October 28 & 29, 2011 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

I will be away from my computer tomorrow so I'm posting today and tomorrow's thoughts this morning. Today's thought is at the bottom of the post, tomorrow's at the top. God bless and have a wonderful weekend.



Saturday, October 29
OF THE DAY
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY on Saturday
Rm 11: 1-29
Lk 14: 1, 7-11

Let there not be only external observances, but our whole being going to God and our whole person grafting itself of Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life. Only then can we say: “Jesus Christ lives in me.” (APD 84).

Father Tom: Here again we can usefully practice “putting God first” so that He is the main actor in our lives and we have secondary roles. This involves fidelity to our various commitments, spiritual and temporal. Easier said than done—have you sincerely tried it?


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Giacomo Ricolfi SSP (1982)—Fr. Pietro Mozzanica IJP (1998)—Sr. Lucina Dal Pozzo SGBP (2000)—Sr. M. Editor Martinez PD (2000)—Giovanna Curreri IAM (2005)—Augustine A. Mennella (1978)


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Friday, October 28
SS. SIMON AND JUDE, Apostles
Eph 2: 19-22
Lk 6: 12-19

We have to take up our stance viz a viz the eternal truths. Living by faith means keeping in mind these great truths and living our lives accordingly (VMC 915).

Father Tom: One way in which we can usefully do this is to take another stance: not thinking any more of living for OUR interests (even the eternal ones!) but for the interests of God—putting Him habitually in the first place as we go through our day.


Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Agostino Damonte sSP (2956)—Fr. Aurelio Nosetti SSP (1983)—Franca Lattuca IAM (2994)—Bro Candido Trubiani SSP (1995)—Sr. Clotilde Menno FSP (1997)—Sr. Valentina Borsoi FSP (1998)—Fr. Giuseppe Cricini SSP (2000)—Sr. Clotilde Vedovello FSP (2007)—Mary Wersinger (2003)--