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)