August 25, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 21:25-28, 34-36. Meditation with Fr. John Grieco, guest priest from "Come Away By Yourselves" on Spotify. Image: “The Last Judgment” by Maerten de Vos in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, Spain. (Wikimedia Commons)

"Jesus tells us to pray to have the strength 'to stand before the Son of Man.' When we die we will be judged by God.  This is a hard truth but also a truth that saves us.  If we ask God for the courage to see ourselves as we really are now, we will be prepared for our death and God's judgment.  Reliance on God's grace, fostering sincerity with ourselves and others, living charity, and regularly examining our conscience are all ways to avoid self-deception and to prepare for our definitive meeting with God."

Come Away By Yourselves

Savage Sincerity: "The Strength to Stand Before the Son of Man"

October 9, 2025. Gospel Passage: John 11:1-35; Luke 2:19. Also Romans 8:28. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Image: "The Raising of Lazarus" by Master of the Legend of the Magdalen in the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (Wikimedia Commons).

In God's Perfect Timing: Trusting the Divine Plan

October 13, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 19:13-14; 18:2-3. Reference: Apparitions in ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/1916-apparitions-of-the-angel-of-portugal-23355 and ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/1917-apparitions-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-23361. Also "The Baltimore Catechism" 6.Q. in catechism.cc/catechisms/Baltimore_Catechism.pdf and "Fatima Prayer" in ewtn.com/catholicism/teachings/fatima-prayer-102. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Christ Blessing Little Children" by Henry Howe (Wikimedia Commons).

The Holiness of Children ~ The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima (Rebroadcast)

October 15, 2025.  Gospel Passages: John 15:15; John 21:15-17. Quoting from the Apostolic Exhortation "Christus Vivit" Points 250, 252 of Pope Francis dated March 25, 2019 in vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20190325_christus-vivit.html, from "The Book of Life" by St. Teresa of Ávila, Chapter 22 in the Liturgy of the Hours for October 15, Second Reading, in liturgies.net/saints/teresaofavila/readings.htm, and from "The Way" Points 2 and 555 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/2 and escriva.org/en/camino/555. Reference: Universalis, Second Reading on Wednesday of Week 13 in Ordinary Time in universalis.com/20250702/today.htm and Prayer of St. Teresa in ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/prayer-of-saint-teresa-of-avila-364. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Santa Teresa de Jesús" by Eduardo Balaca In the Museo del Prado, Madrid (Wikimedia Commons).

The Sacred Humanity of Christ ~ Feast of St. Teresa of Ávila (Rebroadcast)

October 17, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 12:1-7; Luke 12:32. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify.  Photo Credit: "A young woman feeding birds (sparrows) at the entrance of El Retiro Park in Madrid" by Cédric VT on Unsplash.

Worth More Than a Hundred Sparrows (Rebroadcast)

October 18, 2025. Gospel Passage: Luke 10:1-9. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "St. Luke Painting the Virgin" (detail) by Marten van Heemskerck in Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem (Wikimedia Commons). Music: Carlos Gardel (1890-1935), Soledad, arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

St. Luke Painting the Virgin

October 23, 2025. Gospel Passage: Luke 12:49-53; Quoting Psalm 139, 1 John 4:8, "Love in Action: Loving God and Neighbor, A Twofold Commandment" by Fernando Ocáriz, "Christ Is Passing By" Point 119, "The Way" Points 92 and 801 by Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/119, escriva.org/en/camino/92, escriva.org/en/camino/801, and Encyclical, "Deus caritas est" Point 2, by Pope Benedict XVI dated December 25, 2005 in vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20051225_deus-caritas-est.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: “Christ of Saint John of the Cross” by Salvador Dalí in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow (Wikimedia Commons).

The Passionate Love of Christ (Rebroadcast)

October 24, 2025. Gospel Passage: John 4:1-30; John 19:28. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Image: "Christus und die Samariterin" (Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well), partial copy after Annibale Caracci by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Private Collection (Wikimedia Commons).

Every Well In Our Life Runs Dry Until We Meet Christ

October 28, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 6:12-16; Matthew 20:20-28, 18:2-5; Matthew 11:29. Also 1 Samuel 3:5. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Letter 1: The Collection of Foundational Letters" Points 20-21 and "Furrow" Points 263 and 289 in escriva.org/en/surco/263 and escriva.org/en/surco/289. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Christ Calling His First Disciples" by Adam Brenner in the Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, England  (Art UK).

Humility and Apostleship (Rebroadcast)

October 29, 2025. Gospel Passage: Luke 13:22-24, 25-27. Also Job 7:1, Ephesians 6:13-17. Quoting from "Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer" by Thomas Dubay, S.M.,  "Saint Therese of Lisieux: Her Family, Her God, Her Message" by Fr. Bernard Bro in dokumen.pub/saint-therese-of-lisieux-her-family-her-god-her-message-paperbacknbsped-0898708427-9780898708424.html#English, and "The Way" Point 285 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/285. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Photo Credit: "A small gate in the old town"  by Purple Iris on Unsplash.

How to Focus in Our Interior Life (Rebroadcast)

October 31, 2025. Gospel Passages: Mark 8:22-25; Matthew 8:2-3;  John 5:8; Matthew 9:20-22. Quoting St. Augustine in Tractate 44 (John 9) in newadvent.org/fathers/1701044.htm. Reference: Gospel of Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (February 19, 2025). Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor.  Image: "Healing the Blind" by Yong Sung Kim in LDSArt. Used with Permission.

Led to Jesus, Led by Jesus—When Healing Comes in Stages

November 1, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 5:45, 21-22; John 11:25-26; Luke 12:23-49; Matthew 22:11-14. Also Revelation 7:2-4,9-14 and Genesis 17:4-6. Quoting Oscar Wilde in “A Woman of No Importance” (“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future”); Pedro Casciaro in “Dream, and Your Dreams Will Fall Short “ in dokumen.pub/dream-and-your-dreams-will-fall-short-paperbacknbsped-9704701195-9789704701192.html; St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Sermo 2 as quoted in Crossroads Initiative in crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/importance-of-the-saints-bernard-of-clairvaux; Fernando Ocáriz’s Pastoral Letter dated February 14, 2017 in opusdei.org/en-ca/article/letter-of-the-prelate-14-february-2017; from St. Josemaría Escrivá in Letter 27, Point 60, as quoted in opusdei.org/en/article/apostles-who-give-life. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "TIcon of Saint Dismas the Good Thief" with Unknown Author in Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany (Wikimedia Commons).

Be Like the Good Thief: It's All Saints

November 3, 2025. Gospel Passages: Gospel Passages: Luke 22:40-46; John 3:16; Matthew 6:9-13; John 19:25-27. Also Genesis 2:9,16-7, 3:9-13,19,22-24; 1 Samuel 3:7-11. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way of the Cross" First Sorrowful Mystery in escriva.org/en/santo-rosario/6 and paraphrased from "The Forge" Point 315 in escriva.org/en/forja/315. Reference: Meditation given on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Christ in the Garden of Olives" by Carlo Dolci in the Palazzo Brignole Sale (Palazzo Rosso), Genoa (Wikimedia Commons).

The Value of Sacrifice

November 9, 2025. Gospel Passage: John 2:13-22. Also 1 Corinthians 3: 9-17. Quoting "Catechism of the Catholic Church" Article 9, Paragraph 2 (Points 781-810) in vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_three/article_9/paragraph_2_the_church_-_people_of_god,_body_of_christ,_temple_of_the_holy_spirit.html and "Story of a Soul" by St. Therese of Lisieux in littleflower.org/st-therese/st-therese-quotes. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Jesus Casting Out the Money Changers at the Temple" by Carl Heinrich Bloch. Private collection (Wikimedia Commons).

The Living Stones of the Church (The Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica, November 9)

November 17, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 18:35-43; Mark 10:46–52; John 9:1-34; Luke 2:19. Also Acts 9:6. Quoting from "Friends of God" Points 190-204 (Living by Faith) by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/living-by-faith, from "The Forge" Point 754 in escriva.org/en/forja/754, and from "Conversations" Point 116 in escriva.org/en/conversaciones/116. Quoting St. Jerome from "Catechism of the Catholic Church" Point 133 in vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__PS.HTM and "Dei Verbum" Point 21 in vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651118_dei-verbum_en.html. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "Christ Healing the Blind Man of Jericho" by Italian School in Musée des Beaux-Artes, Nantes (Wikimedia Commons). Music: Handel, Opera Rinaldo, Aria Lascia che io pianga adapted for guitar by Bart Alink. Priest's Note: This passage lends itself to our prayer, because we can easily conjure up the image, the sounds, the atmosphere, the smells, that the blind man was experiencing. We weren’t there, and we too are blind, in a way. And he reacted. St. Josemaría has a long commentary on this passage in Friends of God, from a meditation he preached on October 12, 1947. How do I really read the Word of God, Holy Scripture, to its fullest meaning?

The Blind Man: Discover the Layers of Meaning Present

November 18, 2025. Luke 19:1-10. Quoting from "Friends of God" Point 196  by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/196 and from the Homily of Pope Francis in Poland on July 31, 2016 in vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2016/documents/papa-francesco_20160731_omelia-polonia-gmg.html. Also from "The Way" (Author's Preface) in escriva.org/en/camino/intro/authors-preface. Priest's Note:  Today Luke 19 tells us about another man, also in Jerico, but on the opposite side of the social spectrum. Not a poor blind man without power, money or standing. But a publican, a tax collector who worked for the Roman occupation, and his named is Zacchaeus. Both could not see Jesus: Bartimaeus because he was blind, Zacchaeus because he was too short. To be able to see Jesus he took initiative. This is an analogous to taking our formation more seriously. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Carel Wautier in the National Trust Osterley Park. Isleworth (Wikimedia Commons). Music: Handel Rinaldo, Aria Lascia che io pianga, adapted for guitar by Bert Alink.

Zacchaeus Needed to Grow in Formation

November 11, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 17:7-10; Matthew 25:23; Matthew 16:25; John 13:1-17; Luke 23:34; Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 5:21-43; Matthew 9:27-31; Mark 7:31-37. Also 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Romans 11:35-36; Psalms 149:4 and 115:1, and Philippians 2:7. Quoting St. Augustine in "On Nature and Grace" Chapter 5 in newadvent.org/fathers/1503.htm, Prayer of St. Ignatius in catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=592, St. Josemaría Escrivá in  "The Way" Point 762 in escriva.org/en/camino/762, and St. Teresa of Ávila in journeywithjesus.net/poemsandprayers/3637-Teresa_Of_Avila_Christ_Has_No_Body. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Image: "The Idle Servant" by Nicolaes Maes in the National Gallery, London (Wikimedia Commons).

Servant of Love—Freedom of Selfless Dedication

November 13, 2025. Gospel Passage: Luke 17:20-25. Also 1 Corinthians 12:26. Quoting from the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" Points 948, 950, 795 in vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_three/article_9/paragraph_5_the_communion_of_saints.html and vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_three/article_9/paragraph_2_the_church_-_people_of_god,_body_of_christ,_temple_of_the_holy_spirit.html (quoting St. Augustine's Commentary on the Gospel of John 21). Quoting from "Walking with God in the Unimpressive Seasons of Life" by  Fr. Mike Schmitz and from the Encyclical "Ecclesia de Eucharistia" Points 1,6,7 by St. John Paul II dated April 17, 2003 in vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_20030417_eccl-de-euch.html, "Angelus" by Pope Benedict XVI dated June 26, 2011 in vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/angelus/2011/documents/hf_ben-xvi_ang_20110626.html, and "Homily" of Pope Francis dated June 3, 2018 in vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2018/documents/papa-francesco_20180603_omelia-corpusdomini-ostia.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Communion of Saints Tapestries" (detail) created by John Nava for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels" by John Nava at the Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles in Image: "Communion of Saints Tapestries" created by John Nava for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels" by John Nava at the Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles in johnnava.com/COLA/COS.html.

The Communion of Saints—My Role and Contribution

November 14, 2025. Gospel Passage: Luke 17:26-37.  Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Photo Credit: "Sunset view above a sea of clouds" by Shot By Joe on Unsplash.

Living for the Moment of Our Death

November 19, 2025. Gospel Passage: Matthew 21:28-32. Also Philippians 2:5. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Forge" Points 888 and 406 in escriva.org/en/forja/888 and escriva.org/en/forja/406. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Image: "The Parable of the Two Sons" by Andrei Mironov (Wikimedia Commons).

True to Our Word, True to God's Will

November 25, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 21:6-11; 2:19. Also Ephesians 1:4 and quoting from "Confessions" Book X Chapter 29 by St. Augustine in newadvent.org/fathers/110110.htm and from "The Way" Point 92 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/92. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Photo Credit: " Brown bonfire on gray field" by Marko Horvat on Unsplash.

Called To Be Saints For Love

November 21, 2025. Gospel Passages:  Luke 19:45-48; John 2:13–16; Matthew 21:12–17; Mark 11:15–19; John 4:20-23. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Jesus Casting Out the Moneychangers at the Temple" by Carl Bloch (Wikimedia Commons).

Thieves of the Interior Life (Rebroadcast)

November 22, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:22-40; Luke 22:54-62; John 13:23; John 10:1-18; Luke 18:13. Quoting from "The Way" Point 386 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/386, the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Ten Commandments Points 2052 to 2557 in https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_three/section_two.index.html ff, and from "The Beggar's Banquet: A Personal Retreat on Christ, His Mother, the Spiritual Life, and the Saints" by Regis Martin. Reference: Fourth Joyful Mystery: escriva.org/en/santo-rosario/4. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "The Presentation in the Temple" by Vittore Carpaccio in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Florence (Wikimedia Commons).

Sin and The Fourth Joyful Mystery (Rebroadcast)

November 27, 2025. Gospel Passages: John 17:15; Luke 12:49; Luke 2:34-35; John 19:25-27; John 2:1-3. Also Genesis 3;15, Revelation 12:1-18. References: "The apparitions and the Miraculous Medal" in the Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse, Paris in chapellenotredamedelamedaillemiraculeuse.com/langues/english/apparitions-et-la-medaille-miraculeuse-gb and "The meaning of the Miraculous Medal" in wlpcatholic.org/documents/THE%20MEANING%20OF%20THE%20MIRACULOUS%20MEDAL.pdf. Meditation with Fr. Charles Belmonte, guest priest from "Meditations" on Spotify. Photo Credit: "Medal of the Immaculate Conception (Miraculous Medal), a medal created by St. Catherine Labouré in response to a request from the Blessed Virgin Mary" by Xhienne (Wikimedia C ommons).

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Rebroadcast)

December 4, 2025. Scriptural Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:26. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Points 544 and 533 in escriva.org/en/camino/544 and escriva.org/en/camino/533 and from St. Pius X in his Encyclical, "Ad diem illum laetissimum" on the Immaculate Conception, Point 13, dated February 2, 1904, on Mary as "the neck of Our Head."  Reference: Catechism of the Catholic Church on the Communion of Saints, Points 946-962 in vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_three/article_9/paragraph_5_the_communion_of_saints.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs" (detail) by Fra Angelico (Fiesole San Domenico Altarpiece) in the National Gallery, London (Wikimedia Commons).

The Communion of Saints and Me

December 9, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 18:12-14,  Luke 1:38. Also Isaiah 35:1-2, Genesis 3:9-11. "Man is a beggar before God." - St. Augustine, Sermo 56,6,9:PL 38,381 and quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2559. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Lost No More" by Greg Olsen. Used with Permission.

Beggars of Grace (Rebroadcast)

December 10, 2025. Gospel Passage: Matthew 11:28-30.  Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Jesus and his Disciples on the Sea of Galilee" by Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Oesterley based on an auction at Dorotheum (Wikimedia Commons).

Jesus as Friend (Rebroadcast)

December 17, 2025.  Gospel Passage: Matthew 1:1-17; 2 Samuel 7:16. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify.  Image: "Rest during the Flight to Egypt" by Francesco Mancini in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, The Vatican (Wikimedia Commons). Music: Handel, Opera Rinaldo, Aria "Lascia ch'io pianga", arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

The Genealogy of Christ: We're In His Family

December 19, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:10-11; John 1:14; Luke 15:21, 1:38. Also 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. Quoting from the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" Point 1817 in vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_three/section_one/chapter_one/article_7/ii_the_theological_virtues.html. Reference: Blessed Carlo Acutis in carloacutis.com/en/association.  Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "The Annunciation" by Agostino Masucci in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (Wikimedia Commons).

Hope and the Second Candle

December 12, 2025. Gospel Passages: Gospel Passage: Luke 1:39-47; Matthew 5:13-16. Also 1 Corinthians 1:27-29. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Christ Is Passing By" Point 183 in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/183. References: "Mater Populi Fidelis" Point 43 by the Dicastery For the Doctrine of the Faith approved by Pope Leo XIV dated October 7, 2025 in vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20251104_mater-populi-fidelis_en.html; "Nican Mopohua" on Our Lady of Guadalupe in nypl.org/events/exhibitions/galleries/belief/item/5559 and kofc.org/en/resources/our-lady-of-guadalupe/nican-mopohua.pdf;  "The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe" in Vatican News dated December 11, 2018 in vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2018-12/our-lady-of-guadaloupe-feast-day-mexico-americas.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin" by Raul Berzosa in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Angels, Los Angeles. Used with Permission.

Lay Mentality (Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12)

January 3, 2026. Gospel Passages: John 5:31-36; John 1:29-34; Matthew 14:1-12, 9:14, 11:3-6. Also Genesis 1:26-27,  "Friends of God" Point 251 and "The Forge" Points 613, 82, 674 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/251, escriva.org/en/forja/613, escriva.org/en/forja/82, and escriva.org/en/forja/674. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Bautismo de Cristo" (The Baptism of Christ)  by Juan Fernández de Navarrete ("El Mudo") in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (Wikimedia Commons).

Graciousness Towards Grace (Rebroadcast)

January 3, 2026. Gospel Passages: John. 1:29, John 3:30. Also Psalm 27:1; Romans 8:15, Genesis 3:1-13. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Furrow" Point 161 in escriva.org/en/surco/161, "The Forge" Points 398 and 186 in escriva.org/en/forja/398 and escriva.org/en/forja/186, and in "The Way" Point 804 in escriva.org/en/camino/804. References: "Summary of Pope John Paul II's Catechesis on Original Sin" from Weekly General Audiences of September 8-October 8, 1986 in ewtn.com/catholicism/library/summary-of-pope-john-paul-iis-catechesis-on-original-sin-834 and "I saw three hundred..." in opusdei.org/en/article/i-saw-three-hundred-three-hundred-thousand-thirty-million-three-thousand-million."  Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Photo Credit: "Waves of body of water splashing on sand" by Quino Al on Unsplash.

Nunc Coepi and Our Divine Filiation

January 4, 2026. Gospel Passage: Matthew 2:1-12. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "May You Seek Christ…. Find Christ… Love Christ" by Fr. Javier Echevarría in stjosemaria.org/seek-find-love. Reference: "The Epiphany of our Lord" from "Christ Is Passing By" Points 31-38 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/the-epiphany-of-our-lord. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "The Adoration of the Magi" by Alexandre-Francois Caminade in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Church, Paris.

Following The Magi's Example

January 5, 2026. Gospel Passage: Mark 2:1-12. Quoting Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) in youtu.be/f7yZRfdNyw8; St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Conversations" Points 113 to 123 in escriva.org/en/conversaciones/passionately-loving-the-world and "Something Something Divine in the Ordinary" by Rev. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem dated June 21, 2023 in stjosemaria.org/discovering-something-divine-in-the-ordinary; "The Way" Point 928 inescriva.org/en/camino/928; "Furrow" Point 99 in escriva.org/en/surco/99. References: "Non Nisi Te" Blog Post by Fr. José Miguel Marqués Campo dated March 6, 2018 in https://akacatholic.com/non-nisi-te-domine-none-other-than-thyself-lord-i and Docu-Drama on Pier Giorgio Frassati in youtu.be/ASkdgHEd6a4. This podcast originally appeared on the St. Josemaria Institute Podcast in stjosemaria.org/podcasts/to-the-heights-path-to-sainthood by Fr. Leo Austin dated December 30, 2025  © St. Josemaria Institute. Rebroadcasted by permission.  Image: "Healing the Paralysed Man" by John Armstrong in St George’s Church, Hove. Used with Permission.

To the Heights: The Path to Sainthood

January 4, 2026. Gospel Passage: Matthew 2:1-2,11; John 4:24. Quoting "The Epiphany of our Lord" from "Christ Is Passing By" Points 31-38 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/the-epiphany-of-our-lord. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Photo Credit: "Tabernacle behind crucifix" by G + L on Unsplash.

"We have seen his star and come to worship him"

January 6, 2026. Gospel Passages: Mark 6:31,34; Luke 5:4; Mark 15:37. Quoting from St. Augustine's "Confessions" I, I, I: PL 32 and the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" Point 30 in vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P9.HTM; from Bishop Robert Barron in "Word on Fire" for June 25, 2023 and August 13, 2023 in wordonfire.org/reflections/a-ordinary-wk12-sunday and wordonfire.org/reflections/a-ordinary-wk19-sunday; from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Conversations" Point 72 on "story of the mercies of God" in escriva.org/en/conversaciones/72. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Take Me Back" by Frank Ordaz. Used with Permission.

Resting in God's Mercy (Rebroadcast)

January 7, 2026. Gospel Passages: Mark 6:45-52, 34-44. Mark 4:38; John 2:5. Also quoting Psalm 46:10. Quoting St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, "The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity," St. Francis de Sales, "Treatise on the Love of God" in ccel.org/ccel/desales/love.all.html, and St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Friends of God" Point 215 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/215 and "Holy Rosary" Fourth Sorrowful Mystery in escriva.org/en/santo-rosario/9.  Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Jesus Walking on Water" (AI-generated) by Way to Christ in 0:31 in https://youtu.be/uIm5wP0k0qA?si=GkSLkvoZe307sitT&t=31

"Be still, and know that I am God" (Rebroadcast)

January 8, 2026. Scriptural Passage: Revelation 3:20. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Christ Is Passing By" Points 8 and 183 in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/8 and escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/183. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco. Image: "Jesus Knocking at the Door" by Del Parson. Used with Permission.

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock"

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