July 1, 2016 With Pope Francis

FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH--

THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

I have not yet received my Concord for July so I will be posting other thoughts, prayers, quotes or articles, as I find them, until my Concord arrives.  

Please Pray for our Deceased

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 30

THE FIRST MARTYRS OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Am 7: 10-17
Ps 19: 8-11
Mt 9: 1-8

St. Paul is our father and from him we must take our spirit, our mentality, our love for Jesus Christ and soul (Vademecum 654).

FROM FATHER TOM: Spirit? Strong, confident, looking into the future. Mentality? Alert, confident, modern.

Love? Constant desire to show our intense interest in the welfare of others (e.g. Save the Dying unprepared).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Vitina Prato HFI (2002)--Sr. Oliva Farronato FSP (2014)--Carmela Mangiere (1989)

June 29, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29

SS PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES
Acts: 12: 1-11
Ps 34: 2-9
2 Tm 4: 6-8, 17-18
Mt 16: 13-19

Move ahead with joy and confidence. You ware with the Church and operate in the Church and for the Church. You are with Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and you live under the guidance and light of Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd (AAP 1959, 74).

FROM FATHER TOM: Is this true of us, doing our humble daily work at home or in the workplace? Of course. It just requires a little imagination to look to the Word of God in some form and in some part of the world being shared with individuals or groups. You are there! I am there! That's us operating with the Church, in the Church and for the Church!!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Candida M. Tartaglione FSP (1972)--Maria Adelaide Antonione IAM (1973)--Sr. M. Purissima Acenas FSP (1981)--Fr. Jesus Fuente SSP (1986)--Fr. Patrick Pennisi SSP (1990)--Vera Stracciati HFI (1991)--Sr. M. Giuseppina Iezzoni FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Giovannina Gramaglia PD (1009)--Sr. M. Immaculada Garcia PD (1010)--Luigi Benova HFI (2010)--Bro Julian Luis Fernandez Lucio SSP (2011)

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

TUESDAY, JUNE 28

ST IRENAEUS, BISHOP, MARTYR
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Am 3: 1-8, 4-11
Ps 5: 4-8
Mt 8: 23-27

Humility is our wealth. Pride is a disgraceful and unhappy situation. Strive always to be humble as was St. Peter and St. Paul, who carried out prestigious works and established the Church's foundations (AAP 164, 169).

FROM FATHER TOM: A useful thought here and always is that the first and most important--and most difficult--thing is to be humble. That's essential. What "prestigious works" we may be called on to do is something secondary. The natural inclination is to perform the "prestigious works" in the full glare of publicity and let the humility take care of itself.  And so there will be quite a few surprises in heaven!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M. Teresina Dadone PD (1989)--Sr. M. Rachele Pasini FSP (1994)--Sr. M. Celeste Di Girolamo FSP (1994)--Sr. M. Speranza Valenzuela FSP  (1997)--Sr. Sira Borghetti FSP (2001)--Bro Matteo Toffani SSP (2003)--Sr. M. Speranza Festari FSP (2011)--Sr. M. Eleonora Beltrame PD (2012)--Sr. M. Urbana Berruti FSP (2013).

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

MONDAY, JUNE 27

ST CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, BISHOP
AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Am 2: 6-10, 13-16
Ps 50: 16-23
Mt 8: 18-22

St. Paul achieved so much in the way of the apostolate because he subjected himself with devout humility to the will of God (Vita Pastorale, Apr 1951).

FROM FATHER TOM: That can be true also for you and me. The will of God for us is the Statute, and we should often re-read it to find things we have forgotten or never even noticed!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Severina Pellerino FSP (1981)--Sr. Rosa Capozzoli FSP (1997)--Fr. Angelo Castellotto SSP (2006)--Fr. Felipe Del Valle SSP (2010)

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

SUNDAY, JUNE 26

THRITEENTH SUNDAY IN 
ORDINARY TIME
1 Kgs 19: 16-21
Ps 16: 1-11
Gal 5: 1, 13-18
Lk 9: 51-62

The joy of the spirit is reflected in all the aspects of being human: the mind oriented to truth, the will to what is good, the feelings to what is beautiful and joyful (Vita Pastorale, Nov 1952).

FROM FATHER TOM: This can be true even in the midst of somewhat severe  physical suffering; indeed, it may be the only support we have to counteract pain. 

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr. Antonio Anania IJP (1988)--Sr. M. Angiola Pecorelli PD (1994)--Carmelo Caramazza HFI (2006)--Sr. Hilda Eva Breve SGBP (2007)--Concetta Arcione HFI (2009)--Bro. Luigi Montanaro SSP (2010)--S.r Immacolata Marruco SGBP (2012)--Fr. Gianfranco Capoferri IJP (2013)--Sr. REnata M. Correggioli FSP (2014--Raimondo Pirracchio HFI )2-14)--RAlph Dorsey Johnson (1991)

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Lam 2: 2, 10-14, 18-19
Ps 74: 1-7, 2021
Mt 8: 5-17

Let us open our eyes to see the splendor of light St. Paul transmits. He is a living and a blessed life, a light that is warm and life-generating. In fact, he is at the same time teaching and example, both in virtue and in the apostolate.

FROM FATHER TOM: And the beginning of this process is that you actually read what St. Paul has written and how he lived.  I have given a short course on his life and Letters...twice and put the series in book form.  Is it possible that some of us are still reading everything but his life and Letters?

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Ancilla Viola FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Erminia Richelmi FSP (2002)--Sr. M. Bernardetta D'Anbelo PD (2002)--Fr. Enea Spinosa IJP (2007)--Julio Zicari HFI (2008)--Leda Di Tommaso HFI (2009)--Sr. M. Marcellina Brentali PD (2012)

June 25, 2016 With Blessed Father James Alberione and With Father Tom

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Lam 2: 2, 10-14, 18-19
Ps 74: 1-7, 2021
Mt 8: 5-17

Let us open our eyes to see the splendor of light St. Paul transmits. He is a living and a blessed life, a light that is warm and life-generating. In fact, he is at the same time teaching and example, both in virtue and in the apostolate.

FROM FATHER TOM: And the beginning of this process is that you actually read what St. Paul has written and how he lived.  I have given a short course on his life and Letters...twice and put the series in book form.  Is it possible that some of us are still reading everything but his life and Letters?

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Ancilla Viola FSP (1998)--Sr. M. Erminia Richelmi FSP (2002)--Sr. M. Bernardetta D'Anbelo PD (2002)--Fr. Enea Spinosa IJP (2007)--Julio Zicari HFI (2008)--Leda Di Tommaso HFI (2009)--Sr. M. Marcellina Brentali PD (2012)

June 24, 2016 With Blessed Father James Alberione and With Father Tom

FRIDAY, JUNE 24

NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
Is 49: 1-6
Ps 139: 11-3, 13-15
Acts 13: 22-26
Lk 1: 15-20

Jesus said about John the Baptist: "He was a lamp burning and illuminating." We have first to burn and then to enlighten others--or even set them on fire (Vita Pastorale, Apr 1948).

FROM FATHER TOM: This can be quite a challenge, especially because we may be burned out personally before we have the possibility of helping others. If so, perhaps a little less fire with a little more faith is needed.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Lorenzina Layog FSP (1991)--Sr. Ginetta Pistoia SGBP (1997)--Fr. Ottavio Cauli IJP (2002)--Paola Ninivaggi IAM (2009)--Sr. M. Antonia Pintus FSP (2012)--Candida Conti IAM (2012).

June 23, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and with Father Tom

THURSDAY, JUNE 23

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Kgs 24: 8-17
Ps 179: 1-9
Mt 7: 21-29

The Lord will reward us according to our works, not according to our words (SP Jul-Aug 1952).

FROM FATHER TOM: Unless, of course, our words are prayers. 

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr. Domenico Sparacio SSP (1001)--Sr. M. Luisa Zambotti FSP (2007)--Natale Zambrano HFI (2013)--Delfina Beltran HFI (2013)--Rosa Zambrano Piccolo HFI (2014)--Mary Mortimore HFI (2015)

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22

ST PAULINUS OF NOLA, BISHOP
SS JOHN FISHER, BISHOP AND 
THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Kgs 22:8-13, 23: 1-3
Ps 119: 33-40
Mt 7: 6: 15-20

Pastoral strength comes principally from patience, magnanimity, longaminity, and gentleness (SM 404).

FROM FATHER TOM: Very difficult "-anamity" words..but perhaps we practice them without being able to spell them.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Br. Bernardo Blasi SSP (1968)--Fr. Anselmo Vico SSP (1983)--Fr. Aleandro Orlandi IJP (1988)--Vincenzo Inbrunnone HFI (2002)--Fr. Danilo Regazzo SSP (2012)---Sr. M. Laura Balducci FSP (2012)--Franco Falappa HFI (2014)--Marie Halcomb (1984)

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

TUESDAY, JUNE 21

ST ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, RELIGIOUS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Kgs 19: 9-11, 14-21, 31-36
Ps 48: 2-4, 10-11
Mt 7: 6: 12-14

One enters Paradise either an innocent soul or a repentant one. After we have sinned, we enter as penitents (FSP 43, p. 429).

FROM FATHER TOM: A consoling thought here is that our repentance may be so great that we enter more worthy of eternal happiness than if we had not sinned!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Cleric Salvatore Murabito SSP (1936)--Fr. Federico Muzzarelli SSP (1956)--Fri Giulio Molinari SSP (1965)--Fr. Micele Cazzulo SSP (1985)--Sr. M. Pierina Petrucci PD (1988)--Sr. Gioacchina Pasqualetti FSP (1989)--Fr. Vincent Siletti SSP (2000)--Fr. Prospero Fulgheri IJP (2013)--Sr. Esther Guzman FSP (2015)--Ceil Ashman (2012)

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

MONDAY, JUNE 20

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Kgs 17: 5-8, 13-18
Ps 60: 3-5, 12-13
Mt 7: 1-5

The habit of judging--of expressing negative opinions--is the cause of much harm.

FROM FATHER TOM: This all the more when it passes for intelligent comment.  Who knows how many great initiatives never got off the ground for this reason.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Angesina Catone PD (1969)--Bor Gabriele Priori SSP (1996)--Mons. Vittorio Ottaviani IJP (1998)--Sr. M. Evangeline Baac Cabello PD (1000)--Sr. M> Natalina Spada FSP (2003)--Sr. Provvidenza Dai Pre FSP (2007)--Fr. Antonio Cerrone IJP (2009)--Matteo Pozzato HFI (2009)--Violeta Talay Arcales IAM (2012)--Salvador Loera (1968).

A Prayer for Forgiveness...

 

O Jesus, I forgive those in my lifetime who have hurt me or offended me, who have been thoughtless, ignorant or rude in their words or actions. I forgive them because I want your forgiveness for any time that I, too, have treated people like that, oftentimes without being aware of it.

O Mary, heal my heart a little at a time, make it less sensitive to my own problems and more sensitive to the problems of others, and let this be my special and all-important contribution to the sufferings of the world. 

~Concord June 2016  p. 16

June 19, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Ton

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

TWELFTH SUNDAY IN 
ORDINARY TIME
Zec 12: 10-11, 13: 1
Ps 63: 2-9
Gal 3: 26-29
Lk 9: 18: 24

Every holy soul is a magnet and attracts souls in the place and time where he or she happens to be (MCS, p 338)

FROM FATHER TOM: Where we happen to be? Well, yes, but our Pauline apostolate gives us the wonderful blessings of being--so to speak--everywhere. Is a Pauline giving a good book to someone in Spain at this moment? Is so, with the proper dispositions, I am right there! 

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Filippina Badanelli FSP (1938)--Fr. Ettore Diamantini SSP (1981)--Deolinda Coeliiho Malheiro IAM (1984)--Sr. Filippina Maria Santella FSP (1989)--Alberto Tallevi HFI (1990)--Sr. Elisa Sulpizio FSP (1993)--Bro Tarcisio Monticone SSP (1994)--Sr. Marina Gobbo FSP (2002)--Sr. Marcelina Apdua FSP (2004)

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Chr 24: 17-25
Ps 89: 4-5, 29-34
Mt 6: 24-34

Mary softens hearts, turns them towards good, sanctifies lifestyles and spread good dispositions everywhere (SP Feb 1948).

FROM FATHER TOM: True, but we must collaborate. Mary begins the process but it is up to me and you to complete it.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Maria Fresco FSP (1992)--Sr. Teresina Veglio FSP (1993)--Sr. M. Bibiana Ravina PD (1999)--Sr. M. Egidia Vitale FSP (2000)--Bro Giuseppe Epaminonda SSP (2003)--Adele Cocchieri HFI (2008)--Sr. Ildefonsa Pivetta FSP (2012)--Bro Luciano Giaconia SSP (2013)--Sr. M. Piera Marin PD (2013)--Sr. M. Floriana Dal Masetto PD (2015)--Florence Candela (1934)

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 17

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Kgs 11: 1-4, 9-20
Ps 132: 11-18
Mt 6: 19-23

The person of bad character is like a dreary and depressing day. He inspires fear, often spouts poisonous words, has few flashes of joy and a lot of tempests (BM p.89).

FROM FATHER TOM: Besides inspiring fear, we might consider how this individual inspires compassion. Even at the physical level, there are diseases that we treat best by gentle means.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Andreina Messa PD (1988)--Sr. Corradina Mariotti FSP (1995)--Sr. M. Esdra Bianchi FSP (1999)--Fr. Carlo Bagatta SSP (2006)--Hugo Carlos Barradas HFI (2006)--Gaetano Butera HFI (2007--Sr. Anna Maria De Simone FSP (2009)--Justina Quinto (1969)--George Mosebarger (1988).

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 16

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Sir 48: 1-14
Ps 97: 1-7
Mt 6: 7-15

Let us guide ourselves energetically: away with bad thoughts and change them into holy ones (RSP p. 340).

FROM FATHER TOM: Or perhaps we might say: "Change them into "apostolic" one." Sometimes "holiness" can be an evasion of responsibility--easier to say the Rosary than to do something practical about finding new members.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Beniamina M. Miletta FSP (2001)--Teresa Ceppa HFI (2006)--Sr. Beatrice Censi SGBP (2007)--Sr. M. Giuliana Dalese FSP (2009)--SR. Faustina Giaretta Parodi FSP (2010)--Kay Immekus (2008).

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
2 Kgs 2: 1, 6-14
Ps 31: 20-24
Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18

For the most part, we try to appear more than we are. Let us try to BE, rather than pretend to be (FSP 56, p. 188).

FROM FATHER TOM: Such a simple rule...and so difficult to put into practice every day of our lives!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Giulia Culasso FSP (1992)--Sr. M. Fausta Bossi FSP (1994)--Sr. M. Sebastiana Gallinaro PD (1996)--Bro Luca Speranza SSP (1998)--Fr. Corrado Santi FSP (1999)--Fr. Aderito Lourenco Louro FSP (2012)--Sr. M. Paul O'Brien PD (2014)--Edward McParland (2005)--Sr. Luigina Nizzardi FSP (1986)--Fr. Pietro Ciccioli IJP (1988)

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

TUESDAY, JUNE 14

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 21: 17-29
Ps 5: 51: 3-6, 11, 16
Mt 5: 43-48

In Paradise what we have done here on earth will be glorified.  Here we prepare the candelabrum, there it will be lighted. If we have made it gold, it will be golden, if of the earth, it will be earth, if silver, it will be silver (Ven Francesco Chiesa).

FROM FATHER TOM: And--a thought not to be forgotten--what we have done wrong and not repented will also be dealt with.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Gandolfi SSP (1997)--Albina Furfaro HFI (2004)--Sr. Sebastiana Careglio FSP (2010)--Generoso Tarlit (2003/6)--Anna Menella (2006)--Venerabile CAnonico Francesco Chiesa (1946)--R. Mario

Making Our Devotionals PERSONAL

MAKING OUR DEVOTIONS PERSONAL

By now, every one of us (who are Paulines) should habitually address the Lord as "Jesus MASTER". It sets us apart as belonging not to one more spiritual group for the laity but to a UNIQUE  group. If you would like a clearer explanation on this point, kindly ask for the booklet GOD'S GIFT TO YOU. 

But we can go even further and make EVERY prayer for others a "Pauline" one. For example, John is misbehaving and you pray for him saying:

"Jesus Master, the TRUTH, show John what to do

Jesus Master, the WAY, show John how to do it.

Jesus Master, the LIFE, give him the strength to do it."

or perhaps more frequently:

"Jesus Master, the TRUTH, show me what to do

Jesus Master, the WAY, show me how to do it.

Jesus Master, the LIFE, give me the strength to do it."

 

Incorporating the Pauline spirit in our everyday lives in this way will bring great satisfaction.

~Concord June 2016 p. 3

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

MONDAY, JUNE 13

ST ANTHONY OF PADUA, PRIEST, 
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 21: 1-16
Ps 5: 2-7
Mt 5: 38-42

Justice is the principle of order and of peace, both in individual and social life. By means of it there is honesty in transactions, fraud is repressed and the humble and weak are defended (BM p. 271).

FROM FATHER TOM: And so we can explain why there is limited order and peace, dubious honesty and widespread fraud. These defects can become natural and seem to be so for millions.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Bonifacia Del Bene PD (1960)--Sr. M. Teresa Faffa PD (1984)--Fr. Leonardo Minervini IJP (1985)--Sr. M. Vittoria Pigato FSP (1988)--Sr. M. Giovanna Rondinelli PD(1990)--Sr. Luiza Yamada FSP (1995)--Sr.M. Immaculatina Turrina FSP (1995)--Sr. M. Lourdes Dalle Molle SGBP (2006)--Steve Candela (1918)--David Slovacek (2003)

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

SUNDAY, JUNE 12

ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
2 Sm 12: 7-13
Ps 32: 1-11
Gal 2: 16-21
Lk 7: 36-8: 3

He who loves little seeks himself and not the interests of Jesus, Christ. He finds an easy excuse in every difficulty (SM 514).

FROM FATHER TOM: The problem about easy excuses is the Particular Judgment when we will be called upon to account for everything we have ever done (or not done--my insertion). No excuse possible!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Elsa de Jesus Martins IAM (1980)--Diega Augello IAM (1993)--Sr. Margherita M. Corini FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Vincenza Ferrero PD (1998)--Sr. Alexxia Giannotti FSP (2001)--Dorothy Linebarger (2010).

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 11

ST BARNABAS, APOSTLE
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Acts 11: 21-26; 13: 1-3
Ps 98: 1-6
Mt 5: 33-37

A person of good character is master of his acts and words; he minds where they will end and what effect they can produce (BM p. 91).

FROM FATHER TOM: Our holy Founder was remarkable for control of speech and care for what he said. From this point alone, he exercised heroic virtue.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Felicita Dogliani FSP (1937)--Sr. M. Lorenzina Aristi FSP (1985)--Sr. M. Rosa Savioli PD (1998)--Sr. M. Rosaria Paolicelli FSP (2009)--Sr. M. Concetta Dall'Inga FSP (2010)--Sr. M. Bernarda Potrich FSP (2011)--Fr. Gerardo Antonellis IJP (2013)

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 10

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 19: 9-16
Ps 27: 7-14
Mt 5: 27-32

Fervent Paulines don'/t lose time in frivolous talk, Pindaric dreams [or] fantasies. Books, movies and radio at the service of truth are the object of their aspirations, desires and reflections (CP 1958. Feb 21).

FROM FATHER TOM: That can be our program, too-yours and mine. Have I today at least prayed for vocations, planned how best I could approach them, and taken practical steps toward this goal? The challenge is truly great...but so is the grace of God.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Celeste Falletti PD (1980)--Sr. M. Giovanna Zannoni PD (1996)--Sr. M. Teresa Orgas FSP (2000)--Sr. Casimira Golin FSP (2002)--Sr. Mary Grace Lopes PD (2008)--Sr. M. Gabriella Cambielli FSP (2009)--Sr. Elisea Scarpa FSP (2010)--Fr. Alfredo Chiarucci IJP (2012).

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 9

ST EPHREM, DEACON, 
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 18: 41-46
Ps 65:10-15
Mt 5: 20-26

The "Pauline spirit" substantially means possessing the soul, heart and mind of St. Paul. It involves a very intense interior life. It is zeal and generous dedication in the apostolate. It shows practical love toward the Divine Master, the Church, and constant serene union with God (FSP 53, p 446).

FROM FATHER TOM: A formidable program indeed! Let's select one of the less disconcerting items and work on that. Usually, perfection in one aspect of the spiritual life involves perfection in all the others.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Emmanuella Marini FSP (1934)--Anna Candileno IAM (1985)--Sr. Maria Delpiano FSP (1987)--Sr. M. Arcangela Severino FSP (1995)--Cosima Copocia HFI (2002)--Emma Atzori IAM (2003)--Sr. Cecilia Virano FSP (2007)--Sr. M. Natalina Sanson FSP (2009)--Maria Del Carmen Perez Montalvo IAM (2012)

June 8, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 18: 20-39
Ps 16: 1-11
Mt 5: 17-19

May the Pauline family--made up of many members--be St. Paul living in a social body. (SP Oct 1954)

FROM FATHER TOM: And may each of the members--all of us--live as if we were inspired and enlightened by our great Patron.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Margherita caporaletti FSP (1948)--Sr. M. Agostina Pili FSP (1978)--Sr. M. Agata Bernardini FSP (1983)--Sr. M. Teresa Ragusa SGBP (1984)--Sr. M. Raffaella Kothumpuchira FSP (2001)--Sr. M. Carmine Castellana FSP (2005)--Fr. Antonio Speciale SSP (2011)--Calogera Leo IAM (2012)

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

TUESDAY, JUNE 7

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 17: 7-16
Ps 4: 2-8
Mt 5: 13-16

St. Paul set everything in motion, enlightened everything and nourished everything. He was the guide, treasurer defender and supporter wherever the Pauline Family established itself (SP Jul-Aug 1954)

FROM FATHER TOM: I do not think I can make this claim as regards the Institute, but our great Patron may have been working quietly behind the scenes and doubtless, is working still.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M. Albertina Gemin PD (1977)--Maria Bianchini HFI (1983)--Sr. Cecilia Andorno AP (1999)--Mary Jane Leahy HFI (2006)--Maddalena Terzo IAM (2012)--Concetta D'Eugenio HFI (2012)--S.r M. Liliana Favaro PD (2015)--John Palm (2008)

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

MONDAY, JUNE 6

FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST PAUL
ST NORBERT, BISHOP
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 17: 1-6
Ps 121: 1-8
Mt 5: 1-12

On the first Monday, we turn to St. Paul in order to know him, pray to him for good vocations, and obtain the spirit of the apostolate for ourselves and for our Cooperators (SP Dec 1952).

FROM FATHER TOM: We pray most of all to give us good vocations. We must never tire of approaching people to share our blessing, talking about "commitment" more than "vows" and about practical reparation for the sins of the media.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Eleonora Baldi FSP (1991)--F.r Paolo Della Monica IJP (1995)--Chiarina Ferretti IAM (2000)--Fr. Luigi Spallanzani IJP (2007)--Emilia Roberti HFI (2009)--Bro Kintoki Emmanuel Pembele SSP (2012)--Angelina Candela (1946)--Violet McGready (1985)--Basilia Velasco Asprec (1993)--Kahterine Netto (2001).

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

SUNDAY, JUNE 5

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE DIVINE MASTER, WAY, TRUTH 
AND LIFE
TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
1 Kgs 17: 17-24
Ps 30: 2-13
Gal 1: 11-19
Lk 7: 11-17

Jesus is Way, Truth and Life. Mary is our life, our sweetness adn our hope (SM 226).

FROM FATHER TOM: Frank Duff puts it: :The soul that Mary is allowed to mother grows beneath her touch."

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Nazarena Morando FSP (1984)--Fr. Franco Testi SSP (1991)--Sr. M. Massenzia Ianucci PD (1992)--Bro BErnardino Ruffoli SSP (1995)--Sr. Matelda Maurina FSP (1995)--Fr. Imerio Moscardo SSP (2007)--Rosa D'Agostino  HFI (2008)--Sr. M. Pauline Mendes PD (2010)--Sr. Maria Magarotto SGBP (2014)

June 4, 2016 With Blessed Father James Alberione and With Father Alberione

SATURDAY, JUNE 4

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH--
MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES
IMMACULATE HEART OF THE 
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
2 Tm 4: 1-8
Ps 71: 8-9, 14-22
Lk 2: 41-51

Mary enraptures every pure heart and makes it fall in love with her (BM p. 249).

FROM FATHER TOM: And where in our day do we go to find those "pure hearts?  It's not a question of cynicism but of sad reality. At least let us train our young people to the best of our ability.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Immacolata Arioni FSP (1969)--Michela Cabiddu HFI (1976)--Fr. Tomas Climaco SSP (1997)--Sr. M. Rosa Cappelletti FSP (2000)--Gabriella Bruno HFI (2011)--Sr. Luisa Simion SGBP (2013).

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 3

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Ez 34: 11-16
Ps 23: 1-6
Rom 5: 5-11
Lk 15: 3-7

The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is born and lives from the holy tabernacle, and it will obtain for us the grace of guiding  our hearts and bringing them to the Lord, beautiful, clean and holy (FSP 12, p. 50).

FROM FATHER TOM: This does not seem to merit any special comment. But we always need to ask ourselves how our practice is.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Valeria Onesi FSP (1944)--Sr. Alfonsina Coraglia FSP (1986)--Sr. M. Leonia Molteni FSP (2008)--Sr. M. Rosalba Barbieri FSP (2009)--Sr. M. Adeodata Noguchi FSP (2011)--Bro Eusebio Navarro Navarro (2012)--Fr. Sebastian Karamvelil (2012)--Simon Quinto (1948)--Ed Mahoney, Mary Stevens (no dates).

June 2, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

THURSDAY, JUNE 2

FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH--
GUARDIAN ANGEL
ST MARCELLINUS AND PETER,
MARTYRS
ORDINARY TIME
2 Tm 2: 8-15

Ps 23: 4-8, 10, 14
Mk 12: 28-34

The guide of the pastor is Jesus, model of pastors. Pastoral teaching is essentially the Gospel. We mus draw life and strength from Jesus (Pastoral Life, Nov 1942).

FROM FATHER TOM: "Pastoral Life" was the title of an early Pauline publication sent free to all parishes and supported by Mass-offerings. It brought hundreds of young people to share energetically in the new initiative. 

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M Eufrosina Luzzi PD (1954)--Fr. Basilio Enrici SSP (1955)--Sr. Luciana Negro FSP (1972)--Sr. M. Carmine Lancellotti FSP (1976)--Fr. Pasquale M. Di Filippo IJP (1995)--Sr. M. Assunta Asolan  PD (1999)--Fr. Fedele Pasquero SSP (2001)--Sr. Gemma Nazzari SGBP (2002)--Sr. Giovannina Boffa FSP (2004)--Fr. Alfonso Tisi IP (2005)--Sr. M. Adelaide Carandina FSP (2011)--Barbara Ann Endress (1982)