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."

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

September 1, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, September 1
FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH--
The Angel Guardians
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 3: 18-23
Ps 24: 1-6
Lk 5: 1-11

The apostolate requires a sufficient civic instruction to be able to live in society as it is today (Blessed James Alberione to the Pauline Fathers)

MONTHLY INTENTIONS: To cooperate with the pastors in enlightening, guiding and praying for the salvation of all.
From Father Tom: No comment


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Zefirina Baldi FSP (1947)--Sr. Cecilia Campagna FSP (1963)--Sr. M. Rita Simaz PD (1980)--Sr. M. Luigina Salva FSP (1992)--Sr. M. Daniela Vezzulli FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Adalgisa Tavella PD (2003)--Ninfa Visconti HFI (2009)--Sr. Agostinha Boff (2010)--Sr. M. Ancilla Belesso PD (2014)

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

August 31, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, August 31
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 3: 1-9
Ps 33: 12-15, 20-21
Lk 4: 38-44

Love for God is vigorous when the heart belongs completely to the Lord l(FSP 41, p. 140).

From Father Tom: And when, dear Lord, will I love You like that?


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Guglielmo Stracciati HFI (1986)--Sr. Melania Lovato FSP (2002)--Sr. Concetta Anzalone SGBP (2005)--Sr. Giuseppina Cipolla FSP (2011)

Monday, August 29, 2016

August 30, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, August 30
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 2: 10-16
Ps 145: 8-14
Lk 4: 31-37

The spirituality of our apostolate must be felt, seeing that we have limited external contacts as compared to other ministries (SP Jan 1954).

From Father Tom: And we conserve this spirituality by recalling that the actual material or mental contacts are the LAST phase of our work, and OUR contribution is essential.


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Terestit Herrero PD (1949)--Sr. M. Eufrosina Nicolo PD (1971)--Fr. Micro Cerato SSP (1997)--Cosimo Pendinelli HFI (2005)--Bro. Francesco Chessa SSP (2007)--Vittorio Santini HFI (2008)--Sr. Bartolomea Machado FSP (2014)--Helen Moseburger (1996)

Sunday, August 28, 2016

August 29, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, August 29
MARTYRDOM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 2: 1-5
Ps 119: 97-102
Heb 12: 18-24
Mk 6: 17-29

In the apostolate we aim at all peoples: little and great, infidels, rich and poor so that the multiform wisdom of Christ is known to all of them (SP Jan 1954 1954).

From Father Tom: But in practice we tend to limit ourselves to a limited social and linguistic group, so next year we must broaden our appeal.


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Tomasina Morelli PD (1989)--Fr. Stefano CAne SSP (2000)--Sr. Bianca Giordano FSP (2000)--Sr. M. Antonietta Marazza (2001)--Bro Manuel Regueiro SSP (2004)--Sr. Luiza Sonego FSP (2011)--Richard Halcomb (2011)

Saturday, August 27, 2016

August 28, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, August 28
TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
Sir 3: 17-20, 28-29
Ps 68: 4-7, 10-11
Heb 12: 18-24
Lk 14: 1, 7-14

For the Religious, social classes do not matter but only souls to be saved (SP Nov 1953).

From Father Tom: Of course. Why otherwise join an Order or Congregation?


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Consilia Fusaro PD (1955)--Raimondo Martinet HFI (2005)--F.r Emilio Cordero SSP (2010)--Goffreda Ferri HFI (2010)--M. Lusimar da Penha SGBP (2013)--Fr. Antonio Girlanda SSP (2015)--Joseph A. Schrader (1974)

Friday, August 26, 2016

August 27, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, August 27
ST MONICA
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 1: 26-31
Ps 33: 12-13, 18-21
Mt 25: 14-30

Sadness will never enter heaven (Alla sorgente, p. 34).

From Father Tom: Unless of course it is sadness for sin which the loving Lord will immediately forgive and cancel.


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Giulia Salzotto PD (1979)--Fr. Pasquale Spandone IJP (1992)--Fr. Francisco Bianco SSP (2004)--Sr. Maria Alba Matagawa FSP (2010)--Sr. Maria Stella Lipparoni sGBP (2010)--Sr. M. Samuela D'Addario PD (2011)--Sr. M. Ernesta Panaro FSP)

Thursday, August 25, 2016

August 26, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, August 26
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 1: 17-25
Ps 33: 1-5. 10-11
Mt 25: 1-13

We are tempted by laziness, gluttony, idleness and sensuality, but the person who prays saves himself from these sins (BM 419).

From Father Tom: Indeed. Prayer and also positive and productive activity saves. 


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Beatrice Almici FSP (2000)--Sr. Immacolatina Bianco FSP (2008)--Carmela La Rocca FSP (2008)

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

August 25, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, August 25
ST LOUIS OF FRANCE,
ST JOSEPH CALASANZ, PRIEST 
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 1: 1-9
Ps 145: 2-7
Mt 24: 42-51

Whatis past is not ours anymore. The future is still to come. We have only the present moment (BM 188).

From Father Tom: Usually called "the sacrament of the present moment".


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Cracia Oliva PD (1961)--Sr. M. Grazia Bicego SGBP (1983)--Sr. M. Feliciana Oberto PD (1987)--Sr. M. Roberta Gambadora FSP (2006)--Sr. Gilde Micheletti FSP (2009)--Fr. Stefano Bacchitta IJP (2011)--Mons. Domenico Crusco IP(2013)--Joseph Stanley (2012)

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

August 24, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, August 24
ST BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE 
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Rv 21: 9-14
Ps 145: 10-13, 17-18
Jn 1: 45-51

The one who considers carefully difficulties, temptations and opiniions is not swayed by them, but becomes stronger. People will esteem him and he will be blessed and rewarded by God (SP Feb 1964).

From Father Tom: This means doing the right thing no matter the cost and continuing to do it.


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Cleric Livio Razzini SSP (1934)--Sr. M. Giovanna Salsi FSP (1944)--Bro. Bruno Tognon SSP (1989)--Sr. Alberta Eudizi FSP (1993)--Sr. M. Giulia Toschi FSP (1999)--Sr. M. Agnese Carozzo FSP (2003)--Sr. M. Imelda Cattapan PD (2009)--Sr. Maria Rosa Ballini FSP (2010)--Filippo Romano HFI (2010)--Teofila Burnieka (1977)

Monday, August 22, 2016

In Good Times...


"In good times we enjoy faith. In bad times, we exercise faith."

~Mother Angelica Classics 2011

August 23, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, August 23
ST ROSE OF LIMA, VIRGIN 
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Thes 2: 1-2, 14-17
Ps 96: 10-13
Mt 23: 23-26

Woe to those places marked by the habit of telling lies! It is this spirit of deceit and falsity that Jesus condemned. He was compassionate to all except the hypocritical Pharisees against whom he launched terrible "woes".

From Father Tom: Telling lies? I don't think that's a big defect among us. Good!


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Firmina Furnari PD (1954)--Sr. M. Spiritina Marzullo PD (1987)--Sr. M. Carola Toniutti FSP (1995)--Fr. Bruno Gialletti SSP (1997)--Sr. M. Fausta Pasini FSP (2006)--Sr. M. Matelda Zuin PD (2009)--Fr. Valeriano Mario Giachino SSP (2011)--Sr. M. Letizia Ellena FSP (2011)--Sr. M. Ancilla Campara FSP (2013)--Sr. m. Egidia Mazzoni FSP (2015)--Sr. M. Laurentia Casamassima FSP (2015)

Sunday, August 21, 2016

August 22, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, August 22
QUEENSHIP OF THE 
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Thes 1: 1-5, 11-12
Ps 96: 1-5
Mt 23: 13-22

Mary is the distribution of graces and she is concerned about priests, religious, sinners, the innocent and those who are out of the Catholic Church. Let us pray to her for everyone (FSP 43, 536).

From Father Tom: And first of all for ourselves. Let us pray to her also for US.


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Anania Gilardi FSP (1987)--Sr. Renata Innocenza Bertolusso FSP (2010)--Jeanette Danta HFI (2015)

Divine Mercy Chaplet (Fr. Mike)


Saturday, August 20, 2016

August 21, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, August 21
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY 
IN ORDINARY TIME
Is 66: 18-21
Ps 117: 1-2
Heb 12: 5-7, 11-13
Lk 13: 22-30

We have to know how to accept the mortifications imposed by our duties and we must not use the apostolate to please ourselves but rather for the good of others (FSP p. 26).

From Father Tom: This is roughly the same idea as No. 20. Certain things can't be too often repeated. 


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Angiolina Moscardo FSP (1962)--Sr. M. Dionisia Bertero PD (1978)--Bro Bernardo Aguilar SSP (1994)--Sr. Beniamina Pattaro FSP (1995)--Sr. Ausilia Aimasso FSP (2009)--Fr. Carmelo Panebianco SSP (2010)--Fr. Eliseo Sgarbossa SSP (2011)--Sr. M. Alfonsa Gemelli FSP (2012)--Sr. Timotea M. Perez FSP  (2013)--Fr. Michele Vomera IJP (2013)

Friday, August 19, 2016

August 20, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, August 20
ST BERNARD, ABBOT, 
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Ez 43: 1-7
Ps 85: 9-14
Mt 23: 1-12

To be pleased with the Institute's progress and with what is accomplished is like sowing seed and then trampling it underfoot. Nothing more will be born!  We need profound humility. Don't stop to look at what you have done, but "push ever onward". We are still few and not very good (CP Mar 15, 1958)

From Father Tom: That's the advantage of our situation: not much to be pleased about as regards externals but no limit to the individual progress.


Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Nicola Riezzo IJP (1998)--Fr Giuseppe Gori SSP (2006)--Fr. Lorenzo Viberti SSP (2006)--Fr. Joao Guido Dos Santos SSP (2008)--Paola Russo HFI (2012)--Fr. Antonio Fernandez Perez SSP (2013)--Monica Iturra Alvilies IAM (2014)--Sr. M. Dionisia Ausa FSP (2015)--Elsa Maria Maldonado Lagos IAM (2015)--Epeginia Jamais (1976)--Joseph Russell (1992)--Servo di Dio mons,

Terrorism and Communications:...

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

Terrorism and Communications: An Invitation to Pauline Reparation

This Saturday we celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the Founding of the Pauline Family. It's always a significant day for us, and this year our Superior General has invited us to make it even more deeply significant. 
As Paulines, we not only "use" communications technologies, we are called to consecrate the world of communications, and to offer reparation for the sins that are committed because of the misuse of communications. It is easy to think of the more explicit ways in which human dignity is threatened or undermined through exploitative media. But in her letter, Sister Anna Maria reminded us that " Experts have said that 'a specific feature of terrorism is that it is a communications phenomenon'."
Somehow that reality never hit me in my Pauline gut before. The ideological corruption of  minds and the physical destruction of lives, property and social structures that we have witnessed in an increasing number of events this year call for a supernatural intervention. We are called to make specific reparation for communications that (in the words of a Pauline prayer) "warp the minds, the hearts and the activities of men and women," as well as for all the death, destruction and displacement that has been "spread throughout the world by the misuse of the media." 

I am sharing a part of our Superior General's anniversary letter in order to invite you to share this August 20 day of prayer with us:

....it seems that in these days more and more space is being given to every kind of violence, to frequent and sudden terrorist attacks, to the mass migration of peoples: phenomena to which we cannot and must not remain indifferent…. It is truly a challenging time–one that can be compared to the period of “serious upheaval” (Alberione's memoirs) during which, with extraordinary faith, our Founder laid the foundations for what would become the Pauline Family. The date was August 1914, the eve of a horrendous world war.

But for the Pauline Congregations, tragic moments such as this have also been occasions for growth in faith, in reciprocal communion, in a spirit of atonement, in a more conscious apostolic participation “in the many sufferings of the world” (Mother Thecla).
Today too, the response to the darkness that surrounds us is faith and a reinvigorated witness to communion. Let us ask ourselves: “How can we, all together, try to conquer evil with good? How can we make our voice heard in this time in which millions of our brothers and sisters are suffering?” The Pope reminded us that “our response to a world at war has a name: its name is fraternity, its name is brotherhood, its name is communion, its name is family.”
 We have a tremendous responsibility to pray that communications will offer people increased opportunities to meet one another and manifest solidarity in our divided and war-torn world. And since our 
230 communities extend from the Far East to the Far West, from Australia and Papua New Guinea to Hawaii, we are assured of 24 hours of uninterrupted prayer before Jesus in the Eucharist. Let us spend the day in active and heartfelt mercy toward one another, putting into practice the invitation of the Apostle Paul:
Let no offensive talk pass your lips, only what is good and helpful to the occasion, so that it brings a blessing to those who hear it. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, for that Spirit is the seal with which you were marked for the day of final liberation. Have done with all spite and bad temper, with rage, insults and slander, with evil of any kind. Be generous to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave you” (Eph. 4:29ff.).

~Sr. Ann Flanagan- Nun Blog

Thursday, August 18, 2016

August 19, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, August 19
ST JOHN EUDES, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Ez 37: 1-14
Ps 107: 2-9
Mt 22: 34-40

In the life of the Congregation, or of a house of Province, do we find continuous improvement in the spirit, in study, in the apostolate, in vocations, in poverty (SP Jan 1963)?

From Father Tom: This is a pretty detailed exam of conscience and also for our everyday existence. Is it "life" or "death"?


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Nevio Picco SSP (1998)--Sr. M. Pia Di Dio FSP (2003)--Vermigliana Rossini HFI (2003)--Sr. Angela Costantin SGBP (2008)--Ilva Cieri FSI (2008)--Sr. M. Liliana Ventresca FSP (2010)--Pina Lentini IAM (2011)--Fr. Biagio Russo IJP (2014).

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

August 18, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, August 18
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Ez 36: 23-28
Ps 51: 12-19
Mt 22: 1-14

Fervor is progress and progress is charity as long as everything is aimed at the glory of God and the good of others (SP Mar 1950).

From Father Tom: "Fervor" does not necessarily mean FEELING. It is an act of the will.


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Cleric Gesualdo Angella SSP (1938)--Sr. M. Francesca Franchini FSP (1974)-- Sr. M. Provvidenza Giordano PD (1985)--RAimondo Manca HFI (1991)--Bro Corrado Siccardi SSP (2003)--Cresenciana Aguilera Quiroz IAM (2004)--Fr. Gabriele Todaro SSP (2010)--Sr. Susan Helen Wallace FSP (2013)--Sr. Angelina Pegorer FSP (2015)--Lucio Albano (1971)

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

54 Day Novena for Our Country



The 54-day effort will kick off on the Solemnity of the Assumption.

BY JOSEPH PRONECHEN

Millions of Americans witness how, in the wake of the 2015 Obergefell
decision that legalized same-sex “marriage,” congressional and state
legislation, executive actions and court rulings conflict increasingly with
God’s laws on marriage and family values. Since the enshrinement of Roe v.
Wade into law in 1973 and the enactment of subsequent state laws to allow
for assisted suicide, unborn children and the elderly and weak are under
attack like no other time in U.S. history.

And now, an acrimonious presidential campaign has exacerbated the
differences among Americans, leaving many with seemingly nowhere to turn.

A Wisconsin priest offers an answer.

“I call this our Nineveh moment,” said Father Richard Heilman, assessing
the situation in our nation in reference to the story of Jonah’s warning
to a wayward people.

Father Heilman is spearheading a major spiritual initiative to turn the tide
and heal the country — the “Novena for Our Nation.”

The “54-Day Rosary Novena” will begin on Aug. 15, the Solemnity of the
Assumption. The faithful are asked to pray daily for the nation to return to
holiness, through the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on Oct. 7.

Knowing that Father Heilman, a priest of the Diocese of Madison, had
experience with 54-day Rosary novenas through social media and that he
recently launched the national Holy League, a group — including Father
Stephen Imbarrato of Priests for Life — approached him to head this
nationwide prayer campaign.

“They thought: ‘What better time than now, in this election year, the
terrorism going on and the condition of this world and our nation, to do
this,’” explained Father Heilman.  

“All the signs are there,” said Father Imbarrato. “We have an immoral
and corrupt government that is becoming more and more tyrannical. The fact
of the matter is: We need a conversion of our culture, but, more
specifically, of our elected officials or leadership. This 54-day novena and
the Rosary Rally [on Oct. 7] is all part of the effort we need to end
preborn child killing and attacks on marriage and the family.”

Father Heilman, pastor of St. Mary’s of Pine Bluff Church in Cross Plains,
looks to biblical models like Nineveh. “I feel we’re in the same place
we were at that time,” he explained. “I think of the story of Sodom and
Gomorrah, too. Prior to that, Abraham was making a deal with God — what if
there are 50 just people, 40, 20, 10? Can a remnant appeal to God?”



Plenty of Precedents

In 1571, St. Pius V called on besieged Christian Europe to pray the Rosary.
The well-known victory at the Battle of Lepanto was spurred on by faithful
believers.

As the Rosary is credited with saving European Christian civilization then,
so can this Novena for Our Nation rescue the United States today, Father
Heilman said: “This novena is specifically for our nation and to pray for
freedom and faith in America.”

Father Heilman discovered if the novena started on the Assumption, it
“miraculously landed on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary — exactly 54
days from point to point.” Not coincidentally, the feast of Our Lady of
the Rosary commemorates the Oct. 7 victory at Lepanto 445 years ago.

Father Heilman says now, amid all of the turmoil in modern America,
“it’s a time when we have to fall to our knees and say, ‘God, you take
care of this.’”



54 Days

A traditional novena lasts nine days. But this 54-day prayer puts six
novenas together for a singular purpose. In 1884 (the year Pope Leo XIII
wrote the Prayer to St. Michael), the Blessed Virgin Mary purportedly
appeared in Italy to a young girl named Fortuna Agrelli, gave her the 54-day
Rosary novena for herself and told her to pass it along to others. The girl
had three different incurable diseases. Her doctors said cures were
hopeless, but the Agrelli family turned to Our Lady as Queen of the Most
Holy Rosary. In one of Fortuna’s reported apparitions, Mary told her,
“Whoever desires to obtain favors from me should make three novenas of the
prayers of the Rosary and three novenas in thanksgiving” — thus the 54
days.

The girl obeyed and was fully healed. This novena and her healing impressed
Leo XIII, who wrote 17 encyclicals on the Rosary.

The 54-day devotion consists of five decades of the Rosary prayed daily for
27 days in petition; immediately thereafter, five decades are prayed daily
for 27 days in thanksgiving, whether or not the request has been granted
yet. (See the explanation for the simple rotation of the mysteries for this
novena.)

“God has demonstrated in many ways that this is a prayer he truly delights
in,” Father Heilman said. “First, we’re coming to him through Our
Lady. … He has given us this great gift of our Blessed Mother and given us
a very humble way to pray.”

“It’s such a simple prayer,” he added, “and such a wonderful act of
obedience to say that prayer and reflect at the same time on all the
wonderful ways God has come to us through the mysteries of the Rosary.
We’re calling upon our Blessed Mother, and she delights when we come to
her.”



Seeking Mary’s Aid

Cardinal Raymond Burke, patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta,
officially endorses the Novena for Our Nation.

“There is no doubt that our beloved nation is in one of the worst crises
which it has ever experienced, a profound moral crisis, which generates
division on all levels and results in an ever-greater more pervasive
violence and killing,” Cardinal Burke wrote at the novena website.

“For Roman Catholics, who have always been known for their faith-filled
patriotism, the first response to this crisis is fervent prayer and, in
particular, prayer through the intercession of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary,
Mary Immaculate, who is also the patroness of our nation.”

“Let us now turn to the powerful prayer of the holy Rosary, asking Mary
Immaculate to intercede with Our Lord to bring healing to our nation and to
inspire in her citizens the holiness of life which alone can transform our
nation,” he said.

Deacon Dave Profitt, who prays a daily Rosary, will be joining the novena
because “the Rosary is one of the great tools we have available to us for
our prayer life. It helps remind us and center us to what it means to live a
life in Christ.”

The director of the St. Anne Retreat Center in Melbourne, Ky., sees another
benefit to this novena: “It’s a great way to remind ourselves what
we’re called to be, particularly in this country today, with the
divisiveness and rhetoric out there.”

Those praying the novena may add daily “training in holiness” to their
prayers by meditating on reflections from Scripture, the saints and the
Catechism about the theological and cardinal virtues, gifts and fruits of
the Holy Spirit via the book 54 Day Basic Training in Holiness. Reflections
will also appear on the novena website.



D.C. Rosary Rally

The Rosary novena will be capped off on Oct. 7 with a special “Rosary
Rally” in Union Square in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, to call
on the Lord for our nation’s spiritual restoration. The faithful across
the country are encouraged to have a Rosary Rally in their areas, too — in
a parish church, at a government facility or in front of a Planned
Parenthood business, for example.

As Father Heilman said, “We should prefer not to go through suffering, but
to do what the people of Nineveh did — repent and see a reparation for
where we’re at right now.”



Joseph Pronechen is a Register staff writer.

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What: Rosary “Novena for Our Nation”

When: Aug. 15 to Oct. 7

More Info: Pray-ers may sign up on the website or via Facebook to show
support, but there is no obligation to register to be part of the Novena for
Our Nation. The important thing is to pray.
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/novena-for-our-nation-seeks-marys-aid-for-america/

August 17, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, August 17
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Ez 34: 1-11
Ps 23: 1-6
Mt 20: 1-16

Nothing is more precious than time, but so much of it is wasted (HM p. 41).

From Father Tom: And so we begin our day with the proper orientation by reciting the Morning Offering. Then, at frequent intervals during the day, we offer what we are doing to the Divine Master.  It's a simple project in theory, but not so simple in practice. 


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Elena Bertella IAM (1990)--Sr. M. Amalia Bernardini FSP (2003)--Bro. James Mann SSP (2010)--Claudina Spallacci HFI (2010)--Mary Grace Boyar (1982)

Monday, August 15, 2016

August 16, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, August 16
ST STEPHEN OF HUNGARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Ez 28: 1-10
(Ps)Dt 32: 26-30, 35-36
Mt 19: 23-30

The commitment of the Religious is to work for perfection and the process of sanctification is a process of 'Christification'-until Christ be formed in you (SP Feb/Mar/Apr 1965).

From Father Tom: The Founder seems to have added a new word to Christian spirituality: "Christification". The word id different; the work is the same.


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Flora Oyama FSP (1971)--Sr. Eufemia Morando FSP (1983)--Bro Bernardino Boschetti SSP (1995)--Fr. Joseph Chircop SSP (1999)--Sr. M. Felicita Barbaduomo PD (2001)--Margarita Antonia Solis HFI (2002)--Fr. Pacifico Butani IJP (2004)--Sr. M. Filippina Brisindi PD (2009)--Sr. M. Giuseppina Di Miceli FSP (2010)--Bro Secondo Gesualdo Mottura SSP (2014).

Sunday, August 14, 2016

August 15, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, August 15
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Rv 11: 19, 12: 1-10
Ps 45: 10-16
1 Cor 15: 20-27
Lk 1: 39-56

From Heaven, Mary continues in every age and place, t give Christ to individual persons and to humanity in general, just as she presented Him to Joseph, to shepherds and to the Magi (Maria Regina degli apostolic 11).

From Father Tom: Another way of putting this is "per Maria ad Jesum"--to Jesus through Mary. That's the way He wanted it. How's YOUR Marian devotion?


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro. Salvatore Porcaro SSP (1982)--Sr. M. Joseph Coraddu FSP (1985)--Fr. Remo De Angelis IJP (1999)--M. Zulmira M. Pereira IAM (1999)--Annamaria Dessi HFI (2002)--Sr. M. Bernardetta De Biasi FSP (2015)--Pedro Lopez (2008)

Thank You, Lord





Thank You, Lord…..

Just this once, Lord, I want to come to You without problems and simply to say “thank You”.


Thank You…

--for Your forgiveness when I fail,
--for the sheer joy of sleep when I’m terribly tired,
--for the silent strength of humility when pride overtakes me,
--for the justice of Your laws when men are cruel,
--for the remedies for sickness when I am ill,
--for the simplicity of orderliness when I face confusion,
--for the assurance that You have made a place especially for me when I feel inadequate among my peers,
--for the joy of helping others when I see people in need,
--for the earthly evidences of your will when I’m trying to find out what life is all about,
--for the reality of Your world when I stray too far into fantasy,
--for reasonableness when I panic too quickly,
--for the fun that refreshes when everything gets too serious, and
--for renewal in moments of silence when I’m dizzy being busy in a hectic world.


Thank You, Lord, for all these things; but most of all, thank You for Your abiding presence that makes every day I live a day of thanks.

~Concord Aug 2016 p. 13

Saturday, August 13, 2016

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

Sunday, August 14
TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN
ORIDINARY TIME
Jer 38: 4-10
Ps 40: 2-4, 18
Heb 12: 1-4
Lk 12: 49-53

The Saints are the first test of every Congregation in the sense that it should produce them. They are the test of its spirit, of its Constitutions, of its system of formation (SP Jun (1964)

From Father Tom: Well said. And what do you think of the Institute? Is it leading you to be more virtuous, or simply to read about virtue? Do you finish a missionary magazine and then pickup CONCORD seeing them as much the same? It can happen.


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Salvatore Alessandria SSP (1966)--Sr. Elvira Pusceddu FSP (1979)--Sr. Marcella Voerzio FSP (1980)--Sr. M. Palma Salzani FSP (1983)--Fr. Antonio Diaferia SSP (1990)--Bro Giancarlo Cavazza SSP (1992)--Sr. M. Rosangela Natsuko Isano FSP (1996)--Sr. Mary Joseph Shirai FSP (2000)--Fr. Pio Bracchi SSP (2001)--Bro Rosario Scarnato SSP (2009)--Sr. M. claudia Parco FSP (2010)--Fr. Virgilio Tito da Silva Ribeiro SSP (2011)

Only for Today: The Decalogue of Pope John XXIII




The Decalogue of Pope John XXIII

Only for today, I will seek to live the livelong day positively without wishing to solve the problems of my life all at once.

Only for today, I will take the greatest care of my appearance: I will dress modestly; I will not raise my voice; I will be courteous in my behavior; I will not criticize anyone; I will not claim to improve or to discipline anyone except myself.

Only for today, I will be happy in the certainty that I was created to be happy, not only in the other world but also in this one.

Only for today, I will adapt to circumstances, without requiring all circumstances to be adapted to my own wishes.

Only for today, I will devote ten minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.

Only for today, I will do one good deed and not tell anyone about it.

Only for today, I will do at least one thing I do not like doing; and if my feelings are hurt, I will make sure that no one notices.

Only for today, I will make a plan for myself: I may not follow it to the letter, but I will make it. And I will be on guard against two evils: hastiness and indecision.

Only for today, I will firmly believe, despite appearances, that the good providence of God cares for me as no one else who exists in this world.

Only for today, I will have no fears. In particular, I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful and to believe in goodness. Indeed, for twelve hours I can certainly do what might cause me consternation were I to believe I had to do it all my life.

To conclude: here is an all-embracing resolution: "I want to be kind, today and always, to everyone."

Friday, August 12, 2016

August 13, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and with Father Tom

Saturday, August 13
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ST PONTIAN, POPE
ST HIPPOLYTUS, PRIEST, MARTYR
ORIDINARY WEEKDAY
Ez 18: 1-10, 30-32
Ps 51: 12-15, 18-19
Mt 19: 13-15

If you don't know how to capture souls with joy, do you believe you can capture them with sadness (All Sorgente, p. 35)?

From Father Tom: Maybe no, but also maybe yes, if we understand "sadness" to mean "seriousness".


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Luigi Cocco SSP (1961)--Sr. M. Rosario Zapata FSP (1970)--Luigi Madeddu HFI (1990)--Sr. Timotea Ferraretto FSP (1998)--Francesco Scotti GABRIELLITE (1999)--Fr Domenico Maggi IJP (2001)--Sr. Rosaria Romanisio FSP (2003)--Sr. Ignazia Balla FSP (2003)--Sr. M. Cunegonda Marletta PD (2007)--Bro Cipriano Caneva SSP (2009)--Melva Palmer (1975)--Lillian Palmer (1998)