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

Sunday, November 1
ALL SAINTS
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH-
THE DIVINE MASTER, WAY, TRUTH 
AND LIFE
Rv 7: 2-4, 9-14
Ps 24: 1-6
1 Jn 3: 1-3
Mt 5: 1-12

MONTHLY INTENTIONS For the souls departed.

"In the earthly liturgy we share by anticipation the heavenly liturgy which is celebrated in the holy city of Jerusalem, toward which we tend as pilgrims, where Christ sits at the right hand of God."  (Sacrasanctum Concilium 8)

From Father Tom: "Sacrasanctum Conciliumn" was a "Constitution" or Statement on the Liturgy, e.g. not just Church ceremonies but also a reminder of how their celebration on earth is paralleled by the reality in eternity. The Holy Souls (not the "poor": souls; they are saved, we are not) are an important part of Church prayer, though the real poor are the unfortunates dying unprepared and rushed in Hell.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Giuseppina Cosner SGBP (1978)--Sr. M. Stefana Freddi PD (1980)--Fr. Angelo Aroldi JPI (IJP?) (1988)--Fr. Giuseppe Buttiglione IJP (1991)--Sr. M. Giuseppina Pormaleio FSP (1999)--Fr. John Zeman OSB (1993)

October 31, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, October 31
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Rom 11:1-2, 11-12, 25-26
Ps 94: 12-18
Lk 14: 1, 7-11

Let your eyes look up to heaven, your knees bent on earth, your heart be inflamed (SP 20 Aug 1940).

From Father Tom: As the Irish say: "God be with the times..." meaning how things were when we believed..and when we acted.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Renato Magnani SSP (1962)--Sr. M. Odolorata Saracco fSP (1970)--Sr Bernarda Lagrutta FSP (1973)--Sr. M. Edwige Wronska PD (1984)--Sr. Esterina Degni FSP (1994)--Fr. Enzo Quaglia IJP (1999)--Fr. Paolo Gilli (2003)--Sr. Lidia Minnig FSP (2006)--Giovanna Coriglian HFI (2006)--Natalina Fortini IAM (2008)--Antonio Valdees (1950)--Fr. Vittorio De Ligio SSP (2012)--Sr. Anna Maria Principipi SJBP (2013)

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

Friday, October 30
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Rom 9:1-5
Ps 147: 12-15, 19-20
Lk 14: 1-6

Life is a journey. One arrives more or less at the final airport or station without warning and there he hears the final sentence on the manner he did his journey. This determinations (SP Jun 1949).

From Father Tom: Indeed it should, but very often it doesn't. "Die? That's the last thing you should worry about..." It's a joke, but one in very bad taste. Never fail to live and to promote our "Save the Dying" Association. So many die suddenly and all consideration is given to their name and fame...none to the state of their souls.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Eugenia Sanchez FSP (1994)--Rosa Esteves Martins IAM (1996)--Sr. M. Irene Kimura FSP (1997)--Sr M. Rachel Sawal PD (2003)--Sr. Jaria Cevolani FSP (2004)--Maria Scarciofalo IAM (2005)--Maria Cossu IAM (2013)

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

Thursday, October 29
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Rom 8: 31-39
Ps 109: 21-31
Lk 13: 31-35

The Saints are wonders of the Holly Spirit, people in whom He lived in an abundant manner (FSP 32, p 313).

From Father Tom: How do we know? Because they did remarkable things? No. Because they were remarkable people of virtue, "living Saints", as the saying goes.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Giacomo Ricolfi (1982)--Fr. Pietro Mozzanica IJP (1988)--Sr. Lucina Dal Pozzo SGBP (1989)--Sr. M. Rosa Capra FSP (2000)--Giovanna Curreri IAM (2005)--Augustine A. Mennella (1978)

Have You Connected with God Today?

"Prayer is like texting God:

it connects us to God anytime and anywhere we are."
~ 365 Days with the Lord 2015

Thoughts on Suffering

" 969 Those who pray and suffer, leaving action for others, will not shine here on earth; but what a radiant crown they will wear in the kingdom of life! Blessed be the 'apostolate of suffering'!"
                                       ~Joemaria Escriva

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

Wednesday, October 28
SS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES
Eph 2: 19-22
Ps 19: 2-5
Lk 6: 12-16

Be imitators of the apostles and of all the holy priests and religious who in every age made themselves all for all. Inflamed with the charity of Christ, they spent and overspent themselves in discourses, writings and works (SM 400).

From Father Tom: Go, thou, and do likewise!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr Agostino Damonte SSP (1956)--Fr. Aurelio Nosettin SSP (1983)--Franca Lattuca IAM (1994) Bro Candido Turbani SSP (1995)--Sr. Clotilde Menno' FSP (1997)--Sr. Valentina Borsoi FSP (1998)--Fr. Giusppe Cricini SSP  (2000)--Sr. Clotilde Vedovello FSP (2007)-- Mary Wersinger (2003)--Fr. Michael Pinto SSP (2013)

Tuesday, October 27
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Rom 8: 18-25
Ps 126: 1-6
Lk 13: 18-21

Spreading books and periodicals is not effective if it does not lead to confession and communion. The point of arrival here is union with Jesus. Always aim at this end (Pensieri, p. 160).

From Father Tom: My thought exactly! Are we skipping morning Mass and the Visit during the day? Unfortunately, yes. Meanwhile, concern is directed at our lack of material progress. That has many explanations. Failure to live our religious commitment has only one.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Samuella Pattaro FSP (1973)--Bro. Salvatore Stagliano's SSP (1981)--Sr. M. Maurizia Mancosti PD (1982)--Fr. Alberto Carboni IJP (1983)--Sr. M. Marina Bianchi PD (1995)--Sr. Valeria Iannella FSP (1997)--Mary Gooding HFI (2011)--Bruno Trono HFI (2011)

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

Monday, October 26
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Rom 8: 12-17
Ps 68: 2-7; 20-21
Lk 13: 10-17

St Paul is the one who points out the Divine Master. He took the Gospel, deeply meditated on it and then adapted and applied it to the world, to the needs of his time and of the various nations (FSP 54, 224).

From Father Tom: "He took the good news," e.g. his special revelations from the Lord, meditated on them for three years in the desert and then applied them to the limited world in which he worked. The thought is sound but the word "Gospel" is misleading if we think of the four Gospels.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Arcangela Petrucci FSP (1943)--Sr. M. Alma Cortez FSP (1974)--Sr. M. Noemi Gatti FSP (1981)--Sr. M. Gemma Maselli PD (1999)--Sr. M. Ines Peretti FSP(2001)--Bro Clemens Lachance SSP (2003)--Anthony Mumphrey HFI (2003)--Antonia Costernaro IAM (2006)--Sr. Giuseppina Gragnolati FSP (2011)

A Dirty Bible....

So true.

"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." 

                                                           --St. Jerome

What a wonderful gift is our bible.

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

Sunday, October 25
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
WORLD YOUTH DAY
WORLD PRIEST DAY

Jer 31: 7-9
Ps 126: 1-6
Heb 5: 1-6
Mk 10: 46-52

Happy those who live in Christ, Way, Truth and Life!They bear the fruit of the shot which receives it(s) life-giving sap from Jesus Christ (SP Jun-Jul 1963).

From Father Tom: Does the shoot bear fruit? Maybe not, but the thought is clear.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Saveria Pistamiglio PD (1942)--Sr. M. Chiara Virdis FSP (1956)--Fr. Antonio Brossa SSP (1984)--Bro Jesus Bamez SSP (1989)--Sr. M. Fidelis Di Sciacca FSP (1999)--Fr. Jose' Vitor Sousa SSP (2004)--Antoinetta Falappi HFI (2007)--Sr. Piergiovanna Dedola FSP (2008)--Bro Marcelino Punto SP (2009)--Sr. M. Timotea Jovine (2010)

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

Saturday, October 24
ST ANTHONY MARY CLARET, BISHOP
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom : 1-11
Ps 24: 1-6
Lk 13: 1-9

Our devotion to Jesus, our Divine Master, will be prepared and perfected by devotion to Mary, our teacher (UPS IV 234).

From Father Tom: All of us need a mother--even when we are big boys and girls. She was always there for us, listened to our good and bad news, dried our tears and --frequently--greeted her first grandchild with tears of joy. Let us turn often to Mary and see if she's not the best of mothers.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Assunta Aimo PD (1970)--Sr. Teresinha Moraes FSP (1979)--Fr. Virginio Manzi IJP (2007)--Fr. Silvio Pignotti SSP (2009)

October 22, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, October 23
ST JOHN CAPISTRANO, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 7: 18-25
Ps 119: 66-68, 76-94
Lk 12: 54-59

We shall become expert masters of souls, if previously we have become humble and diligent disciples of Christ (UPS III 125).

From Father Tom: There was a time when this could be clearly said of priests and Religious who were what they were supposed to be and were dealing with "disciples" who believed in certain principles even if they didn't practice them. But...in today's world and today's Church...?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Genesia Bonadie FSP (1975)--Sr. M. Raffaela Tozzi FSP  (1992)--Fr. Paolo Carettu SSP (1997)--Sr. Virginia Costa FSP (2004)--Fr. Ediardo Baretta IJP (2007)--Fr. Ettore Lessa IJP (2010)--Helen Beck (no date)--Fr. Francesco Venneri IJP (2011).

October 22, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, October 22
ST JOHN PAUL II, POPE
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 6: 19-23
Ps 1: 1-6
Lk 12: 49-53

Holy priests remain strong in difficulties because they know they have been called by God. They spread the word of God with great consistency. They lead and direct their people, insisting on the right thing whether circumstances are suitable or unsuitable (SM 184).

From Father Tom: How hard it is in our day for priests to live up to this standard! The laity is everywhere substituting for them..so many of their colleagues have left or would do well to leave...the recent history of the priesthood has not been a happy one...and they are for the most part overworked and underestimated (and under appreciated--my note).  God help all of us!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Cleia Calliano FSP (1918)--Sr. M. Nicodema Spinelli (1972)--Bro Luigi Pasqualini SSP (1988)--Fr. Antonio Fiortto IJP (1998)--Bro Giuseppe Paolo Cirillo SSP (2008)--Alan Spaniel (1999)--Ted Charles Endress (2009)--Sr. M. Angelica Merli PD (2011)--Mons. Salvatore De Filippo IJP (2011)

October 21, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, October 21

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 6: 12-18
Ps 124: 1-8
Lk 12: 39-48

The supernatural spirit comes from God, leans on God and aims at God (SP Jan 1951)

From Father Tom: I think we are talking here of faith: a giftr of God above all others, an unwavering support all through life and a final definitive conclusion when after death it becomes vision.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Maria Rosa PD (1995)--Sr. Amedea Rizzo FSP (2001)--Sr. M. Teresa Vazzler PD (2010)--Sr. Bernadette De Castro FSP (2012)

October 20, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, October 20

ST PAUL OF THE CROSS, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 5: 12-21
Ps 40: 7-10, 17
Lk 12: 35-38

We are citizens of Christ's kingdom, the Church, no matter the nation we live in. We always belong to her, for the Church is universal (SP Nov 1953).

From Father Tom: Universal, yes, but always affected and sometimes destroyed by its members. What is the Church like in today's United States? Confused in its members and challenged in its teaching. Not the Church we knew in our youth nor-as things seem now--not the one we will leave to our children (if we have any).

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Esperanza Magana PD (1975)--Sr. M. Dina Vevilacqua FSP (1987)--Sr. M. Giovanna Marino FSP (1987)--Sr. M. Tarcisia Pasolini (1988)--Sr. Giovanna Maria Roggero FSP (1992)--Fr. Franceco Formicola IJP (1994)--Sr. M. Redenta Gorlani PD (1995)--Sr. Giovana Rosa Cunico FSP (1995)--Ana Maria Martin HFI (2003)--Sr. Margarita Becerra FSP (2008)--Patricia Cadenhead McNair (2007)--Fr. Francesco Campus SSP (2011)--Fr Agapito Aliende Palma SSP (2013)--Sr. M Nazarena Lovato FSP (2013)--Aurora De caro HFI (2013)

October 19, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Monday, October 19

SS. JOHN de BREBEUF & ISAAC JOGUES,
PRIESTS AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 4:20-25
(Ps) Lk 1: 69-75
Lk 12: 13-21

The Maestro, Timothy Giaccardo, was my close collaborator, he taught various school subjects, spoke by example to all the aspirants, was spiritual director of many, collaborated in formation of the Constitutions and the approval of the ecclesiastical authorities (UPS III 1953). 

From Father Tom: Well, yes, but as we had to note already, the two Saints remained still very human especially in the beginning when things were not clear. Such is human existence: we rub against others like stones in a stream and as the water (in our case, the grace of God) flows over us, we lose our rough edges.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr Gabrielo Piazzo SSP (1983)--Maria Patera HFI (1998)--Sr. M. Gian Piera Piacentini PD (2000)--Sr. M. Alejandra Herrera Lopez FSP (2004)--Sr. M. Feliciana Chiesa PD (2006)--Anacleto Aguilera HFI (2010)--Luigia Locastello HFI (2010)--Lidia Tomassini HFI (2012)

October 18, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, October 18

TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN 
ORDINARY TIME

Is 53: 10-11
Ps 33:  4-5, 18-22
Heb 4: 14-16
Mk 10: 35-45

The Our Father is a most convenient prayer for the apostolate soul. It is the most missionary of prayers (RdA 124).

From Father Tom: "Missionary?" Now what might that mean? For me it means the prayer which really "goes out" in all circumstances to all peoples and covering all their needs. Truly, a prayer the Lord himself taught us!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Virgelina Ceballos FSP (1997)--Fr. Josephino Javellana SSP (2006)

October 17, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, October 17

ST IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP

MARTYR

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 4: 13-18

Ps 105: 6-9, 42-43

Lk 12: 8-12

You do not have just one more small devotion, but Jesus, Master, no text-book, but the Holy Gospel, no food but the Eucharist, and no mother and model but Mary (FSP 56, p. 271).

From Father Tom: And we can say, we do not have a “small” or limited apostolate either, but the most relevant one in our time or in any future time. The problem is to live up those ideals.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Dirce Duarte Ortigoso FSP (1992)—Sr. M. Giulia Pattaro FSP (1995)—Pietro Tidei HFI (2003)—Sr. M. Alba Bertolini FSP (2008)—Florence Seifert (1999)—Fr. Joe Small SJ (2004)—Sr. M. Lina Gasparotto PD (2013)

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

Friday, October 16

ST HEDWIG, RELIGIOUS and

ST MARGARET MARY ALACOQUE, VIRGIN

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 4: 1-8

Ps 32: 1-5, 11

Lk 12: 1-7

“Jesus Master, Way, Truth and Life” is a program of life for Paulines and involves doing everything through Christ, with Christ and within Christ…it is a complete program for spiritual people and for those who are called to a higher spiritual life (Sermons on the Divine Master, p. 89).

From Father Tom: Or even for us who perhaps are not called to higher realms of spirituality. The Lord did not come only to help those who can establish a special relationship with, but to help everyone and especially sinners. The Pharisees though they knew it all but received a short and sharp course in real spirituality.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Celestina Cappa FSP (1978)—Sr. Priscilla Dalle Piatte FSP (1984)—Sr. M. Illuminata UY FSP (1989)—Sr. M. Beniamina Sedita FSP (1997)—Sr. M. Teresina Doctor FSP (2002)—Sr. M. Rossa Pivetta FSP (2003)—Sr. M. Felicina Airano PD (2007)—Sr. M. Fiaminia Montecchio PD (2008)—Fabrizio Vecchi Gabrielite (2009)—Fr. Francesco Laarca IJP (2010)

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

Thursday, October 15

ST TERESA OF JESUS, VIRGIN

DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 3:21-30

Ps 130: 1-6

Lk 11: 47-54

With the recitation of the Rosary we always intend to ask for sanctity and blessings on the apostolate (Le preghiere della Famiglia Paolina, p 88)

From Father Tom: And we can confidently hope for both blessings. The problem—for me anyay—is to recite the Rosary WELL. To help myself, I say always the Sorrowful Mysteries, keeping in mind Gibson’s movie.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Deacon Pasquale Sterpone SSP (1943)—Sr. Tarcisia Pillai FSP (1959)—Sr. M. Leontina Vincenti FSP (1967)—Bro onesimo Valli SSP (1979)—Sr. M. Pancrazia Frisone PD (1992)—Bro Celestino Marchese (2007)—Cassie Fortuna (2005)—Sr. M. Palma Sala FSP (2012).

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

Wednesday, October 14

ST CALLISTUS I, POPE, MARTYR

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 2: 1-11

Ps 62: 2-9

Lk 11: 42-46

In the Bible there is everything: the Bible is way, truth and life for the media apostle (RSP).

From Father Tom: Undoubtedly. But a commentary is needed to clarify the history behind the text in the Old Testament. In the New Testament what we need mostly is to read it frequently.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Sebastiano Trosso SSP (1952)—Fr. Pietro Zugna SSP (1954)—Sr. M. Cherubina Crudale PD (1957)—Sr. Milagros Banez FSP (1983)—Fr. Giovanni Bartolomissi SSP (1986)—Bro Raymond Kraus SSP (1989)—Bruna Capriotti IAM (1989)—Sr. M. Federica Cozzo FSO (1993)—Mary Culotta HFI (2004)—Sr. Anna Cestarollo FSP (2005)—Sr. Angela M. DiNiso FSP (2006)—Andrew Primavera (1971)—Sr. Maria Linda Repetto FSP (2013)

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

Tuesday, October 13

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 1: 16-25

Ps 19: 2-5

Lk 11: 37-41

There are people who come to the faith relatively late in life, but work with so much love and humility that they gain the reward of a longer life (FSP 56, p. 84).

From Father Tom: Perhaps even a greater reward. Coming late is not the ideal, but at that stage the decisions of life are made and no time is lost wondering if…

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Nazarena Costa FSP (1938)—Sr. Adelaide Tarasconi FSP (1985)—Fr. Agostino Monticone SSP (1989)—Fr. Gabriele Colosanto SSP (1993)—Sr. Gaetanina Modeese FSP (1999)—Sr. Christine Driscoll FSP (2004)—Maryjane Melodia HFI (2006)—Sr. M. Rita Guidi FSP (2012)

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

Monday, October 12

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Rom 1: 1-7

Ps 98: 1-4

Lk 11: 29-32

The Apostle, progressing like a giant in virtue and in the apostolate, is our ideal: a Teacher chosen one, an example (SP Feb 1936).

From Father Tom: Do you know him better now or do I have to run the series on his life and work a third time?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Bro Alphonso Pavan SSP (1948)—Fr. Dante Giovangnoli IJP (1977)—Sr. Scolastica Flosco FSP (1987)—Sr. M. Mansueta Cracco PD (1990)—Sr. Gasparina Sorrentini FSP (1991)—Fr. Bernardo Bosio SSP (1992)—Sr. M. Eugenia Siga FSP (1993)—Sr. M. Josephine Vas PD (1997)—Sr. M. Lourdes Morales PD (2001)—Sr M. Laura Saraniti PD (2003)—Bro Umberti Moretti SSP (2006)—Giuseppe Ceccanti HFI (2008)—M. Stella Talluto IAM (2010)—Sr. Timotea Park FSP (2011)

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

Sunday, October 11

TWENTY-EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY

TIME

Wis 7: 7-11

Ps 90: 12-17

Heb 4: 12-13

Mk 10: 17-30

If one does not make his meditation and spiritual reading, his faith becomes feeble (FSP 56, P. 438).

From Father Tom: And the examination of conscience? It is not enough to have convictions…the real problem is to put them into practice.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Fr. Salvatore Occhetti SSP (1931)—Fr. Paolino Panunzi SSP (1960)—Sr. Candida Lex FSP (1975)—Sr. Gabriella Stellini SGBP (1989)—Sr. M. Marta Furukawa PD (2000)—Frnaco D’Eugenio HFI (2002)—Sr. Annabianca D’Alberto (2008)—June Burrell Scheer (2000)

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

Saturday, October 10

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jl 4: 12-21

Ps 97: 1-12

Lk 11: 27-28

The religious life belongs to strong souls: strong to leave their homes, strong to leave a worldly life and strong to live a daily religious life (APD 1961, 181).

From Father Tom: Hard to say if this applied in ’61, still less if it applies today. The religious life was once clearly different from secular life. And more difficult. Is that the case today? You tell me!

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Giovanna Paola Leo FSP (1967)—Sr. M. Dolores Farci FSP (1988)—Gr. Giacomina Cardenti SGBP (2000)—Sr. M. Melania Tutino PD (2003)—Maria Piazza Scordo IAM (2010)

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

Friday, October 9

ST DENIS, BISHOP, AND COMPANIOJNS,

MARTYRS:

ST JOHN LEONARDI PRIESTORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jl 1: 13-15; 2:1-1

Ps 9: 2-9

Lk 11: 15-26

To tempt a busy person, a hundred devils are not enough. To tempt a lazy person, just one is sufficient (BM 246).

From Father Tom: Unless, of course, the individual is kept busy doing something he or she shouldn’t, e.g. working when it is time for prayer.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Flavia Vignotto FSP (1982)—Sr. Teresa Quaino FSP (1990)—Fr. Alfondo Ferrero SSP (1996)—Fr. Vincenzo De Carli SSP (2005)—Angelina Muner HFI (2010)—Frank J. Capuzello (1990)—Gaetano Cerrito HFI (2013).

October 8, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, October 8

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Mal 3: 13-20
Ps 1: 1-6
Lk 11: 5-13

A Rosary Crusade is needed, now after the Council, to affect a Christian awakening (Pensieri, p52).

From Father Tom: That sort of crusade is even more needed now. "The family that prays together, stays together."

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Attilia Trevisani FSP (1943)--Sr. TErezinha Lopes SGBP (1995)--Domenico Nardis HFI (1998)--Arthur Mulligan (1999)--Fr. Paolo Colonna IJP (2011)--Sr. Antonietta Bottiglieri FSP (2012)

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

Wednesday, October 7

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH—

ST JOSEPH
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jon 4:1-11(PS) 
Ps 86: 3-10
Lk 11: 1-4

The Vatican Council was pastoral...this is your time. Your Institute is relevant now (To the Sisters of Jesus, the Good Shepherd).

From Father Tom: The founder saw these Sisters as working in parishes doing all those tasks which the pastor cannot for lack of time. The increasing presence of laity in parishes, following Vatican 2, led them into other fields such as education.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Luigia Boffa PD (1931)--Sr. M. Ilaria Vaia PD (1986)--Sr. M. Ida Vagli FSP (1991)--Domenica Strazzeri HFI (1992)--Sr. M. Augusta Arlorio PD (1997)--Mafalda Rossetto IAM (1999)--Fr. Carlo Berloni IP (2002)--Sr. Susana Alvarez FSP (2006)--Vincenzo Arcione HFI (2008)--Bro. Candido Bessegato SSP (2009)--Maria Arixi HFI (2009)--Maria Enas HFI (2009)

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

Tuesday, October 6

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH—

THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
ST BRUNO, PRIEST AND 
BL. MARIE-ROSE DUROCHER, VIRGIN

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jon 1:1-10(PS) Jon 2
Ps 130: 1-8
Lk 10: 38-42

No one becomes a Pauline so as to serve in a particular nation--including his or her own--but rather to serve wherever he or she is sent for the purpose of God's glory and the good of souls (SP Nov 1953).

From Father Tom: And of course, we mustn't refuse to go to this or that destination--such a refusal puts us in a false situation outside God's will and, therefore, cutting ourselves off from His blessings.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Gloria SGBP (1988)--Fr. Emmanuele Fassino SSP (1989)--Sr. Firmina Boano FSP (1999)--Sr. M. Paula Cufre' PD (1990)--Sr. Lucina Bianchini FSP (1993)--Fr. Lorenzo Foletto (1994)--Msgr. Antonio D'ERchia IJP (1997)--Sr. Leonzia Spigarolo FSP (1998)--Fr. Angelo Leuzzi IJP (1998)--Fr. Pietro Romano IJP (2002)--M. Giovanna Palazzo HFI (2002)--Sr. Candida Rivi FSP (2008)--Edward Drouhard (1971)--Bonnie Taylor (2007)

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

Monday, October 5

FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH—

ST PAUL THE APOSTLE

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jon 1:1-2:1-2, 11
(PS) Jon 2
L 10: 25-37

The Ecumenical Council, Vatican 2, has above all a pastoral purpose, that is, helping souls to reach salvation; the Good Shepherd, Who teaches, guides and sanctifies (Alle Suore di Gesu, Buon Pastore)

From Father Tom: This, of course, is the purpose behind all any of us does. It is easy to get bogged down in a personal prayer and sanctification, but if there is no reaching out to bring our message to new people, we have missed the meaning of our membership.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Vincenza Gabarrone FSP (1947)--Fr. Francesco Peira SSP (1957)--Fr. Dionigi Bertone SS (1972)--Fr. Felice Pisano IJP (1983)--Bro Marcella Bandinelli SSP (1986)--Alberto Rubini HFI (1992)--Fr. Manuel Linterna SSP (1997)--Sr. M. Angela Nishida PD (2002)--Fr. Giuseppe Riccobene IJP (2002)--Sr. M. Angela Monticelli FSP (2004)--Amalia Esther Avendano IAM (2005)--Susan V. Cereno (1995)

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

Sunday, October 4

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH—

THE DIVINE MASTER, WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Gn 2: 18-24
{s 128": 1-6
Heb 2: 9-11
Mk 10" 2-16

The Church offers salvation to all, as we see from the mandate: Go and preach to all nations the Gospel, guide both individuals and society in the right way, communicate the life of grace through baptism (SP Dec 1965).

From Father Tom: Ah...Baptism...we receive it without knowing (for the most part) and--to be honest--we frequently live as if we had never been baptized, e.g., received into our life the Lord of Life.  Then in the Institute we have a second Baptism...how's it going?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Emilia Nicoli FSP (1947)--Sr. M. Ausilia Urgeghe FSP (1986)--Sr. Maggiorina Fraccaroli FSP (1990)--Sr. Anna Antonioli FSP (1992)--Fr. Girolamo Ghiglione SSP (1992)--Sr. Giannina Frunetti FSP (1996)--Fr. Carmine Fais IJP (199)--Sr. M. Gesuina Liguori FSP (2003)--Sr. M. Vittoria Aldegheri PD (2004)--Sr. Anselmina Satta SJBP (2006)--Fr. Antonio Piccolo IJP (2007)--Antonio Lovine HFI (2011)--Charles Dulleck HFI (2014)

October 3, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, October 3

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH—

MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES 

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Bar 4: 5-7, 27-29
Ps 69: 33-37
Lk 10: 17-24

Devotion to the Rosary is a devotion that is easy, efficacious and adapted to all times, places and persons. Each mystery proposes for us a teaching to extract, a virtue to practice, a grace to ask for (RSP p. 61).

From Father Tom: True. But do you have any problem in concentrating on what we are supposed to be meditating on?

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. Pia Dogliani PD (1983)--Sr. M. Angela Parnoff FSP (1988)--Fr. Andrzej Garbulewski IJP (1994)--Sr. Erminia Jovine FSP (1996)--Fr. Giovanni Ferrero SSP (2001)--Giuseppe Frumento Gabrielite (2005)--Daniel J. Hickey (1997)--Otto W. Black (2004)

October 2, 2015 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, October 2

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH—

THE SACRED HEART 

TH HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Bar 1: 15-22
Ps 79: 1-9
Mt 18: 1-5, 10

The angels collect our prayers in their hands and present them to the Lord together with their Adoration, their thanksgiving and their ineffable supplications (RSP p. 48).

From Father Tom: Not the most profound thing the Founder every wrote...as the years pass it becomes more difficult to find new material.

Please Pray for Our Deceased: Sr. M. Innocenza Maio PD (2001)--Sr. M. Clemens Sanfilippo PD (2003)--Maria da Conceiacao Silva IAM (2005)--Fr. Francesco Simone IJP (2006)--Sr. Teresina Vitalini FSP (2009)--Sr. Lucia Badenchini FSP (2009)--Sr. M. Giuditta De Carolis FSP (2013)