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."

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Februrary 1, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, February 1
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH--
St Joseph
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Heb 12: 4-7, 11-15
Ps 103
Mk 6: 1-6

Working for God on earth does not pay much, but His retirement plan is out of this world.

MONTHLY INTENTION: To become saints, we have to incarnate God in ourselves; it is necessary that we do our part--"we with God"--and that is examination--annual, monthly, weekly, daily; daily meditation; direction and confession, so as to strengthen the effort. "Until Christ be formed in you." ~Bl. James Alberione

The St Paul Family has also its Cooperators in the apostolate. They are the ones who, according to their possibilities, imitate religious life and its apostolate in the world (AE 57)

FROM FATHER TOM:

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Luningning Lopez IAM (1994)--Corradina Adamo HFI (2004)--Sr. M. Virginia Tenore PD (2006)--Giancarlo Mancinforte HFI (2006)--Emetrio Adriano (1976).

Sunday, January 29, 2017

January 31, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, January 31
ST JOHN BOSCO, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Heb 12: 1-4
Ps 22: 26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32
Mk 5: 21-43

He felt that in the new century generous people would experience what he was feeling; and that teamed up into an organization they could bring about what Toniolo kept on repeating: <>(AD,17).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Renato Canciani SSP (1976)--Vita Sorrento IAM (1981)--Br Gaetano Kucich SSP (1984)--Sr. M. Lorenzina Flores Yanez FSP (1987)--Sr. M. Angelica Bondad FSP (1997)--Fr. Vincenzo Iannuzzi SSP (1999)--Franca Marchina IAM (2015)

January 30, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, January 30
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Heb 11: 32-40
Ps 31: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Mk 5: 1-20

Empty is the claim of one who says that he or she has love but remains indifferent to others. FSP 31, p. 148).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Anthony Colella FSP (1985)--Sr. Assunta Gagliardelli SGBP (1987)--Fr. Desiderio Costa SSP (1989)--Sr Providenza Arrigo FSP (1992)--Fr Paolo Solontoni IJP (1997)--Bro Cristopher Toppo SSP (2001)--Hernando Hurtato HFI (2003)--Fr Ugo Zecchin SSP (2004)--Bro Paulus Jate SSP (2005)--Sr Teresa Gai FSP (2008)--Sr M. Alfonsina Mascolo FSP (2010)--Bro Ferino Ulmert SSO (2012)--Sr. Ferdinanda Sperti FSP (2014)--Sr Maria Park FSP (2014)--Sr Giuseppina Randini SGBP (2014)--Mons Giovanni Giallombardo IJP (2014)--Maria Marina IAM (2014)

Saturday, January 28, 2017

January 29, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, January 29
FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Ep 2: 3; 3: 12-13
Ps 146: 6-7, 8-9, 9-10
1 Cor 1: 26-31
Mt 5: 1-12a

There is no soul who truly loves the Lord and is not inspired to love one's neighbor. With prayer, with word and, with all means possible, contribute for the salvation of souls (FSP 31, p. 147).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Michele Trappolini SSP (1978)--Fr. Eugenio Turci SSP(1986)--Sr. M. Pasqualina Colorizio FSP (1999)--Fr. Antonio Turci IJP (2002)--Fr. Angelo Segato SSP (2005)--Sr. Annette Margaret Boccabello FSP (2012).

Friday, January 27, 2017

January 28, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, January 28
ST THOMAS AQUINAS, PRIEST,
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Heb 11: 1-2, 8-19
(Ps) Lk 1 69-70, 71-72, 73-75
Mk 4: 4: 35-41

The should of the apostle is filled with love of neighbor. The same love that leads guys to God will be the same love that will bring us to others (FSP 31, p. 147).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Clara Capelletti SGBP (1973)--Fernanda M. Da Costa IAM (1973)--Fr. Gaetano Tedeschi IJP (1985)--Sr. M. Bertilla Franchetti PD (1987)--Sr Maria Cucchi SGBP (2001)--Luis Spalla HFI (2005)--Hilario Zuniga (1972)--Geraldine Gretchko (1987)

Thursday, January 26, 2017

January 27, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, January 27
ST ANGELA MERICI, VIRGIN
Heb 10: 32-39
Ps 37: 3-4, 5-6, 23-24, 39-40
Mk 4: 4: 26-34

Love the apostolate, loving it as God's will, as a means for sanctification and zeal, as means for the apostolate, in a truly supernatural spirit (APD 63, 491)).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Mons Alfred Fernandez IJP (1983)--Sr Anna Rinaldi FSP (1996)--Fr. Giuseppe Manzo IJP (2002)--Sr. M. Lia Chirone FSP (2003)--Sr. Amabile Zuppardo FSP (2004)--Sr. M. Rosalia Bovo FSP (2010)--Fr Hernan Perez Etchepare SSP (2012)--Andrea Caforno HFI (2013)--Sr. M. Flavia Ferrari FSP (2016)--Charles Piampiano (1978).

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

January 26, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, January 26
SS TIMOTHY AND TITUS, BISHOP
2 Timothy 1: 1-8 or Titus 1: 1-5
Ps 96
Lk 10: 1-9


We have to get out of our own selves, out of our own selfishness... Expand our hearts therefore, like that of Paul, like that of Jesus Christ (Pr 5; 164).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Francesca Masala FSP (1980)--Amabile Grando HFI (1987)--Fr. Anselmo Viano SSP (1996)--Sr. M. Oliva Cattapan PD (1998)--Pietro Secchiaroli HFI (2000)--Emile Brunelle HFI (2009)--Anna Accossu HFI (2013)--Sr. M. Tarcisia Marchisio FSP (2014)--Josep (1970) & Mary Dwojacki (1976)--Douglas Patton (2011)

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

January 25, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, January 25
THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL, APOSTLE
Acts 22: 3-16 or Acts 9: 1-22
Ps  117: 1bc; 1
Mk 16: 15-18

Have a grandiose heart, an apostolic heart, a heart like Saint Paul. He had been to many places. And in places where he could not go, he sent his heart, his prayers and his words (Pr 5, p. 161).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Giuseppe Chiesa SSP (1991)--Bro James De Feo SSP (2000)--Sr M. Emiliana Sartor PD (2000)--Fr. Valentino Gambi SSP (2002)--Sr Margherita M. Gergolet FSP (2008)--Sr M. Elisabetta Moreale FSP (2010)--Sr M. Norberta Zini FSP (2010)--Bro Antonio Parlavecchio SSP (2016)--Ralph Menella (2010)--Sylvester Teterycz (no year given)

Monday, January 23, 2017

January 24, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, January 24
ST FRANCIS DE SALES, BISHOP, DOCTOR
OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY TIME
Heb 10: 1-10
Ps  40: 2 and 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11
Mk 3: 31-35

St. Paul is the first disciple of the Divine Master. He is the one who knew, preached and imitated Him more (APD57, 317).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Beato Giuseppe Timoteo M. Giaccardo SSP (1948)--Fr. Angelo Fenoglio SSP (1980)--Sr. M. Gabriela Raccosgta PD (2001)--Sr. Giulia Fontana FSP (2005)--Sr. M. Cristina Gamez FSP (2009)--Bro Umberto Giacinto Oggero SSP (2011)--Sr. M. Angela Serpieri PD (2011)--Marisa Andreotti IAM (2013)--Fr. William Ignatius Staniszewski SSP (2015)

Sunday, January 22, 2017

January 23, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and with Father Tom

Monday, January 23
DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE LEGAL PROTECTION
OF UNBORN CHILDREN
ORDINARY TIME
Heb 9: 15, 24-28
Ps  98: 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6
Mk 3: 22-30


Keep moving forward. Our life cannot be always flat or horizontal. There has to be growth in our life (APD63, 308).


FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom



PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Gabriella Ambrogio FSP (1944)--Sr Maria della Croce Cavalleris PD (1949)--Bro Mario Eustaquio Da Fonseca SSP (1955)--Bro Ramiro Morales SSP (2004)--Fr Alessandro Marengo SSP (2006)--Sr M Clotilde Gianusso FSP (2008)--Bro Natale Pellizari SSP (2016)--Bro Daniele Toppan SSP (2016)

Saturday, January 21, 2017

January 22, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, January 22
THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Is 8: 23- 9: 3
Ps  27: 1, 4, 13-14 (1a)
1 Cor 1: 10-13
Mt 4: 12-23


Today, let us meditate on the virtues of Sister Tecla, considering her examples and to pray to her. Let us ask her for the grace to follow Saint Paul the Apostle in the way that she did (FSP43, p. 564).


FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom



PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr. Vincenzo Bernardini IJP (1990)--Sr. Giovanna Deano FSP (1991)--Sr. M. Gabriella Massariol PD (1996)--Sr. M. Marcelina Monticelli FSP (2002)--Sr. M. Stella Degni FSP (2006)--Fr. Realino Mazzotta IMP (2007)--Sr. Raffaela Grazio SGBP (2010)

Friday, January 20, 2017

January 21, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, January 21
ST AGNES, VIRGIN, MARTYR
ORDINARY TIME
Heb 9: 2-3, 11-14
Ps  47: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9
Mk 3: 20-21


Pray for the Church; feel her joys, triumphs and successes. Pray to the Lord tha t He may always sent abundantly the Holy Spirit to the Church (APD63, 253).


FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom



PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M. Annita Firmo FSP (1974)--Sr. M. Franca Janniello FSP (1987)--Sr. Francesca Trettel SGBP (1993)--Fr. Giuseppe Bistolfi SSP (1999)--Sr. M. Gesuina Quaranta FSP (2001)--Fr. Joao Manuel Filipe Gomes SSP (2011)--Fr. Fruto Rosales SSP (2014)--Sr. M. Rachele Vegetti PD (2015)--Rose Teterycz (1985)--Fr. Francis Ledbar (no year given)

Thursday, January 19, 2017

January 20, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, January 20
ST FABIANO, POPE, MARTYR
ST SEBASTIANO, MARTYR
ORDINARY TIME
Heb 8: 6-13
Ps  85: 8 and 10, 11-12, 13-14
Mk 3: 13-19

The Visit will bring always so much joy. Know that as you kneel in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, the effect, the fruit of your prayers reaches out to the whole world (APD58, 29). 

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M. Giuditta Benzo PD (1972)--Sr. Teresa Maria Hernandez FSP (1977)--Sr. Assunta Moyano FSO (1978)--Sr Panacea Bragliola FSP (1993)-Sr. M. Edilma Franco Quitian FSP (1999)--Fr Humberto Aguilar SSP (2001)--Bro Cirilo Penas SSP (2001)--Morena Landini IAM (2015)

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

January 19, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, January 19
ORDINARY TIME
Heb 7: 25- 8: 6
Ps  40: 7-8a, 8b-9, 10,17

Do the apostolate of prayer and spirituality; love souls the way Jesus did; keep in your heart the two-fold fire of love: for God and for souls (PrP, IX, p. 10).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M. Margherita Gerlotto PD (1965)--Sr. Massima Serinelli PD (1990)--Sr Maria Ines Cavagnolli SGBP (1993)--Matteo Zaccaria IAM (1994)--Fr Dino Pacini IJP (1995)--Fr. Giovanni Piscopo IJP  (1995)--Sr. M. Salvatoris Rosa PD (1998)--Bro Florindo D' Ascenzo SSP (2001)--Sr onorina Cruciani FSP (2001)--Bro Gabriele Scionti SSP (2003)--Sr. Alessandra Salvade FSP (2005)--Maria Assunta Giudice IAM (2005)--Sr Augusta Bernardini FSP (2008)--Angelo Calandra HFI (2014)--Francesco Losito HFI (2015)--Sr. M. Carla Bristot FSP (2016)--Ador Diosomito (2015)

Prayers for our Nation Part 1


Subject: A prayer for new vision: Prayers for Our Nation


Prayers for Our Nation
Triduum of Prayer before the Inauguration
A Prayer for New Vision
We beg you, Eternal Wisdom, to give us new vision
so as to view persons and events with the eyes of Christ.
Open our hearts to great respect for every human person
and for authentic values rooted in the Gospel.
Help us to promote what is true, just, pure, and good,
so that all persons may recognize 
the dignity to which God calls them.
Make us your leaven in the midst of humanity,
proclaiming and bringing your salvation 
into every corner of our world.
Holy Spirit, allow us to be surprised by
the “unruly freedom of the word” 
(Evangelii Gaudium, no. 22),
which accomplishes its purpose
in ways that often exceed our limited perceptions.
The entire world is our mission field. We must love all people in order to do good to all.
Venerable Mother Thecla Merlo
Practice for Today
When you feel disgruntled, fearful, or angry about something you read/see in the news, offer a prayer to God for the spirit of hope, affirming you trust that God accomplishes his purpose in ways that often exceed our limited perceptions.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

January 18, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, January 18
Heb 7: 1-3
Ps 110: 1,2, 3, 4
Mk 3: 1-6

It is good to be nourished sufficiently, albeit poorly; rest as needed but use one's whole day and one's whole life for the apostolate (AP 1958/2, p. 132)

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Bro Tito Della Bartola SSP (1972)--Fr. Armando Gualandi SSP (1982)--Fr. Armando Giovannini SSP (1991)--Benito Filemon Villa HFI (1996)--Maria Pietrofeso HFI (2004)--Sr. M. Luisa Fallado PD (2006)--Vincenza Lionetti IAM (2009)--Fr. Egidio Spagnoli SSP (2014)--Sr. Ida Mazzucato FSP (2015)--Fr Angelo Mazzia IJP (2015)--Maria Librada Gonzalez Rodriguez IAM (2015)--Bro Carmelino Bison SSP (2016)

Monday, January 16, 2017

January 17, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Toom

Tuesday, January 17
ST ANTONIO, ABBOT
Heb 6: 10-20
Ps 111: 1-2, 4-5, 9 and 10c
Mk 2: 23-28

Always aim for the glory of God! Do not be prompted by self love in anything but be influenced by the love of God in everything you do and, that is, by seeking his glory (AP 1958/1, p. 206).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Alfonsa Marello PD (1984)--Sr. M. Stella Signorini FSP (1986)--Fr. Vito Frassanito IP (1998)--Sr. Anna Foschi SGBP 1999)--Sr Rachele Binello FSP (2005)--Sr. M. Amabilis Casarotto FSP (2009)--Olga Falbo IAM (2010)--Sr. M. Giovannina Sacchetto FSP (2014)--Sr. Anna Maria Collarini SGBP (2014)--Sr. M. Veronica Pinto Pasten FSP (2015)

Sunday, January 15, 2017

January 16, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, January 16
Heb 5: 1-10
Ps 110: 1, 2, 3, 4
Mk 2: 18-22

In your apostolate as Apostolines do good works only but also plant trees that will bear many fruits. And sometimes, you see these trees over laden with fruit almost to a point of breaking their branches (AP 1958/ 1, p 149).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Michelina Perbellini PD (1962)--Fr Luigi Fago IJP (1985)--Fr. Gregorio Delpogetto SSP SSP (1996)--Fr. Francesco Sirito SSP (1997)--Giuseppina Pauluzzi HFI (1998)--Sr. M. Pierluisa Vidano PD (2000)--Fr. Paolo Maeda SSP (2002)--Guadalupe Lozano IAM (2002)--Lucia Laghetto HFI (2009)--Sr. Domenica (Mimma)  Zagara FSP (2011)--Cosimo Pierri HFI (2011)--Sr. Maria Pia Maracazzan FSP (2012)--Anthony J. Madeline, Sr. (1980)

Saturday, January 14, 2017

January 15, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, January 15
SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Is 49: 3, 5-6
Ps 40: 2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10 (8a, 9a)
1 Cor 1: 1-3
Jn 1: 29-34

Nobody becomes a Pauline for a specific nation alone, much less for his or her own nation. Rather, a Pauline goes where God is glorified and souls are benefited

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Consolata Binello FSP (1948)--Sr. Paolina Magnani FSP (2000)--Sr. M. Valentina Bedino PD (2000)--Fr. Vincenzo Marseglia IJP (2002)--M. Irene Gianfreda HFI (2011)--Baldini Dario HFI (2013)--Sr. M. Boguslawa Soltys PD (2014)--Sr. Carmen Vigna FSP (2016)--Fr. Ermenegildo De Michele IJP (2016)--Peter M. Murphy (1978)--Bro Harry Morgan FSC (2005)

Friday, January 13, 2017

January 14, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, January 14
ST FELIX OF NOLA
Heb 4: 21-16
Ps 19: 8, 9, 10, 15
Mk 2: 13-17 

From one hous to another, as from one person to another, share only what is good and never what is evil (CISP, p. 1046)

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Teresa Congiu FSP (1961)--Sr. M. Leonilde Torrengo PD (1971)--Sr. Anna Caterina TAgliani FSP (1997)--Fr. Roberto Numez IJP (2004)--Sr. M. Teresinba Palavicino FSP (2005)--Bruno Magnani HFI (2016)

If You're Not a Thorn...


"If you're not a thorn in somebody's side, you're not doing Christianity right."

 

Thursday, January 12, 2017

January 13, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, January 13
ST HILARY, BISHOP AND DOCTOR
OF THE CHURCH
Heb 4: 1-5, 11
Ps 78: 3 and 4bc. 6c-7. 8
Mk 2: 1-12 

No one should expect to be treated with charity; but let us practice it first with others. Practice love! It is to live in God (CISP, p 1023).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Bernardetta Ferraris FSP (2002)--Fr. Vincent Alemcheril SSP 2016)

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

January 12, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, January 12
ST MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS
Heb 32: 7-14
Ps 95: 6-7c, 8-9, 10-11
Mk 1: 40-45  

True charity forgets itself for the sake of others and if the soul possesses it, it can be perceived everywhere...in everything you realize that it does not seek itself, but rather the good of others (FSP 45, p 706).


FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Agide Pasotti IJP (1995)--Sr. M. Teresa Castro PD (2011)--Sr. Adele Cordero PD (2016)--Fr. Antonio Recanatini IJP (2016)

The Year of Living Couteously


I did not write this article nor do I claim any ownership of it . Full credit has been given below. I believe this writer has much to say that should be heard.
 God bless...

The Year of Living Courteously
by Rae Stabosz

Welcome to 2017.
Happy New Year!
2016 was a year of extraordinary happenings, including the most divisive presidential election any of us can remember. What can we expect from 2017? I make three easy predictions:
· more divisiveness
· more terrorism
· more media wars
I hate that the first three things that came to my head were all negatives. Yet this negativity has been much on my mind. We cannot end terrorism, but the other two are within our power to affect. We Paulines have a particular vocation for using social media in the service of the Gospel. It is beyond time for us to take that vocation seriously. We are not just consumers of information, but distributors as well. The social phenomenon that Blessed Alberione called "the bad press" is proliferating online. The "good press" needs to lead!
But first, an inquiry. Why do we use social media? What are we looking for? There is a quote,
incorrectly attributed to Chesterton, that goes, "... the young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God.[1] " In a similar vein, a William Butler Yeats poem contains the lines:
"But Love has pitched his mansion in
The place of excrement;[2]"
Both sayings point to an odd truth: our longing for love—for God—is ubiquitous. Even the rawest pockets of our experience conceal a secret desire to connect to the beauty and goodness of the Most Blessed Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We are a fallen race, yes. But our Redeemer has already come. Every moment of every day, He is entering and transforming the pockets of disorder in our wounded world. And while there is nothing innately disordered about social networking, it doesn't take long to see that virtual reality contains enough cesspools, brothels, and conversational war zones to keep an army of poets busy around the clock. (And that's not just the secular sites—Catholic spaces are rife with nastiness too.)
So much of social media is seductive. We relish the positive reinforcement we get when somebody praises our thoughts or "Likes" our postings. We love it when we can demolish our interlocutors with the perfect zinger. We are addicted to snark. We enjoy seeing the things we hate ridiculed—and how easily that turns into enjoyment of ridicule of persons who espouse the things we hate!
Or perhaps I only speak to my own social media sins. Conscious of Blessed Alberione's exhortations, I do try to approach social media with the thought of receiving from—or contributing to—the goodness in the world. And often I do. But other times, my mind craves relaxation and mischief. I scroll impatiently past profitable posts in order to roll around in the mud and snark. I'm not proud of it. And I know I'm not the only one. What's a Pauline to do?

When I read Alberione on a regular basis, what strikes me is his unswerving passion to offer Jesus Master to the world. For that, he had to have called upon a bedrock of personal holiness and prayer. How seriously do we take the responsibility to acquire personal holiness ourselves? Do we think it is beyond our reach? From our Founder we know that the Tabernacle is the academy of holiness, and that we are to approach the Presence without fear while holding to a penitential heart. Beyond this, a treasury of helps exist to aid us in our efforts.
I suggest that COURTESY be our watchword for social networking in 2017.
Courtesy
noun, plural courtesies.
1. excellence of manners or social conduct; polite behavior.
2. a courteous, respectful, or considerate act or expression[3].
Let's practice courtesy when we communicate, but even more let's give others the courtesy of attending to the good that they are trying to express. Let's stop wallowing in snark. There is beauty untold on the Internet, and goodness. There are pockets of words and images that captivate us, challenge us and draw us into the heart of reality, which is God's Creation with all His beloved creatures.
I suspect that courtesy in social networking involves more sacrifice than we usually give it. "Mortification of the senses" is a spiritual exercise that has fallen out of favor. Used in social media, it can promote courtesy by focusing us away from the Siren's call to instant gratification. An indulged mind can get sloppy about courtesy. I recommend we practice sacrifice a bit. Ignore the pressing urge to connect to social media when we're craving excitement. Wait awhile. Turn to another item on the to-do list. I think it will help us live mindfully, and so courteously.

I'd like to end with some words of encouragement from Blessed Alberione:
"This will be a wonderful year for us if we spend it at the school of the Divine Master. The greatest knowledge in the world is the knowledge of God and the knowledge of Christ... We have progress to make. Just as school time comes around every year, and we have to attend classes—but not to learn the same things—so every year we go ahead, we progress in our knowledge of truth, of doctrine and of science until we reach the 'perfect age,' which means until we reach the fullness of our union with Jesus Christ in heaven. Life is our preparation for that blessed eternity, for that perfect life, which awaits us after this one.[4]"
[1] Although almost universally attributed to Chesterton, this quotation originated in the 1945 novel, The World, the Flesh and Father Smith by Bruce Marshall. In the book Miss Dana Agdala, the attractive young author of the book Naked and Unashamed, asks Father Smith how he can bear celibacy. Fr. Smith replies that the beauty and pleasure of women's bodies cannot compare with "walking with God in His House as a friend . ”She replies that this is just as she always thought:“that religion is only a substitute for sex.” To which Father Smith responds, " “I still prefer to believe that sex is a substitute for religion and that the young man who rings the bell at the brothel is unconsciously looking for God.” (Stanton, Glenn. FactChecker: C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton Quotes, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/…/factchecker-c-s-lewis-…
.)

[2] Yeats, William Butler. "Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop"; The Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-p…/…/detail/43295
.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/courtesy
 .

[4] Alberione, James, quoted in: Daughters of St. Paul, Living and Celebrating the Advent-Christmas Seasons, St. Paul Editions, 1982, pp 18; 107.

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Rae Stabosz has been a member of the Association of Pauline Cooperators since 2003. She and Bill Stabosz, her husband of 46 years, have six sons, three daughters, ten grandsons and eight granddaughters. Rae retired in 2007 from the University of Delaware, where she was a technology and media specialist for 27 years. She is co-founder and past president of The Society of Catholic Scholars of Delaware and proprietor, since 2004, of the Pious Ladies Bookmobile.

Monday, January 9, 2017

January 10, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, January 11
ST THEODOSIUS 
Heb 2: 14-18
Ps 105: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9
Mk 1: 29-39  

Love everyone, whether they are Italians or Europeans, or belong to other continents: Asia, America, Australia, Oceania, Africa. Love everyone as Jesus love (FSP 42, p. 404).


FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Celestina Giglione FSP (1949)--Sr. M. Lidia Zago FSP (1950)--Bro Alfonso Panaro SSP (1972)--Sr. M. Carmelina Lamberti PD (2000)--Fr. Franco PPierini SSSP (2001)-Sr. Blesilda Ganalopn FSP (2004)--Sr. Vittoria Magni FSP (2005)--Fr. Marcello Krebel IJP (2008)--Sr. Lucia Irene Vazquez Martinez FSP (2012)--Bernardo Dato (2013)

Sunday, January 8, 2017

January 9, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, January 9
ST ADRIAN, ABBOT
Heb 1: 1-6
Ps 97: 1 and 2b, 6 and 7c, 9
Mk 1: 14-20  

Bring Jesus to souls, bring HIm always closer to them: He will bless them (FSP 34, p. 106).


FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Orsola Gattei PD (1947)--Lucia Melotto HFI (1994)--MIchele Budetta HFI (1997)--Maria da Assuncao Pereira Pinto IAM (2001)-- Fr. Antonio Tacconi SSP (2008)--Fr. Giuliano Zoppi SSP (2009)--Sr. M. Giustina Larcher PD (2009)--Sr. M. Gesuina Mocci FSP (2010)--Sr. Rosa Maria De Jesus FSP (2011)--Sr. M. Gregorina Ceccon PD (2014)--Sr. M. Paola Liwag FSP (2016).

Saturday, January 7, 2017

January 8, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, January 8
BAPTISM OF THE LORD
Is 42: 1-4, 6-7 
Acts 10: 34-38
Ps 29{ 1-2, 3-4, 3: 9-10 (11b)
Mt 3: 13-17  

We must remember that, born of the Holy Spirit and baptized in the name of them Father, of the Son and of the holy Spirit, we have within us a new life (RSP, 101).


FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Manjel Marques SSP (1990)--Fr. Paolo Cirio SSP (1990)--Sr. M. Guglielmina Butano PD (1995)--Sr. M. Cristina Barbieri FSP *(1995)--EMilia Desiato HFI (1995)--Bro Crisotomo Canclini SSP (2000)--Angelo Balchi GABRIELITE (2004)--Sr. M. Angeles Lopez PD (2006)--Fr. Ermenegildo Botti SSP (2006)--SR. M. Gianpaola Zucchetti PD (2015)--Luigi Batat GABRIETLTE (2015)--Ruth Helline (1986)

Friday, January 6, 2017

January 7, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, January 7
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH-
Mary, Queen of Apostles
ST RAYMOND OF PENYAFORT, PRIEST
CHRISTMAS WEEKDAY
1 Jn 5: 14-21
Ps 149: 1-2, 3-4, 5 and 6a and 9b
Jn 2: 1-11, 23

How the Pact, the Secret of Success, has helped the Pauline Family! In the various Institutes. Attain that holiness <> (APD63. 228).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Ambrosina Vargas Suena FSP (1996)--Sr. M. Oliva Garcia Allende FSP (1997)--Fr. Vincenzo Caterino IJP (1997)--Fr. Giovanni Scalone IJP (2002)--Fr. Luigi Cristofani IJP (2009)--Sr. M. Sebastiana Miki FSP (2010)--Sr. M. Gregorina Padrigon FSP (2011)--Teresina Collotto HFI (2013)--Charles W. Basquette (1992)

Thursday, January 5, 2017

January 6, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, January 6
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH-
The Sacred Heart of Jesus
SOLEMNITY OF THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
Is 60: 1-6
Ps 72: 1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
Eph 3: 2-3a, 5-6
Mt 2: 1-12

Are we going to the child? Yes, because Jesus came to save all; we are all in His great Heart. Today, there should be an exchange of gifts between Him and us (FSP 38, p. 642).

FROM FATHER TOM: No thought from Father Tom today.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Gilberto Aldaco SSP (1985)--Esuperanzio Sdrubolini HFI (1987)--Bro Gilberto Zanchin SSP (1990)--Sr Marta Prinotti FSP (1993)--Giuseppina Nittuca HFI (1998)--Fr. Giuseppe Cuva IJP (2002)--Sr Antida Labrettini FSP (2004)--Sr. M. Cleofe FAzio FSP (2012)--Sr. Serafina Cellai SGBP (2014)