October 22, 2014 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, October 22

BLESSED JOHN PAUL II, POPE
OF THE DAY

Eph 3:  2-12
(Ps)Is 12: 2-6
Lk 12: 39-48

Jesus Christ taught to not (to) wait for men, but to look for them. Like the Master, the apostle must disseminate the divine word in the cities, in the countries, in the houses, even the most remote ones. He must cross the mountains, sail the oceans, got to all men "ut luceat omnibus-to give light to all" (UPS IV 89).

From Father Tom: Each of us has to take this advice ot heart. We in the Religious Life have to ask ourselves: are we reaching out (at least in prayer) to the hundreds of thousands to be reached? Or are we simply living from day to day without the challenge--and the merit--of having to provide for a home and family? In the case of the HFI, the main failure may be not to reach out to others, likely or not, friendly or not. We have an account to render also in this context.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Clelia Calliano FSP (1918)--Sr. M. Nocodema Spinelli PD (1972)--Bro Luigi Pasqualini SSP (1988)--Fr. Antonio Fiortto IJP (1998)--Bro Giuseppe Paolo Cirillo SSP (2008)--Alan Spaniel (1999)--Ted Charles Endress (2009)