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 3, 2024. Gospel Passage: John 2:13-25. Quoting from "The Way" Points 157 and 159 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/157 and escriva.org/en/camino/159. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Jesus Casting out the Money Changers at the Temple" by Carl Heinrich Bloch. Location Unknown. (Wikimedia Commons)

Overturning the Tables in Our Hearts  (Third Sunday of Lent)

March 12, 2024. Gospel Passage: John 5:1-15. John 5: 1-15. Also quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 934  in escriva.org/en/camino/934 and "Furrow" Point 195 in escriva.org/en/surco/195. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the National Gallery, London. (Wikimedia Commons)

Constant Concern for Souls (Rebroadcast)

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 21, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 13:34-35; Luke 10:27; Matthew 6:11-12. Also  1 John 4:20, 4:7-8; 4:16; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, Ephesians 4:26-27, 1 Corinthians 13:3-7, 13. Quoting from Letter in "St. John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry" by Gerald Brenan and Interview by Malcolm Muggeridge in catholicweekly.com.au/malcolm-muggeridge-the-journalist-who-met-his-match-in-mother-teresa and Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast of 1994 by Saint Mother Teresa in https://www.ncregister.com/blog/mother-teresa-the-greatest-destroyer-of-love-and-peace-is-abortion and "The Way" Point 430 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/430  Reference: "The Straight Story"  (Cannes, 1999). Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "The Sermon on the Mount" by Sebastiano Ricci. Private Collection after Sotheby's. (Wikimedia Commons)

Where There Is Love, There Is God

March 27, 2024. Gospel Passage: Matthew 9:9–13; Matthew 6:33; Luke 1:38; John 1:14. Also quoting Ephesians 1:3-5 and "The Forge" Point 512 and "The Way" Point 837 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/forja/512 and escriva.org/en/camino/837. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from New York. Image: "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Caravaggio in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. (Wikimedia Commons)

God's Plan For You

March 29, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 19:25-30; John 10:31-39; Luke 23:46; Matthew 25:23. Also quoting from Psalms 82:6; Isaiah 64:7; Proverbs 8:30; 1 John 4:16. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Points 882 and 497 in escriva.org/en/camino/882 and escriva.org/en/camino/497 and in "Christ Is Passing By" Point 100 in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/100 and in "Friends of God" Points 220-221 from escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/220. Reference: Encyclical, "Redemptor Hominis" Point 18 by Pope John Paul II in www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_04031979_redemptor-hominis.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ on the Cross with the Virgin, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John" by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the Meadows Museum, Texas. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Dignity of Divine Filiation (Good Friday)

March 30, 2024. Gospel Passage: John 19:28. Also quoting from  Colossians 1:24; Galatians 2:20, and St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Friends of God" Point 129 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/129 and "The Way of the Cross" Fourth Station in escriva.org/en/via-crucis/4. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Golgotha" (detail) by Mihály Munkácsy in the Déri Museum, Debrecen. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Passion and Death of Our Lord

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

April 5, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 20:19; Mark 14:50; John 13:37; Matthew 28:6; John 14:1,27. Prayer from the Regina Coeli, Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia! Quoting from the General Audience of Pope Francis, Nov. 11, 2020 in www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2020/documents/papa-francesco_20201111_udienza-generale.html. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from Murray Hill, New York. Image: "Мир вам! Явление Христа апостолам" (Peace Be With You! The Appearance of Christ to the Apostles) by Andrei Mironov. (Wikimedia Commons)

Christ Brings Peace to Our Troubled Life

April 9, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 3:8, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 6:21. Also quoting from 1 Samuel 3:7-11, Ecclesiastes 8:8. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Jesus and Nicodemus" by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

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