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)