May 10. 2024. Gospel Passage: Matthew 22:37 (Exodus 20:1-3). Quoting from Genesis 1:27 and "About the Holy Spirit" by Francisca Javiera Del Valle (Scepter, 1998) in where-you-are.net/ebooks/about-the-holy-spirit-francisca-javiera-del-valle.pdf. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Bible on Table" by Grant …

May 9, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 16:16-20; Matthew 11:19; Luke 1:34-35. Also 1 Corinthians 15:55-58 and "The Forge" Point 110 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in ]escriva.org/en/forja/110. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Stat Crux dum volvitur orbis" by Raúl Berzosa. Used with Permission.…

May 9, 2024. Gospel Passage: John 16:12-15. Quoting from Acts 8:26-40, Romans 5:20-21, and from "About the Holy Spirit" by Francisca Javiera Del Valle (Scepter, 1998) in where-you-are.net/ebooks/about-the-holy-spirit-francisca-javiera-del-valle.pdf and "Christ Is Passing By" Chapter 13, The Great Unknown by St. Josemaría Escrivá in www.escrivaworks…

May 8, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 13:54-55; Luke 3:23, Matthew 1:16, Luke 4:22 / John 1:45 / John 6:42; Matthew 1:24, 2:19. Quoting from "St. Joseph and His World" by Mike Aquilina; "God or Nothing: A Conversion of Faith" by Cardinal Robert Sarah and Nicolas Diat; and Apostolic Letter, "Patris Corde" by Pope Francis dated December 8, 2020 in ww…

May 7, 2024. Gospel Passage: Luke 1:38. Also quoting Ephesians 1:4 and from "Going on Vocation" by George Boronat and "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing" by Bronnie Ware. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Yacht on Sea" by Daria Nepriakhina on Unsplash.…

May 6, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 28:16-20; Matthew 18:15-35. Quoting from "Christ Is Passing By" Point 117 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escrivaworks.org/book/christ_is_passing_by-point-117.htm and Pope Benedict XVI's "The Meaning of the Ascension" from Dogma and Preaching in www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/spiritual-life/th…

May 5, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 15:9-17; John 19:28. Quoting from "Furrow" Point 346 and "The Forge" Points 450, 639, and 846 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/surco/346, escriva.org/en/forja/450, escriva.org/en/forja/639, and escriva.org/en/forja/846. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Good She…

May 4, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 19:25-27; John 15:13-15; John 11:1-44; Luke 1:26-56; John 2:1-12. Quoting also from "Friends of God" Points 289 and 290 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/289. Reference: Address, John Paul II, Oct. 17, 1978 in www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1978/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19781…

May 3, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 14:6-14, 16-17, 23-29; Matthew 3:17. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest, recorded at Lyncroft Centre in Toronto on "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "Dove of the Holy Spirit" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. (Wikimedia Commons) Music: Andrian Berenguer, Fall (Album M…

May 2, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 9:23; Matthew 26:39; Mark 15:21; John 15:13, Luke 2:7; Matthew 2:13-15; Luke 2:41-52; John 19:25. Quoting from St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 82 in escriva.org/en/camino/82 and "Christ Is Passing By" Point 176 in escriva.org/en/es-cristo-que-pasa/176. Meditation with Fr. Henry Bocala, guest priest from Mu…

May 1, 2024. Gospel Passages: Mark 6:1-6; Matthew 1:21-22. Quoting from the Apostolic Letter dated December 8, 2020 of Pope Francis, "Patris Corde" in www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html and the "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes" pro…

April 30, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 22:42; Matthew 11:25; John 13:23-26. Reference: "Wrestling with God: Finding Hope and Meaning in Our Daily Struggles to Be Human" and "Listening to Crist's Heartbeat" in ronrolheiser.com/listening-to-christs-heartbeat by Ronald Rolheiser. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "…

April 29, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 12:44-48; John 14:6, 16:29; Mark 1:3; Matthew 13:44-46, 19:21-22; Mark 11:12-25; John 15:1-7. Quoting from St. Josemaria's "The Way" Point 285 in escriva.org/en/camino/285 and "The Forge" Point 498 in escriva.org/en/forja/498. Reference: Homily, "Returning Power to God!" by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa OFM Cap. in …

April 28, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 15:1-8; John 5:17; Mark 11:12-25. Quoting 1 John 3:18-24, Psalm 34:8, and “The Way” Points 701 and 2 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/701 and escriva.org/en/camino/2. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Christ the Vine” by Victor Crete in the Hellenic Instit…

April 27, 2024. Feast of Our Lady of Montserrat. Gospel Passage: Luke 18:38-43. Reference:: "The Founder of Opus Dei" Volume III, Chapter 3, by Andres Vazquez de Prada and Article in https://opusdei.org/en-ph/article/st-josemaria-is-cured-of-diabetes and "Aslan's Table" from the "Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongk…

April 27 2024. Gospel Passages: John 20:25-29; Luke 15:1-7. Quoting from "The Hidden Power of Kindness" by Lawrence G. Lovesik. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: "Christ Appears to Disciples" from the Media Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.…

April 26. 2024. John 10:1-10; Luke 10:41-42; Luke 2:19,51. Quoting from "The Way" Point 281 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/281; "The Lord" by Romano Guardini in archive.org/details/lordguar00guar/page/n5/mode/2up; "The Power of Silence" Point 14 by Cardinal Robert Sarah; and Apostolic Letter, "Nuovo millennio ineunte" by John Pau…

April 25, 2024. Gospel Passages: Mark 14:51-52; Luke 24:36-40. Also quoting from Acts 12:25, 13:5, 13, 37-40, 15:38; Genesis 3:9-11. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Taking of Christ in Custody" by Papel Popov. Location unknown. (ArtHive)توسط Blessed Meditations

April 24, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 19:23-30; Matthew 27:34. Quoting from Colossians 1:24, St. Josemaría Escrivá's "Holy Rosary" Fifth Sorrowful Mystery and "The Way" Point 279 in escriva.org/en/camino/279, and "Helping Create A Symphony of Priestly Prayer " by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI in ronrolheiser.com/helping-create-a-symphony-of-prayer. Med…

April 23, 2024. Gospel Passage: Mark 14:22-24. Quoting from “The Founder of Opus Dei” Volume I: The Early Years, Chapter 1 by Andrés Vásquez de Prada. Spiritual Communion: “I wish, my Lord, to receive you with the purity, humility, and devotion with which your most holy Mother received you; with the spirit and fervor of the saints.” Meditation with…

April 22, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 10:1-18; Luke 19:1-10. Quoting Romans 8:28, the hymn "Tuyo Soy, Para Vos Nací" in youtu.be/0bECeVc2CCQ, and St. John Henry Newman's comments for January 8, 2022 in ipraywiththegospel.org/docs/iPray_2022.pdf; from "Furrow" Point 127 and "Friends of God" Point 119 by St. Josemaría Escrivá; from St. Augustine's Co…

April 21, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 10:12-18; Luke 10:25-37; Luke 24:13-35. Also quoting from Psalm 23:1-8; Psalm 2; Genesis 3:9-10; 1 John 3:1-2; and St. Josemaría Escrivá's "The Way" Point 760 in escriva.org/en/camino/760. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Good Shepherd (Ο ΚΑΛΟΣ ΠΟΙΜΗΝ)" posted by Bene…

April 20, 2024. Scriptural Passage: Genesis 2:1-3. Quoting from "Dies Domini" (The Lord's Day), Point 4, Apostolic Exhortation of John Paul II, May 3, 1998 in www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini.html. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "La Méridie…

April 17, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 17:11-19; Luke 1:46-49. Also quoting James 1:17, Romans 8:28, Philippians 4:6-7 and the Preparation of the Gifts in the Order of the Mass in ibreviary.com/m2/messale.php?s=ordinario&id=22#EUCARISTICA and the Letter of Pope Francis on the Beatification of Álvaro del Portillo in opusdei.org/en-ph/article/septembe…

April 18, 2024. Gospel Passages: Mark 7:37; Philippians 2:8, John 6:51 (John 6:44-51). Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Eucharist" by an artist in the workshop of Francisco de Zurbarán in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. (Wikimedia Commons).توسط Blessed Meditations

April 19, 2024. Gospel Passage: John 6:52-59. Quoting from 1 Kings 19:1-21 and “A Novena of Holy Communions According to the Effects of Holy Communion and the Eight Beatitudes” by Fr. Lawrence Lovasik, S.V.D. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Last Supper" by Juan Ribalta in the Museum of Fine Arts, Valenci…

April 16, 2024. Gospel Passage: Luke 24:35-48 (Third Sunday of Easter); Luke 2:19,51. Quoting from Psalm 34:8 and from "Thirsting for Prayer" by Jacques Philippe. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Den vantro Thomas" (Unbelieving Thomas) (detail) by Poul Steffensen in the Zion's Church, Copenhagen. (Wikimedia C…

April 15, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 11:47-53; John 15:18-25; John 11:53-56; Luke 5:4; Matthew 4:19; John 21:7. Also quoting from Bishop Barron in an Interview with the National Catholic Register, March 18, 2024 in https://www.ncregister.com/interview/bishop-barron-spiritual-crisis-eucharist and from St. Josemaría Escrivá in "Furrow" Point 118 in …

April 14, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:35-48; Luke 9:51-55; Matthew 5:9; Mark 3:17. Quoting from Colossians 3:15 and the Apostolic Letter of John Paul II, "Mane Nobiscum Domine" dated Oct. 7, 2004 in www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/2004/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20041008_mane-nobiscum-domine.html. Meditation with Fr. Eric Nicola…

April 13, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 3:16-18, John 13:34; Matthew 16:24; Luke 23:42-43. Also quoting from 1 John 3:11, 4:7, Philippians 2:5-8, 9-11. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Pasión, Muerte, Resurrección" by Raul Berzosa. Used with Permission.توسط Blessed Meditations

April 12, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 23:34; Luke 11:1-4; Matthew 26:36–46. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Photo Credit: “Close Up” by Marina Vitale on Unsplash.توسط Blessed Meditations

April 11, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 10:17; John 16:18; Luke 10:4. Quoting from "The Way" Points 285 and 307 and from "The Forge" Point 485 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/285, escriva.org/en/camino/30, and escriva.org/en/forja/485. Reference: "Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer" by Fr. Thomas Dubay. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongk…

April 10, 2024. Gospel Passages: Matthew 9:35-38. John 6:44; John 12:32. Also quoting from “The Way” by St. Josemaría Escrivá, Points 475, 484, and 940 in escriva.org/en/camino/475, escriva.org/en/camino/484, and escriva.org/en/camino/940; and from “Friends of God” Point 165 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/165, Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingc…

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.توسط Blessed Meditations

April 8, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 1:26-38; Exodus Chapters 25-27; Luke 1:39 with 2 Samuel 6:1-11; Luke 1:42 with 2 Sam. 6:9-14; Luke 1:43 with 2 Sam. 6:9; Luke 1:41 with 2 Sam. 6:14; Luke 1:56 with 2 Sam. 6:11; 2 Maccabees 2:6-8; Revelation 11:19-12:2. Also quoting from "The Way" Point 762 by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/camino/762. M…

April 8, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 1:38; Matthew 1:18,24; Luke 11:1-4; John 1:14. Also quoting Genesis 2:18—3:24. Meditation in 2023 with Fr. Eric Nicolai, guest priest from Toronto at "In Your Presence" on Spotify. Image: "L'Annonciation" (The Annunciation) (detail) by Louis le Jeune Boullogne in the Louvre Museum, Paris. (Muzeo)Priest's Note: T…

April 7, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 20:19-28; Luke 6:36; Luke 2:34-35. Quoting from "The Holy Rosary"-First Glorious Mystery by St. Josemaría Escrivá in escriva.org/en/santo-rosario/11, the Origin of Divine Mercy Sunday in www.usccb.org/prolife/divine-mercy-sunday#origin, and the "Diary of St. Faustina: Divine Mercy In My Soul" in saint-faustina.c…

April 6, 2024. Gospel Passage: John 21:1-14. Also quoting Colossians 3:1-4 and from “The Forge” Point 889 in escriva.org/en/forja/889 and “Friends of God” Point 263 in escriva.org/en/amigos-de-dios/263 by St. Josemaría Escrivá. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “The Miraculous Draught of Fishes” (detail) by Jac…

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 wit…

April 4, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:35-39, 40-48; John 4:1-26,; John 20:24-29. Quoting from Genesis 3:9, Psalm 23, and "Touched by God ~ The Way to Contemplative Prayer" by Luigi Gioia. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Incredulity of Saint Thomas" by Rembrandt in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts,…

April 3, 2024. Gospel Passage: Luke 24:13-35. Quoting from Genesis 3:9-10 and Pope Benedict's Homily on April 6, 2008 in www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/angelus/2008/documents/hf_ben-xvi_reg_20080406.html and excerpt from Fr. Rainiero Cantalamessa, OFM CAP on "The Fire of Christ's Love: Meditations on the Cross" (Word Among Us Press, 2013) i…

April 2, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 20:1-2, 11-18; John 1:38-39. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Virgin” by Guercino in the Pinacoteca Civica, Cento. (Wikiart)توسط Blessed Meditations

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-p…

March 31, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:13-20, 28-31; John 11:1-44; Luke 7:11-17. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “Road to Emmaus” by Greg Olsen. Used with Permission.توسط Blessed Meditations

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" (detai…

March 30, 2024. Holy Saturday.Gospel Passage: John 19:16-24, 33-34; Also quoting from Genesis 3:9,15. The Reflection of Bishop Melito of Sardis: bit.ly/HomilyforHolySaturday-BishopMelito-Sardis. Closing Prayer to Our Lady of Solitude: bit.ly/Prayer-to-OurLady-ofSolitude. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "Chris…

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…

March 29, 2024. Via Crucis Meditations with Father Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Entire Way of the Cross: https://soundcloud.com/blessedmeditations/sets/the-way-of-the-cross-three-words. Playlist of 14 Stations. First Station: Three Words: Silence, Solitude, Serenity. Image: "Ecce Homo!" by Mihály Munkácsy in the Déri Museum, Debrece…

March 28, 2024. Gospel Passages: John 13:1-15; Matthew 20:26-28; Matthew 25:35-40. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: “In Humility” by Simon Dewey. Used with Permission from Altus Fine Art and the artist.توسط Blessed Meditations

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 …