June 13, 2025. Gospel Passage: Luke 18:35-43 (Mark 10:46-52); Matthew 20:28; Matthew 7:7. Also James 4:3. Quoting St. Augustine (aut mali, aut male, aut mala) in "On the Sermon on the Mount" Chapter II, Point 73 in newadvent.org/fathers/16012.htm. References: St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Christ Is Passing By" in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa and "Friends of God" Points 195-198 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/195 ff. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Image: "Healing the Blind Man" by Yongsung Kim in LDSArt (Used with Permission).

"What do you want me to do for you?"—God At Our Service

June 12, 2025. Matthew 26:38-44 (Proper to the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest, Thursday after Pentecost). Quoting from "The Sanctifier: The Classic Work on the Holy Spirit" by Arch. Luis Martinez. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Última Cena" (The Last Supper) (detail) by Juan de Juanes (Vicente Juan Masip) in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Wikimedia Commons).

Identifying Ourselves with Jesus Christ, Eternal HighPriest (Rebroadcast)

June 16, 2025. Gospel Passage: John 16:31-33. Also Psalm 88, 2 Corinthians 12:10. Quoting St. Augustine, "Confessions" Book III, Point 11 in www.newadvent.org/fathers/110103.htm and St. Josemaría Escriva in "The Way" Point 330 in escriva.org/en/camino/330. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ Carrying the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John" by Luis de Morales in Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (Wikimedia Commons).

Acts of Contrition, Strength in our Weakness

June 17, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 5:48, 11:29, 13:45-46, 26:39. Quoting from "Friends of God" Point 6 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/6 and from St. Cyprian: “Prefer nothing whatever to Christ, because He did not prefer anything to us." St. Athanasius: "God became man, so that man might become God." St. Thomas Aquinas: "For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Point 460). Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane" (The Agony in the Garden) by Gerard van Honthorst in Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague (Wikimedia Commons). 

Thy Will Be Done (Rebroadcast)

June 15, 2025. Gospel Passage: John 16:12-15, 15:15. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Points 692 and 968 in escriva.org/en/camino/692 and escriva.org/en/camino/968, in "Friends of God" Point 310 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/310, and in "The Forge" Point 227 in escriva.org/en/forja/227. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Holy Trinity" by Pietro Novelli in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Wikimedia Commons).

Mystery Inviting to a Trusting Relationship (The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity)

June 18, 2025. Gospel Passage: Matthew 16:24. Also Philippians 2:5-8. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Furrow" Point 739 in escriva.org/en/surco/739.  Reference: Catechism of the Catholic Church, Points 464-469 in catholicculture.org/culture/library/catechism/index.cfm?recnum=2158. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "Awaiting the Command" by Jon McNaughton in WikiArt.

The Sentiments of Christ: Abdicate from your Throne

June 19, 2025. Gospel Passage: Matthew 6:7-15. Also Exodus 20:1-3. Quoting John Paul II’s Message for the 14th World Youth Day, January 6, 1999 in www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/messages/youth/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_09011999_xiv-world-youth-day.html and “The Forge” Point 750 and “Friends of God” Point 152 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/forja/750 and escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/152. Reference: “Catechism of the Catholic Church” Points 2765 and 1762-1766 in catholiccrossreference.online/catechism/#!/search/2765-2772 and vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_three/section_one/chapter_one/article_5.index.html#part_three. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Our Father (The Lord's Prayer)” by Jen Norton. Used with Permission.

Feeling Our Interior Life (Rebroadcast)

June 21, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 6:24-34; Matthew 22:37 (Deuteronomy 6:5). Also Colossians 3:1, Ezekiel 36:26 . Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Friends of God" Point 152 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/152. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Daily Lily" in Taiwan by Flysonic on Flickr.

Nothing More Than Feelings~Interior Life (Rebroadcast)

June 20, 2025. Gospel Passages: Matthew 6:19-21,22-23; Matthew 16:26; Luke 2:7; Matthew 8:20. Matthew 27:28; Luke 5:3; Matthew 27:28; Luke 5:3; Matthew 21:2; Luke 22:11; Mark 15:46; Matthew 6:19; Matthew 5:3. Also Psalm 24:1; Philippians 4:12-13; Romans 14:7; Galatians 5:19-23; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 8:9;  1 Peter 5:8. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Forge" Points 523, 117, and 512 in escriva.org/en/forja/523, escriva.org/en/forja/117, and escriva.org/en/forja/512; and Pope Francis in Speech at Prayer Vigil on XXXI World Youth Day, July 2016 in vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2016/july/documents/papa-francesco_20160730_polonia-veglia-giovani.html. Reference:  Pope Benedict XVI, "Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives." Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest and regular contributor. Photo Credit: "Brown jewelry box beside concrete stairs" by Roman Kraft on Unsplash.

Store Up Treasures in Heaven ~ The Spirit of Detachment

June 22, 2025. Gospel Passages: Luke 9:11b-17, 22:9-11; Mark 14:12-16. Quoting St. Thomas Aquinas in Opusculum 57 in the Second Reading of the Divine Office for Corpus Christi in ibreviary.com/m2/breviario.php?s=ufficio_delle_letture and in crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/wonderfulbanquet. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Forge" Point 835 in escriva.org/en/forja/835; "Friends of God" Point 67, in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/67 and "Furrow" Point 497 in escriva.org/en/surco/497. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Man Bearing a Pitcher" by James Tissot in the Brooklyn Museum, New York (Wikimedia Commons).

Bearers of the Eucharist (The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ)

June 25, 2025. Gospel Passages: John 3:16; Luke 1:38. Also Proverbs 8:31. Quoting St. Augustine in  Sermo 169, 11, 13: PL 38, 923 as quoted in Catechism Point 1847 in vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_three/section_one/chapter_one/article_8.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ Carrying the Cross" by El Greco in the Museo Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Spain (Google Art Project).

Struggle and Correspondence

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