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February 13, 2023. Scriptural Passages: John 15:15; Revelation 3:20; Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 10:41-45; Matthew 27:46. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá's “The Way” Point 91 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-91.htm and St, Alphonsus Liguori's "How to Pray At All Times" in https://www.ecatholic2000.com/cts/untitled-211.shtml Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá's “The Way” Point 91 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-91.htm and St, Alphonsus Liguori's "How to Pray At All Times" in https://www.ecatholic2000.com/cts/untitled-211.shtml Meditation with Fr. John Grieco, guest priest from "Come Away By Yourselves" on Spotify. Image: "The Way of Joy" by Greg Olsen. Used with permission.

Priest's Comment: "I have called you my friends." These words of Jesus teach us how we should speak to him in our prayer. Close friends converse with each other confidently and intimately. We should habitually share all of our thoughts, feelings, and concerns with our friend Jesus. He is interested in any and every thing that affects us. In times of trouble, when it seems like he has left us, this continuous dialogue becomes even more important. They are moments to be trustingly sincere and simple. Eventually he will help us through even the greatest trials and tribulations.

Come Away By Yourselves

Intimate and Trusting Conversation with Christ

March 1, 2023. Scriptural Passages: Jonah 3:1-10; Matthew 26:38-39. Meditation with Fr. Edwin Quinan, guest priest from "Fr. Edwin" on SoundCloud in https://soundcloud.com/edwinzamoraquinan
Image: "Jonás predicando al pueblo de Nínive" (Jonah Preaching to the People of Nineveh) by Andrea Vaccaro in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. (Wikimedia Commons)

A Homily on the First Reading, Wednesday of the First Week of Lent

March 4, 2023. Gospel Passage: Matthew 5: 43-48, 9. Quoting from the Letter of Fr. Fernando Ocáriz dated February 26, 2022 in https://opusdei.org/en-ph/article/letter-from-the-prelate-united-in-prayer-and-fasting-for-peace/ Meditation with Fr. Oskari Juurikkala, guest priest from Finland in "Time for Jesus" on Spotify. Sculpture: "Reconciliation" by Josefina de Vasconcellos in the St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry. (Wikimedia Commons)

Peace and Conversion of Hearts (Rebroadcast)

April 5, 2023. Scriptural Passages: Matthew 26:1--27:66; John 15:13. Galatians 2:20; Psalm 51:17. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in the Introduction to "The Way of the Cross" in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way_of_the_cross-point-0.htm; "The Way" Point 288 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-288.htm; and "Friends of God" Points 299 and 141 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-299.htm and https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-141.htm. Reference: Homily (Prayer) by Saint Gregory Nazianzen in https://divineoffice.org/lent-w05-sat-or Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Crucifixion of Christ, with Scenes from the Life of Jesus" attributed to Frans Francken the Younger. Private Collection. (Wikimedia Commons)

Accompanying Jesus in His Passion (Rebroadcast)

January 24, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 5:15; Isaiah 43:1; John 2:1-11. Cathechism of the Catholic Church, Point 2447 in vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P8F.HTM Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá, "Passionately Loving the World" in opusdei.org/en-ph/article/passionately-loving-the-world-2. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Seven Affairs of Charity" by Frans Francken the Younger at the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. (Wikimedia Commons)

Unity and Works of Mercy (Rebroadcast)

January 26, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 13:18-21; Mark 4:30-32; Mark 6:21-23; John 18:36; Matthew 5:3. Also Genesis 1:1–3:24. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Like a Grain of Mustard" by Jorge Cocco in www.jorgecocco.com. Used with permission.

Trust and the Kingdom of God (Rebroadcast)

January 31, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 17:20-21; Matthew 13:44-46; John 21:15-17. Quoting from Revelation 12:1-2, Colossians 3:1 and St. Irenaeus in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Point 294 in vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P19.HTM and Furrow, Point 10 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/surco/10. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ of St. John of the Cross" by Salvador Dali in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow. (Wikimedia Commons)

Corresponding to Grace

March 1, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 23:1-12; Matthew 6:6; Matthew 23:11; John 13:1-17. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet" (detail) by Benvenuto Tisi (or Il Garofalo) in the National Gallery of Art, London. (Wikimedia Commons)

Serving and Servitude~Love for the Church

March 19, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:52. Quoting from the Apostolic Letter of Pope Francis, "Patris Corde" (With a Father's Heart) dated Dec. 8, 2020 in www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html, Isaiah 43:1, and "The Way" Point 708 by St. Josemaría Escrivá  in escriva.org/en/camino/708. Also quoting from " Through the Heart of St. Joseph" by Fr. Boniface Hicks, OSB. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.  Image: "L'Enfant Jésus retrouvé au Temple par ses parents" (The Child Jesus Found in the Temple by His Parents) by Jacques Stella in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France.

St. Joseph's Aggressive Tenderness (Solemnity of St. Joseph)

March 23, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 10:29-37; Luke 9:51-56. Quoting from “Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration” Chapter 7 by Pope Benedict XVI (Doubleday, 2007), from "Frequent Confession" by Fr. Benedict Baur, OSB, and from "Letter #2" Point 30 by Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, in escriva.org/es/cartas-1/53. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.  Image: "The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix)"  by Vincent van Gogh in the Kröller-Müller Museum, Gelderland.

God's Mercy and Frequent Confession

April 1, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 5:2-5; John 1:41,45; John 15:15. Quoting from the Pastoral Letters of Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz of Feb. 2017, Jan. 2018, and Nov. 1, 2019  in opusdei.org/en-ph/article/letter-of-the-prelate-14-february-2017, opusdei.org/en/article/letter-from-the-prelate-9-january-2018, and opusdei.org/en-ph/article/letter-from-the-prelate-1-november-2019. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Man harvesting rice in Don Det, Laos" by Basile Morin. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Apostolate

Uploaded by friends of Father Francis Ongkingco, with his guided meditations from the Philippines. We also have guest priests.

Peace and Conversion of Hearts (Rebroadcast)

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