Love this meditation. Preacher is humorous without trying. Message carries real depth and is very incisive.

August 30, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 13:25; Matthew 20:1-6. Also quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" #355 and #815; from St. John of the Cross as shared by St. Therese: https://www.archives-carmel-lisieux.fr/english/carmel/index.php/testaments-jean-de-la-croix; and from  "Rooting Out Hidden Faults: How the Particular Examen Conquers Sin" by James F. McElhone, C.S.C. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Притча о винограднике" (Parable of the Vineyard) by Andrey Mironov. (Wikimedia Commons)

Master of our Time

August 29, 2022. Gospel Passage: Mark 6: 17-29. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify on August 29, 2020. Quoting St. Bede's homily in the Office of Readings in http://www.liturgies.net/saints/johnthebaptist/officeofreadings_martyr.htm
Referring to "Hand of God: A Journey from Death to Life by The Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind" by Bernard Nathanson. Image: "Beheading of St. John the Baptist" by Massimo Stanzione in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (Wikimedia Commons). The introductory aria is from Handel guitar piece, by Bert Alink Rinaldo:  Aria "Lascia che io pianga".

Death of St. John the Baptist ~ Defender of the Truth

August 31, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 4:38-39; Luke 7:36-50. Also quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Forge" #835 and #92 and "The Way" #831. Rebroadcast from Sept. 1, 2021. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ Healing Peter Simon's Wife by John Bridges in the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama. (Wikimedia Commons)

Jesus in Simon Peter’s House (Rebroadcast)

September 2, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 25:1-13; Matthew 24:42-51. Also quoting Romans 13:11-14; Psalm 104:30; Psalm 18:1-3; St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" #732; St. Therese of Lisieux in "Letters of Soeur Thérèse the Little Flower of Jesus" of October 20, 1888 in https://mycatholic.life/books/story-soul-saint-therese-lisieux/letters-soeur-therese-little-flower-jesus/ 
Photo Credit: "Silhouette of person standing on a rock" by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash.

Fr. Grieco: "Jesus continually calls us to an alert vigilance.  He does this to make us aware of the great opportunities of love and service that fill our ordinary lives.  At the beginning of a new school year, it is good to foster an eager alertness in our souls, an excitement for the work that lies ahead of us.  If we find ourselves dull and without energy, we can start by asking Jesus for more strength, more enthusiasm.  If our lethargy persists, we can pray and practice a greater love of interior struggle as an opportunity to love heroically."

Come Away By Yourselves

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September 1, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 4:38-44. Quoting Psalm 63:1. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "La Oración es el Motor de la Vida Cristiana" (Prayer is the Engine of Christian Life) by remehernandez on Cathopic.

When Prayer Finds Us

September 3, 2022. Gospel Passages: 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
Rebroadcast from September 4, 2021. 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)

September 4, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 14:25-33. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Road to Emmaus" by Duccio di Buoninsegna in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena, copied by Nicolas Lokhoff. (Wikimedia Commons)

Learning How to Hate (Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time)

September 5, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 5:16, 6:12; Matthew 26:39-44. Also quoting from "The Practice of the Presence of God" by Brother Lawrence; the Catechism of the Catholic Church #2697 in https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P9J.HTM and from "The Soul of the Apostolate" by Jean-Baptiste Chautard. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Photo Credit: "Holding Hands"  by Jon Tyson on Unsplash. Music: Carlos Gardel, "Soledad" arranged for guitar by Bert Alink.

How Can I Be Recollected In Prayer?

September 6, 2022. Gospel Passages: John 6:1-15, 9:6; Luke 1:38. Also quoting 1 Samuel 3:5. Quoting from "Friends of God" Point 262 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/friends_of_god-point-262.htm, "The Way" Point 755 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-755.htm and "Forge" Point 507 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_forge-point-507.htm by St. Josemaría Escrivá. ﻿Also quoting St. John Henry Newman in https://stjohnnewman.org/prayers-1 and "Boy's 1990 Cure Called a Miracle" (April 2005) http://banderasnews.com/0504/nr-boyscure.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish" by Ambrosius Francken I in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium. (Wikimedia Commons)

Instruments of God

September 8, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23; Luke 1:26-38; Luke 22:42; Matthew 26:39. Also Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 10:5-8. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Natività di maria" (Nativity of Mary) by Alessandro Allori in the Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova, Cortona. (Wikimedia Commons)

Mary's Fiat ~ Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

September 10, 2022. Scriptural Passages: Luke 14:1,7-14; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 (Exodus 19:12-19, 20:8-19; Deuteronomy 4:11,5:22-23,9:19); Ecclesiastes 1:2. Also quoting The Litany of Humility attributed to Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val (1865-1930) as seen in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litany_of_humility
Meditation with Fr. Oskari Juurikkala, guest priest from Finland in "Time for Jesus" on Spotify. Image: "Calling of John During the Marriage at Cana" by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen at the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht. (Wikimedia Commons)

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