July 27-28, 2014 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, July 28
OF THE DAY
Jer 13: 1-11
(Ps) Dt 32: 18-24
Mt 13: 31-35

Sanctity and apostolate: Oh, what a divine vocation we have! Oh, the confusion of still not knowing how to exercise conveniently our apostolate! (RS, p 43).
 
From Father Tom: Very interesting comment and a comment that sounds very authentic. it is the same impatience and zeal which are at the root of the Founder's well-known recommendation to "DO SOMETHING," and so leave a foundation, however shaky, on which others can build.

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

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Sunday, July 27
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
1 Kgs 3: 5-12
Ps 119: 57, 72, 76-77, 127-130
Rom 8: 28-30
Mt 13: 44-52

The Lord does not measure merits from what one does, but from the love with one does. A soul can reach great sanctity in a short time, even after a few months, if she acts with great fervor and with vivid love (Maggiorino Vigolungo, biography 84).
 
From Father Tom: Interesting comment, the thought of a young boy full of life and energy. We can--and must--show love not only by what we do but by the intensity of our dedication to doing it. Quite a program! Have you tried, e.g., saying the Hail Mary or the Our Father without getting distracted very early on?

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)