Name: Peace and Quiet (Rebroadcast) by Blessed Meditations
Duration: 29 min 28 s
Description: Sept. 5, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 4:31-37. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Possessed Man in the Synagogue" (Le possédé dans la Synagogue) by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. (Wikimedia Commons)

July 21, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 12:1-8 / 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: "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)

July 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:1-18, Matthew 26:6-13, Luke 7:36-50, Mark 14:3-8, John 12:1-8. Also quoting from the General Audience of Pope Francis on May 17, 2017 in  www.vatican.va/content/francesco…nza-generale.html Rebroadcast from July 22, 2021. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Noli Me Tangere"" by Antonio da Correggio in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)"

Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene, Apostle of the Eucharist

July 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:1-2, 11-18; John 1:38-39. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image; “The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Virgin” by Guercino in the Pinacoteca Civica, Cento. (Dorotheum Gallery)

Mary Magdalene ~ Apostle of the Apostles

August 15, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 19:25 and the hymn Stabat Mater. Entrance Antiphon in https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2022-08-15 and Office of Readings for August 15 in https://www.liturgies.net/saints/mary/assumption/officeofreadings.htm For further reading: "Munificentissumus Deus" Defining the Dogma of the Assumption by Pope Pius XII dated November 1, 1950 in https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus.html Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Assumption" by Guido Reni in the Church of Saint Ambrose, Genoa.(Wikiart)

Our Daily Assumptions (The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary)

Sept. 4, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 6:10; Mark 9:2-8; Mark 15:21-41; Matthew 5:48. Quoting from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Points 554-556, 568-570; St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Furrow" point 309 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-309.htm and "Conversations" (Passionately Loving the World), points 115 and 116 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/conversations-chapter-8.htm; and Raniero Cantalamessa OFM's "Contemplating the Trinity: The Path to the Abundant Christian Life" (Word Among Us Press, 7th Ed. 2007). Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: “Clear glass ball on brown sand during daytime” by Joshua Kettle on Unsplash.

On Earth As It Is In Heaven

Sept. 5, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 4:31-37. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Possessed Man in the Synagogue" (Le possédé dans la Synagogue) by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum, New York. (Wikimedia Commons)

Peace and Quiet (Rebroadcast)

August 31, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 2:5, 19: 25-27; Revelation 11:19, 12:1-6. Quoting "The Way" point 513 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-513.htm; on Imitating Love for Our Lady in https://romana.org/en/37/a-study/a-study-of-st-josemarias-marian-devotion-and-unity/; and Pope Benedict XVI in Homily dated Aug. 15, 2005 in https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20050815_assunzione-maria.html For further reading on The Assumption (Aug. 15), Munificentissimus Dues (Apostolic Constitution of Pope Pius XII dated Nov. 1, 1959) in https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-xii_apc_19501101_munificentissimus-deus.html; on Our Lady of Knock (Aug. 21 in https://www.knockshrine.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/PATRICK-HILL-Testimony.pdf and https://www.knockshrine.ie/about-knock-shrine; on The Queenship of Mary (Aug. 22) in Ad Caeli Reginam (Encyclical of Pope Pius XII dated Oct. 11, 1954) in https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_11101954_ad-caeli-reginam.html. Meditation with Rev. Donncha Ó hAodha, guest priest from "Be Silent" on Spotify. Image: "The Assumption of the Virgin" by Eugenio Cajés in the Museo del Prado. (Wikimedia Commons)
Priest's Note: In this month we have celebrated several feasts which emphasise Our Lady’s heavenly queenship. This glory of Mary in no way distances her from us. On the contrary. Her closeness to us is a model for those virtues which are particularly important in friendship and apostolate at this time.

Our Lady and Her Closeness to People

September 14, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 3:13-17. Also quoting Galatians 5:24, 2 Corinthians 4:10, and "The Forge" point 1025 by St. Josemaría Escriva in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_forge-point-1025.htm For further reading: Pope beatifies the Ulma family in https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-09/pope-francis-poland-ulma-family-beatification.html and https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-09/pope-francis-archbishop-pena-parra-letter-ulma-family.html and "The Way" on Mortification in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-chapter-6.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "El alma cristiana acepta su cruz" (The Christian Soul Accepts the Cross) by Anónimo frances (Anonymous French Artist) in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

The Contemplative Path of the Cross ~ The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

September 15, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 19:25-27; Luke 2:25-35; John 2:1-11. Quoting from the Homily of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, "His Mother Stood by the Cross" in https://www.catholic.org/lent/story.php?id=34430 and in the  Roman Office of Readings for the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in http://www.liturgies.net/saints/mary/ladyofsorrows/officeofreadings.htm Also quoting from "The Way" #848 and #622 by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "La Dolorosa" by José Camarón Bonanat in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)

Our Marian Martyrdom ~ Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows (Rebroadcast)

September 18, 2023. Gospel Passages: Matthew 9:32-24; Mark 9:25-29; John 18:37-38, 16:13. Also Acts 19:15. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá's Furrow Point 323 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-323.htm, Point 148 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-148.htm, and Point 325 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-325.htm For further reading: Sincerity in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-chapter-10.htm and  Struggle in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-chapter-5.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Casting Out the Devil from the Dumb Man" by the French School (after Rogier van der Weyden) in the Almshouse of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist, Dorset. (Art UK)

Sincerity and Love for the Truth

November 1, 2023. Scripture Passages: Revelation 3:4-5, 7:2-14; Genesis 17:4, 15:5; Matthew 22:11–13; Acts 5:15. Quoting from a sermon by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in https://www.liturgies.net/saints/allsaints/officeofreadings.htm and Apostolic Exhortation Points 3-5 by Pope Francis, "Gaudete et Exsultate" March 19, 2018 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20180319_gaudete-et-exsultate.html  Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs" by Fra Angelico from the Fiesole San Domenico Altarpiece now in the National Gallery, London. (Wikimedia Commons) Music: Handel's opera Rinaldo, aria, "Lascia ch'io pianga", guitar played by Bert Alink.

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