January 6-7., 2012 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, January 7
ST RAYMOND OF PENAFORT
First Saturday of the month—Mary, Queen of Apostles
1 Jn. 5: 5-13
Lk 5: 12-16

We should be careful to avoid trying to twist God’s arm—so to speak—in an effort to get what WE want. Much wiser to pray, ask for light, and then apply our talents of mind and heart to find what we should do (VMC 8).

Father Tom: Very nice thought, but not too nice to put into practice. We say we believe in God but in practice we believe far more in ourselves. And so our lives are not lived to the full as God wants them. And we have only ONE life!

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)


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Friday, January 6
OF THE DAY
ST. ANDRE BESETTE
First Friday of the month—the Sacred Heart
1 Jn. 4: 19-5: 4
Lk 4: 14-22

Your apostolate does not aim solely at making individual souls progress, but aims at forming a new mentality in society (VMC 1337).

Father Tom: But first we must renew our mentality? Have we? Am I reasoning differently about life and about religion than I reasoned before I met the HFI? Or have I packed it away with all my other “devotions” and “good Causes”?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Gilberto Aldaco SSP (1985)—Esuperanzio Sdrubolini HFI (1987)—Bro Gilberto Zanchin SSP (1990)—Sr. Marta Prinotti FSP (1993)—Fr Fiuseppe Cuva IJP (2002)—Sr. Antida Labrettini FSP (2004)