August 1, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, August 1
ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, Bishop
First Thursday of the month--the Guardian Angels
Ex 40: 16-38
Mt 13: 47-53

MONTHLY INTENTION

For the General Chapter of the Daughters of St. Paul, that its celebration during the Year of Faith "may make the rapport with Christ the Lord increasingly strong, since only in Him there is certainty for the future and the guarantee of an authentic and enduring love."  (Porta fidei 15).

From Father Tom: 

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr M. Antonietta Marello PD (1958)--Sr. Alessandrina Mirto PD (1976)--Sr. M. Giacoma Collotto PD (1981)--Bro Gianfranco Patella SSP (1984)--Sr. M. Timotea Alasia FSP (2002)--Nunzia Riccobene IAM (2002)--Marina Alvardo de Gonzalez HFI (2004)--Fr. Paolo Saorin SSP (2005)--Maria del Socorro Munoz Perez IAM (2011)--Hilaria Estarillo (1948)

July 31, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, July 31
ST IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
1 Cor 10: 31-11: 1
Lk 14: 25-33

"Work as if God did not exist. Pray as if nothing existed but God."

From Father Tom: Actually, Ignatius did NOT say this-- one of his followers gathered a number of his sayings and did some interesting editing. (I have a feature about this which I'll republish later--God willing!)

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr M. Anita Ghirlanda PD (2007)--Fr. Jose Ignacio Fernandez de Larrea SSP (2011)

July 30, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, July 30
OF THE DAY
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop
Ex 33:7-11
Mt 13: 36-43

True Catholic are not content with just having and practicing their faith but study it, deepen it and become apostles of it in their environment (SP January 1955)

From Father Tom: We, who consider ourselves "true Catholics" also--we hope--study it etc. Very important in our time when it is challenged or presented with a spurious dress.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Edmonda Natale FSP (1986)--Sr. M. Francesca Bertello FSP (1991)--Sr. Apollonia Schiavea FSP (2001)--Antonietta Guadalupi IAM (2001)--George M. Jones SHI (2005)--Sr. M. Silveria Vitiello FSP (2006)--Sr. Lidia Bianco FSP (2007)-- Sr. Emanuella Ferrarese FSP (2007)--Sr. M. Luigia Santillo PD (2007)--Sr. M. Romana Frigerio PD (2008)--Sr. M. Fedes Marengo --Maria de Ceu Mesuital IAM (2010)

July 28, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, July 29
OF THE DAY
Ex 32: 15-34
Jn 11: 19-27

Faith gives a right intention to our good works (BM 196).

From Father Tom: Faith gives a meaning to everything--even secular activities. For these we need what we call "human" faith and this, involving honesty and truth in dealing with others, is the foundation on which supernatural faith is built.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Angelica Santus HFI (1973)--Margherita Bottaro IAM (1992)--Sr M. Savina Boni PD (1999)--Wilma Spegne HFI (2000)--Domenica Fina HFI (2001)--Rosa Emma Alarcon HFI (2002)--Sr. Ester Manna FSP (2003)--Dorothy Papania, HFI (1998)

July 28, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, July 28
17th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Gn 18: 30-32
Col 2:12-14
Lk 11: 1-13

The spirit of the world exchanges the end for the means, i.e. makes us look for happiness on earth (RSP 302).

From Father Tom: Actually, we believe that what we might call the original plan of God was happiness on earth and then--after we had known, loved and served Him--everlasting life with Him. After all, why would He make us suffer from the start? He never does even now! We mess up our lives and others!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Cleric Bede Dillon SSP (1952)--Fr/ Licio Guidi IJP (1993)--Bro Mario Peressutti SSP (2006)--Sr. M. Nohemy Gomez PD (2007)--Ramon Albano (1963)

July 27, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, July 27
OF THE DAY
Ex 24: 3-8
Mt. 13: 24-30

A holy life is the most perfect and effective prayer (RDA 56).

From Father Tom: Or course, because it includes the exercise of all the virtues and "prayer" in this context is not just words, but an authentic expression of such a life's reality. Not all that common.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Ven. Maggiorino Vigolungo SSP (1918)-- Fr. Bartolomeo Oberto SSP (1968)--Sr. M. Giuditta Sawal PD (1969)--Sr. Emma Ciaccarella SGBP (1998)--Chiaro Arixi HFI (2001)--Sr. Anastacia De Marinis FSP (2008)--Sr. M. Donata Farisco FSP (2011)

July 26, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, July 26
STS JOACHIM & ANNE
Ex 20: 1-17
Mt Mt. 13: 18-23

Two roads: one wide and easy but leading to damnation, the other narrow, but leading to salvation. I thank you, Divine Master, for having enlightened me. I want to follow the way of life (VH XVII)

From Father Tom: And we people commit ourselves in the Institute to follow the narrow road. Question: How is your "following" now compared to the year after your First Profession?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Guido Paganini SSP (1994)--Aurora Ivas de Hurado HFI (1998)--Sr. Felcina Luci FSP (2001)--Sr. M. Candida Pirrone FSP (2010)--Bro Paolo Grossetti SSP (2011)--Sr. Elza Maria Corrarello FSP (2011)--Sr. M. Pierina Camargo Pires FSP (2011)

July 25, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, July 25
ST JAMES, APOSTLE
2 Cor 4: 7-15
Mt 20: 20-28

For several centuries Christians were those who looked for the priest.  In our day the priest has to look for Christians (SP Jan 1967).

From Father Tom: And how would you describe the situation in 2013? Christians seeking the priest? Perhaps, but...to accuse him of something. Priests looking for Christians...and finding people who scarcely fit the description.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Anna Maria Scifo FSP  (1989)-- Marta Mendoza HFI (1995)--Ines Parenzan HFI (1998)--Giuseppe Valenza HFI (2000)--Sr. Alfonsa Marsico FSP (2007)--Sr. M. Urbana Polini FSP (2007)-- Sr. M. NAtalina Argentin PD (2011)--Andrea E. Boado (no year)

July 24, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, July 24
OF THE DAY
St. Sharbel Makhlaf, priest
Ex 16: 1-15
Mt 13: 1-9

The apostle is a temple of the Holy Trinity and in him (or her) God appears in his words, works, prayers, attitudes.  In public and in private (UPS IV, 278)

From Father Tom: How does this definition apply to me and your? I would hesitate-hesitate quite a lot!- to apply it to myself. What about you? Perhaps we should stop judging ourselves and try to represent God better.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: S.r M. Letizia Rigoni FSP (1939)--Fr. Nicola Rocco IJP (1993)--Sr. M. Maggiorina Bortoletto PD (1995)--Sr. Augusta Bertazzon FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Assunta Usai FSP (2002)--M. Elena Serrano HFI (2002)--Sr. M. Redenta Zaccagnino FSP (2007)-- Maria Lourdes Medeiros Tavares IAM (2011)--Calista Jones (1999)

Tuesday, July 23
OF THE DAY
St. Brigid, Religious
Ex 14: 21-15:1
Mt 12: 46-50

The Holy Spirit sometimes gives certain souls extraordinary graces, but this is not  holiness, nor do we need extraordinary divine gifts to reach it (BM 162).

From Father Tom: A useful reminder. Holiness is most often something hidden and may not even be visible to the holy person who sees rather his or her defects.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Silvio Restelli SSP (1945)--Sr. M. Grazia Filippi FSP (1996)--Giovanni Iorio HFI (2002)-- Sr. Stefanina Cillario FSP (2006)--Fr. Domenico Molino SSP (2007)--Sr. Elizabeth Agius FSP (2011)--Chas Drouhard (1965).

July 22, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, July 22
ST MARY MAGDALEN
Ex 14: 5-28, or Song of Songs 3: 1-4b, or Cor 2 5: 14-17

Jn 20: 1-2, 1-18

The Pope's words are not political or scientific, but words of the one chosen to be a mediator between Christ and us (FSP 55).

From Father Tom: A useful thought in a day and age when the Holy Father's words are being examined and condemned-by Catholics! The Muslims must be smiling beneath their bushy beards.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Elisabetta Franchi SGBP (1961)--Bro Pietro Gazzano SSP (1998)--Giovanni Marongiu HFI (2004)--Fr. Aristide Marson SSP (2007)--Sr. M.l Egenia Cecchinato FSP (2010)--Bro Elbio Juvenal Rodrigues Dias SSP (2011)

July 21, 2013 With Blessed Father James Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, July 21

16th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Gn 18: 1-10
Col 1: 24-28

Lk 10L 38-42

Time passes and science progresses but Jesus always remains the only infallible Master (VM 237).

From Father Tom: The problem today is  a) to possess the Lord to the extent of being "another Christ", and  b) to share the Word. Both are needed.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Manuel Martinez Garcia, Babrielite (1986)--Fr. Vincenzo Ferraro SSP (1960)--Sr. Addolorata Baldi FSP (1999)--Angelo Lendri HFI (2004)--Bro Antonio Donato SSP (2010)

July 20, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, July 20

OF THE DAY
St. Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr
Ex 12: 37-42

Mt 12: 14-21

Lets accumulate in our hearts and spirits the treasures of wisdom and grace to be poured out to souls through our apostolate (BM 305).

From Father Tom: My thought exactly! Lets not elude ourselves that we benefit souls by contacting them by whatever means. You want to gas up your car and you put the nozzle into your tank...but the pump has run dry. So...?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro. Eugenio Banuelos SSP (1995)---Sr. M. Lourdes Bilches Rios FSP (1999)--Fr. Emilio Stefanoni SSP (2009)--Sr. Paola M. Uchino FSP (2010)

July 19, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, July 19

OF THE DAY
Ex 11: 10=14

Mt 12: 1-8

Jesus entrusts the whole of humanity to the apostles...they will be light, fishers of souls, pastors and witnesses to Christ (BM 309/10).

From Father Tom: But, of course, "the whole of humanity" must be --as they say--'OPEN' to the apostles' message. And will that happen -- if ever? Answer: let's get started in making it happen!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Agnese Giuglardi PD (1981)--Sr. Immacolata Ascedi SGTBP (1994)--Sr. M. Fabiana Lucido PD (2000)--Pierina Corsagni IAM (2003)--Sr. M. ester Ercolino FSP (2000)--Sr. Pierpaola M. Mariotto FSP (2010)

July 18, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, July 18

OF THE DAY
ST CAMILLUS DE LELLIS

Ex 3: 13-20
Mt 11: 28-30

The Son of God washed with His Blood the spiritual wounds of humanity. He healed them with the oil of grace and the wine of the Eucharist(BM 637).

From Father Tom: The word "wounds" reminds us of the state of the world where there is no day without some innocent being wounded.  But what is that compared to the decaying corruption in so many souls?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Camilla Razzino PD (1988)--Fr. Francisco Limeta SSP (1993)--Sr. Attilia Giacomarra FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Elena Borghetti FSP (2003)--Sr. M. Battistina Pisoni FSP (2007)--Bro Francesco Torti SSP (2011)--Sr. M. Rosa Zamudio PD (2011)

July 17, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, July 17

OF THE DAY

Ex 3: 1-12
Mt 11: 25-27

Jesus had some faithful followers virtuous women and among them were the mothers of the apostles(BM 335).

From Father Tom: Interesting, no? I must say I never thought of any of the apostles' relatives as being close to Jesus. What about your relatives (don't mention mine: are they still Cathlolic?!)

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Olimpia Fruci PD (1947)--Sr. Anna Maria Mazzara PD (1975)--Sr. Ofelia Melis FSP (1976)--Eugenia Orlandi IAM (1984)--Sr. Teresina M. Cutino FSP (1999)--Fr. Michael Byrnes SSP (2004)

July 15, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, July 16

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

Ex 2: 1-15
Mt 11: 20-24

If God calls, everyone must leave what he is doing--even contemplation--and run to do God's will (BM 306).

From Father Tom: Doing this  habitually makes for a far easier meeting with the Lord: he recognizes us as His dedicated servants!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Paolina Pisano PD (1961)--Fr. Palmiro Soligo SSP (1978)--Fr. Paolo Bergamini IJP (1980)--Sr. Concetta Dondi FSP (1982)--Sr. Maria Pia Conterno FSP (1989)--Sr. Felcina Campedelli SGBP (2005)--Msgry Angelo Rizzo IJP (2009)

July 15, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, July 15

SAINT BONAVENTURE, Bishoip

Ex 1: 8-14
Mt 10: 34-11:1

The Son of God was tempted, so temptation is a good chance to make spiritual progress. Let's not be disheartened, but fight and win with courage and joy (BM 307).

From Father Tom: Well...yes, but first of all we must have strong faith and strong convictions--not so common in our time when a large number don't seem to know what "temptation means.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Cleric Francesco Rollino SSP (1973)--Arcangela Airo HFI (1982)--Msgr Francesco Spanedda IJP (2001)--Sr. Teresa Furlano FSP (2002)--Fr. Vito Lecci IJP (2003)--Sr. M. Angelica Ferroni PD (2006)--Demos Gotti HFI  (2007)--Filomena Poddighe IAM (2011)--Jose G. Saenz Sr. (2004)

July 14, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Alberione

Sunday, July 14

15TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Dt 30: 10-14
Col 1: 15-20

Lk 10: 25-37

Jesus in Heaven presents to His Father not only His hands pierced by the nails but also roughened by His hard manual labor (SP Jan 1954).

From Father Tom: That was in 1954 when the word "digital" still had to become common. But the principle is the same: hard work is not easy but it is effective.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro Valentino Brignone SSP (1955)--Fr. Marco Testa SSP (1971)--Fr. Agostino Gilardi SSP (1975)--Fr. Angelo Pettinati sSP (1991)--Fr. Benevenuto Cocuzza IJP (1993)--Sr. Teresa Vesentini FSP (1995=4)--Sr. M. Paul Beauchesne PD (1996)--Fr. Pietro Tateishi SSP (199)--Sr. Rita Brena FSP (2002)--Sr. M. Alba (2006)--George H. Graff (1980)--Peter Candela (1962)--Antonio E. Boado (1975)

July 13, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, July 13

ST HENRY
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ON SATURDAY

Gn 49: 29:29-32, 50: 15-26

Mt 10: 24-33

Work was ennobled by Christ to the highest level. It was assiduous, incessant and done with a right intention (BM 301).

From Father Tom: We take it for granted that the work we do has value in God's eyes--this, however, is  not automatic, but linked to the activity of the Son, joining heaven and earth in His workshop

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Cecilia Sciarrone SGBP (1976)-- Sr. Imelda Kim SGBP (1990)--Fr. Sandro Clementi IJP (1990)--Fr. Sandro Clemnti IJP (1990)--Sr. M. Evangelina Cavasin PD (2002)--Sr. M. Gabriella Di Nicola FSP (2004)--Fr. Mario Manca SSP (2010)--Rose Kern (1985)

July 12, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, July 12

OF THE DAY

Gn 46: 1-30

Mt 10: 16-23

A good Christian favors unity in the Church, leads people to the Sacraments, follows the liturgy, cooperates with the Church and witnesses publicly to his faith. (BM 181)

From Father Tom: Well…? How do you measure up? How do I?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Oscar Metello Dominguez HFI (1990)—Sr. Costanza Grasso FSP (2001)—Salvtore Martna HFI (2005)

July 11, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, July 11

ST. BENEDICT, Abbot
Gn 44: 18-29, 45: 1-5

Mt 10: 7-15

Mary was the first to present the Divine Master, to the shepherds, to the Magi, to the Divine Master, to the world (GM 32).

From Father Tom: And the conclusion has to be that she is the one to present to others our version of the Master, His teaching and His example. Let's keep her in our lives with constant invocations.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Giovanni Di Loreto IJP (1984)--Fr. Umberto Muzzin SSP (1986)--Bro Giacomo Bortolotti SSP (1986)--Sr. M. Serafina Smiriglia PD (2002)--Mary McMillan Ducote (no year)

July 10, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, July 10

OF THE DAY
Gn 41: 55-57: 42: 5-22

Mt 10: 1-7

The event of the Deluge and of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorroah tell us that the immoral will be punished tremendously (L.S. 144).

From Father Tom: Does anybody believe this anymore? Apparently not, not even Catholics if we can judge by today's lifestyles. Next to prayer for the dying unprepared must come prayer for the living unprepared.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Teresio Costa SSP (1962)--Sr. Rosina Orsetti FSP (1988)--Sr. Imelda Zampese FSP (1993)--Fr. Matteo Saladino IJP (1997)--Massimo Costantini HFI (2007)--Christopher Pontzer (1984)--Maria Santiago (1980)

July 9, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, July 9

OF THE DAY
St. Augustine Zhoo Rong and Companions
Gn 32: 23-33

Mt 9: 32-38

Due to the fall of Adam and Eve, all humanity is changed for the worse, inclined to error, vice, superstition and eternal death (UPS II, 149).

From Father Tom: Obviously, god foresaw all this...did He allow it because then He had to suffer to straighten things out and this suffering showed His love more clearly?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Maddalena Frigerio IAM (1964)--Sr. Nicolina Savoiardo FSP (1984)--Sr. Luigia Napodano FSP (1993)--Sr. M. Monica Panero PD (1994)--Sr. M. Riccarda Dal Corso FSP (1998)--Giusppe Martines HFI (2002)--Fr. Justo Fernandez SSP (2005)--Sr. M. Santina Tintoni PD (2008)--Sr. Myriam Ichikawa FSP (2011)--Linda Finn (no year)

July 8, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, July 8

OF THE DAY
Gn 28: 10-22

Mt 9: 18-26

I continually need the grace and mercy of God to avoid sin, overcome temptation, do good (BM 21).

From Father Tom: And we agree. But how many times do we actually remember this need? Indeed, do we even give it a passing thought? Grace is like the air we breathe...just as indispensable and just as ignored.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Enzo Manfredi SSP (1977)--Fr. Angelo Cozzani SSP (1982)--Sr. M. Immacolata Garigiulo FSP (1993)--Sr. Francesca Ruzzante FSP (2002)--Agnese Spandrio IAM (2003)--Sr. Julia Del Valle FSP (2006)--Arcangelo Capoccia HFI (2006)--Sotero Albano (no year).

July 7, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, July 7

14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
First Sunday of the month—the Divine Master, Way, Truth and Life

Is 66: 10-14c
Gal 6: 14-18

Lk 10: 1-20

We are often more dominated by curiosity than by the love of truth (BM 124).

From Father Tom: How true! The latest news, the shameful scandal, the fast-breaking story, the falls from grace...we never get enough of them!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Br Camillo Cendron SSP (1972)--Renata Armati IAM (1984)--Bro Claudio Casolari SSP (1991)--Msgr Giuseppe Petralia IJP (2000)--Fr. Carlo Petroncini, IJP (2000)--Virginia Waltz (1999)--Basilia V Asprec

July 6, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, July 6

OF THE DAY
St. Maria Goretti, Virgin Martyr
Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday
First Saturday of the month—Mary, Queen of Apostles

Gn 27: 1-29

Mt 9: 14-17

If God's Providence cares for the flower in the field and the birds in the sky...how much more does it not think of me, His image and creature! (BM25).

From Father Tom: No comment given

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Amalia Ortega FSP (1968)--Bro Giacomo Valdameri SSP (1991) Donata Uperto HFI (1993)--Sr. Vitalinana Lot FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Agnese Inga PD (2006)--Sr. Teresa Maria Bernardini FSP (2010)--Andrew Gretchko (1978).

July 5, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, July 5

OF THE DAY
St. Anthonoy Zaccaria, Priest
St. Elizabeth of Portugal
First Friday of the month—The Sacred Heart

Gn 23: 1-67

Mt 9: 9-13

Sanctifying grace is a gift given to Adam. It surpasses all created nature, even the angelic one.  We share int eh power, love and beatitude of God (BM 121).

From Father Tom:  Surpasses the angelic nature? Unusual thought but correct if we see "grace" as in some way = Jesus.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Domenico Valente SSP (1988)--Fr. Mario Foggariolo IJP (1988)--Sr. M. Elisa Rios FSP (1990)--Sr. M. Paulo Anselmo PD (2000)--Roberto Mozzachiodi SSP (2002)--Ada Barri HFI (2007)--Sr. M. Govanna Morbini FSP (2008)--Epifania Lo Nigro IAM (2008)--Luigi Tisbi HFI (2009)--Sr. Angela magri FSP (2010).

July 4, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, July 4

OF THE DAY
First Thursday of the month—The Guardian Angels

Gn 22: 1-19

Mt 9: 1-8

***INDEPENDENCE DAY***

What a privilege! We are servants, but God wants to adopt us as sons and make us His heirs (BM 121).

From Father Tom:  Soetimes we speak of our "reward". Forget it! We are useless servants, bad employees, defective workers. But God...is, after all, God!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Gervasina Zinnamosca PD (1950)--Fr. Antonio Brotto SSP (1981)--Sr. M. Mercedes Milani PD (1996)--Sr. Pia Beraci FSP (2010)--Giovanna De Stavola HFI (2010)--Ignacio Jamais (1965)

July 3, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, July 3

ST THOMAS, APOSTLE

First Wednesday of the month—St. Joseph

Eph 2: 19-22

Jn 20:24-29

The true and highest ornament of a soul is grace which makes us sharers in the divine life (BM 357).

From Father Tom:  As I many times repeated: instead of thinking of "grace" as a "thing", why not think of it as the gracious presence of the Lord, increasing or decreasing according to our attitude and behavior?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Rosaria Avellaneda FSP (1952)--Fr. Mario Ianuale SSP (1974)--Sr. M.  Igina Giullano PD (1988)--Sr. Yvonne Briffa FSP (2000)--Sr. M. Leontina Fiorani PD (2004)--Sr. Rosangela Rantucci FSP (2011)--Maria Astudillo IAM (2007)

July 2, 2013 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, July 2

OF THE DAY

First Tuesday of the month—the Souls in Purgatory

Gn 19: 15-29

Mt 8: 23-27

Our lips must always resound a fervent and heartfelt Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God. Gratitude is a duty, a sign of a healthy heart, a means to obtain other benefits (BM 29).

From Father Tom:  It is also a sign that we are living in reality-"Without Me you can do nothing." The best plans and situations are just that: probable. Last year we saw so many hopes and dreams brutally swept away by Sandy.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro. John vianney Mavara SSP (1985)--Fr. Giuseppe Fumi IGS (1992)--Sr. M. Celeste Carini FSP (1999)--Sr. Rosa Cimarelli FSP (2006)--Sr. Colomba Pallavicino FSP (2008)--Sr. Eugenia M. Rocchetto (2009)

July 2013: The Month Dedicated to the Precious Blood

July 2013: The month dedicated to the Precious Blood

The month of July (Overview - Calendar) is dedicated to the Precious Blood. The feast of the Precious Blood of our Lord was instituted in 1849 by Pius IX, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, and that the sacraments were brought forth through His Blood.

"The Precious Blood which we worship is the Blood which the Savior shed for us on Calvary and reassumed at His glorious Resurrection; it is the Blood which courses through the veins of His risen, glorified, living body at the right hand of God the Father in heaven; it is the Blood made present on our altars by the words of Consecration; it is the Blood which merited sanctifying grace for us and through it washes and beautifies our soul and inaugurates the beginning of eternal life in it."   

( http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/months/07_1.cfm )