume I, The Early Years"" by André Vázquez de Prada, Chapter 5. Point 6 A campaign of prayer and mortification (Scepter, 1997) Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Children giving thanks for their First Communion" by Aqu Alvarez on Cathopic.

Healing the Wounds of Christ

April 2, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 21:1-11, 26:14—27:66. Quoting Alvaro del Portillo in the Introduction to "The Way of the Cross" by  St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way_of_the_cross.htm and St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Friends of God" Point 253 on https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-253.htm Reference: St. Pope John Paul II's General Audience for Holy Week on March 31, 1999 in https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_31031999.html Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "L'Entrée du Christ à Jérusalem" (Christ Enters Into Jerusalem) by Peter Paul Rubens in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon. (Wikimedia Commons)

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