January 31, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, January 31

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Jer 1: 4-5, 17-19
Ps 71: 1-17
1 Cor 12: 31-13: 13
Lk 4: 21-30

Charity among us is very precious, but it is also the most difficult one. Fraternal charity requires what Saint Paul says in his hymn: that it be patient, kind, know how to bear other's burdens, forgiving (RSP p. 130).

FROM FATHER TOM:  As the years pass, the practice of Charity--as happens for everything else--becomes problematic: should I correct that erring confrere or pray for him? Are the accusations made against me, true or the fruit of false judgment? Do I just rashly and hastily (act? judge?) when it is none of my business...the list goes on and on.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr. Renato Canciani SSP (1976)--Vita Sorrento IAM (1981)--Fr. Gaetano Kucich SSP (1984)--Sr. M. Lorenzina Flores Yanez FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Angelica BondadFSP (1997)--Fr. Vincenzo Iannuzzi SSP (1999)--Franca Marchina IAM (2015)