February 28, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 20:24-29. Also quoting "The Way" Point 555 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-555.htm and 2 Corinthians 12:9. Reference: "Rooting Out Hidden Faults: How the Particular Examen Conquers Sin" by James F. McElhone, CSC. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas" by Guercino in the National Gallery, UK. (Wikimedia Commons)

"Christ's Sacred Wounds" (New Series for Lent) ~  Introduction

March 2, 2023. Gospel Passage: Matthew 7:7-12. Quoting "The Way" Point 85 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-85.htm  The two poems: “The Difference” by Grace L. Naessens in http://www.stmaryedbq.org/reflect/reflecty.html and “Covenant” by Margaret Halaska in https://intostillness.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/covenant-by-margaret-halaska Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Contemplating Woman" by Ben White on Unsplash.

Asking, Seeking, Knocking in Prayer (Rebroadcast)

March 5, 2023. Gospel Passage: Matthew 17:1-9. Also quoting from Genesis 8:1-4, 20-22; 22:1-18; 32:22-32; Exodus 19:3-13; 1 Kings 18:19-46. Reference: "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh. and St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Point 1 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-1.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. "Landschaft mit Verklärung Christi" (Landscape with the Transfiguration of Christ) by Francesco Zuccarelli in Kuntshaus Lempertz. (Wikimedia Commons)

Conquering the Spiritual Mountain

March 7, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 19:1-6; Matthew 8:16-17, quoting Isaiah 53:3-5. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Crowning with Thorns" by Caravaggio in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. (Wikimedia Commons)

"Christ's Sacred Wounds" 2 ~  The Crown of Thorns

March 9, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 16:19-31. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in "The Way" Point 736 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-736.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Rich Man and the Poor Lazarus" by Hendrick ter Brugghen in Centraal Museum, Utrecht. (Wikimedia Commons)

Memento Mori

March 12, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 4:5-42; Matthew 4:1-11. Also quoting Deuteronomy 32:9-13. Reference: "The Little Prince" by  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in https://www.openrightslibrary.com/the-little-prince-ebook/ Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well" by Guercino at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Welling of Our Hearts (Third Sunday of Lent)

March 28, 2023. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:13-35; Matthew 6:21; Luke 5:4-11. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.. Image: "Christ on the Road to Emmaus" by Jan Wildens and Hans Jordaens III in the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. (Wikimedia Commons)

"Christ's Sacred Wounds" 5 ~ His Right Foot and The Road to Emmaus

March 25, 2023. Gospel Passage: Luke 1:26-38. Quoting from  St.Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 755 https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-755. Image: "The Annunciation" by Henry Ossawa Tanner in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania. (Wikimedia Commons) Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.

Discovering Our Annunciation

March 30, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 8:21-30, 31-42, 51-59. Also quoting from Philippians 2:8, Isaiah 43:1. 1 Samuel 3:1-11, 1 Corinthians 10:13 and from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Furrow" Point 613 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-613.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain.  Image: "The Good Shepherd (Christ with Teens)" by Christopher Santer in Pacem Studio. Used with Permission from http://pacemstudio.com/portfolio/the-good-shepherd-print/

The Tension in the Call to Love and Service

April 1, 2023. Gospel Passages: Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Matthew 14:13, Matthew 26:41, Luke 5:16, Luke 4:42, Luke 6:12-13, Luke 22:39-44. Luke 11:1-4, John 2:1-11. Also John 15:4 and 1 John 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:18; Genesis 17:5. Quoting St. Lawrence Justinian as quoted by St. Peter of Alcantara in""Treatise on Prayer and Meditation" in https://www.ourladyswarriors.org/prayer/mntlpryr.htm and the Apostolic Letter of St. Pope John Paul II entitled "Novo Millennio Ineunte" (At the Beginning of the New Millennium, At the Close of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000) dated January 6, 2001 (Point 32) in https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20010106_novo-millennio-ineunte.html and "The Life of  (Vie de) Marthe Robin" by Bernard Peyrous in https://www.martherobin.com/en/son-message Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Christ on the Mount of Olives" by Josef August Untersberger (Giovanni). (Wikimedia Commons)

Prayer, A Path to Conversion

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)

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