May 31, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY May 31, 2019

VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, FEAST

Zephaniah 3: 14-18a OR

Rom 12: 9-16

Ps: Isaiah 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6

Lk 1: 39-56

 

Mary is essentially apostle by nature. She came to give Jesus, to bring Life to souls, to be Mediatrix, Distributor of grace…Jesus is Apostle because He came “that they may have life”. Mary came to bring us the Life of Christ (RdA, 272).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Margherita Imparato PD (1963)—Sr M Luisa Laurenti FSP (1967)—Sr M Vittorina Vellone PD (1976)—Fr Giovanni E.Robaldo SSP (1977)—Sr M Nives Ferrari FSP (1998)—Sr Pierina Columbro FSP (1999)—Fr Angelo Bellanzon SSP (2003)—Raimondo Orrú HFI (2003)—Fr Andrea Damino SSP (2012)—Sr M Bartolomea Ali PD (2013)—Alfred Vance Ducote (1949)

May 30, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY May 30, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 18: 1-8

Ps 98: 1-4

Jn 16: 16-20

 

The  Pauline Family has the mission of making known, imitating and living Jesus Christ as the Master; it will carry out this privileged mission in a holy way by making known, loving and praying to Mary our Mistress (UPS IV, 242).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Lorenzina Ligari FSP (1935)—Sr M Alessandrina Migliardi FSP (1973)—Fr Aldo Varaldo SSP (1997)—Sr M Pacis Ferrero PD (2000)—Sr M Veritas Grau FSP (2004)—Sr M Amalia Bertolusso PD (2007)—Maria Ascanio IAM (2009)—Anna Maria Cocci HFI (2009)—Sr Eugenia Milan SGBP (2013)—Andrea Colaluce HFI (2014)—Philip Smelka (1995)—Armida Primavera (1999)

May 29, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY May 29, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 17: 15, 22-18: 1

Ps 148: 1-2, 11-14

Jn 16: 12-15

 

If you want the reading of the Bible to bear fruit in souls, you must guide them to read the Holy Book with the living desire to meet Jesus Christ, the  gift of God : to read it with humility, faith, prayer and the desire to change their lives  (AE,184)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Gemma Magno FSP (1945)—Fr Adolfo Lotta IJP  (1998)—Sr Verónica Glassmann FSP (2008)—Elvira Targa IAM (2008)—Roberto GArdoni HFI (2015)—Fr Zulmiro Caon SSP (2017)

May 28, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY May 28, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 16: 22-34

Ps 96: 138: 1-3, 7c-8

Jn 16: 5-11

 

There must be the preparation which is necessary for this vocation apostolate: it is the interior preparation of holiness and the external preparation to know how to proceed, to know how to approach and to know how to say the essential words. The way is Jesus (AP 1958/2, p. 185).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Sofia Jiménez FSP (1998)—Sr M Beatrice Dante PD (2004)—Rosanna Paoloni HFI  (2007)—Sr M Ecclesia Gastaldo PD (2009)—Fr Vincenzo Rossi IJP (2009)—Sr M Agnes Gabito FSP (2017)

Humble Mildness...

“Humble mildness is the virtue of virtues which Our Lord has recommended to us, and therefore we ought to practice it everywhere and always.  Evil is to be shunned, but peaceably.  Good is to be done but with suavity. Take this for your rule:  Do what you see can be done with charity, and what cannot be done without disturbance, leave undone.  In short, peace and tranquility of heart ought to be uppermost in all our actions, as olive oil floats above all liquors.”

                                                                                                         ~St Francis De Sales

                                                                                                           Cultivating Virtue p. 209-210

May 23, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY May 23, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 15: 7-21

Ps 96: 1-3, 10

Jn 15: 9-11

 

The Lord will give the word to the evangelizer, says the Scripture. He will speak for him. The fruit will depend on grace, once one has made due preparation and it will work in humility and charity. There is a wonderful Providence for those who are zealous in the apostolate3 of the word and of the various publications (ACV, 208).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Colomba Crepaldi FSP (1997)—Lina Minerva IAM (1997)—Sr M Angela Sanino PD (2000)—Dr James Glosser HFI (2000)—Irene Osorio IAM (2008)—Sr Pierina Marras FSP (2009)—Sr Sylvia George FSP (2011)—Sr Teresa Merlo FSP (2011)—Lino Botin HFI (2013)—Sr Luisa Perinot FSP (2014)—Sr Zunilda Raquel Romero FSP (2015)—Sr M Laurenzia  Piumatti PD (2015)—Sr M Flaviana Cavallin FSP (2016)

May 22, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY May 22, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS

Acts 15: 1-6

Ps 122: 1-5

Jn 15: 1-8

 

The reason God deigned to give the ineffable gift of the Sacred Scripture to men was love: “Deus qui amas animas”. The same love must prompt the apostle to write: “Love moved me and makes me speak” (AE, 166).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Giovanna Liverani PD (1974)—Sr M Gesuina Baschirotto PD (1979)—Sr M Felicina Belli FSP (1994)—Sr M Benedetta Marigliano PD (1996)—Pietro Monaldi HFI (1998)—Fr Alfonso Tsukamoto SSP (2003)—Fr Attilio Tempra SSP (2003)—Sr Costanza Castagnolo FSP (2006)—Sr Elena Marsiglia FSP (2008)—Sr M LoredanaVito PD (2009)—Sr Bernarda Vicario FSP (2010)—Sr M Flaviana Cavallin FSP (2016)—Celia V. Capuzello (1991)—Escolastica Garcia (1998)—John Tommaso (2011)

May 21, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY May 21, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST CHRISTOPER MAGALLANES, PRIEST,

AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

Acts 14: 19-28

Ps 145: 10-13ab, 21

Jn 14: 27-31a

 

St Paul imitated Jesus in such a perfect and holy way that one can say he had been really a model disciple (AP 1958/2, p. 181).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Francisco Villena SSP (1983)—Teresa Ugenti HFI (1984)—Sr M Pia Crosio FSP (1990)—Pilar Albano HFI (2000)—Sr M Alvina Fasolo FSP (2001)—Sr M Fierina Vicari FSP (2007)—Sr M Pierina Vicari FSP (2007)—Sr M Olimpia Tuninetti FSP (2008)—Ofelia Millete IAM (2016)—Lt James A. Ducote, Jr USMC (1995)

Be Patient...

“Resist your impatience faithfully, practicing, not only with reason, but even against reason, holy courage and sweetness to all, but especially to those who weary you most.” 

                                                                                                                        ~ St Francis De Sales

May 18, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY May 18, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST JOHN I, POPE

Acts 13: 44-52

Ps 98: 1-4

Jn 14: 1-67-14

 

The world needs Jesus Christ Way, Truth and Life. Mary gives Him through the apostles and apostolates. She raises them, forms them, assists them, and crowns them with fruits and glory in Heaven (AD, 182)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Ann Grubb IAM (2003)—Giovanni Giove HFI (2004)—Fr Giuseppe Perna IJP (2009)—Sr Agnese Sandri FSP (2015)—Maira Di Pasquale IAM (2016)—Wilfred Waltz (2009)

May 17, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY May 17, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 13: 26-33

Ps 2: 6-11ab

Jn 14: 1-6

 

You who work so zealously in the various apostolate, choose Mary for your guide, light and comfort. Do not deprive yourself of such a powerful help to fight alone against the every daring and cunning enemies (UPS (V, 277)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Ann Grubb IAM (2003)—Giovanni Giove HFI (2004)—Fr Giuseppe Perna IJP (2009)—Sr Agnese Sandri FSP (2015)—Maira Di Pasquale IAM (2016)—Wilfred Waltz (2009)

May 16, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY May 16, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 13: 13-25

Ps 89: 2-3, 21-22, 25, 27

Jn 13: 16-20

 

Mary took care of the first vocation: Jesus, the greatest among those called-the great vocation of the Father Who sent Him to save the world. What a great vocation! (AP 1959, p 92).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Loreto Mari HFI (1995)—Fr Giovanni Carrano IJP (1996)—Bro Angelico Abrate SSP (1999)—Sr M Casta Menoncin PD (2007)—Sr Paola Macalli FSP (2008)—Sr M Amabilis Esposito FSP (2011)—Sr Celeste Cearon SGBP (2015).

May 15, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY May 15, 2019

ST ISIDORE THE FARMER, MARRIED MAN

Acts 12: 24-13: 5a

Ps 67: 2-4, 5, 6, 8

Jn 12: 44-50

 

Our apostolate, in its vast variety, receives light, strength, rectitude and security, if everything is consecrated to Mary (UPS IF, 272)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Marta Altomani PD (1964)—Sr James Marie Roos FSP (2001)—Sr M Redenta Campana FSP (2005)—Sr Clara Boff FSP (2007)—Sr Emanuela Tonon SGBP (2015)—Sr M Graziana Bragantii FSP (2017)—Sr M Luciana Umeki PD (2018)

May 14, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY May 14, 2019

ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE, FEAST

Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26

Ps 113: 1-8

Jn 15: 9-17

 

The apostolate that gives the whole Jesus to the world is the apostolate that gi es Jesus Christ Way, Truth and Life. Now, through the books, and in general through the publications of ST. PAULS, we intend to give Jesus Christ as He is (AP 1960, pp. 86-87)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Mary Alfonsa Maliakel FSP (1988)—Sr M Addolorata Boffa PD (1988)—Fr Giovanni Chiesa SSP (1990)—Sr M. Lucia Osorio FSP (1994)—Sr M Fedele Pellizzon FSP (1997)—Maria Sara Leite I
AM (1997)—Giovanni Patera HFI (2000)—Sr RAffaella Gravina FSP (2008)—Bro Antelo Bruno Baldin SSP (2012)—Sr M Yolanda Castro PD (2012)—Fr Thomas Fogarty SSP (2017)—Sr Agostina Gallo FSP (2017)

May 11, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY May 11, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 9: 31- 42

Ps 116: 12-17

Jn 6: 60-69

 

Make St Paul loved: because he has loved us first and loves us with an indescribable love; because our heart, in love for St Paul, is invested with love for Jesus Christ, and disposes our entire life for the heavenly homeland (APim, pp 134- 135).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Imelda Marianni FSP (1971)—Sr M Gesualda Rota FSP (1974)—Sr Brigida Perron FSP (1977)—Aldo Antonelli HFI (1991)—Luis Hernán Luna HFI (1999)—Fr Lamberto Schiatti SSP (2002)—Fr Manfredo Caroli IJP (2004)—Bro Lue Bedard SSP (2006)—Sr M Leonzia Manera FSP (2007)—Sr Celestina M Delpogetto FSP (2010)—Sr M Adalgisa Tozzi PD (2010)—Maria Sciarratta IAM (2010)—Sr M Assunta Incardona FSP (2013)—Fr Giacomo Corrá SSP (2014)—Sr M Delia Bovio FSP (2015)—Charles Dimwiddie (2014)

May 10, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY May 10, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST DAMIEN JOSEPH DE VEUSTER, PRIEST

Acts 9: 1-20

Ps 117: 1bc, 2

Jn 6: 52-59

 

In an editorial office the best ornament is the picture of the Evangelists; the best sign and object of veneration is an open Gospel where it says: “Semen est verbum Dei” (The seed is the Word of God); the most precious reference book is a Bible with ample comments from the Fathers and Doctors of the Church (AE, 163)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Ilario Formento SSP (1934)—Olimpia Colombo IAM (1968)—Bro Daniele Parisella SSP (1979)—Sr M Angela Brigo FSP (1984)—Sr M Germana Lazzarotto PD (1997)—Fr Edoardo Molina IJP (2005)—Sr M Mercedes Randisi FSP (2016)

May 7, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY May 7, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH—THE SOULS

IN PURGATORY

Acts 7: 51-8: 1a

Ps 31: 3cd-4, 6, 7b, 8a, 17, 21 ab

Jn 6: 30-35

 

(Mary gave Jesus) as Son, she gave Him as Master of humanity, as Redeemer of humanity, as Host of humanity, mediator between heaven and earth. Yes, Mary gave Jesus (AP 1960, p 86).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Matteo Cattazzo SSP (2001)—Michele Miraglia HFI (2004)—Sr M Chiara Sergi FSP (2005)—Fr Ivo Pazzaglini SSP (2007)—Francesco Accossu HFI (2007)—Bro Marion Santoro SSP (2009)—Assunta Atzori HFI (2010)—Fr Francesco Dattilo IJP (2011)—Sr Assunta Bassi FSP (2012)—Sr M Danila Ferrante FSP (2012)—Bro Francesco Lim SSP (2015)—Rosetta Sacchi IAM (2016)—Sr Trinidad Lingo FSP (2018)

Blessed Are the Meek

As it is not possible, in this pilgrimage of ours, not to meet and become entangled with each other, if we would preserve interior peace we must possess a great fund of meekness to oppose to the unexpected assaults of anger.  ~St Francis De Sales

May 6, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY May 6, 2019

EASTER WEEKDAY

FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH—ST PAUL

Acts 6: 8-15

Ps 119: 23-24, 26-27, 29-30

Rev 5: 11-14:

Jn 6: 22-29

 

To progress a little every day in the apostolate. What a great means of sanctification is this! Then we make sure that nothing of what we have goes lost either directly for God or for souls (APD63, 491).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Innocenza Bottaro PD (1945)—Sr M Monica Battajello PD (1976)—Mons Luigi LIverzani IJP (1995)—Sr M Dominika Gonciarz PD (2008)—Sr Maria Grazia Mannini FSP (2009)—Bro Paolino Camparmó SSP (2010)—Sr M Raffaella Magsarili FSP (2011)—Sr Innocenza Turra SGBP (2012)—Sr M Christina Schreil FSP (2013)—Sr M Roberta Sguazzardo FSP (2015)—Sr M Mercedes Gonzalez PD(2017)—Maria N Quintos (1996)—Caroline Guggio (2002)

May 5, 2019 With Blessed Father Alberione

I apologize for missing a couple days of posting. Life has been very busy and will continue through the end of May.  I will do my best not to miss any more postings, and I thank you for bearing with me. :)

God bless...

SUNDAY May 5, 2019

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH—JESUS, DIVINE MASTER,

WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

Acts 5: 27-32, 40b-41

Ps 30: 2, 4-6, 11-13 (2a)

Rev 5: 11-14:

Jn 21: 1-19

 

Eucharistic simplicity. The Eucharist is under the appearances of the most common food, yet it contains Jesus Christ, God-Man. So it must be for the apostle of the press. He must spread the Divine truth through the humble means of a book or a leaflet which comes across without pretension (AE, 161).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Novice Giuseppe Gambino SSP (1930)—Sr Paulina Campos FSP (1964)—Sr Imelda Bianchi FSP (1987)—Bro Vincenzo Tommasini SSP (1994)—Sr M Pasqualina Giaccardi PD (1998)—Fr Lorenzo Rossato IJP (2004)—Sr M Paola Bergadano FSP (2008)—Luigia Pendinelli HFI (2008)—Sr Gisella Codias FSP (2011)—Fr Angelo Maria Cuozzo IJP (2012)—Sr M Aurora Scellato PD (2014)—Antonietta Ponzo IAM (2015)—Ruth Ann Baker (1975)—Delores Bressler (1997)