St. John's Adoration Chapel

St. John's Adoration Chapel
"Do Not Fear: I am with you. From here I will cast light Be sorry for sin."

Saturday, February 28, 2015

March 1, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, March 1
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE DIVINE MASTER, WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE
SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
Gn 22: 1-18
Ps 116: 10-19
Rom 8: 31-34
Mk 9: 2-10

The night dividing the two centuries (1899/1900) was decisive for the specific mission and particular spirit of his future apostolate (Vademecum 8).

From Father Tom:  In all our lives there is a special moment--we might say a special "grace" --which, if availed of --will make all the difference to our real success. Do you recall yours--and did you take it?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Teresa agazzini HFI (1987)--Sr. Maurilia Curto FSP (1994)--Sr. Paolina Marianelli FSP (2002)--Fr. Giovanni Ingravallo IJP (2002)--Fr. Giovanni Ingravallo IJP (2002)--Sr. M. Franca Lo Monaco FSP (2009)--Bernard P. Natkus (1965)--JOsephine Merlene (2000)--Emily Randa (2008)--Robert Leroy Piatt (2003)

Friday, February 27, 2015

February 28, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, February 28
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Dt 26: 16-19
{s 119: 1-8
Mt 5: 43-48

Jesus first acted...then taught. First He gave the example...then spoke (SP Jan 1963).

From Father Tom:  The power of example...good and, unfortunately, bad.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Angela Teresa Bagnati FSP (1971)--Sr. Joan Mary Ravetto FSP )1978)--M. Giovanna Martina HFI (1987)--Sr. Adelaide Prunotto FSP (1989)--Sr. Ilba Garcia FSP (1992)--Cosimo Corigliano HFI (1998)--Sr. Amalia Milo FSP (1999)--Sr. Bianca M. Zanoni FSP (1999)--Ettore Serli Bianca M. Zanoni FSP (2003)--
Ettore Serli HFI (2003)--Rafael Juan Mangini HFI (2006)--Sr. M. Fidelis Puebla Lobo FSP (2008)

Thursday, February 26, 2015

February 27, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, February 27
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Ez 18: 21-28
Ps 130: 1-8
Mt 5: 20-26

The Christian has always the grace of praying. By praying he will surely obtain the Divine help to overcome and to follow and imitate Jesus Christ (BM p. 418).

From Father Tom:  Sometimes we have to pray through clenched teeth...Not to worry. The Lord had to do the same in His Passion.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Domenica Abbate PD--(1973)--Fr. Luigi Sbalzero IJP (1981)--Sr. Genoveffa Sandri (1986)---Roberto Garcia HFI (1997)--Sr. Enrica Tacconi FSP (1999)--M. Anonietta Scarson IAM (2008)--Gary Piatt (2008)--Consuelo (2003)--Christina Netto (2009)--Gary Edward Piatt (2008)

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

February 26, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, February 26
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Est C: 12: 14-16, 23-25
Ps 138: 1-8
Mt 7: 7-12

Conversion means to pass from envy to benevolence, from lust to delicateness, from gluttony to discipline in matters of food and rest (FSP 36/375).

From Father Tom:  Same thought...did the founder feel we needed a real "turnaround" rather than a superficial change?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Costantina Telada FSP (1981)--Sr. M. Diamantina Russo FSP (1986)--Sr. M. Rosaria Sabatino FSP (1987)--Sr. Anselma De Stefani FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Candida Massimi FSP (2001)--Sr. M. Antonietta Martini FSP (2003)--Fr. Giuseppe Barbero SSP (2003)--Lucrezia Protano Checchina IAM (2008)--Fr. Crmelo Tommaselli IGP (2010)-Bro Oberdan Picciotti SSP (2010)

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Glories in Christ: Lent V

I couldn't find Lent IV. If I find it later, I will post it. :)

God bless...

The Glory in Christ: Lent III


The Glory in Christ: Lent II


The Glory in Christ: Lent I


February 25, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, February 25
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Jon 3: 1-10
Ps 51: 3-19
Lk 11: 29-32

Conversion means to pass from laziness to fervor, from lukewarmness to spiritual warmth and from trust in ourselves to trust in God (FSP 36/375).

From Father Tom:  Clearly we are talking of something radical and which takes a lifetime to accomplish. Question: are we more concerned about those we 'reach" --a very dicey figure--than we are about the person "reaching" them?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Rosa Usai HFI (1983)--Sr. Maria Paola Fadda FSP (1985)--Sr. M Ermenegilda Assolan PD (1985)--Carolo Anban Munoz HFI (1980)--Sr. M. Giacita Giordana FSP (1996) Anna Namestnik HFI (2003)

Monday, February 23, 2015

February 24, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, February 24
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Is 55: 10-11
Ps 34: 4-7, 16-19
Mt : 7-15

Conversion means passing from pride to humility, from anger to meekness, from avarice to detachment (FSP 375)

From Father Tom:  It is more, therefore, than changing one's religion, it is a complete change of lifestyle. Query? Is that what it is for me and you?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Giustina Rossi FSP (1999)--Maria ia Basciani HFI (2006)--Marge Ashman (2007)

Sunday, February 22, 2015

February 23, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, February 23
ST POLYCARP, BISHOP, MARTYR
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Lv 19: 1-2, 11-18
Ps 19: 8-15
Mt 25: 31-46

Sanctity consists in combating the capital sins and growing in love for God and neighbor (FSP 32, p. 433).

From Father Tom:  That seems to say it all and actually the two actions are complimentary: the less I sin, the more likely it is that I treat you and everyone else well.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Lina Conte IAM (1983)--Sr. M. Lilia Ranieri FSP (1990)--Agusta Omiccioli HFI (1993)--Sr. M. Corradina Panella PD (1996)--Sr. M. Silvana Gierroerp FSP (1998)--Fr. Pietro Burgio IJP (1999)--Sr. Clelia Bianco FSP (2000)--Sr. Concettina Borgogno FSP (2003)--Sr. Stefaninna Busso FSP (2003)--Fr. Nicola Rutzu IJP (2005)--Fr. Leo Sartor SSP (2007)--Jose' Guadalupe Paredes HFI (2008)--Sr. Anna Maria Prandi FSP (2010)--Caroline Denise Baack (1971)

Symbols of Lent

Symbols of Lent 


Our Christian tradition is rich in symbols. To name but a few, we have the star, symbolizing Christ’s birth; the cross, symbolizing His life, death and resurrection; the fish, symbolizing the early Christians’ faith in Jesus. During Lent, we use symbols that relate to the themes of the season - the themes of repentance, renewal, hope, and joy. Following are some of our Lenten symbols:

Ashes symbolize death and grief as well as the unworthiness and repentance we feel because we have not lived up to being the person God intends us to be. But out of the ashes of our past we can, with God’s help, be renewed spiritually and journey to a new life of faith and trust. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of our journey.

Colors are symbolic. Violet signifies suffering and sorrow; white, purity and glory; green, growth and hope of eternal life; pink or rose, joy.

A bare branch symbolizes Jesus’ death on a wooden cross. It also reminds us that out of seeming lifelessness comes new life, both in nature and in the resurrection.

The butterfly dramatically symbolizes new life and is commonly used to help children begin to understand the meaning of Easter. Out of a dead- looking cocoon emerges a new creation, free and radiant.

Salt is necessary to sustain life and is a symbol of wholeness. We use salt as a preservative to keep food wholesome. We also use it as a flavoring that permeates the whole of whatever is added to it.

Water has always been a symbol of cleansing and life-giving in the Church and is commonly associated with Baptism. In Scripture, Jesus speaks of Himself as the “life-giving water” (John 4:14), the one who quenches our spiritual thirst.

Light is a universal religious symbol which reminds us that Jesus is the light who shows us the way. “I am the light of the world,” (John 9:5) Jesus tells us. "He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)

Seeds symbolize the emergence of new life. Seemingly lifeless seeds grow and flower. Like the emerging butterfly, the emerging plant symbolizes the new life that follows Christ’s death and resurrection.

Palm branches symbolize Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem the Sunday before His crucifixion. The branches remind us that there are both triumphs and defeats in our lives but that if we maintain our friendship with God, we will ultimately triumph.

The Easter lily, with its waxy flowers shaped like trumpets, symbolizes the glory of the risen Lord and the joy of the faithful who believe in God’s promise of a new life.

Young children do not understand the meaning of symbols. They do, however, value what we value. Our attitudes toward the use of symbols at home and in church prepare children to seek a deeper meaning as they grow older.


~February 2015 Concord

Saturday, February 21, 2015

February 22, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, February 22
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
Gn 9: 8-15
Ps 25: 4-9
1 Pt 3: 18-22
Mk 1: 12-15

We ought to bring the bread of truth to all peoples, that bread that nourishes the spirit since "man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God." (FSP 55, p. 346)

From Father Tom:  The "bread of truth". Practically impossible to find in our day when the means of communication are doing so much to spread lies. Let us accompany the efforts of our sisters and brothers to tell it like it it.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Caterina Servello PD (1982)--Sr M. Genoveffa Gallina PD (1983)--Msgr. Umberto Florenzani IJP (1987)--Sr. Devige Gasparini FSP (1992)--Bro Dionisio Burlon SSP (2005)--Iolanda Brach HFI (2008)--Sr. M rosanna Cavallin FSP  (2009)--Augusto Ambrogioni HFI (2009)--Maria Teresa Moretti (IAM)--Rina Signoretti hfi (2010)--Maria Zunigo (1941)

Friday, February 20, 2015

February 21, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, February 21
ST. PETER DAMIAN, BISHOP
SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
Is 58: 9-14
Ps 86: 1-6
Lk 5: 27-32

We must greatly love examining our consciences, continually watch our senses, our hearts, our intentions (FSP 32/430/43)

From Father Tom:  Love? Well, not always! A lot depends on our activity--or lack of it. I think if we pray constantly, that will go a long way to reproduce the Founder's ideal in ourselves.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Angela Yamanouchi FSP (1982)--Fr. Francescon Amoroso IJP (1989)--Sr. Albana Tonin FSP (2002)--Frank McGrady (1979)--Patricia Palmer (2012)

Thursday, February 19, 2015

February 20, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, February 20
FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
Is 58: 1-9
Ps 51: 3-6, 18-19
Lk 9: 14-15

Saint Thecla was a martyr who did not shed her blood, but endured pains capable of causing her death. Let us also be "strong women" as the Scriptures say (Ven Thecla Merlo)

From Father Tom:  This counsel, from the first "strong woman" of the Daughters of St. Paul, has been faithfully and courageously followed for a century.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Natalia Accattino HFI (1984)--Sr. M. Teresa Binello PD (1985)--Bro Luigi Toffoletto SSP (1993)--Sr. M. Aurelia Colesso PD (1996)--Palmira Teixeira Goncalves IAM (1999)--Giuseppina Baliao IAM (2002)--Sr. Elena Ravotto FSP (2004)--Fr. Enrico Lazzarini IJP (2008)--Fr. Marsiio Galli IJP (2009)--Baltazar Valdes (1927)--Ray Clar (no year)--Catherine Burrell (1966)

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

February 19, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, February 19
THURSDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
Dt 30: 15-20
Ps 1: 1-6
Lk 9: 22-25

Mortification is a renouncement, a detachment, an inner death, and at the same time a victory, an elevation, a new life, a true sanctification (BM 252-253)

From Father Tom:  Very true, but we know that he practice of mortification is as Shakespeare would say "more honored in the breach than in the observance," and that is why we have to be grateful for occasional reversals, ill health especially.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Orsola Crespan PD (1934)--Sr. M. Silvestra Boscariol FSP (1966)--Fr. Pierino Marazza SSP (1977)--Teresio Pesce SSP (1986)--Fr. Virginio Passarin SSP (1988)--Gioconda Giannotta HFI (1991)--Sr. M. Rosangela Fruttero PD  (1995)--Alfonso Ricca HFI (2005)--Sr. Emilia Menale FSP (2008)--Joseph Lee Basquette (2005)

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Dancing Priests... :) Fun

This is fun.

February 18, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, February 18
ASH WEDNESDAY
Jl 2: 12-18
Ps 51: 3-6, 12-17
2 Cor 5: 20-6: 2
Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18

It is always important that we be aware of our defects and that we are poor creatures and even sinners. We need to feel poor if we want the riches of God (APD 252-253).

From Father Tom:  "Poor" but not "groveling." We are loved and called by God. We are loved called by God. We have spent time and energy in His service. We intend to continue.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Cecilia Calabresi FSP (1999)--Sr. Maria de Lourdes Belem FSP  (2009)--William D. McParland (2004)

Monday, February 16, 2015

February 17, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, February 17
THE SEVEN FOUNDERS OF THE ORDER
OF SERVITES
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gn 6: 5-8, 7: 1-10
Ps 29: 1-10
Mk 8: 14-21

Common life is the union of souls who help each other die mutual sanctification (FSP p. 422).

From Father Tom:  Officially we have no common life but we can to some extent imitate it by reminding ourselves of the members who are rising for early Mass as we are, who are saying invocations during the day as we try to say them, and who have occasional domestic quarrels to settle, etc.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Clorinda Serfilippo FSP--Antonietta Mancuso IAM  (1984)--Sr. M. Pierina Cordero FSP (1990)--Domenico Parenzan HFI (1995)--Fr. Carlo Boano SSP (1998)--Barbara Rubino I AM (1998)--Sr. M. Onesimo Chiavassa PD (2004)--Sr. M. Frumenzia Manuli PD (2007)--Fr. Remo Quaranta IJP (2009)--Sr. M. Aurora Malavolta FSP (2010)

Sunday, February 15, 2015

February 16, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, February 16
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gn 4: 1-15
Ps 50: 1, 8, 16-21
Mk 8: 11-13

Envy is not in the heart only but has many manifestations and how pitiful they are. We do not know when the envious person will stop when in his heart he feels the rising of envy (FSP p. 422).

From Father Tom:  The remedy here--and I have several times suggested it--it is to practice praising ...even where you (erroneously) think there is very little to praise.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Carolina Bordino FSP (1988)--Alberto Vidal ISF (1997)--Santino Giovanrosa, Gabrielite (2004)--Billie Ruth Baack (1998)--Dominador Quinto (1936)

Saturday, February 14, 2015

February 15, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, February 15
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Lv 13: 1-2, 44-46
Ps 32: 1-11
1 Cor 10: 31- 11: 1
Mk 1: 40-45

It is not vanity to be resolved to give good example--it is a duty. Everybody has that obligation (BM p. 331).

From Father Tom:  ...a reminder about an oft-forgotten duty. Sometimes we even excuse our misbehaviour by saying that others must not judge us. True, but first we must not give them anything to judge.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Angelica Castellani FSP (2001)--Sr. Giovanna Dal Borgo SJB (2003)--Laura Perrucci HFI (2003)--Marilyn Pauley HFI (2005)--Josephine Diederch (2003)

Friday, February 13, 2015

February 14, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, February 14
SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS, MONKS AND BISHOPS
Gn 3: 9-24
Ps 90: 2-13
Mk 8: 1-10

The Lord sent his apostles without a change of clothes or food and when they returned they told him they had lacked nothing...(BM 620).

From Father Tom:  ...and that they had worked amazing miracles, "even the devil was subject to us..." Nothing about what conversions they had made...Just our style, no? "Lord, my book has sold so many copies..." Yes, but how many people changed their lives after reading it...?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Claudia Da Sois SGBP (1957)--Sr M. Carmela Ferrero PD (1975)--Sr. M. Tomasina ica PD (1992)--Sr. M. Celeste Paccione FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Ignazia Bellagamba PD (2000)--Sr. M. Amabile Alzori PD (2002)--Carole Roadarmel HFI (2014)

Thursday, February 12, 2015

February 13, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, February 13
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gn 3: 1-8
Ps 32: 1-7
Mk 7: 31-37

Pride is a the root of inconstancy, distraction, discouragement, propensity to talk (BM 489).

From Father Tom:  Which of these is MY major fault? Which is yours? I think I know it...(yours!). Doesn't that tell me something?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Paolo Cordero FSP (1991)--Sr. Teofila Pordon FSP (2004)

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

February 12, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, February 12
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gn 2: 18-25
Ps 128: 1-5
Mk 7: 25-30

A soul reaches the culmination of charity when it can say with the deepest feeling: "God is enough for me" (FSP 32, p. 432).

From Father Tom:  We want to practice saying this--and meaning it--all during our lives...not when it is clear that our lives are ending.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Tommaso Dragone SSP (1974)--Sr. M. Luigina Nanni PD (1976)--Fr. Alejandro Sanchez SSP (1979)--Sr. M. Celina Bonini FSP (2007)--Sr. M. Augusta Monti FSP (2010)--Walter Fortuna HFI (2008)--Margery Seamen Bowe (2009)--Monsignor Ralph A. Brennan (2010)


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Corrected Wednesday, February 11
OUR LADY OF LOURDES
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gn 2: 4-17
Ps 104: 27-30
Mk 7: 14-23

True devotees of the Immaculate Virgin flee sin, live in grace and grow in love (BM p. 358).

From Father Tom:  Sums up a saintly life. What comment does it need?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Lucia Melchiori FSP (1944)--Fr. Gino Caffarri SSP (1968)--Sr. Giovanna M. Ricca FSP (1976)--Sr. M. Filomena Crea PD (1984)--F.r Thomas Ceruvil SSP (1990)--Giuseppina Pigiona HFI (2002)--Anna Maria Mazzoni IAM (2003)--Sr. M. Lucis Scurti FSP (2006)--Msgr. Ralph Brennan (2010)

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

February 11, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, February 11
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gn 2: 18-25
Ps 128: 1-5
Mk 7: 25-30

A soul reaches the culmination of charity when it can say with the deepest feeling: "God is enough for me" (FSP 32, p. 432).

From Father Tom:  We want to practice saying this--and meaning it--all during our lives...not when it is clear that our lives are ending.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Tommaso Dragone SSP (1974)--Sr. M. Luigina Nanni PD (1976)--Fr. Alejandro Sanchez SSP (1979)--Sr. M. Celina Bonini FSP (2007)--Sr. M. Augusta Monti FSP (2010)--Walter Fortuna HFI (2008)--Margery Seamen Bowe (2009)--Monsignor Ralph A. Brennan (2010)

Monday, February 9, 2015

February 10, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, February 10
ST SCHOLASTICA, VIRGIN
Gn 1: 1-29-2:4
Ps 8: 4-9
Mk 7: 1-13

The life of the Sister Disciple is infallibly the way to holiness: not many methods, books, counsels, but what is established in the Constitutions (APD 1963).

From Father Tom:  1963! The air is thick with new ideas on how to live the Religious Life, falsely attributed to the Council. The Founder simplifies things and those who listened to him were blessed.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Edoarda Marengo FSP (1982)--Maria Viti HFI (1987)--Fr. Calcedonio Ognibene IJP (1998)--Sr. Maria Sol Cavabarros FSP (2001)--Doris L. Kennedy (1985)--Mary Costello (!959)--Vincent Scheer (2004)---John Costello (1968)

Sunday, February 8, 2015

February 9, 2015 With Blessed Father James Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, February 9
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gn 1: 1-19
Ps 104: 1-12, 24-35
Mk 6: 53-56

Lack of balance is the main difficulty in trying to combine the active and contemplative lives--too much for others too little for ourselves (SVPE p. 224).

From Father Tom:  One suggestion is to pray a you work, e.g., many invocations, much activity.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Alfredo Manera SSP (1941)--Angela Urbani HFI (1986)--Fr. Domingos Lazzari SSP (2001)--Lelio Toschi, Gabrielite. Helen vincent HFI (2010)--Loretta Herron (1993)--John David Palmer (1971)

Saturday, February 7, 2015

February 8, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, February 8
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jb 1-7
Ps 147: 1-6
1 Cor 9: 16-23
Mk 1: 29-39

We should give our modest but generous contribution (to obedience) through our prayers, holiness and activities (SP Dec 1965).

From Father Tom:  These are the real contributions we can make to enable superiors to guide us surely and safely.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Cleric angelo Battaglia SSP (1951)--Fr. M. Calogero Cascio IJP(1984)--Fr. Lino Ruzzante SSP (1991)--Bro Martino Zacconi SSP (1995)--Sr. M. Cielo Porcella FSP (1996)--Fr. Giuseppe Ferrari IJP (1996)--Sr. Silvestra Coraddu FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Gemma Frtipietro FSP (1999)--Sr. Elisa M. Izzo FSP (2001)--S.r Paquita Lackar FSP (2009)--Bro Silvio Bante SSP (2009)--William Beattie HFI (2011)--Nancy Deren IAM (2011)

Friday, February 6, 2015

February 7, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, February 7
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH--
MARY QUEEN OF APOSTLES
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Heb 13: 15-21
Ps 23: 1-6
Mk 6: 30-34

Docility to grace is shown in a particular way when we obey (RSP 272).

From Father Tom:  Obedience is not founded on the ability of the one giving orders but upon the fact that he is lawfully entitled to give them. Obedience in the Church today is marked by too much discussion and voting and often is not obedience at all.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Angelo Zappalorto SSP (1983)--Fr. Nino Ansaloni IJP(1987)--Sr. Bruna De Stefani FSP (1990)--Sr. Giovanna Pettinati FSP (1998)--Sr. Enrica Orsini FSP (1999)--Sr. M. Julianna Castelino PD (2004)

Thursday, February 5, 2015

February 6, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, February 6
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
ST PAUL MIKI AND COMPANIONS, 
MARTYRS
Heb 13: 1-8
Ps 27: 1-9
Mk 6: 14-29

The religious must always be in the mind, in the will and in the heart of the Church, according to the Pope and the Council (SP Dec 1965).

From Father Tom:  This means that we must try to keep in touch with the latest news about the Holy Father and our parish to ensure that we are "with the Church, " both locally and universally.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Nazarena Bonfarnuzzo PD (1985)--Fr. Dino Masini IJP (1995)--Bro Rosarius Thuruthiparayil SSP (2003)--Fr. Andres Arboleda SSP (2005)--Sr Pierpaola Taccaliti FSP (2007)--Marlija Marnaril (2006)--Rev. Fr. Robert Flynn (2001)

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

February 5, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, February 5
FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS
ST AGATHA, VIRGIN, MARTYR
Heb 12: 18-24
Ps 48: 2-11
Mk 6: 7-13

Let us give all our energies for the apostolate. Saint Paul said: "Woe to me if I don't evangelize" (1 Cor 9: 16) and we also say: "Woe to me if , becoming a member of the Congregation I don't spend all my forces for the services of God; if through my fault even one sol is deprived of the light of God!" (Ven. Thecla Merlo, Vi porto nel curoe, p. 198).

From Father Tom:  An important reminder especially for Perpetuals who don't write me regularly. Make sure your membership make things better for you, not worse. At death you will have bitter regrets that your life could have been so much more useful.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Caterina Rosso PD (1943)--Ven. Sr. Tecla Merlo FSP, the First Mother General of the Daughters--Sr. M. Colomba Bovicelli FSP (1991)--F.r Salvatore Bella IJP (1993)--Bro Jose' M. lopez SSP  (1998)--Bro Maggiorio Caldellara SSP (2001)--Sr. M. Angelica Baldi FSP (2006)--Sr. M. Nazarena Huerta Juarez FSP (2007)--Sr. Veritas Iolanda Ferro SGBP (2008)--Francesca Bertola HFI (2009)

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 4, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Alberione

Wednesday, February 4
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST JOSEPH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Heb 12: 18-24
Ps 48: 2-11
Mk 6: 7-13

Let new fervor awaken in every Christian, particularly the clergy and religious, love for God and for Jesus Christ, love for the Church and for souls, love for our soul itself. (SP Dec 1965)

From Father Tom:  Excellent idea-- in 1965. And today? Possible, but difficult.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Giuseppe Vessia IJP (2003)--Antonietta Pittalis IAM (2009)--Susan Berlo (1973)--Norman Ray (1990)

Monday, February 2, 2015

February 3, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, February 3
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
ST BLAISE--BISHOP, MARTYR
ST ANSKAR, ARCHBISHOP
Heb 12: 1-4
Ps 22: 26-32
Mk 5: 21-43

He who loves God more, loves his neighbor more (SM 294).

From Father Tom:  "Love" here means "treating well," or "wishing well." And the "neighbor" is our religious brother or sister--not the people living nearby whom we normally treat more than well--and they us!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Agostino Zappalorto SSP (1933)--Fr. Agostino Ghione SSP Ghione SSP (1980)--Sr. Gilma M. Alvardo FSP (1980)--Sr. Gilma M. Alvarado FSP (1980)--Msgry Umberto Altomare IJP (1986)--F.r Francesco Bruno IJP (1991)--Virginia Boi HFI (1993)--Carmela M. Calzarano IAM (1995)--Lidia Satta HFI (2005)--Evelyn Banahan (1990)-- Richard (Ricky) Paplow (1980)

Sunday, February 1, 2015

February 2, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, February 2
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH--ST PAUL
PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE
Mal 3: 1-4
Ps 24: 7-10
Heb 2: 14-18
Lk 2: 22-40

His desire to glorify His Father and to save us, guides Jesus Christ in all His actions from His infancy. The Son of God became human to offer Himself as a victim of peace and love (BM p. 290).

From Father Tom:  This was also a fundamental element of the old-style Religious life: victimhood like Christ's. It never worked properly, of course, because the "victims" are neither numerous nor esteemed.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro. Stansilao Evangelista SSP (1972)--Fr. Vito Minerva IJP (1978)--Fr. Luis Bohorques SSP (1991)--Fr. Gino Pizzeghello SSP (1992)--SR. M. Immacolata Aiello FSP (1996)--Anna Priore IAM (1998)--Monsgr Carlo Urru IJP (2002)--Rosa Valdes (1943)--Nathaniel Riddick (2004)--Jennie Klucher (2011)

February 1, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, February 1
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH--
DIVINE MASTER, WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Dt 18: 15-20
Ps 95: 1-9
1 Cor 7: 32-35
Mk 1: 21-28

INTENTION OF THE MONTH: For the consecrated life: Let the religious life of the members be imbued with apostolic spirit, and let all apostolic action be animated by a religious spirit (Perfectae Caritatis, 8--Vatican Decree on the up-to-date renewal of the Religious Life.)

From Father Tom:  A very good idea in itself. Unfortunately the ultraprogressive element in the Church took over, underling "up-to-date" which could mean whatever you wanted it to mean, and the result is visible today for all to see.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Luningning Lopez IAM (1994)--Corradina Adamo HFI (2004)--Sr. Virginia Tenore PD (2006)--Giancarlo Mancinforte HFI (2006)--Emetrio Adriano (1976)