October 1, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, October 1

FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH—

THE ANGEL GUARDIANS

ST THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS,

VIRGIN, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Neh 8: 1-12Ps 19: 8-11

Ps 19: 8-11

Lk 10: 1-12

MONTHLY INTENTION: For missionaries.

Animated by a living faith and by a firm hope, let the missionary be a man of prayer; let him be ardent through the spirit of virtue, of love, of self-control; let him learn to be content with the conduit in which he finds himself; let him always bear the death of Jesus in heart through the spirit of sacrifice: (Ad gentes, 25).

From Father Tom: As usual I fixate on prayer, without which the missionary may produce some effects but not results. And, come to think of it, have I myself produced results in this member or that…results, not mere information?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro Franco Dario SSP (1995)—Sr. M. Ignacia Cufré PD (1998)—Sr. M. Alba Roagna FSP (2001)—Sr. M. Annunziata Stanizzi PD (2008)—Rina Taddei AIM (2011)—William Beck (1996)—Helen Vargo (2005)Thursday, October 1

September 30, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, September 30

ST JEROME, PRIEST, DOCTOR OF 
THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Neh 2: 1-8
Ps 137: 1-6
Lk 9: 57-62

Keep your mission ever in mind, like a guiding star, the ideal of your life, the raison d'etre of your existence, the object of your accounting at the particular judgment. Think, live and work for it (SP Jan 1954)

From Father Tom: "...accounting at the particular judgment..." Isn't that a sobering thought? How do you think you'll do?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Vittoria De Benedetti FSP (1984)--Bro Innocenzo Manolino SSP (1967)--Fr. Antonio Bertolucci IJP (1984)--Fr Gino Fornari SSP (1988)--Sr. M. Rita Ruffo FSP (2009)--Sr. M. VEronica Crevani PD (2009).

September 29, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, September 29

SS. MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL
ARCHANGELS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Dn 7: 9-14
Ps 138: 1-5
Jn 1: 47-51

What is useless is time lost thinking about it, imagining it, desiring it, because it causes a notable loss of precious time and spiritual energies (BM p. 254)

From Father Tom: And does anybody dispute this?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Raffaella Rivetti PD (1975)--Fr. Ferdinando Sgambetterra IJP (1982)--Sr. Silvia Ragone FSP (1992)--Sr. M. Girolama Modena PD (1993)--Sr. M. Teofania Mazzara PD (2001)--Fr. Mario Maresi IJP (2002)--Sr. M. Addolorata Piccari FSP (2003)--Antonietta Valenza HFI (2004)--Virgil Halcomb (1980)--Giovanni Laghetto ISF (2013)

September 28, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, September 28

ST. WENESLAUS, MARTYR; ST. LAWRENCE 
RUIZ, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Zec 8: 1-8
Ps 102: 2, 16-23
Lk 9: 46-50

The external senses--hearing, seeing, tasting and touching often trample down the moral law (BM p. 254).

From Father Tom: What moral law? When morning-after pills are given to school children?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Lilia Nicola PD (1982)--Fr. Renato Dorio SSP (2001)--Fr. Julio Bayon Gonzalez SSP (2013).

What Do You Want of Me, Lord?

Images are from the internet.

Reflect: Where is God calling me to go and what is God asking me to do with my life right now?

                                    

                   ~The Catholic Prayer Bible Lectio Divinia Edition p.16

Be Faithful in Small Things...

Image found on the internet. 

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Nothing is small for our good God, for He is great and we are small.  

                                        Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

September 27, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, September 27

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
HFI PILGRIMAGE TO WORLD MEETING OF 
FAMILIES WITH POPE FRANCIS--DAY THREE

Nm 11: 25-29
Ps 19: 8-14
Jas 5: 1-6
Mk 9: 38-48

Be on guard against evil: avoid the occasions, resist by means of prayer and vigilance. Even in a corrupt environmnet there can flower lilies of purity and flowers of sanctity (BM 166-167).

From Father Tom: That's what I just said--except in a less-flowery way.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro. Benedetto Abrate SSP (1941)--Sr. Maddlena Dotta FSP (1978)--Sr. M. Beatrice Allocco PD (1982)--Sr. M. Patrice Rouillard PD (1989)--Sr. MN. Irene Vinciguerra PD (1991)--Sebastiano Corona HFI (2003)--Angela Genova HFI (2010)--Sr. M. Fides Scurti FSP (2011)--George D. Hines Jr. (1985)--Henry Belro (1951)--Sr. Giuseppina Maggini SJBP (2012)--Fr. Alphonso Rego SSP (2013)

September 26, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, September 26

SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN, MARTYRS
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
HFI PILGRIMAGE TO WORLD MEETING OF 
FAMILIES WITH POPE FRANCIS--DAY TWO

Zec 2: 5-9, 14-15
(Ps) Jer 31: 10-14
Lk 9: 43-45

Where purity is greater, charity is also greater. Mary was entirely pure and full of divine charity (SM 451).

From Father Tom: Hmm...and how many do you know these times who qualify for this description? Perhaps quite a few: in the midst of the weeds--as the Founder would say--there are unexpected lilies and roses.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Cleric Francesco Frizzi SSP (1934)--Fr. Pio Baroni SSP (1945)--Sr. Mardonia Espanol FSP (1990)--Sr. Bruna Battistone FSP (1992)--Jolanda Cecchetti HFI  (2007)--Sr. Paolina Eleonora Boldrin SGBP (2007)--Sr. M. Cherubina FErnandez FSP (2008)--Sr. Giuliana Ianelli FSP (2009)--Sr. M. Eugenia Baggio PD (2009)--Sr. M. Guadalupe Andrade Reyes PD (2011)--Sr. M. Natanacla Plillo FSP (2013)

September 25, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, September 25

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
HFI PILGRIMAGE TO WORLD MEETING OF 
FAMILIES WITH POPE FRANCIS--DAY ONE

Hg 2: 1-9
Ps 43: 1-4
Lk 9: 18-22

We cannot educate our young people in a way of life that is not the present one just as we have to do good to people living now and so we have to "bring out of our treasure, things new and old" (SP Feb 1950).

From Father Tom: Still true in theory. But in today's world what sort of people are we addressing? Even if they believe what we tell them... will they act on it? How will we tell them--through the print media which they no longer read or through the digital media which they quickly forget? Is there a solution?  Yes, the Mass, the Visit, personal prayer.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Maria Concetta Citarda IAM (1974)--Sr. Rosa M. Onofre FSP (1989)--Sr. M. Giovanna Nicosia FSP (1993)--Sr. Emiliana Miserere FSP (2008)--Sr. M. Carmine Kumaki FSP (2014).

September 24, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, September 24

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Hg 1: 1-8
Ps 149: 1-9
Lk 9: 7-9

Young members have to learn the journey of life...adult members must conform to the Constitutions and those who are above them have to listen, serve, help and ask more advice (SP Mar 1957).

From Father Tom: Quite so. Even Jesus spent long hours in prayer and seeking His Father's directions. So much time can be wasted--sinfully on occasion--by rushing into decisions and actions which do no good to anyone.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Consilia Marello FSP (1983)--Sr. Francesca Cordero FSP (1985)--Antony Karkosza HFI (2013)--Fr. Michele Lando SSP (1996).

September 17-23, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

I know this is a lot at one time, but I'm going to be on retreat and didn't want to miss any posts.  

God bless...

Thursday, September 17

ST ROBERT BELLARMINE, BISHOP,

DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Tim 4: 12-16

Ps 111: 7-10

Lk 7: 36-50

The heart is a very noble human faculty—but dangerous. Even when we offer it to God, it remains open to affections (BM 246).

From Father Tom: True, but that’s not a reason for becoming unpleasant—Jesus seems to have shown His love freely and generously.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Cleric Silvio Albicin SSP (1938)—Fr. Salvatore Carolla SSP (1958)—Sr. Anna Giuseppina Cane FSP (1969)—Giovanna Malvolto IM (1991)—Bruno Pascalis HFI (1995)—Sr. Annunziatina Guidi FSP (1996)—Gina D’Amanzo ISF (2012)—Sr. M. Pasqualina Piscitello PD (2012)—Sr. Graziella Zanella SJBP (2012)

Friday, September 18

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

TRIDUUM DAY ONE

1 Tim 6: 2-12

Ps 49: 6-10, 17-20

Lk 8: 1-3

Jesus gave to women a characteristic faculty: to have a keen and loving concern for the infinity of little details which fill our lives (CISP p. 1262)

From Father Tom: We call this her motherly concern and when it remains even in celibates it is very impressive.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Angelo Bolzon SSP (2010)—Fr. Lorenzo Stefano Costa SSP (2011).

Saturday, September 19

ST JANARIUS, BISHOP, MARTYR

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

TRIDUUM DAY TWO

1 Tim 6: 13-16

Ps 100: 1-5

Lk 8: 4-15

The divine decree to make for Adam a helper like him had a new application in Mary and the Redemption and in the Sister associated with the priest (CISP p. 1264).

From Father Tom: The reference here seems to be to the “Pastorelle” Pauline Sisters who are almost unknown to most of us, but have done well in Australia.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Luigi Rolfo SSP (1986)—Vincenza Vassallo HFI (1992)—Bro Modesto Gotelli SSP (1998)—Sr. Anastasia Da Ros FSP (2005)—Johnnie Gastin (2000)—Sr. M. Ausilia Fujiwara PD (2014)—Sr. Alessandra Paoli SJBP (2014)

Sunday, September 20

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDIANARY TIME

TRIDUUM DAY THREE

Wis 2: 12, 17, 20

Ps 54

Jas 3: 16-4:3

Mk 9: 30-37

A pure soul is a soul that has received an undefinable series of graces, since the struggle to keep purity is always the most difficult one (APD 1956, 87).

From Father Tom: Yes, but—to repeat an old thought—we mustn’t be “as pure as angels but as proud as devils!” This was an accusation frequently leveled in the past against some Sisters who—it was said—simply substituted one defect with another one.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Mazarena Taricco PD (1943)—Fr. Daniele Berardo SSP (1944)—Sr. M. Clelia Nakagawa PD (1985)—Sr. M. Bambina Tramuta PD (1989)—Sr. M. Teresa Figher FSP (1992)—Bro Critino M. Rifici SSP (1994)—Fr. Dario Moauro IJP (1998)—Sr. M. Pia Delgado FSP (2008)—Reynold Feldman (2006)—Anna Manca IMSA (2012)

Monday, September 21

ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE, EVANGELIST

Eph 4: 1-13

Ps 19: 2-5

Mt 9: 9-13

One individual always watches himself and so speaks in accordance with faith and another opens his mouth and thoughtlessly and frivolously says what he shouldn’t (RSP p. 226).

From Father Tom: Ah, the tongue! How often it betrays us! At the end of the day have we said anything without using too many words..or too few? So many “idle” or useless words for which we will have to account at our judgment.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Ermenegilda Pasqualini PD (1941)—Savino Crema HFI (1993)—Fr. Renato Perino SSP (1995)—Sr. M. Elena Tezzele FSP (2007)—Sr. Concetta Marongiu FSP (2009)—Sr. M. Letizia Di Michele FSP (2011).

Tuesday, September 22

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Ezr 6: 7-20

Ps 122: 1-5

Lk 8: 19-21

The union between God and us must cover the mind, the will and the heart. No creature was so united with God as the Blessed Virgin (FSP p. 216).

From Father Tom: A brief exam usually sows us that we are not quite as we should be on all these points. So each of us has to ask: on which one am I failing the most and what do I need to correct? That thought should accompany us to the end of our days.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Riccarda Pasin PD (1970)—Sr. Mercede Migliardi FSP (2007)—Sr. M. Letizia Britti FSP (2008)—Sr. M. Annunziata Latini FSP (2012).

Wednesday, September 23

ST PIO OF PIETRELCINA, PRIEST

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Ezr 9: 5-9

(Ps) 13: 2-8

Lk     9: 1-6

Suffering is not only a test: it is an apostolate. It is a secret of joy. It is sharing in the redemptive work of the Savior (FSP p 228).

From Father Tom: Indeed…but if we suffer with a little less “joy” that is not surprising or even a defect. The important thing is to keep in mind the words “apostolate” and “redemptive work.”

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Margherita Rabbia FSP (1990)—Fr. Mario Volpini IJP (1996)—Sr. Maria do Rosario Sandi FSP (1997)—Silvestro Giulietti ISF (2012)—Fr. Dominic Vellaiparambil SSP (2014)

September 16, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, September 16

ST CORNELIUS, POPE, MARTYR AND

ST CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYR

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Tim 3: 14-16

Ps 111: 1-6

Lk 7: 31-35

The good that we do to our body when we rule it, resounds to the benefit of our entire human person (SP Feb-Mar 1954).

From Father Tom: As long as we don’t OVERRULE it…If your “sanctity” makes you snappish, it’s time to rule it out.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Emma Merlini PD (1991)—Msgr. Vicenzo Iacomo IJP (1993)—Crescenza Brindisi HFI (2001)—F.r Fedele Molino SSP (2006)—Susumu Uchino SSP (2008)—Ruth Hernandez (1989)—Sr. M. Pia Faller FSP (2013)—Leonora Lopez (2014)

September 15, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, September 15
OUR LADY OF SORROWS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Tim 3: 1-13
Ps 101: 1-6
Jn 19: 25-27

In Mary's school we learn love for the cross, love for little crosses (Alla sorgente p. 13).

From Father Tom: Love? Perhaps for other people, but we defecrtive folks will try always to ACCEPT SERENELY the negatives of life. Takes doing if we are never to rebel. Takes faith.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Espedito Viscount IJP (1982)--Lina Savoldi IAM (1988)--Sr. M. Valentina Moser FSP (2005)--Eusetio Albano (1940)--Sr. Clara Queboli FSP (2013).

September 14, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, September 14
THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS

Nm 21: 4-9
Ps 78: 1-2, 34-38
Phil 2: 6-11
Jn 3: 13-17

The cross is the banner of victory and a symbol of the Resurrection. Jesus Christ is our life. We ought to desire that this life be communicated to all people (RSP p. 117).

From Father Tom: How do we show that we have this desire? By continuing to work and suffer as usual regardless of "results".

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Innocenza Columbara FSP (1986)--Fr. Giuseppe Galasso SSP (1993)--Sr. Michelina Pomo FSP (1998)--Fr. Francesco Cappa SSP (2003)--Erminia Finotti IAM (2003)--Sr. Mary Nazarene Prestolippo FSP (2011)--Bob Vincenzo (1999)--Fr. Francesco Vaccaro IGS (2012)--Fr. Silvio Sasso SSP (2012)

The Speaker's Prayer (But applicable to all.)

The Speaker's Prayer 

(But applicable to all.)

Lord, fill my mouth with

worthwhile stuff,

and stop me when 

I've said enough.

September 13, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, September 13
TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Is 50: 5-9
Ps 116: 1-9
Jas 2: 14-18
Mk 8: 27-35

"Pleasure cannot be included in the lexicon of the Religious: "Christus non sibi placuit."  Christ did not seek to please himself {Rom 15, 31} (FSP 56, p. 180).

From Father Tom: Well...yes. But also... no, or maybe perhaps. A life, Religious or otherwise which never knows a moment of relaxation is destined to snap, either physically or psychologically. Christ attended at least one wedding--a;most certainly not his only one. Weddings were a VERY important part of Nazareth life.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Doris Osegueda Santin IAM (1999)--Sr. M. Tecla Quiroz Hernandez FSP (2001)--Art Brophy (1999)--James A. Ducote Sr. (1978)--Fr. Giancarlo Mollo SSP (2014)

September 12, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, September 12
THE HOLY NAME OF MARY
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Tm 1: 15-17
Ps 113: 1-7
Lk 6: 43-49

"I enjoy preaching in a church...where you can see the grace of the Madonna--a true monument of Mary's mercy. Mary's power is more vast than the sea, much like her goodness and mercy. (Homily given on September 12, 1923 at the Shrine of the Madonna della Moretta in Alba).

From Father Tom: What is my power--and yours? It depends on how close we are to Jesus and Mary, accepting without complaint what they send and continuing to serve them in loving faith.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Kieran Hayes SSP (1973)--Sr. M. Giovanna Buniotto FSP (1981)--Bro Anania Rosso SSP (1982)--Sr. Lina Gozzo FSP (1984)--Sr. Lydia Manfro FSP (1988)--Herberto Santa Zuluaga HFI (1988)--Sr. M. Giuseppa Crisponi PD (2003)--Sr. M. Laurentana Carnevale PD (2008)--Sr. Elena Antonelli FSP (2012)--Crocifissa Fonte IMSA (2014)

September 11, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, September 11

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Tm 1: 1-2, 12-14
Ps 16: 1-11
Lk 6: 39-42

Amiability cannot be just a light-hearted veneer but must proceed from "thinking what is good to willing what is good for one's brothers (BM p. 101).

From Father Tom: And so it must be a constant readiness to give practical help when the brother or sister needs it, no time lost, no questions asked. How many people do you know who fit this description? Perhaps one?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Pascasio Marsigli SSP (1962)-Sr. Amalia Peyrolo FSP (1980)--Fr. Maggiorino Portaluppi SSP (1966)--Bro. Pierino Panno SSP (2010)--Albert Murray HFI (1991)

September 10, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, September 10

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Col 3: 12-17
Ps 150: 1-6
Lk 6: 27-38

Devotion to Mary is a most effective means for acquiring a delicate conscience, sensitivity to its voice, remorse for sin and the joy and having done well.  We are talking about a devotion that is enlightened, tender, practical and prayerful (SP Mar 1957).

From Father Tom: Members occasionally ask me: Is it OK if we make the True Consecration of Grignon de Montfort?  Yes, absolutely. The Founder made it and so have thousands of other Paulines. Our sister, Sue Burrell, of ___________, will be happy to recommend a book to prepare you for making it.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Antonietta Cafaro IAM (1973)--Sr. Rosa Cummaudo SGBP (1985)--Fr. Alfonso Colaneri IJP (1990)--Sr. M. Ausilia Castillo PD (2007)--Fr. Antonio Mighita SSP (2010)--Pable M. Garcia (1990)--Ch. Chineme Douglas Maduka SSP (2013)

September 9, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, September 9

ST PETER CLAVER, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Col 3: 1-11
Ps 145: 2-13
Lk 6: 20-26

The heart has great power. This power is the strength of educators and apostles: they love, and through love, they win (BM p. 99).

From Father Tom: Very true. Do we not say: "he put his heart into the work," "this project is very close to his heart," "she had a sensitive heart." It's mysterious power which, unfortunately, not all of us have to the extent we need.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Dorotea Marchisio FSP (1945)--Fr. Francesco Perino SSP (2946)--Sr. M. Lucia Gironelli PD (1977)--Sr. M. Angelina Bordino PD (1978)--Fr. Bernardo Kayabl SSP (2000)--Fr. Angelo Sonego SSP (1977)--Fr. Giuseppe Baratelli SSP (2000)--Sr. M. Gesualda Marin PD (2002)--Fr. Joseph Triano SSP (2007)--Sr. Anna Maria Rocca FSP (2009)--Denis O. (1999)--Ellen Cassarino (1999)--Caroline Smalding (2011)--Michael Haverly (2982)--Sr. Lucia Zamboni FSP (2013)--M. Giuseppa Mancini IMSA (2014)

September 8, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and Father Tom

Tuesday, September 8

THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Mic 5: 1-4
Ps 13: 6
Mt 1: 1-23

The Institute of the Apostoline Sisters is very relevant and is making silent but sure moves under the protection of our common mother, the Queen of Apostles from which it takes its name (SP Jul 1957).

From Father Tom: The Vatican, seeing our Founder's success with his other Foundations, suggested he found more groups and this s the one he chose--still working well and seeking out young people for ALL Church needs.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Adele Dal Bello SGBP (1995)--Sr. M. Ignzia Luini FSP (1996)--Fr. Donato Bianco (2000)--Luisa Loera (1971)--Colleen Kettly (1996)

September 7, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, September 7

FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST PAUL
ORDINARY WEEKDAY--LABOR DAY
Col 1: 24-2:3
Ps 62: 6-9
Lk 6: 6-11

A young person formed in righteousness and justice with profound convictions and with a true and upright conscience will be blessed by God, will enjoy many good successes and will be loved by men (SP Jan 1950).

From Father Tom: Indeed, but the individuals who combine these virtues are by no means guaranteed "to enjoy many good successes" in today's cut-throat world. Rather the opposite: they may be trampled on. The powers that be, are all in a sense, against them.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Venanzia Galiffa FSP (1949)--Sr. M. Claudia Cruz FSP (1963)--Bro Paolo Zanatta SSP (1980)--Sr. M. Lia Vegetti PD (1986)--Sr. M. Rosa Curcio SGBP (1993)--Sr. M. Rosaria Visco FSP (2005)--Ada Crapis IAM (2005)--Sr. Kathleen Hart FSP (2007)--Rosalia Ilardo HFI (2009)--Sr. Virginia Benedetti FSP (2011).

September 6, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, September 6

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH--
DIVINE MASTER, WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE
TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
Is 35: 4-7
Ps 146: 7-10
Jas 2: 1-5
Mk 7: 31-37

Trust in God is the first secret of success. Trusting only in ourselves means trusting a blind and sick individual (Calendario Paolina, 1985 (1958?)--Mar 11 and 14)

From Father Tom: March '58! As the Irish say: "God be with the old days!" meaning possibly that we lived better then than now. But that need not be--let's make the "new" days even better!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr.Delphina Destefanis FSP (1956)--Sr. M. Domenica Dolcini FSP (1963)--Sr. Guglielmina Toppino FSP (1980)--Sr. Perpaola Garofalo FSP (1987)--Sr. Gabriela Zanuz SGBP (2007)--Dominic Vincenzo (no year)--Sr. Alessandra Masi SJBP (2012)

September 5, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, September 5

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH--
MARY QUEEN OF APOSTLES
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Col 1: 21-23
Ps 54: 3-8
Lk 6: 1-5

In their mutual affection and full collaboration, parents support each other in their trials and sacrifices and give to their children a physically sound formation and a religious education, a materially and spiritually good position (BM 170).

From Father Tom: Not sure about the meaning of that lasat phrase--it seems to say that the children of this sort of training will be sound members of socity. Whatever it means, there is too little of it these days.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M Carmine Nicolo PD (1943)--Sr. Giacoina Blunno FSP (1951)--Alberto Folcani HFI (1977)--Sr. Erminia Brunetti FSP (1996)--Tony Suniga (1996)--Luigi Cannarsa ISF (2011)--Agostino Finotelli ISF (2013)

September 4, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, September 4

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Col 1: 15-20
Ps 100: 1-5
Lk 5: 33-39

I did not believe that it was so easy to become a saint (Ven. Andrea M. Borello).

From Father Tom: Ven. Borello--as I mentioned already- was the Alba shoe repairer in the early days--you might say he sanctified his soul on the soles of his confreres...

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Vincenza Merlo FSP (1943)--Ven. Bro Andrea M. Borelo SSP (1948)--Bro Paulo Viegas SSP (1987)--Sr. Domenica Bond SGBP (1991)--Sr. M. Fidelis Pulinas FSP (2000)--Bro Julian Villalzan SSP (2003)--Sr. M. Trinity Tarico PD (2008)--Sr. M. Emma Fornaro FSP (2008)

September 2-3, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, September 3

FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS
ST GREGORY THE GREAT, POPE, DOCTOR
OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Col 1: 9-14
Ps 98: 2-6
Lk 22: 24-30

The secret of the Pastorelle Sisters is that joy that comes from God, our eternal joy (Alla sorgente, p 35).

From Father Tom: This is our secret also, but more than "joy" which can also be founded on an exaggerated self-appraisal. Let's be content with a general thankfulness to God for His many gifts.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Saverio Boano SSP (1990)--Bianche Dolland--Fr. Bruce--Judy Pierce--James B.Helm--Peter Mille--Warren (no years for these)

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Wednesday, September 2

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST JOSEPH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Col 1: 1-8
Ps 52: 10-11
Lk 4: 38-44

Normally, human beings start their lives in a family, live it in a family and there also conclude it. The greatest merits are acquired mainly with the family (BM p. 170)

From Father Tom: How this thoughts resonates with me after my HFI experience! Of course the major merits flow from family like where there is less prayer perhaps but a lot more suffering. The Divine Master spent 30 years in the family atmosphere--and he surely knew what He was doing

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Gabriele Costs SSP (1949)--Fr. Giovanni Roatta SSP (1985)--Luigia Bosio HFI (1986)--Fr. Luigi Vidano SSP (1993)--Sr. M. Irene Scarcella PD (2001)--Bro Lucas Aranjo SSP (2003)--Sr. Annziata Zuncheddu FSP (2007)--Fabrizio Gabriele HFI (2008)--Fr. Jigi Ranalli IJP (2009)--Sr. M. Nicoliina Casula FSP (2011)--Sr. Cornelia Bignoli (2012)