July 21, 2014 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, July 21
OF THE DAY
ST LAWRANCE OF BRINDISI, PRIEST, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
Mi 6: 1-8
Ps 50: 5-9. 21-23
Mt 12: 38-42

Poverty is understood in the evangelical=Pauline meaning; it is at the same time mortification, justice, providence, work, production. The economy has for its natural and supernatural base the vow and virtue of poverty. (SP Apr 1957)
 
From Father Tom: Interesting second sentence: "the economy has for its (...) base the vow and virtue of poverty."  And all around us people are starving because this rule was not observed: some with too much, others nothing. Our part is to observe strictly what we have promised and to re-read the STATUTE. The time to correct excesses is NOW and not when the doctor tells us what we don't want to hear.

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