Three Words: Weight, Indifference, Strength
Via Crucis Meditations by Father Francis Ongkingco
Image: "Jesus Carrying the Cross" by Sebastiano del Piombo in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (Wikimedia Commons)

The Way of the Cross, Three Words: 2nd Station, Jesus Takes Up His Cross

From the Free eBook: “New Mediterraneans.”
By Lucas Buch. Narrated by Mallory Millett Danaher. 

A "new discovery" in Saint Josemaria's spiritual life: Contemplating our Lord’s Sacred Humanity, wounded for our sins and now risen back to life, should be for us a font of hope.

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Link to this chapter:
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New Mediterranean (III) - From The Wound Of The Right Hand

April 26, 2022. Gospel Passages: Luke 22:39-46; Matthew 26:40; Luke 9:35; Matthew 17:1-6. Also quoting 1 Thessalonians 5:16 and “Thirsting for Prayer” by Jacques Philippe. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane” by El Greco in the National Gallery, London. (Wikimedia Commons)

Prayer as Calling

June 9, 2022. Scriptural Passages: Matthew 11:28; Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Matthew 18:23-35. Quoting St. Josemaría Escrivá in The Way, Number 299. Meditation with Fr. Tom Bohlin, guest priest from “Meditations in Manhattan” on Spotify, recorded on June 6, 2022. Image: "Even a Sparrow" by Greg Olsen. Used with Permission.

"Christ is so humble that he waits for us, hidden, in the form of  bread, in the Eucharist. Let us seek him, let us receive him. Let us ask him to help us to love him more and more. Christ made us for heaven, for glory. Why would we seek anything else? "

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Jesus, Help Me to Love You More

June 16, 2022. Gospel Passages: Matthew 5:48; Matthew 11:29; Matthew 13:45-46; Matthew 26:39. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Quoting from "Friends of God" Point #6 by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Quoting also 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)

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

March 14, 2023. Gospel Passage: John 20:19-21. Quoting St.Josemaría Escrivá in "Forge" Point 904 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_forge-point-904.htm and in "The Way" Point 298 in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-298.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St. John and St. Mary Magdalene" by Anthony van Dyck in the Louvre Museum, Paris. (Wikimedia Commons)

"Christ's Sacred Wounds" 3 ~ The Right Hand of Jesus and Our Thanksgiving

March 17, 2023. Scriptural Passages: John 1:14, Hebews 1:1, Galatians 4:4; Matthew 4:1-11, 8:14-16; 4:18–22; John 2:1-12; Luke 23:39-43; John 11:1-16, 12:1-46; Luke 7:36-50; John 6:63;  Luke 6:38; John 4:1-30, John 4:5-42;  Romans 8:28; Matthew 7:7; Jeremiah 29:13. Quoting an anecdote from the life of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri Fernández de Heredia and from the book, "The Way" by St. Josemaría Escrivá, Point 422, in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_way-point-422.htm  This podcast by Fr. Peter Armenio originally appeared on the St. Josemaría Institute Podcast in https://stjosemaria.org/podcasts/get-closer-to-jesus © St. Josemaría Institute. Rebroadcasted by permission. Image: "Christ in the House of Martha and Mary" by Johannes Vermeer in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburg. (Wikimedia Commons)

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The Purpose of Lent: Get Closer to Jesus

May 16, 2023. Gospel Passages: John 15:18-21; Matthew 5:16. Also quoting from the Pastoral Letter from the Prelate, Fr. Fernando Ocáriz, dated February 14, 2017, Point 9, in https://opusdei.org/en/article/letter-of-the-prelate-14-february-2017 and "The Forge" Point 450 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in https://www.escrivaworks.org/book/the_forge-point-450.htm Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "BFF" by Chang Duong on Unsplash.

The Soul of the Apostolate

May 27, 2023. Scriptural Passage: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. Quoting from "About the Holy Spirit" by Francisca Javiera Del Valle (Scepter, 1998) in https://where-you-are.net/ebooks/about-the-holy-spirit-francisca-javiera-del-valle.pdf Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Pfingstwunder” (Pentecost) by Master of the Heisterbach Altar at the Bavarian State Painting Collections in the State Gallery, Munich. (Pinakothek Sammlung / Collection)

Ten-Day Devotion to the Holy Spirit, Day 10  (Rebroadcast)

September 22, 2023. Gospel Passages: Luke 1:26-38, 2:8-20. Also quoting Genesis 1:3. Reference: “The Light of the World” (1851) by William Hunt. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Saint Joseph the Carpenter" (Saint Joseph charpentier) by Georges de La Tour in the Louvre Museum, Paris. (Wikimedia Commons)

Light of the World (Series of Light 3)

September 21, 2023.  Gospel Passages: Matthew 9:9-13; John 1:47-48. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Caravaggio in the Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Light of Christ's Glance ~ On the Feast of St. Matthew

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.

New Mediterranean (III) - From The Wound Of The Right Hand

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