Blessed Meditations

Thursday 7th day of the Christmas Octave 31dec2020

Fr. Javier del Castillo from the St. Josemaria Institute, guest priest.
Also in https://soundcloud.com/st-josemaria-institute/heroic-holiness

Photo Credit: Saints in the Colonnade of St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. Patrick Schneider in Unsplash.com https://unsplash.com/photos/cFeRWofFkw8

Also in St. Josemaria Institute.

Heroic Holiness

Photo Credit: Cover of "New Life Healing" by Father James Manjackal, MSFS. http://jmanjackal.net/eng/engbooks.htm

The Value of Silence (Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 1:21-28)

Fr. Peter Armenio from the St. Josemaria Institute, guest priest.
Bonus Transcript:  bit.ly/Christ-Light-ofthe-World
Image: “Simeon’s Song of Praise” (Het loflied van Simeon) by Rembrandt at the Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague. (Wikimedia Commons)

Christ, Light of the World (On the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus, February 2)

Father Charles Belmonte, guest priest
Image: "The Last Supper" by Juan de Juanes in the Museo del Prado.  (Wikimedia Commons)

The Mass, Sacrifice of the New Covenant, Sacrifice of the Church in Christ

Image: The Death of Saint Joseph by Simone Barabino in the Philbrook Museum of Art, Oklahoma. (Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Joseph, Dying for Love

Image: "St. Joseph" by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs in 
https://gwyneththompsonbriggs.com/portfolio-item/st-joseph 
Repost from https://anchor.fm/belmonte/episodes/St-Joseph--Spouse-of-Mary-eq0n7u

Saint Joseph, Spouse of Mary (Part 1)

Image: Nuestra querida Sagrada Familia de Nazaret in http://sanvalentin.exchangereviwes.com/oracion-a-san-valentin/nuestra-querida-sagrada-familia-de-nazaret-imagenes-jpg/

Saint Joseph and Mary (Part 2 of Saint Joseph, Spouse of Mary)

“In your decision to follow Christ, how can you become more in love with Jesus and never let that love grow stale?”
A podcast from the Saint Josemaria Institute at https://stjosemaria.org/podcast-the-decision-to-follow-christ/
Photo Credit: Église Saint-Merri in Paris by  Anis Coquelet in Unsplash.com

The Decision to Follow Christ

From Spotify: Come Away by Yourselves
Fr. John Grieco, guest priest.
Image: "Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well" by Angelika Kauffmann at the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. (Wikimedia Commons)

Come Away By Yourselves

Living To Do the Will of God

Image: Altar of St. Joseph in the St. Peter's Basilica, Rome. 
http://stpetersbasilica.info/Altars/StJoseph/StJoseph.htm
Photo credit: Friends of Father Francis Ongkingco

Make Of Our Hearts a Tabernacle

First Reading, Genesis 2:16-3:24
Image: "Fall and Expulsion from the Garden of Eden" by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. (Wikimedia Commons)

Why Shouldn't I Eat of the Forbidden Fruit? (First Reading, Genesis 2:16-3:24, Feb. 10-13, 2021)

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 1:40-45) and the Third Sunday of Saint Joseph, February 12, 2021.
Father Jim Achacoso, guest priest.
Image: The Healing of the Leper by Harold Copping. (WikiArt Gallery and in https://www.meisterdrucke.de/kunstdrucke/Harold-Copping/391240/Die-Heilung-des-Aussätzigen,-Illustration-von-Harold-Copping-Bilder:-The-Crown-Series,-um-1920s.html)

Let Yourself "Be Mercied" (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 1:40-45)

Image: "The Holy Family" by Claudio Coello in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. (Wikimedia Commons)

Sanctifying Family Life

Image: "The Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fish" by Lucas Cranach the Elder in the National Museum, Stockholm. (Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Joseph, Our Model as Eucharistic Souls

Image: Jesus Cleansing a Leper by Melchior Doze (Wikimedia Commons)

“I Do Will It. Be Made Clean.” (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 1: 40-45)

Father Dante Estepa, guest priest.
Image: Ivan Guaderrama.

Love, Work And Sacrifice

Image: El sueño de San José (St. Joseph's Dream) by Francisco de Herrera el Mozo in the Museo del Prado.

Our Divine Filiation and St. Joseph, Son of David

Photo Credit: https://www.catholic.org/lent/story.php?id=54465

We are "Lent" our Life, Time, and Talents; Our Response is to Pray, Fast, and Give Alms

Father Jim Achacoso, guest priest, from "Crossing the Desert" in Youtube. https://bit.ly/YouTube-Crossing-the-Desert

Photo Credit: https://twitter.com/blessedisshe__/status/963979165367091200

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