Is your family a happy family, filled with love and mercy?

In this podcast, Fr. Eric Nicolai reflects on what it means to be a family, following in the example of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. In this Year of the Family proclaimed by Pope Francis, “we are called to rediscover the educational value of the family unit… being founded on the love that always regenerates relationships, opening up horizons of hope.”

Fr. Eric challenges us to look inward within our family to find consolation in the moments of joy and happiness so that we may be filled with the strength to persevere in moments of trial. Looking to the Holy Family as our model, we can learn how to: forgive, be affectionate, and care for others, accompanying one another in our journey toward Heaven.
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The Model Family of Jesus of Nazareth

Reaching the Entire Person: Role of the Emotions. 

In the Christian life, the intellect, will and emotions need to grow together, helping one another to advance. Hence the importance of guiding our feelings.

Full text of article: https://opusdei.org/en/article/reaching-the-entire-person-role-of-the-emotions-1/

From the eBook "For Me to Live is Christ."
https://opusdei.org/en-us/article/free-ebook-for-me-to-live-is-christ/

Narrated by Mallory Danaher.

For Me To Live Is Christ -- Reaching The Entire Person - Role of The Emotions

On the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross we can ask the Holy Spirit to grant us the wisdom of the Cross. This will help us to embrace the challenges and difficulties we may experience with joy, knowing that in union with Christ’s Cross our sufferings have great value.

Exaltation Of The Holy Cross

Our Lady’s tender care for the newborn Infant Jesus is a lesson for us in putting our heart and affection into our dealings with Jesus, especially in the Blessed Sacrament.

Bethlehem

December 21, 2022. Gospel Passage: Luke 2:1-5. Quoting from the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Christus Vivit" by Pope Francis dated March 25, 2019 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20190325_christus-vivit.html and  "Apostolic Letter on the 150th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church, Patris Corde (With a Father's Heart)" by Pope Francis dated December 8, 2020 in https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Sagrada Familia del pajarito" (The Holy Family with a Little Bird) by  Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons)
"O" Antiphon, December 21: O Morning Star (Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 3:8, 6:12), splendor of light eternal (Habakkuk 3:4; Wisdom 7:26; Hebrews 1:3) and sun of righteousness (Malachi 3:20): Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (Psalm 107:10; Luke 1:78).

December 21: Family and Fraternal Love. Mary, Queen of Families, pray for us. (Rebroadcast)

December 25, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:1-14; Matthew 26: 27-29; John 19:17-18, 20; John 20:22-23. Quoting St. Athanasius in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Point 460: "For the Son of God became man so that we might become God." and Luke 2:1-14; Matthew 26: 27-29; John 19:17-18, 20; John 20:22-23. Quoting St. Athanasius in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Point 460: "For the Son of God became man so that we might become God." and 1 John 3:2. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Giorgione at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. (Wikimedia Commons)

December 25:  Christmas Day ~ Last in Everything, First in Love

December 27, 2022. Gospel Passages: John 20:1a and 2-8; Luke 5:1-11; Luke 9:49-56; John 1:14; Mark 15:40-41; Luke 2:25-35; John 19:25; Luke 2:14; John 3:16. Also quoting from "A Spiritual Canticle of St John of the Cross, priest" in the Office of Readings, December 14 in https://www.liturgies.net/saints/johnofthecross/readings.htm Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded at Ernescliff College, Toronto in 2021 on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Tomb on the Morning of the Resurrection" by Eugène Burnand. (Wikimedia Commons) Music: Recordações do passado (Souvenirs from the Past) a Valsa for piano (1885) by Ernesto Nazareth arranged by Bert Alink.

Priest's Note: John was a native of Bethsaida, a town of Galilee on the northern shore of the Sea of Tiberias. His parents were Zebedee and Salome, and his brother James the Greater. The words of John the Evangelist, whose feast we celebrate today, resound in our hearts: "Et Verbum caro factum est - the Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1: 14).

Why Did God Become Man? The Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist (December 27)

December 29, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 2:22-35,36-40; Matthew 2:9-18; Mark 7:37; Luke 2:19. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Simeon and Anna in the Temple" by Rembrandt in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. (Wikimedia Commons)

Christ Maturing in Us (Rebroadcast)

Christmas Saturday 31dec22

January 11, 2023. Gospel Passages: Mark 1:29-39, Matthew 19:1-30. Quoting “Furrow” Number 672 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/furrow-point-672.htm and  “The Way” Numbers 382 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-382.htm; 235 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-235.htm; and 882 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-882.htm by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Anecdote on Fr. Steven Scheier+ as interviewed  by Mother Angelica on EWTN in https://youtu.be/9VFE8ToVatI Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Christ Healing the Sick (The Hundred Guilder Print)" (detail) by Rembrandt in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Wikimedia Commons)

Our Daily Spiritual Etchings ~ On Rembrandt’s "The Hundred Guilder Print” (Rebroadcast)

June 28, 2023. Scriptural Passages: Luke 18:9-14; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Luke 23:39-43; Psalm 115:1; Psalm 51; John 15:5; Luke 1:46-55. Also quoting from “City of God” by St. Augustine and “Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't” by Jim Collins. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from "Meditations in Manhattan" on Spotify. Image: "De Farizeeër en de tollenaar" (The Pharisee and the Publican) (cropped) by Barent Fabritius in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Wikimedia Commons)

Notes on the Painting: In the middle, the Pharisee kneels before the altar; on the left the proud Pharisee leaves the temple with a devil. On the right, the tax collector leaves the temple with an angel. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/SK-A-2959

Priest's Notes: If we want to climb very high in our love of God and professional ambitions, we must have a deep foundation in humility. Humility opposes pride, which is the root of sin and complicates our lives; it helps us understand others, accept difficulties as opportunities to grow, and forget ourselves for the sake of God and others.

Humility

Humility: The Foundation of Greatness (Rebroadcast)

Opus Dei is a Catholic organization that helps people come closer to God in their work and everyday lives. It was founded in 1928 by Saint Josemaria Escriva, who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002.

For Me To Live Is Christ -- Reaching The Entire Person - Role of The Emotions

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