October 27, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 12:39-48; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 26:39. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Adoration of the Trinity (Landauer Altar)" by Albrecht Dürer in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. (Wikimedia Commons).

Our Humility, Obedience, and Vocation

November 2, 2022. Scriptural Passages: Philippians 1:18-26; Romans 7:24; Quoting from "A book on the death of his brother Satyrus, by St Ambrose, bishop" in the Office of Readings for "All Souls" (Entrance Antiphon with 1 Thessalonians 4:14 and 1 Corinthians 15:22 and Opening Prayer) in liturgies.net/Liturgies/Catholic/loh/officeforthedead/officeofreadings.htm and from the Liturgy for November 2 in liturgies.net/saints/allsouls/mass.htm 
Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Jacob's Dream" in the British Museum by William Blake. (Wikimedia Commons) Originally broadcast on November 2, 2021.

Nov. 2, Death and the Last Things (Commemoration of the Faithful Departed, All Souls)(Rebroadcast)

Scriptural Passages: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12a. Quoting from Jacques Philippe, “The Eight Doors of the Kingdom: Meditations on the Beatitudes.” Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Sermon on the Mount (Discours sur la Montagne)" by Joseph Matar. Used with Permission. Originally posted on August 28, 2022 (Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time)

November 1, The Solemnity of All Saints and the Beatitudes (Rebroadcast)

November 3, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 13:22-30. Also quoting Ephesians 6:13-17. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Broad Road and Narrow Gate" by Ain Vares in  www.ainvaresart.com Used with Permission.

How to Focus in our Interior Life

November 7, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 28:19-20; Matthew 10:8; Matthew 5:3–12; Matthew 19:16-30; Luke 1:39–56. Also quoting 2 Peter 1:4 and the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" Part One, Section Two: The Creeds; Matthew 5:3–12. For further reading: "The Implicit Pedagogy of St. Josemaría Escrivá" in https://opusdei.org/en-ph/article/the-implicit-pedagogy-of-saint-josemaria-escriva-2/ Meditation with Fr. Javier del Castillo on the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast for the November Day of Recollection in https://stjosemaria.org/recollection-november-year-a/ © St. Josemaria Institute. Rebroadcasted by permission. Image: "Saints Mark and Marcellinus Being Led to Martyrdom" by Paolo Veronese in the Chiesa di San Sebastiano, Venice. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Transmitting the Gift of Faith (The Values of My Children)

November 15, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 19:1-10; Luke 9:7-9, 23:8. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Awaiting the Passage of Jesus" by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum. (Wikimedia Commons) Originally broadcast on September 26, 2022.

Poverty and Detachment ~ Zacchaeus Meets Christ (Rebroadcast)

November 8, 2022. Gospel Passage: Matthew 21:12–17. Also quoting from “The Spirit of the Liturgy” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI), Ignatius Press 2000; The Spirit of the Liturgy (Milestones in Catholic Theology), by Romano Guardini, originally 1918; ﻿"Catechism of the Catholic Church" Point 1324 in https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P3X.HTM; and "The Forge" Point 69 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_forge-point-69.htm Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "The Ghent Altarpiece: Adoration of the Lamb" by Jan van Eyck in the St. Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Mass and the Sacrifice of the Altar

November 17, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 18:9-14 (also the Gospel of the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 23, 2022). Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee" in "Pravmir~Orthodox Christianity in the World."

Prayer Positions

November 9, 2022. Gospel Passages: John 2:13-22; Luke 24:13-35. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Jesus Casting Out the Money Changers at the Temple" by Carl Heinrich Bloch. Location Unknown. (Wikimedia Commons)

Becoming God’s Temples ~ Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica (Rebroadcast)

November 10, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 17:20-25; John 2:13-22; Luke 1:26–38. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.  Image: "Hallelujah" by Mike Moyers. Used with Permission.

Our Dynamic Passivity

November 13, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 21:5-19. Quoting "Wait For Me" by Konstantin Simonov in https://simonov.co.uk/waitforme
Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Silhouette of Man Sitting on Bench During Sunset" by Free Walking Tour Salzburg on Unsplash.

God's Patience and Our Patience with Ourselves (Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time)

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