April 26 - April 30, 2012 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, April 30

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST. PIUS VI, Pope

Acts 11: 1-18

Jn 10: 1-10

True believers don’t listen to false shepherds and false prophets. On the contrary, they listen to Christ, to Peter, to the Pope (BM 596).

Fr. Tom: Perhaps we might more accurately say that they don’t begin by listening to the false prophets…but, true or not, if they continue to follow today’s media they will eventually begin to doubt…everything.  The Church has 20 million “exes” who once believed.  Let us pray for ourselves and for them, “living in darkness and the shadow of death.”

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Tecla Cutrini FSP (1960)—Fr. Ugo Antonucci IJP (1991)—Sr. M. Salvina Pipus FSP (2008)—Jesus Valdes (1987)—Emilio A. Mamaril (2009).

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Sunday, April 29

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Good Shepherd Sunday

Acts 4: 8-12

1 Jn 3: 1-2

Jn 10: 11-18

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

We badly need apostles to call sheep to the sheepfold of Jesus Christ (UPS IV 88).

Father Tom: True.  And we need also a beter-organized sheepfold!  Let us pray for the Pope and his troubled Church.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Carmelina Chillura FSP (1981)—Fr. Andrea Ferrero SSP (1985)—Bro Dante Colaretti SSP (1995)—Sr. Claudina Moccia FSP (2002)—Sr. Prassede Milan FSP (2000)—Sr. M. Agnese Gaibotti FSP (2002)—Giuseppe Ursini HFI (2006)—Sr. REdenta Commentucci FSP (2007)—Sr. Cecilia Cazzato FSP (2009)—Federico Lebani HFI (2010)

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Saturday, April 28

EASTER WEEKDAY

St. Peter Chanel, priest, martyr

St. Louis M. Grignion de Montfort, priest

Acts 9: 31-Jn 6: 60-69

Our inconstancy is great but we turn to Jesus time after time, lean on Him, mistrust ourselves and confide in Him (BM 165).

Fr. Tom: And also be patient It is more meritorious to continue asking in spite of a divine silence—St. Augustine talks about “stretching the soul” so as to be ready to accept more.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Vincenzo Mancardi SSP (1973)—SR. Margheria Boetti FSP (1979)—Fr. Luigi Ranieri SSP (1982)—Fr. Angelo Noto IJP (1988)—Fr. Sergio Costamagna SSP (1993)—Sr. Ester Innocenti FSP (2003)—Fr. Giovanni Turco SSP (2007)—Sr. M. Agape Saccone PD (2008)—Fr. Ennio Ori IJP (2009)—Amelia Aguirre IAM (2009)—Sr. Crisina Pieri FSP (2010)—Remedios D. Galinato (2006).

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Friday, April 27

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 9: 1-20

Jn 6: 52-59

2003 Bl. Alberione Beatification

If you set your eyes on St. Paul, ou will become great souls:  great hearts, great generosity, great understanding and great charity (FSP p. 545).

Father Tom: Undoubtedly, and perhaps the first step is to look over his Letters and pick out the paragraphs/pages you can easily relate to.  Later, you may get to study our Father in more detail.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Pancrazio Demaries SSP (1954)—Bro Salvatore Fabio SSP (1954)—Pietro Deplano HFI (1991)—Salvatore D’Aprile HFI (2005)—Sr. Angela Cavalli FSP (2009)—Luigi Cocci HFI (2011)

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Thursday, April 26

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 8: 26-40

Jn 6: 44-51

Faith puts the mind at the service of God (BM 419).

Father Tom: Faith is thus not a feeling , but an act of the will, putting total trust in God.  Not too easy!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Cleric Stefano Bernardi SSP (1931)—Fr. Francesco Santacaterina SSP (1941)—Fr. Vincenzo Testi SSP (1978)—Sr. M. Paola Morbini FSP (1983)—Emerenziana Costa FSP (1988)—Fr.  Ernesto Luchino SSP (1993)—Sr. M. Cleofe Piscietello PD (1996)—Sr. M. Santina Ferreyra PD (1997)—Bro Giulio Dell-Arciprete SSP (2002)—Fr. Francesco Mirti SSP (2006)—Sr. M. Loreta Gioacchini FSP (2007)—Carley Zoldan (1994)