June 1, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST JOSEPH
ST JUSTIN, MARTYR
ORDINARY TIME
2 Tm 1: 1-3, 6-12

Ps 123: 1-2
Mk 12: 18-27

MONTHLY INTENTIONS: So that all pastors and their cooperators and especially parents and teachers may be holy, full of wisdom and zeal for the glory of God and the salvation of people (LdP p. 42)

FROM FATHER TOM: Indeed, but the problem today is that pastors, parents and teachers are so harried and challenged that they may be glad just to get the essentials done even if they don't quite measure up to Fr. Alberione's standards.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M Spes Marengo PD (1958)--Sr. Giuditta Pagliana FSP (1995)--Fr. Stefano Lamera SSP (1997)--Fr. Girolamo Sgambetterra IJP (1999)--Sr. Rosalia Ciccarello FSP (2002)--Sr. M. Giovanna Grandi FSP (2003)--Sr. M. Alfonsina Anzalone FSP (2006)--Sr. M. Fiorentina Ceccon PD (2006)--Fr. Estanislao Anzalone SSP (2008)--Sr. M. Celsa Tarico PD (2008)--Fr. Luigi Fabbri IJP (2013)

May 31, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and with Father Tom

TUESDAY, MAY 31

VISITATION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Zep 3: 14-18
Is 12: 2-6
Lk 1: 39-56

It is good to renew often our consecration to Mary, putting ourselves in the number of those whom this Mother nourishes, instructs, forms, assists and sanctifies (SP Oct 1938).

FROM FATHER TOM: October 1938! And what a difference between the Church then and The Church in 2016! Consecration to Mary?In a day and age when Catholics for whom He shed the last drop of His precious blood, no longer even frequent the churches where His Sacrifice is represented, no longer admit their sins, desecrate the Sacrament of Matrimony, and seem quite unconcerned. What a victory for Satan!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Margherita Imparato PD (1963)--Sr. M. Luisa Laurenti FSP (1967)--Sr. M. Vittorina Vellone PD (1976) Fr. Giovanni E. Robaldo SSP (1997)--Sr. M. Nives Ferrari FSP (1998)--Sr. Pierina Columbro FSP (1999)--Fr. Angelo Bellanzon SSP (2003)--Raimondo Orru' HFI (2003)--Fr. Andrea Damino SSP (2012)--Sr. M. Bartolomea Ali PD (2013)--Alred Vance Ducote (1949)

May 30, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

MONDAY, MAY 30

NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

1 Pt 1: 2-7
Ps 91: 1-2
Mk 12: 1-12

Your mission is a mission of joy (Alle sorgente p. 35).

FROM FATHER TOM: Another one-liner which, however, makes us reflect.  Joy in our apostolate only too readily becomes pride. And if pride is our motive--or competition which is another form of the same sin--there is every reason to be sober.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Lorenzina Ligari FSP (1935)--Sr. M. Alessandrina Migliardi FSP (1973)--Fr. Aldo Varaldo SSP (1997)--Sr. M. Pacis Ferrero PD (2000)--Sr. M. Veritas Brau FSP (2004)--Sr. M. Amalia Bertolusso PD (2007)--Maria Ascanio IAM (2009)--Anna Maria Cocci HFI (2009)--Sr. Eugenia Milan SGBP (2013)--Andrea Colaluce HFI (2014)--Philip Smelka (1995)--Armida Primavera (1999)

May 29, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Alberione

SUNDAY, MAY 29

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND
BLOOD OF CHRIST (CORPUS
CHRISTI)
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Gn 14: 18-20
Ps 110: 1-4
1 Cor 11: 23-26
Lk 9: 11-17

Perfect devotion to Mary consists in thinking like her.

FROM FATHER TOM: And need we add, speaking like her and acting like her. But what does that mean? Perhaps we can find an answer as we reflect on the quiet ladies all of us have met in our lifetime. They had about them a serenity and a calm that sometimes, perhaps angered us, but yet led us to wish, that we were like them.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Gemma Magno FSP (1945)--Fr. Adolfo Lotta IJP (1998)--Sr. Veronica Glassmann FSP (2008)--Elvira Targa IAM (2008)

May 28, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

SATURDAY, MAY 28

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jude 17: 20-25
Ps 63: 2-16
Mk 11: 27-33

Frequency in visiting Jesus in the holy Tabernacle prepares that eternal dwelling with Him which is beatitude (BM p. 380).

FROM FATHER TOM: I have written of Fr. Alberione previously in this context: slowly and reverently, head habitually bowed, he entered the church.  Painfully, he tried to kneel. Gently he entered the pew, bowed his head...and all was silence.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Sofia Jimenez FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Beatrice Dante PD (2004)--Rosanna Paoloni HFI (2007)--Sr. M. Ecclesia Gastaldo PD (2009)--Fr. Vincenzo Rossi IJP (2009)

May 27, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

FRIDAY, MAY 27

ST AUGUSTINE OF CANTERBURY, BISHOP
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Ptr 4: 7-13
Ps 96: 10-13
Mk 11: 11-26

Those who know more, obey more (LA 136).

FROM FATHER TOM: Fr. Alberione never heard the term "one-liner" but it is not difficult to find in his writings and recordings some statements sufficient for many much longer meditations. He is talking about divine inspiration, of course, not human cleverness.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr. Giovanni Casuccio IJP (1982)--Fr. Felice Carosso SSP (1985)--Antonio Pigiona HFI (1985)--Sr. M. Flores Marsili FSP (1992)--Sr. Sabina Meneghelli FSP (1998)--Sr. Vincenzina M. La Pio FSP (2001)--Illuminato Dainotto HFI  (2001)--Sr. Annunziata Desogus FSP (2002)--Sr. M. Ines Marcondes PD (2013)--Sr. Olimpia M. Navelli FSP (2014)--Antonio Gemma (1975)-Mary Knefler (1999)

May 26, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

THURSDAY, MAY 26

ST PHILIP NERI, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Ptr 2: 2-12
Ps 100: 2-5
Mk 10: 46-52

Joyful faith! The example, the teaching and the patronage of our Father, St. Paul, are (for) us at all times light, guidance and comfort. Always under the mantle of Mary (SP May 1947)

FROM FATHER TOM: What an interesting relationship the Paul/Mary one: fiery zeal and heroic gentleness, burning eloquence and saintly silence, outgoing personality, a life lost in contemplation! We need them both!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Cleric Artemio Valenti SSP (1935)--Sr. Crocifissa Benvenuti FSP (1961)--Sr. M. Agata Rizzo PD (1964)--M. Teresa Alcibar HFI (1989)--Sr Angela M. Pavesi FSP (1990)--Sr. M. Virgilia Romanelli FSP (2009)--Sr. M. Teresina Melis FSP (2010)--Bro Mario Celestino Rizzo SSP (2011)

May 25, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione adn With Father Tom

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

ST BEDE THE VENERABLE, PRIEST
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
ST GREGORY VII, POPE;
ST MARY MAGDALEN DE' PAZZI, VIRGIN
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Ptr 1: 18-25
Ps 147: 12-20
Mk 10: 32-45

Everyone who has developed a taste for reading St. Paul has become a sturdy soul. (SP 414).

FROM FATHER TOM: Sturdy, but also we might say adventurous, ready to improve his or her personal living with the aid of our holy Patron. How well Fr. Alberione chose when he took this firebrand as the exemplar of whom and how we should be and live.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Flamina Di Nezza FSP (1947)--Fr. Joseph Kolencheril SSP (1997)--Fr. Valerio Cascia IJP (1997)--Fr. Giovanni Basigli IJP (1999)--Sr. M. Gesualda Aureli FSP (2004)--Salvatore Iannelli HFI (2004)--Sr. M. Rosangela Marazzi FSP (2012)--Concetta Mammoliti IAM (2013)

May 24, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

TUESDAY, MAY 24

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Ptr 1: 10-16
Ps 98: 1-4
Mk 10: 28-31

We know that spiritual tendencies and carnal tendencies exist, so we have to guide ourselves through a firm discipline and with the help of grace (MCS p. 477).

FROM FATHER TOM: The grace is always there, at our disposal. The "firm discipline," on the other hand, may be just a bit beyond our reach. Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro. Serafino Bertolotti SSO (1979)--Sr. M. Rosa Giardino FSP (1987)--Sr. M. Silvia Mangiarotti FSP (1999)--Bro Pietro Pisani SSP (2001)--Maria Caforio HFI (2006)--Sr. M. Consilia Spedaliere FSP (2009)--Rev. Fr. Fidel (1976)

May 23, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

MONDAY, MAY 23

8TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME

1 Ptr 1: 3-9
Ps 111: 1-10
Mk 10: 17-27

Let us make of ourselves the pen and tongue of God, through Jesus Christ, our Master (CISP 33)

FROM FATHER TOM: The words are typical of a frequent Fr. Alberione recommendation. The "pen"--that's relatively easy; we can all write good advice. The "tongue"? Always saying the right thing to the current person at the right time and in the right way...Help!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Colomba Crepaldi FSP (1997)--Lina Minerva IAM (1997)--Sr. M. Angela Sanino PD (2000)--Dr. James Glosser HFI (2000)--Irene Osorio IAM (2008)--Sr. Pierina Marras FSP (2009)--Sr. Sylvia George FSP (2011)--Sr. Teresa Merlo FSP (2011)--Lino Bottin HFI (2013)--Sr. Luisa Perinot FSP (2014)--Sr. Zunilda Raquel Romero FSP (2015)--Sr. M. Laurenzina Piumatti PD (2015)

May 22, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

SUNDAY, MAY 22

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Prv 8: 22-31

Ps 8: 4-9

Rom 5: 1-5

Jn 16: 12-15

The apostle is a Christ’s cooperator and works for the salvation of others by informing them of the great blessings of faith, holiness and charity (SP Feb 1953).

FROM FATHER TOM: This is especially true for us in the media. But the challenge always is to LIVE WHAT WE TEACH: otherwise, we are simply so many hypocrites.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr. Francisco Villena SSP (1983)—Sr. Nair De Bona FSP (1983)—Teresa Ugenti HFI (1984)—Sr. M. Pia Crosio FSP (1990)—Pilar Albano HFI (2000)—Sr. M. Albina Fasolo FSP (2001)—Sr. M. :Pierina Vicari FSP (2007)—Sr. M. Olimpia Tuninetti FSP (2008)—Lt. James A. Ducote, Jr. USMC  (1995)

May 21, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

SATURDAY, MAY 21

ST CHRISTOPHER MAGALLANES, PRIEST,

AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jas 5: 13-20

Ps 141: 1-8

Mk 10: 13-16

Poverty in an institute guarantees good spirit and good development especially admirable and numerous vocations (UPS 1, 452).

FROM FATHER TOM: Poverty for us is observed not so much in daily living as in our annual vacation—if we take it.  It is easy to follow the ads; and, if we have the resources, to head off to a Sandals vacation.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: None given—please pray for all the deceased.

May 20, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

FRIDAY, MAY 20
ST BERNARDINE OF SIENA, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Jas 5: 9-12
Ps 103: 1-12
Mk 10: 1-12

Love that does not lead to sacrifice is a deception, pure sentimentality. The example of true love is Jesus who immolated Himself (FSP 41, p. 280).

FROM FATHER TOM: This is true of our recent situation. However, Jesus intended to begin His work peacefully, converting the religious leaders. Unfortunately, they treated Him with hatred and brought about His passion and death.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Immacolata Panero PD (1976)--Sr. M. Gisella Mercanti PD (1998)--Fr. Maggiorino Testi SSP (2001)--Mario Bonati GABRIELITE (2003)--Francesco Calamita HFI (2011)--Gino Barbone HFI (2012)--Sr. Loredana De Paoli SGBP (2013)--Serafina Santiago (1988)

May 19, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

THURSDAY, MAY 19
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Jas 5: 1-6
Ps 49: 14-20
Mk 9: 41-50

There is the apostolate of humility, of suffering and of work. In the Lord's eyes those who ray are good; those who work, better; those who suffer, best (FSP 32, p. 456).

FROM FATHER TOM: It is easy to grasp the value of prayer and suffering, but...humility? Perhaps it is because we seldom encounter genuine examples of this central virtue.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Scolastica Chisari PD (1960)--Sr. M. Ave Garuti FSP (1972)--Sr. Giovanna Deidda FSP (1987)--Sr. Dionisia Capecci FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Lorenzina Ellena PD (2003)--Sr. M. Rosetta Polloni PD (2006)--Sr. Lucia Lestuzzi SGBP (2006)--Sr. M. Elisa Comi FSP (2008)--Franca Portrella IAM (2009)

May 18, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
ST JOHN I, POPE AND MARTYR
Jas 4: 13-17
Ps 49: 2-11
Mk 9: 38-40


Suffering is not only a trial, but an apostolate and a participation in the redemptive work of our Savior (BM 330).

FROM FATHER TOM: That's what we say...but when suffering comes we are often no(t) ready.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Rosita Diez PD (1966)--Sr. Angelina Valsania FSP (1974)--Fr. Marc Grossi SSP (1988)--Bro Francisco Sierra SSP (1990)--Sr. M. Palma Rigoni PD (1995)--Piergiorgio Guerreschi HFI (1996)--Sr. M. Regina Caro FSP  (1999)--Jeanette Downey HFI (2007)--Sr. Franceschina Colavecchio FSP (2008)--Enza Alaimo IAM (2009)--Fr Rui Prates SSP (2010)--Sr. Marcellina M. Dal Corso Fsp (2010)--Bro Mathew Kadikattu SSP (2013)--Minnie Madeline (1965).

May 17, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

TUESDAY, MAY 17
SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Jas 4: 1-10
Ps 55: 7-11, 23
Mk 9: 30-37


Even if all time passes and even if science continues to progress, Jesus always remains the only and infallible Master. (Vademecum)

FROM FATHER TOM: But of course, we need to attend His "school" and only a few are prepared to do that.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Ann Grub IAM (2003)--Giovanni Giove HFI (2004)--Fr. Giuseppe Perna IJP (2009)--Sr. Agnese Sandri FSP (2015)--Wilfred Waltz (2009)

It's Penecost

Veni, Sante Spiritus

Come, Holy Spirit, come!

And from Your celestial home

Shed a ray of light Divine!

Come, Father of the poor!

Come, source of all our store!

Come, within our bosoms shine.

You, of comforters the best;

You, the soul’s most welcome guest’

Sweet refreshment here below;

In our labor, rest most sweet;

Grateful coolness in the heat;

Solace in the midst of woe.

O most blessed Light Divine

Shine within these hearts of Yours,

And our inmost being fill!

Where You are not, we have naught,

Nothing good in deed or thought,

Nothing free from taint of ill.

Heal our wounds, our strength renew;

On our dryness pour Your dew;

Wash the stains of guilt away:

Bend the stubborn heart and will;

Melt the frozen, warm the chill;

Guide the steps that go astray.

On the faithful, who adore

And confess You, evermore

In Your sevenfold gifts descend;

Give them virtue’s sure reward;

Give them Your salvation, Lord;

Give them joys that never end. Amen.

Alleluia

May 16, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

MONDAY, MAY 16
SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Jas 3: 13-18
Ps 19: 8-15
Mk 9: 14-29

LOVE of God is shown when we think about Him, contemplate Him and stay with Him (NOV 252).

FROM FATHER TOM: Stay? We have no choice. Think? Yes. Contemplate? We'll try.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Loreto Mari HFI (1995)--Fr. Giovanni Carrano IJP (1996)-Bro Angelico Abrate SSP (1999)--Sr. M. Casta Menoncin PD (2007)--S.r Paola Macalli FSP (2008)--Sr. M. Amabilis Esposito FSP (2011)--Sr. Celeste Cearon SGBP)

May 15, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

SUNDAY, MAY 15
PENTECOST
Acts 2: 1-11
Ps 104: 24-34
1 Cor 12: 3-13
Jn 20: 19-23

The good that we do, the Lord out of His mercy hides from us. No vanity comes to waste it, but it will be seen and rewarded on the day of judgement (AP 1958/1).

FROM FATHER TOM: And a useful thought here is that God gives us the occassions: He rewards us for His own work!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Maria Altomani PD (1964)--Sr. James Marie Roos FSP (2001)--Sr. M. Redenta Campana FSP (2005)--Sr. Clara Boff FSP (2007)--Sr. Emanuela Tonon SGBP (2015)--Bertha T. Sipos (2007)

May 14, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

SATURDAY, MAY 14
ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26
Ps 113: 1-8
Jn 15: 9-17

Working for a vocation means working for all those souls who will be benefitted by the one called (AP 1958/ 1, p. 73).

FROM FATHER TOM: This thought should be a real encouragement n our work to find new people: We benefit thereafter not just by the work we will continue to do personally but also by the good work they will do!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Mary Alfonsa Maliakel FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Addolorata Boffa PD  (1988)--Fr. Giovanni Chiesa SSP (1990)--Sr M. Lucia Osorio FSP (1994)--Sr. M. Fedele Pellizzon FSP (1997)--Maria Sara Leite IAM (1997)--Giovanni Patera HFI (2000)--Sr. Raffaella Gravina FSP (2008)--Bro. Angelo Bruno Baldin SSP (2012)--Sr. M. Yolanda Castro PD (2012)--Rose Piampiano (1998)

May 13, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

FRIDAY, MAY 13
OUR LADY OF FATIMA
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 25: 13-21
Ps 103: 1-2, 11-20
Jn 21: 15-19

Jesus is the companion of our life, in the holy Tabernacle, and He will be at our deathbed for our voyage to eternity (NOV 22).

FROM FATHER TOM: The Founder certainly lived this thought. On his deathbed he gasped: "I am dying..." and then "Paradise!"

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Immacolata Satriani FSP (2002)--Sr. Tecla Zilianti FSP (2007)--Sr. M. Blanca Sepulveda PD (2011)--Sr. Maria Kadalikattil FSP (2012)--

May 12, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

THURSDAY, MAY 12
SS NEREUS AND ACHILLEUS, MARTYRS
ST PANCRAS, MARTYR
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 22: 30; 23: 6-11
Ps 16: 1-11
Jn 17: 20-26
Pray that Mary may give vocations to many, may assist them and make their apostolate fruitful. Pray that those called may be holy (FSP 41, p 172).

FROM FATHER TOM: How fruitful is our apostolate? Perhaps most of us would say "mixed"...too few members. But apostolate is not numbers only. There was, after all, just one lone Man on the Cross.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Tommasina Simonato FSP (1940)--Fr. Giovani Gramaglia SSP (1981)-Sr. Serafina Milani FSP (1984)--Fr. Michele Grillo IJP (1993)--Fr. Giovanni Chiavarino SSP (1994)--Sr. M. Piera Giarrizzo FSP (2004)--Bro Giuseppe Omedei SSP (2011)--Sr. M. Maura Bertozzi PD (2012)--Rev. James F. Redding (1960)--Dale Baldwin (2000)

May 11, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 20: 28-38
Ps 68: 29-36
Jn 17: 11-19

Discovering the will of God is simple and complicated, luminous and obscure, painful and sweet, natural and marvelous according to each case (UPS 1, 115).

FROM FATHER TOM: Perhaps we might simplify things by looking at what our duty is in that time and place and deciding to do that even if later we find we should have done something else...no need to tie ourselves in knots.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Imelda MarianiFSP (1971)--Sr. M. Gesualda Rota FSP  (1974)--Sr. Brigida Perron FSP (1977)--Aldo Antonelli HFI (1991(00--Luis Hernan Luna HFI (1999)--Fr. Lamberto Schiatti SSP (2002)--Fr. Manfredo Caroli IJP (2004)--Bro Luke Bedard SSP (2006)--Sr. M. Leonzia Manera FSP (2007)--Sr. Celestina M. Delpogetto FSP (2010)--Sr. M. Adalgisa Tozzi PD (2010)--Maria Sciarratta IAM (2010)--Sr. M. Assunta Incardona FSP (2013)--Fr. Giacomo Corra SSP (2014)--Sr.M. Delia Bovio FSP (2015)--Charles Dinwiddie (2014)

May 10, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

TUESDAY, MAY 10
ST DAMIEN de VEUSTER 
OF MOLOKAI, PRIEST
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 20: 17-27
Ps 68: 10-11, 20-21
Jn 17: 1-11

A proof of real love of God and people, a source of joy and merit, is love for the apostolate (SP, Rosary 1946).

FROM FATHER TOM: The thought here seems to be that we commit ourselves to do the work, If we LIKE doing it, so much the easier. But ...true love is in the will, not the emotions. Take a look at Calvary.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr. Ilario Formento SSP (1934)--Olimpia Colombo IAM (1968)--Bro Daniele Parisella SSP (1979)--Sr. M. Angela Brigo FSP (1984)--Sr. M. Germana Lazzarotto PD (1997)--Fr. Edoardo Molina IJP (2005)

May 9, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

MONDAY, MAY 9
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 19: 1-8
Ps 68: 10-11, 20-21
Jn 17: 20-26

Apostles work for the salvation of men with Christ, in Christ and through Christ, making known to them the great gifts of faith, holiness and grace (SP Feb 1953)..

FROM FATHER TOM: "...the salvation of men" ...it's an old-fashioned way  of putting the thought, but actually its more than old-fashioned...it's inaccurate. These days we might say women are more in need of assistance...men in the nude are not often seen, women...far too often and too harmfully.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Domenico Nuccio HFI (1995)--Maria Onesto HFI (1995)--Sr. Alberta Scalet GSBP (2004)--M. Guadalupe G. de Montauriol HFI (2010)--Luigi Romani HFI (2015)--Anna Marciante (2003)A

May 8, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and with Father Tom

SUNDAY, MAY 8
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH--
SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 
Acts 7: 55-60
Ps 97: 1-9
Rv 22: 12-20
Jn 17: 20-26

Your mission is a mission of joy (Alle sorjenti, p. 35).

FROM FATHER TOM: Deep down joy, perhaps, but in daily life, not so much as we realize how insignificant the Catholic apostolate is compared with the opposite.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Rita Credico FSP (2009)--Prima Juntilla IAM (2009)--Sr. M. Elisabetta Ragoso PD (2011)--Sr. Myriam Teresita Corbalan FSP (2014)--Norma Virtucio IAM (2014)--Helen Zuzik HFI (2014)--Sr. M. Stella Doi PD (2015)--Margaret Di Fazio (2007)

May 7, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

SATURDAY, MAY 7
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH--
MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 18: 23-28
Ps 47: 2-3, 8-10
Jn 16: 23-28

The man in whom his conscience speaks is happy; unhappy the person who does not hear any more its voice (BM p. 940).

FROM FATHER TOM: It is remarkable how easily w silence our conscience: "It's only a venial sin..."  "Others are far worse." "Everybody's doing it."  "You don't know what to believe." And so on until, almost inevitably, we commit a serious sin.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Matteo Cattazzo SSP (2001)--Michele Miraglia HFI (2004)--Sr. M. Chiara Sergi FSP (2005)--Fr. Ivo Pazzaglini SSP (2007)--Francesco Accossu HFI (2007)--Bro Marion Santoro SSP (2009)--Assunta Atzori HFI (2010)--Fr. Francesco Dattilo IJP (2011)--Sr. Assunta Bassi FSP (2012) Sr. M. Danila Ferante FSP (2012) Bro Francesco Lim SSP  (2015)

May 6, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

FRIDAY, MAY 6
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SACRED HEART
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 18: 9-18
Ps 47: 2-7
Jn 16: 20-23

Frequency in visiting Jesus in the holy Tabernacle prepares our eternal dwelling with him (BM 380).

FROM FATHER TOM: If, of course, we have easy access to a church or chapel. If not, we can substitute by being a little more silent,a little more gentle, a little more, a little more forgiving of ourselves and others. Union with the Lord is not limited to the physical.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Innocenza Botttaro PD (1945)--Sr. M. Monica Battajello PD (1976)--Mons. Luigi Liverzani IJP (1995)--Sr. M. Dominika Goniciarz PD (2008)--Sr. Maria Grazia Mannini FSP (2009)--Bro Paolino Camparmo SSP (2010)--Sr. M. RAffaella Magasarili FSP (2011)--Sr. Innocenza Turra SGBP (2012)--Sr. M. Christina Schreil FSP (2013)--Sr. M. Roberta Sguazzardo FSP (2015)--Caroline Guggio (2002)

What if Today...

Dialogue With Christ

"Consider taking the time to dialogue with Christ through prayer.  As part of your prayer, read the Scripture and then close your eyes and allow the Spirit to slowly seep into your being like a gentle rainfall nourishing the earth."

~ Daily Prayer 2016  p 158

May 5, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

THURSDAY, MAY 5
FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE ANGEL GUARDIANS
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD
Acts 1: 1-11
Ps 47: 2-9
Eph 1: 17-23
Lk 24: 46-53

Perfect devotion to Mary consists in thinking like her, desiring what she desires, willing what she wills, working with her, in a word: being entirely hers(BM p. 404).

FROM FATHER TOM: Of course. But we should not give up the effort even if we seem to fall short of this standard. Isn't the love of a good mother even more intense when she sees we need her more?

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Paulina Campos FSP (1964)--Sr. Imelda Bianchi FSP (1987)--Bro Vincenzo Tommasini SSP (1994)--Sr. M. Pasqualina Giaccardi PD(1998)--Fr. Lorenzo Rossato IJP (2004)--Sr. M. Paola Bergadano FSP (2008)--Luigia PendinelliHFI (2008)--Sr. Gisella Codias FSP (2011)--Fr. Angelo Maria Cuozzo IJP (2012)--Sr. M. Aurora Scellato PD (2014)--Antonietta Ponzo IAM (2015)--Ruth Ann Baker (1975) Delores Bressler (1997)

May 4, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST JOSEPH
EASTER WEEKDAY
Acts 17: 22-18
Ps 148: 1-2, 11-14
Jn 16: 12-15

Each soul has its own story, its own difficulties, its own graces, its own life certifications (MCS p. 149).

FROM FATHER TOM: And, we may confidently add: its own special care on the part of God's love and mercy. We take our Catholic religion with its range of helps to salvation too much for granted forgetting the millions living in darkness and in the shadow of death.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Giacomina Adriano PD (1967)--Sr. Bertilla Lorenzi FSP  (1991)--Sr. M. Emanuela Sauro FSP (1998(00Sr. M. Elisa Baggio PD (2008)--Maria Joes Raposo IAM (2008)--Sr. Leontina Facchiano FSP (2009)--Sr. Letizia Turra SGBP (2011)--Sr. M. Raffaella Yamashita FSP (2014)--Ruth Ann Piatt Baker (1976)--DAniel McParland (1997)

April 3, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

TUESDAY, MAY 3
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
STS. PHILIP AND JOHN, APOSTLES
EASTER 
1 Cor 15: 1-8
Ps 19: 2-5
Jn 14: 6-14

If you are with Jesus, you cannot be sad (Alle sorgenti).

FROM FATHER TOM: Well, yes...but also perhaps no. Most of us cannot control our emotions to this extent or raise our minds to higher things. Let's try to make an act of love and faith even through our tears.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Giuseppe Ronconi SSP (2006)--Sr. M. Armanda Beghelli FSP (2015)--Marie Ducote Smelka (1995)--Joseph Mahoney--Winnie Williams--Darell Locker (no years)

April 2, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and with Father Tom

MONDAY, MAY 2
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST PAUL
ST. ATHANASIUS, BISHOP, 
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
EASTER 
Acts 16: 11-15
Ps 149: 1-9
Jn 15: 26-16: 4

MONTHLY INTENTION: It is good to renew often our consecration to Mary, putting ourselves in the number of those this mother nourishes, instructs, forms, assists and sanctifies (SP Oct. 1938).

FROM FATHER TOM: Frank Duff puts the same thought like this: The soul whom Mary is allowed to mother, grows beneath her touch.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Silvestrina Rustico PD (1946)--Sr. Elena Montemezzo FSP (1983)--Dorothy Kipcho IAM (1997)--Colomba Pennesi HFI (1997)--Antoni Szulcek GABRIELITE (1999)--Sr. M. Lourdes Rodriguez D (2000)--Aurelio Bellavista HFI (2004)--Sr. M. Aloisia Bortoletto FSP (2014)--Imogene Kozak (2006).