St. John's Adoration Chapel

St. John's Adoration Chapel
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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Easter Reflection: April 1, 2018


EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
Gospel Reading: Jn 20: 1-9, or Mk 16: 1-7 or Lk 24: 13-35

On entering the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed. He said to them, “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; He is not here.”

Celebrate the glory of the Resurrection ad share the joyful news of the Risen Christ!

~From the National Shrine

April 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018
EASTER SUNDAY
THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND
SAVIOR, JESUS, CHRIST
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH—
The Divine Master, Way, Truth and Life
Acts: 10: 34a, 37-43
Ps 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Col 3: 1-4 OR 1 Cor 5: 6b-8
Jn 20: 1-9 OR Mk 16: 1-7
OR
At an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24: 13-35

INTENTION OF THE MONTH: We see ourselves very weak, ignorant, incapable, lacking in everything: in spirit, in science, in the apostolate, in poverty. You instead are the Way, the Truth and the Life, the Resurrection, our one and supreme Good.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Carlo Stella SSP (1973)—Bro Enrico Pantaleo SSP (1984)—Fr Elio Baron Toaldo SSP (2015).

Friday, March 30, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 31, 2018


Saturday of Holy Week
Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil
Gospel Reading: Mk 16: 1-7

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, an Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint him (Mk 16: 1).

Abstain from frivolous activities and make an effort to focus your thoughts throughout the day on the Death of Jesus for your Salvation.

~From the National Shrine

March 31, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Saturday, March 31, 2018
Holy Saturday
Readings for the Easter Vigil 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Epistle and Gospel
First Reading: Gn 1: 1-2, or 1: 1, 26-31a
Ps 104: 1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-1424, 35 OR
Ps 33: 4-6, 17-18
Second Reading: Gen 22: 1-18 Or 22: 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Third Reading: Ex 14: 15- 15: 1
Responsorial Ps: Ex 15: 1-6, 17-18
Fourth Reading: Ezekiel 36: 16-17a, 18-28
Ps30: 2-4, 5-6, 11-13
Fifth Reading: Is 55: 1-11,  Is 12: 2-6
Sixth Reading: Raruch 3: 9-15, 32- 4: 4
Ps 19: 8-11
Seventh Reading: Ezekiel 36: 16-17a, 18-28
Ps 42: 3, 5, 43: 3-4 Or Is 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 OR
Ps 51: 12-14, 18-19
Epistle Reading: Rom6: 3-11
Ps 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23
Gospel: Mk 16: 1-7

I thank you, O merciful Jesus, for having given us Mary as our mother; and I thank you, O Mary, for having give to humanity the Divine Master, Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life; and for having accepted us all on Calvary as your children IThe Prayers of the Pauline Family, p 207)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Giuseppe Zilli SSP (1980)—Fr Giuseppe Morini SSP (1985)—Fr Gennaro Di Nucci IJP (1994)-Luigi Giovanni Giaccio HFI (2006)—Guido Bosio HFI (2007)—Sr M Marherita Croci D (2008)—Fr Raffaele Mascolo IJP (2015)—Sr M Gabriella Martini FSP (2016)—Sr M Amalia Villa PD (2016).


Thursday, March 29, 2018

Good Friday: Food for Reflection


For God so loved the world....

Lenten Reflections: March 30, 2018


Friday of Holy Week
Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord
Day of Fasting and Abstinence
Gospel Reading: Jn 18: 1-19: 42

Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on His head, and clothed Him in a purple cloak, and they came to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him repeatedly.(Jn 19: 1-3).

If you are able, attend a Good Friday service today, or offer an additional act of penance.

~From the National Shrine

March 30, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Friday, March 30, 2018
GOOD FRIDAY, DAY OF FAST
(Ages 18-59) and
ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT
(ages 14 and up)
Is 52: 13-53 : 12
Ps 31: 2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25
Heb 4: 14-16, 5: 7-9
Jn 18: 1-19, 42

The crucified Christian always represents for us a Divine Master, calm, serene, fully conscious and resigned to the Divine Will: “Into Your hands, O Father, I recommend my soul.” (The Last things meditated before the Blessed Sacrament, 29).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  SR M Bertilla Urbani FSP (1962)—Fr Vincenzo M Urbani IJP (2000)—Sr Agnese Magarotto SGBP (2001)—Maria do Carmo Gomes Oliveira IAM (2005)—Fr Giuseppe Ferrazzano IJP (2006)—Fr Antonio Nigro IJP (2011)—Sr M Teresa Gramaccia SGBP (2012)—Sr M Francesca La Perna PD (2015)—Sr Agnes Maria Motomura FSP (2016)—Steven Blouin HFI (2016)—Fr Tommaso Tridente IJP (2017) Sr M Agostina Poddi PD (2017)

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 28, 2018


Thursday of Holy Week
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Gospel Reading: Jn 13: 1-15

“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” (Jn 13: 15).

Spend time in church or in a quiet place, praying with Our Lord, and keeping Him company in the Garden of Gethsemane while He awaits the suffering He is to endure.

~From the National Shrine

March 29, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Thursday, March 29, 2018
Thursday of Holy Week
Ex 12: 1-8, 11-14
Ps 116: 12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18
1 Cor 11: 23-26
Jn 12: 1-15

Jesus had drunk to the last drop His bitter chalice. Now Jesus reopened heaven and showed the way of salvation to all men of good will (FSP41, p 130-131).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Michele Sarullo IJP (1993)—Sr Teresa Bianco FSP (1995)—Sr Guglielmina Oliboni FSP (1995)—Sr M Cornelia De Toffoli PD (1996)—Egidio Pitzus HFI (1997)—Giovanni Sticca HFI (1997)—Antonietta Turco HFI (1997)—Isabel Sabugo HFI (2002)—Fr Felipe Gutierrez SSP (2004)—Sr Mansueta Chiesa FSP (2005)—Sr Lucia Migliore FSP (2007)—Giuseppina Sanfilippo IAM (2009)—Giovanni Italiano HFI (2011)—Sr Carla (Clelia) Ferrari FSP (2012)—Bro Natale Luigi Corso SSP (2014)—Sr M Veritas Montecchio (2017)

Lenten Reflections: March 28, 2018


Wednesday of Holy Week
Gospel Reading: Mt 26: 14-25

“What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?”  They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand Him over. (Mt 26: 15-16).

Resolve to abstain from a favorite food or recreation today as a small act of reparation and love for our Lord.

~From the National Shrine

March 28, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Wednesday of Holy Week
Is 50: 4-9a
Ps 69: 8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34
Mt 26: 14-25

Our dear new priests set out, for practice, to school, to redaction, to the formation of the Aspirants, to guide the technical apostolate and propaganda; to cinema, radio and television according to the possibilities; and to all the new forms of apostolate required by the ties; in an opening that is ever more becoming a wide horizon… (UPS I, 422).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Michelle Perillo HFI (1996)—Sr M Tarcisia Spadaro PD (2008)—Sr M Emanuella Santini PD (2011).

Monday, March 26, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 27, 2018


Tuesday of Holy Week
Gospel Reading: Jn 13: 21-33, 36-38

Peter said to Him, “Master, why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.” Jesus answered,”…Amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny Me three times.”  (Jn 13: 37-38)

Pray for a true conversion of heart, so that you might turn permanently away from all that separates you from the love of God.

~From the National Shrine

March 27, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Tuesday of Holy Week
Is 49: 1-6
Ps 71: 1-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15, 17
Jn 13: 21-33, 36-28

“I thirst”. This is the cry coming out from the adorable lips of Jesus. Jesus was thirsty, thirsty for souls, and to extinguish this thirst He let Himself be crucified and allowed His side to be opened, a sure receptacle to receive all of them (The Pauline Springtime, p. 347)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Fulgenzia Rapagnani PD (1979)—Fr. Gino Grimaldi IJP (1983)—Sr M Giuseppina AMbrosio PD (1989)—Sr M Nazarena Andolfi PD (1994)—Sr M Enrichetta Morabito PD (1998)—Sr Giacinta Pescio FSP (1999)—Servo di Dio Fr Bernardo Antonini IJP (2002)—Assunta Bramaglia HFI (2002)—Bro Giovanni Novarino SSP (2011)—Fr Giuseppe Dadomo SSP (2016)—Lillie Cusack (1994)

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 26, 2018


Monday of Holy Week
Gospel Reading: Jn 12: 1-11

“You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.” (Jn 12: 8)

Give testimony to God’s infinite love by performing a corporal or spiritual work of mercy.

~From the National Shrine

March 26, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Monday, March 26, 2018
Monday of Holy Week
Is 42: 1-7
Ps 27: 1-3, 13-14
Jn 12: 1-11

Our apostolate is participation in the apostolate itself of Jesus Christ; because we do not want to give if not Jesus Christ (RSP, p. 242).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Ausilia Cristino PD (1964)—Bro Giuseppe Zemiti SSP (1975)—Sr M Paolina Pivetta FSP (1990)—Fr Faffaele Tonni SSP (1995)—Fr Adelmo Barbati SSP (1999)—Fr Aldo Ferraboschi IJP (2004)—Angelo Alessi HFI (2008)—Sr M Alicja Tarasek PD (2011)—Joe Carvalho Ferreira HFI (2011)—Sr M Piera Pedercini FSP (2012)—Sr M Stefanina Imparato PD (2012)—Sr Mary Antoinette Fantino FSP (2017)

Lenten Reflections: March 25, 2018


PALM SUNDAY OF THE
PASSION OF THE LORD
Gospel Reading: Mk 14: 1 – 15:  7
Or
Mk 15: 1-39

While they were eating, He took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said “Take it; this is My Body.” Then He took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, “This is My Blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.” (Mk 14: 22-24)

Make an act of Spiritual Communion asking for an increase in faith, and reflect on the Mystery of the Eucharist.

~From the National Shrine

March 25, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Sunday, March 25, 2018
Palm (Passion) Sunday –Solemnity
Procession: Mark 11: 1-10 or John 12: 12-16
Is 50: 4-7
Ph 2: 6-11
Mk 14: 1- 15: 47

“Today you shall be with me in Paradise”. Words full of consolation for the soul which groans in the slavery of sin: indeed, full of consolation because it leave open the passage to hope until the last breath (FSP39, p.649).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Guerrino Pelliccia SSP (1991)—Fr Antonio Giovinazzo IJP (1992)—Sr M Faustina Audisio PD (2003)—Anna Ferrari IAM (2011)—Sr M Aurora Catillo FSP (2011)—Sr M Aurora Stillo FSP (2012)—Sr M Fiorenza Fukuoka FSP (2012)—Sr Giovanni Sanna HFI (2013)—Don Germano Fantechi GABRIELLITE (2015)—Fr Pietrino Pani IJP (2016)

Sr. Margaret Timothy Sato's Introduction to My Sisters

Saturday, March 24, 2018

25 Secrets of Spiritual Struggle...St Faustina


Something to think about as we head into Holy Week and the Glorious Feast and Season of Easter.  Have we prepared well? Not so well? It is never too late.

Thank you, fellow HFI-er, Tony, for bringing the following to our attention. It is well worth reading and meditating on.

25 Secrets of spiritual struggle that Jesus revealed to St. Faustina

Never trust in yourself but abandon yourself totally to My will.
Trust is a spiritual weapon. Trust is part of the shield of faith that St. Paul mentions in chapter six of Ephesians: the armor of God. Abandonment to God’s will is an act of trust; faith in action dispels evil spirits.

In desolation, darkness and various doubts, have recourse to Me and to your spiritual director. He will always answer you in my name.
In times of spiritual warfare, immediately pray to Jesus. Invoke His Holy Name that is feared in the netherworld. Bring darkness into the light by telling a spiritual director or confessor and follow his instruction.

Do not bargain with any temptation; lock yourself immediately in My Heart.
In the Garden of Eden, Eve bargained with the devil and lost. We have recourse to the refuge of the Sacred Heart. In running to Christ, we turn our backs on the demonic.

At the first opportunity, reveal the temptation to the confessor.
A good confession, a good confessor, and a good penitent are a recipe for victory over temptation and demonic oppression—without fail.

Put your self-love in the last place, so that it does not taint your deeds.
Self-love is natural but it should be ordered, free of pride. Humility defeats the devil that is perfect pride. Satan tempts us to disordered self-love to lead us into his pool of pride.

Bear with yourself with great patience.
Patience is a secret weapon that helps us to keep our peace of soul even in the great storms of life. Bearing with oneself is part of humility and trust. The devil tempts us to impatience, to turn against our selves so we become angry. See yourself from God’s view. He is infinitely patient.

Do not neglect interior mortifications.
Scripture teaches that some demons can only be evicted by prayer and fasting. Interior mortifications are weapons of warfare. They can be small sacrifices offered with great love. The power of sacrificial love evicts the enemy.

Always justify to yourself the opinions of your superiors and of your confessor.
Christ is speaking to St. Faustina who lives in a convent. But we all have people in authority over us. The devil aims to divide and conquer so humble obedience to authentic authority is a spiritual weapon.

Shun murmurs like a plague.
The tongue is a powerful vessel that can do great harm. Murmuring, gossiping, is never of God. The devil is a liar who stirs up false accusations and gossip that can kill a person’s reputation. Shun murmurs!

Let all act as they like; you are to act, as I want you to.
To mind one’s own business is key in spiritual warfare. The devil is a busybody attempting to drag everyone down. Please God and let the opinions of others go by the wayside.

Observe the rule as faithfully as you can.
Jesus is referring to the rule of a Religious Order here. Most of us have made some vow before God and Church and we should be faithful our promises—i.e. Marriage vows and baptismal vows. (We also have our Vows in the Institute). Satan tempts to infidelity, lawlessness and disobedience. Fidelity is a weapon for victory.

If someone causes you trouble, think what good you can do for the person who caused you to suffer.
Being a vessel of divine mercy is a weapon for good and for defeating evil. The devil is about hatred, rage, revenge, and unforgiveness. Others have hurt us all at some time. What good can we do in return? Returning a blessing breaks curses.

Do not pour out your feelings.
A talkative soul will more easily be attacked by the devil. Pour out your feelings to the Lord only. Remember, the good and evil spirits hear what you say aloud. Feelings are fleeting. Truth is the compass. Interior recollection is a spiritual armor.

Be silent when you are rebuked.
Most of us have been rebuked at some time. We have no control over that but we can control our response. The need to be right all the time can lead into demonic traps. God knows the truth. Let it go. Silence is a protection. The devil can use self-righteousness to trip us up also.

Do not ask everyone’s opinion, but only the opinion of your confessor; be as frank and simple as a child with him.
Simplicity of life can drive out demons. Honesty is a weapon to defeat Satan, the Liar. When we lie we put a foot in his camp and he will try to seduce us all the more.

Do not become discouraged by ingratitude.
No one likes to be taken for granted. But when we are met with ingratitude or insensitivity, the spirit of discouragement can weigh us down. Resist all discouragement for it is never of God. It is one of the devil’s most effective temptations. Gratitude in all things wins the day.

Do not examine with curiosity the roads down which I lead you.
The need to know, and curiosity about the future is a temptation that has led too many people into the backrooms of psychics, witches, etc. Choose to walk in faith. Decide to trust in God who leads you on the path to heaven. Resist the spirit of curiosity always.

When boredom and discouragement beat against your heart, run away from yourself and hide in My heart.
Jesus delivers the same message a second time. Now He refers to boredom. Earlier in the Diary he told St. Faustina that the devil most easily tempts idle souls. Beware of boredom, a spirit of lethargy, or acedia—the noonday devil. Idle souls are easy prey for demons. Be about the business of God.

Do not fear struggle; courage itself often intimidates temptations, and they dare not attack us.
Fear is the second most common tactic of the devil (pride is the first). Courage intimidates the devil—he will flee in the face of persevering courage that stands on Jesus, the rock. All people struggle, God is our provision.

Always fight with the deep conviction that I am with you.
Jesus instructs a Sister in a convent to “fight” with conviction. She can do so because Christ accompanies her. Christians are called to fight with conviction against all demonic tactics. The devil tries to terrorize souls, demonic terrorism—resist! Invoke the Holy Sprit throughout the day.

Do not be guided by feeling, because it is not always under your control; but all merit lies in the will.
All merit lies in the will because love is an act of the will. We are completely free in Christ. We must make a choice, a decision for good or evil. What camp do we live in?

Always depend upon your superiors, even in the smallest things.
Christ is instructing a Religious here. But, we all have the Lord as our Superior. Dependence upon God is a weapon of spiritual warfare because we cannot win on our own. Proclaiming Christ’s victory over evil is part of intentional discipleship. Christ came to defeat death & evil. Proclaim Him!

I will not delude you with prospects of peace and consolations; on the contrary, prepare for great battles.
St. Faustina suffered physically and spiritually. She was prepared for great battles by the grace of God who upheld her. Christ clearly instructs us in scripture to be prepared for great battles, to put on God’s armor and resist the devil. Be vigilant and discerning always.

Know that you are on a great stage where all heaven and earth are watching you.
We are all on a great stage where heaven and earth are watching. What message is our life giving? What radiates from us—shades of light, darkness or grey? The way we live attracts more light or more darkness. If the devil does not succeed in pulling us into darkness, he tries to keep us in the category of the lukewarm, which is not pleasing to God.

Fight like a knight, so I can reward you. Do not be unduly fearful, because you are not alone.
The Lord’s words to St. Faustina can become our mantra: Fight like a knight! A knight for Christ knows well the cause that he fights for, the nobility of his mission, the King who he serves, and with blessed assuredness of the victory, he fights to the end, even at the cost of his life. If a young, uneducated, simple Polish nun, united to Christ, can fight like a knight, every Christian can do the same. Trust is victoriou


Friday, March 23, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 24, 2018


Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 11: 55-56

So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.” (Jn 11: 47).)

Take time to prayerfully meditate on the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary.

~From the National Shrine

March 24, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Saturday, March 24, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Ez 37: 21-28
Jer 31: 10-11-12abcd, 13
Jn 11: 45-56

The Lord is pleased with thoughts that are addressed to Him, when the intelligence and the mind attend to Him; and thoughts are pleasing to Him when they turn to what is of service to Him, what is of His will… all that is good, that is honest, that is joyful (AAP57, 598).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Ven Sr M Scolastica Rivata, prima Madre delle PD (1987)—Sr Teresinha Michels FSP (1993)—Sr Cesarina Rossi FSP (1995)—Fr Mernardo Zorzetto IJP (1996)—Antonia Farruggio IAM (1996)—John Albert Vincenzo (2004)—Sr Gabriella Marcazzan FSP (2005)—Sr Ines Zuccherino FSP (2013)—Mary Kilbane HFI (2015)—Felicismo Quinto (2004).

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Reflections: March 23, 2018


Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 10: 31-42

“Jesus answered them, “‘I have sown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone Me?’” (Jn 10: 32)

Throughout the day, pause frequently to offer prayers of praise to God in gratitude for the many blessings  He has bestowed upon you.

~From the National Shrine

March 23, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Friday, March 23, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
ST TORIBIO DE MOGROVEJO, BISHOP
Day of Abstinence (14+ years)
Jer 20: 10-13
Ps 18: 2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-7
Jn 10: 31-42

For the formation of a vocational awareness, I believe that there is no better means than prayer, especially Eucharistic prayer, and the reading of the Gospel…See  how Jesus has called His chosen ones after a night of prayer. And how He has formed them (AD 339)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Angelica Dondi FSP (1944)—Fr Lorenzo Betero SSP (1991)—Fr Antonio Bosticco SSP (2000)—Fr Michele Gargano IJP (2002)—Sr M Onorina Mussi FSP (2002)—Bro Antonio Piva SSP (2004)—Sr M Scolastica Aoki PD (2004)—Sr  Luigina SGBP (2015)

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 22, 2017


 Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 8: 51-59

“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” (Jn 8:51).

Take time to read and reflect on the Beatitudes in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew.

~From the National Shrine

March 22, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Thursday, March 22, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Gn 17: 3-9
Ps 105: 4-9
Jn 8: 51-59

When one is young, the main resolution should be this, to say the least: I shall learn with commitment all that they teach me..for the apostolate, for the Sacred Liturgy (CISP, p 792)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Armando Pesaresi IJP (1985)—Sr Elena Ramondetti FSP (1999)—Mons Achille Palmerini IJP (2000)—Giuseppe Izzi HFI (2006)—Sr M Franca Riba PD (2007)—Sr Maria da Conceicdao Carneiro Azevedo FSP (2008)—Luciano Andreoni HFI (2008)—Antonietta Poddi HFI (2010)—Sr M Nivea Maestro PD (2012)—Marie L French HFI (2016)—Julia Schrader (1975)

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Lenten Reflection: March 21, 2018


Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 8: 31-42

“If you remain in My word, you will truly be My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”  (Jn 8: 31-32)

Ask Our Lady to assist you in remaining faithful to God’s Word as she was.

~From the National Shrine

March 21, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Wednesday, March 21, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Dn 3: 14-20, 95
Dn 3: 52-56
Jn 8: 31-42

The priest, in order to raise up the intellectuals from reason to Revelation, from human science to the Divine One, must look for the intellectuals where they are; just as the Son of God made Himself man to find man, the lost sheep, and bring him back to God (AD 188).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Felicia Scellato PD (1967)—Sr M Franca Calo FSP (1991)—Sr M Caterina Bertolino PD (1992)—Sr Annita Loi FSP (1998)—Deidda IAM (2010)—Sr M Silvana Cuscito FSP (2011)—Fr Antonio Pinedo SSP (2013)—Fr Giuseppe Benevegni Pasii IJP (2015)—Arthru P Herron Jr HFI (2015)—Anne Nephew (1991)

Monday, March 19, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 20, 2018


Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 8: 21-30

“Jesus said to the Pharisees: ‘I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.’” (Jn 8: 21).

Pray the Act of Contrition today in reparation for past sins.

~From the National Shrine

March 20, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Tuesday, March 20, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Nm 21: 4-9
Ps 102: 2-3, 16-21
Jn 8: 21-30

It is an error to force a young man so that he does not manifest his thoughts, which especially in adolescence and in time of crisis can also be strange. Help him, instead, to talk, to give his explanations, to support him, to make easy his opening himself and showing up…then correct his ideas, supply him with suitable books, employing great wisdom and goodness (ACV, p 48-49)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr  Batosta Bettinelli PD (1993)—Sr Rosangela Pasquino AP (1993)—Emilio Tomassini HFI (1993)—Sr Adele Aimasso FSP (1997)—Sr M Fortunata Arotta FSP (19999)—Fr Antonio Diaz SSP (2008)—Sr Paola Perez FSP (2014)—Steve Blouin HFI (2016)—Joyce Sablone (2001)

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 19, 2018


Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel Reading: Mt 1: 16, 18-21, 24a, OR Lk 2: 41-51a

“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.” (Mt 1: 20)

Reflect on the trials endured by the guardian and earthly father of Jesuys, asking Saint Joseph to teach you obedience and trust.

~From the National Shrine

March 19, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Monday, March 19, 2018
SOLEMNITY OF SAINT JOSEPH,
SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY
2 Sam 7: 4-5a, 12-14a, 16
Ps 89: 2-5, 27, 29
Rom 4: 13, 16-18m 22
Mt 1: 16: 18-21, 24a
OR
Lk 2: 41-51a

There are special relations between Saint Joseph and the brother Disciples: like him, they find their joy in the spirit of piety, in their humble conformity to the will of God, in their hard-working silence (SP, March 1950)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Lilia M Lavagnini FSP (1964)—Sr M Bernarda Marinoni FSP (1971)—Fr Pio Rossi IMP (1987)—Sr M Carola Damo FSP (1987)—Sr M Sira Baldassari FSP (1994)—Ros Deplano HFI (1995)—Sr Geltrude Botto FSP (1999)—Mary Ellen Donnelly HFI (2002)—Fr Fredo Brondino SSP (2003)—Sr M Bernardina Borghini FSP (2004)—Sr M Querubina Contreras PD (2005)—Bro Federico Faccioli SSP (2008)—Sr M Regina Nota FSP (2009)—Pasquale Festa HFI (2009)—Elena Ciaglia IAM (2010)—Sr M Leonia Torresan PD (2012)—Olga Bernardoni HFI (2014)—Bro Eliecer Lopez SSP (2016)—Sr M Amalia Esposito FSP (2016)

Lenten Reflections: March 18, 2018


Sunday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 12: 20-33

“Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.” (Jn 12: 25).

Consider making an anonymous donation of clothing or food to your local parish church or shelter for those in need.

~From the National Shrine

March 18, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Sunday, March 18, 2018
FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT
THIRD SCRUTINY OF THE ELECT
Jer 31: 31-34
Ps 51: 3-4,12-15 (12a)
Heb 5: 7-9
Jn 12: 20-33

Those who occupy well their mind in the service of God, how concentrated are they and deep in their prayer! In the apostolate they are more industrious, resourceful and conclusive (FSP53, p 528).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Domenico Sebastianelli HFI (1987)—Sr M Immacolatina Simonetto PD (1990)—Sr M Andreina Binello FSP (1994)—Sr M Colombina Di Gregorio PD (1998)—Sr M Gabriella Miresse FSP (1999)—Sr M Lucia Mana PD (2006)—Sr M Regina Carducci FSP (2015)—Angelo Castiglia HFI (2017)

Friday, March 16, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 17, 2018


Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 7: 40-53

Some in the crowd who heard these words said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

Provide kind words of encouragement to a friend or loved one who is experiencing a crisis in faith.

~From the National Shrine

March 17, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Saturday, March 17, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
ST PATRICK, BISHOP, MISSIONARY
Jer 11: 18-20
Ps 7: 2-3, 9bc-10, 11-12
Jn 7: 40-53

Always say to Jesus that He be your Master and ask Him the things and the way to say them. That He be your Master: that He broaden your intelligence and strengthen your memory (AAP60, 663).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Natalia Colavecchio FSP (1949)—Sr M Alba Prest SGBP (1967)—Sr Romana Migliardi FSP (1988)—J Rene Pelletier HFI (1998)—Sr Raffaella Cappai FSP (2008)—Giovanni Cieri HFI (2008)—Sr Teresa Miglioriji FSP (2010)—Sr M Erminia Cattapa PD (2012)-Bro Nicolo Brezza SSP (2015)

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 16, 2018


Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 7: 1-2, 10, 25--30

“You know Me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the One who sent Me, Whom you do not know, is true. I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” (Jn 28-29).

Make extra time today to quietly contemplate a passage from Sacred Scripture, and pray for an increase of faith, hope, and charity.

~From the National Shrine

March 16, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Friday, March 16, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
DAY OF ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT
Wis 2: 1a, 12-22
Ps 34: 17-21, 23
Jn 7: 1-2, 10, 25-30

What is your intention in studying? The Apostolate! It means that you study for charity and that is so that one day you may be able to do your mission in the parishes, your mission for souls. Therefore, that is studying, and a work of charity (AA60, 660).
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr  Domenico Ravina SSP (1982)—Italo Beretta HFI (2002)—Sr Giuseppa Dell’ Aira FSP (2003)—Sr M Immacolata Tresham PD (2004)—Sr Lorenzina Davico FSP (2005)—Sr M Agnesina Pinez FSP (2013)—Sr M Tarcisia Pacheco PD (2016)

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 15, 2018


Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 5: 31-47

“The works that the Father gave Me to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on My behalf that the Father has sent Me.”(Jn 5: 36)

Petition Our Lady for the courage to place your trust in God’s providence in your life.

~From the National Shrine

March 15, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Thursday, March 15, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Ex 32: 7-14
Ps 106: 19-23
Jn 5: 31-47

Cooperate with Jesus Christ! What poor heads we have, which sometimes close themselves to the light of God. Who does not feel the need to ask for forgiveness (FSP. P. 237)
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Amabile Lombardi FSP (1952)—Fr Luigi Borio SSP (1970)—Fr Ercole Canavero SSP (1975)—Fr Giovanni Boccaleoni IJP (1982)—Placido Airo HFI (1982)—Fr Giovanni Rossi SSP (1983)—Marianna Zaccaria HFI (2000)—Fr Vincenzo Di Renzo IJP (2007)—Nunzia Ninni IAM (2008).

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 14, 2018


Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 5: 17-30

“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears My Word and believes in the One Who sent Me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.” (Jn 5: 24)

Pray the Our Father for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, while meditating on the gift of eternal life.

~From the National Shrine

March 14, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Is 49: 8-15
Ps 145: 8-9, 13cd-14
Jn 5: 17-30

Study the audio visual means. There are means that are used in every Seminary; but it is necessary to know the others. Study and read well the book The Apostolate of the Editions. (UPS I, 318)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr  Adeodata Gallo FSP (1974)—Maria Tommaso HFI (1996)—Sr Pilar Roggero FSP (2005)—Sr Domenica Credico FSP (2005)—Sr Magdala Castellino FSP (2005)—Fr Giovanni Bandini SSP (2009)—Sr M Lucia Rosales PD (2017)

Monday, March 12, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 13, 2018


Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 5: 1-16

“…One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” (Jn 5: 5-6)

Call or pay a visit to a sick or elderly friend or family member to share the joy of the Gospel.

~From the National Shrine

March 13, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Tuesday, March 13, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Ez 47: 1-9, 12
Ps 46: 2-3, 5-6, 8-9
Jn 5: 1-16

The use of the Gospel is very useful during our struggles. “May the reading of the Gospel; be for us salvation and protection”. We read in the Liturgy, “You , O Christ, true light of the blessed, enlighten us through your serene countance, and dissipate the sleepiness of our minds” (ACV p 90).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Baberina Sacco FSP (1967)—Domenica Cellerba HFI (1995)—Sr Gaudenzia Sanino FSP (2005)—Sr M Elisa Mattioli FSP (2011)—Sr M Eulogia Amato PD (2011)—Raffaele Iavazi HFI (2011)—Manuel Gricelio Valencia Henao HFI (2011)—Sr Corazon Tariman FSP (2012)—Michele Ledda HFI (2012)—Thomas Daniel Endress (1991)

Paul, Apostle of Christ Panel Discussion featuring Jim Caviezel


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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. 
~ Bl. James Alberione

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Lenten Reflections: March 12, 2018


Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 4: 43-54

“…Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” (Jn 4: 48)

Make an effort to refocus your mind throughout the day on thoughts of God, and look for His presence in your life.

~From the National Shrine

Lenten Reflections: March 11, 2018


Sunday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Gospel Reading: Jn 3: 14-21

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him (Jn 3: 16-17)

Reflect on the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, and consider

~From the National Shrine

March 12, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Monday, March 12, 2018
LENTEN WEEKDAY
Is 65: 17-21
Ps 30: 2, 4-6, 11-12a, 13b
Jn 4: 43-54

Truth unites, falsity sows discord. Before the revolt of the will there is the revolt of the mind: before the spirit of independence in life, there is the independence of the mind. One who does not believe in the Gospel, does not practice the Gospel (ACV, p 89).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Irene Venturi FSP (1990)—Fr Leonardo Zardi SSP (1991)—Sr Chiara M Bellianato FSP (1998)—Joseph Rene Pelletier HFI (1999)—Bro Isidoro Porello SSP (2000)—Fr Giovanni Battista Mabritto SSP (2001)—Sr Martha M Morales FSP (2005)—Fr Francesco Manca IJP (2009)—Bro Luke Mathew Addasseril SSP (2011)—Maria Pulli HFI (2012)—Enrico Fiorentini HFI (2013)—Joseph J Burnieika (1993)

Saturday, March 10, 2018

March 11, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione


Sunday, March 11, 2018
FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
SECOND SCRUTINY OF THE ELECT
2 Chronicles 36: 14-16, 19-23
Ps 137: 1-6ab
Eph 2: 4-10
Jn 3: 14-21

Don’t consider as Cooperator only the one who gives money; but in the first place one who offers his prayers and perhaps part of his life for the Pauline Family; then he who does works, for example, sends vocations, writes books or articles… (ACV, p211).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Matteo Plassa SSP (1965)—Fr Giacomo Girando SSP (2003)—Sr M Melania Ravarotto FSP (2004)—Sr Cecilia Paula Livingston FSP (2011)—John vincenzo, Sr (1980)—Josephine Merlene (2000).