The Voice of the Founder

"Lord, 

that I see with your eyes,

That I speak with your tongue, 

That I hear only through your ears,

That my hands be yours...

That I pray your prayers...

That I may be in YOU

and YOU in me..."

~~October 2016 p. 25Concord

October 1 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Thursday, October 1

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH--
MARY QUEEN OF THE APOSTLES 
ST THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS,
VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jb 42: 1-6, 12-17

Ps 119; 66, 71, 75

Lk 10: 17-24

Monthly Intention: That Jesus Master Way Truth and Life, may be followed in the orientation and formation of vocations (LdP p44)

From Father Tom: That's an examination for me: Did I mention how to behave, what to believe and where the energy to do these things comes from?

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Bro Franco Dario SSP (1995)--Sr. M. Ignacia Cufre PD (1998)--Sr. M. Alba Roagna FSP (2001)--Sr M. Annunziata Stanizzi PD (2008)--Rina Taddei IAM (2011)--William Beck (1996)--Helen Vargo (2005)

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

Friday, September 30

ST JEROME, PRIEST, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

Jb 38: 1, 12-21; 40: 3-5

Ps 139; 1-3, 7-14

Lk 10: 13-16

Sometimes things start with great success but do not always continue. One who walks in the truth always remains humble even in prosperity (FSP, p. 504)

From Father Tom: True in the case of businesses and even more true in the case of someone trying to lead a good life.  The competition never relents especially when it is called "Satan".

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Vittoria De Benedetti FSP (1964)--Bro. Innocenzo Manolino SSP (1967)--Fr. Antonio Bartolucci IJP (1984)--Fr. Gino Fornari SSP (1988)--Sr. M. Maddalena Vinagre PD (2007)--Sr. M. Rita Ruffo FSP (2009)--Sr. M. Veronica Crevani PD (2009)

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

Wednesday, September 28

STS MICHAEL, GABRIEL, RAPHAEL,
ARCHANGELS
MARTYRS

Dn 7: 9-14

Ps 138: 1-5

Jn 1: 47-51

People are educated when they always use their freedom well.

From Father Tom: Very true. Often you can judge an individual, not by what he does from 9 to 5, but what he does from 5 to 9.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Raffaella Rivetti PD (1975)--Fr. Ferdinando Sgambetterra IJP (1982)--Sr. Silvia Ragone FSP (1992)--Sr. M. Girolama Modena PD (1993)--Sr. M. Teofania Mazzara PD (2001)--Fr. Mario Maresi IJP (2002)--Sr. M. Addolorata Piccari FSP (2003)--Antonietta Valenza HFI (2004)--Giovanni Laghetto HFI (2013)--Virgil Halcomb (1980).

An Examination of Conscience...

I was reading my copy of The Magnificat Year of Mercy Companion when I came across the reading for September 28, 2016.  The whole article was very good, but I am only going to quote the last section which reminds me of the fact that Mother Mary always wants to help us...we only have to ask.  So we ask her to help us make a proper and thorough examination of conscience:

.--Show me where and how I worship idols of power, fame, possessions
--Show me where and how I seek my selfish desires, my advantage, my convenience.
--Show me where and how I long to control, to possess, to use others.
--Show me where and how my heart lusts after food, sex comfort.
--Show me where and how my mind judges boasts, condemns.
--Show me where and how I loathe I harm, I hate myself, my neighbors, and you, my God

               ~by: Father Eric Cadin; The Magnificat Year of Mercy Companion p. 372

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

Wednesday, September 28

ST WENCESLAUS MARTYR;
ST LAWRENCE RUIZ & COMPANIONS,
MARTYRS

Jb 9: 1-6, 

Ps 88: 10-15

Lk 9: 57-62

Jesus does not accept just any person who wants to follow him but rather souls that are generous and ready for sacrifice (UPS I, 216).

From Father Tom: However, let him be the judge of that...we simply call everyone.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Lilia Nicola PD (1982)--Fr. Renato Dorio SSP (2001)--Fr. Julio Bayon Gonzalez SSP (2013)--Sr. M. Luciana Boison FSP (2015)

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

Tuesday, September 27

ST VINCENT DE PAUL PRIEST

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jb 3: 1-3, 11-23

Ps 88: 2-8

Lk 9: 51-52

If we want to win souls over, let us think of their bodies. The Conferences of St. Vincent de Paul bring people light and comfort for their souls as much as for their bodies. It is difficult to talk about the Eucharist to someone with an empty stomach (BM p. 329).

From Father Tom: An unusual statement...coming from Alberione. Very much out of character though we read that he always carried something to give to a poor person he might meet..

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Bro Benedetto Abrate SSP (1941)--Sr. Maddalena Dotta FSP (1978)--Sr. M. Beatrice Allocco PD (1982)--Sr. M. Patrice Rouillard PD (1989)--Sr. M. Irene Vinciguerra PD (1989)--Sr. Anna Deiana SGBP (1990)--Sr. M. Cellina Mongo FSP (1991)--Sebastiano Corona HFI (2003)--Angela Romano HFI (2010)--Sr. M. Fides Scurti FSP (2011)--Sr. Giuseppina Maggini SGBP (2012)--Fr. Alphonso Rego SSP (2013)--Henry Berlo (1951)--George D. Hines, Jr. (1985)

Father of Mercies...

Father of mercies,

hear the prayers of Your people.

Forgive our sins of indifference 

and omission

toward our sisters and brothers in need.

Awaken in us the desire an the will to

lovingly fulfill our responsibilities

toward one another.

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

~ Daily Prayer 2016, p. 302

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

Monday, September 26

SS COSMAS AND DAMIAN, MARTYRS

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jb 1: 6-22

Ps 17: 1-7

Lk 9: 46-50

Consider ourselves small creatures, as we truly are before the Lord (RSP, p. 280).

From Father Tom: Small, but with a big destiny—eternal life.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Cleric Francesco Frizzi SSP (1934)—Fr. Pio Baroni SSP (1945)—Sr. Mardonia Espanol FSP (1990)—Sr Bruna Battistoni FSP (1992)—Sr. Paolina Eleonora Boldrin SGBP (2007)—Jolanda Cecchetti HFI (2007)—SR. M. Cherubina Fernandez FSP (2008)—Sr. Giuiana Iannelli FSP (2009)—Sr. M Eugenia Baggio PD (2009)—Sr. M. Guadalupe Andrade Reyes PD (2011)—Sr. M. Natanaela Polillo FSP (2013)—Fr. Marino Clerico SSP (2015).

September 25, 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Sunday, September 25

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME

Am 6: 4-7

Ps 146: 7-10

1 Tim 6: 11-16

Lk 16: 19-31

A bad heart is insensitive to the pains of others; or rather, is incapable of seeing them (BM, p. 100).

From Father Tom: More than a “bad” heart we might talk about an “insensitive” or “giddy” heart. The truly “bad” are rare; the other type can be found in the least expected places.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Maria Concetta Citarda IAM (1974)—Sr. Rosa M. Onofre FSP (1989)—Sr. M. Giovanna Nicosia FSP (1993)—Sr. Emiliana Miserere FSP (2008)—Sr. M. Carmine Kumaki FSP (2014)

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

Saturday, September 24

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Eccl 11: 9-12:8

Ps 90: 3-6, 12-14, 17

Lk 9: 43-45

Youth, which is your inheritance, needs joy (Alla sorgente, p. 35).

From Father Tom: We might ask what sort of inheritance we have passed on to our young people: crime, deceit, gross immorality, bad economic outlook. Not much joy there.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Consilia Marello FSP (1983)—Sr. Francesca Cordero FSP (1985)—Bro Michele Lando SSP (1996)—Anthony A. Karkosza HFI (2013)—Sr. Leonita Bautista FSP (2015).

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

Friday, September 23

ST PADRE PIO OF PIETRELCINA,

PRIEST

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Eccl 3: 1-11

Ps 90: 3-6, 12-14, 17

Lk 9: 7-9

Silence and recollection are sources of wisdom (RSP, p. 223).

From Father Tom: In general, but we need also the courage to speak out when things are not going right.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Margherita Rabbia FSP (1990)—Fr. Mario Volpini IJP (1996)—Sr. Maria do Rosario Sandi FSP (1997)—Silvestro Giulietti HFI (2012)—Fr. Dominic Vellaiparambil SSP (2014)

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

Thursday, September 22

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Eccl 1: 2-11

Ps 90: 3-6, 12-14, 17

Lk 9: 7-9

In the silence of evening, during our examination of conscience, let us ask ourselves: Lord, are you glad with me today?

From Father Tom: And it is not presumption to hear the Lord answer: yes. The spirit visible in the letters I receive shows that.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Riccarda Pasin PD (1970)—Sr. Mercede Migliardi FSP (2007)—Sr. M. Letizia Britti FSP (2008)—Sr. M. Annunziata Latini FSP (2012).

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

Wednesday, September 21

ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND

EVANGELIST

Eph 4: 1-7, 11-13

Ps 19: 2-5

Mt 9: 9-13

The best adornment in an editorial office is a picture of the Evangelists; the best sign and object of veneration is a Gospel open at the page where it says: “The seed is the word of God” (Read the Sacred Scriptures, p. 99).

From Father Tom: And the best editorial work is marked by these two elements.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Ermenegilda Pasqualini PD (1941)—Savino Crema HFI (1993)—Fr. Renato Perino SSP (1995)—Sr. M. Elena Tezzele FSP (2007)—Sr. M. Adelia Moreira FSP (2007)—S.r Concetta Marongiu FSP (2007)

September 20, 2016 With Blessed Father James Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, September 20

ST ANDREW KIM TAEGON,

PRIEST, MARTYR

ST PAUL CHONG HASANG

AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Prv 21: 1-6, 10-13

Ps 119: 1, 27,30-35

Lk 8: 19-21

A person of bad character is subject to jealousies, ambition, and touchiness. Passions dominate him or her (BM, p. 89).

From Father Tom: How much damage people like this have done in the world and in the Church rebelling against lawful authority and even breaking away altogether.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Nazarena Taricco PD (1943)—Fr. Daniele Berard oSSP (1944)—Sr. M. Clelia Nakagawa PD (1985)—Sr. M. Bambina Tramuta PD (1989)—Sr. M. Teresa Figher FSP (1992)—Bro Cristino M. Rifici SSP (1994)—Fr Dario Moauro IJP (1998)—Sr. M. Pia Delgado FSP (2008)—Anna Manca IAM (2012)—Fr. Fernando Belletti SSP (2015)—Fr. Francisco Alcaraz Zavala SSP (2015)—ReynoldFeldman (2006).

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

Monday, September 19

ST JANUARIUS, BISHOP, MARTYR

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Pr 3: 27-34

Ps 15: 2-5

Lk 8: 16-18

A person of good character is sincere, amiable, helpful, forgetful of self, simple, open, clear-eyed and serene, delicate in all his activities (BM p. 89).

From Father Tom: In a word: he or she is humble in the sense of truly appreciating personal gifts but also the gifts of others.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr. Luigi Rolfo SSP (1986)—Vincenza Vassallo HFI (1992)—Bro Modesto Gotelli SSP (1998)—Sr. Anastasia Da Ros FSP (2005)—Sr. M. Ausilia Fujiwara PD (2014)—Sr. Alessandra Paoli SGBP (2014)—Sr. M. Yolanda Bernahola PD (2015)—Johnnie Gastrin (2000)

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

Sunday, September 18

TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN

ORDINARY TIME

Am 8: 4-7

Ps 113: 1-8

1 Tm 2: 1-8

Lk 16: 1-13

Personal egotisms destroy community life and political and family egotisms destroy institutes or at least condemn them to sterility (UPS 1, 382).

From Father Tom: The reference here must be to a particular case, but the overall thought is valid. One bad apple causes the whole pile to rot.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Bro Angelo Bolzon SSP (2010)—Fr. Lorenzo Stefano Costa SSP (2011)

Reflection Prompt 9-18-16

REFLECTION PROMPT FOR SUNDAY 9-18-16

“Think of the most significant religious experience you even had.  What was the point?”  (Dr. Cambpell ICC  Talk on Kenosis Prt 1)

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

Saturday, September 17

ST ROBERT BELLARMINE, BISHOP,

DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Cor 15: 35-37, 42-49

Ps 56; 10-14

Lk 8: 4-15

Women must cooperate with the work of the priest just as Mary served Jesus. And so cooperation in activities that are the result of Priestly zeal to the degree possible but above all in prayer (MCS. [. 382)

From Father Tom: This is still very true except that the women today are parishioners for the most part, not Sisters.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Cleric Silvio Albicini SSP (1938)—Fr. Salvatore Carolla SSP (1958)—Sr. Anna Giuseppa Cane FSP (1969)—Giovanna Malvolti IAM (1991)—Bruno Pascalis HFI (1995)—Sr. Annunziatina Guidi FSP (1996)—Sr. M. Pasqualina Piscitello PD (2012)—Sr. Graziella Zanella PD (2012)—Gina D’Amanzo HFI (2012)

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

Friday, September 16

ST CORNELIUS, POPE, MARTYR

ST CYPRIAN, BISHOP, MARTYR

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Cor 15: 12-20

Ps 17: 1, 6-8, 15

Lk 8: 1-3

We must appreciate women, spiritually-strong women, strong in virtue: with lively faith, firm hope, love for God passing all tests. A woman like that is priceless (APD 1957, 106/7).

From Father Tom: words of the Founder which he put into effect by beginning four religious groups of sisters.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr M Emma Merlini PD (1991)—Mons. Vincenzo Iacono IJP (1993)—Crescenza Brindisi HFI (2001)—Fr. Fedele Molino SSP (2006)—Bro Susumu Uchino SSP (2008)—Sr. M. Pia Faller FSP (2013)—Ruth Hernandez (1989)—Leonora Lopez (2013)

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

Thursday, September 15

OUR LADY OF SORROWS

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Cor 15: 1-11

Ps 118: 1-2, -16-17, 28

Jn 19: 25-27

Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid in the arms of the Virgin. She sees that head crowned with thorns, that wounded side, those pierced hands; and she reads in that body the story of the passion and pain of the Savior (FSP 43, p. 443).

From Father Tom: And if only the Savior’s torments had automatically brought salvation to all of us! But no, millions will not avail of it and this thought must have been the final nail in those wounded hands.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Espedito Viscontti IJP (1982)—Lina Savoldi IAM (1988)—Sr. M. Valentina Moser FSP(2005)—Sr. Clara Queboli FSP (2013)—Eusetio Albano (1940).

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

Wednesday, September 14

THE EXALTATION OF THE

HOLY CROSS

Num 21: 4-9

Ps 78: 1-2, 34-38

Phil 2: 6-11

Jn 3: 13-17

May the Crucified One make us learn about love. The passion and wounds of the Savior are a beautiful book, a book written in the blood of Jesus (APD 1961, 69).

From Father Tom: I agree and—as I think I already mentioned—I say always the Sorrowful Mysteries—find it much easier to identify with the Suffering Savior.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Innocenza Colombara FSP (1986)—Fr. Giuseppe Galasso SSP (1993)—Sr. Michelina Pomo FSP (1998)—Fr. Francesco Cappa SSP (2003)—Erminia Finotti IAM (2003)—Sr. Mary Nazarene Prestofilippo FSP (2011)—Fr. Francesco Vaccaro IJP (2012)—Fr. Silvio Sassi SSP (2014)—Bob Vincenzo (1999).

Tuesday September 13 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Tuesday, September 13

ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOME, BISHOP,

DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Cor 12: 12-14, 27-31

Ps 100: 1-5

Lk 7: 11-17

Humility and trust in God give assurance of a holy life, of a life full of merits, a peaceful death and a never-ending glory in Heaven (FSP 58, p. 128).

From Father Tom: I would like to think that we have people like this among even our modest membership and I certainly pray we have.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Doris Osegueda Santin IAM (1999)—Sr. M. Tecla Quiroz Hernandez FSP (2001)—Bro Giancarlo Mollo SSP (2014)—James A. Ducote, Sr (1978).

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

Monday, September 12

THE MOST HOLY NAME OF MARY

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Cor 11: 17-26, 33

Ps 40: 7-10, 17

Lk 7: 1-10

Mary in my mind, in my heart, in my life (BM p. 355).

From Father Tom: Yes, indeed, but not just I nthe Founder’s life. Have we not among ourselves humble souls who are devotees of the Blessed Virgin?

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr. Kieran Hayes SSP (1973)—Sr. M. Giovanna Buniotto FSP (1981)—Bro. Anania Rosso SSP (1982)—Sr. Lina Gozzo FSP (1984)—Sr. Lydia Manfro FSP (1988)—Herberto Santa Zuluaga HFI (1988)—Sr. M. Giuseppa Crisponi PD (2003)—Sr. M. Laurentana Carnevale PD (2008)—Sr. Elena Antonelli FSP (2012)—Crocifissa Fonte IAM (2014)

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

Sunday, September 11

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY

IN ORDINARY TIME

Ex 32: 7-14

Ps 51: 3-4, 12-13, 17, 19

1 Tim 1: 12-17

Lk 15: 1-32

A person can be converted even late in life, but then receive such an abundance of grace, light and love as to feel a very great and deep repentance (APD 961, 126).

From Father Tom: St. Augustine is the most noted of the Saints who received these great gifts but there have been thousands of others and perhaps even among ourselves.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr Pascasio Marsigli SSP (1962)—Sr. Amalia Peyrolo FSP (1980)—Fr. Magiorino Portaluppi SSP (1996)—Bro Pierino Panno SSP (2010)—Albert Murray HFI (1991)

What Difference Does it Make...?

On Thursday night, Dr. Campbell gave some homework during his lecture on Christian Kenosis, asking everyone to write a paragraph on the following:

-What difference does it make that I'm a Catholic?

I thought this would be a nice reflection/exercise. Please feel free to share your thoughts in the responses to this post if you desire. :)

God bless...

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

Saturday, September 10
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 10: 14-22
Ps 116: 12-13, 17-18
Lk 6: 43-49

Let our speech be what is in our minds. A double-tongued person is hateful to God and men. If we fail to make an exam of conscience, we end up in painful and even laughable extremes (SP Jan 1950).

From Father Tom: Every time he opens his mouth he puts his foot in it."  The phrase is not exact but may help us remember to speak that truth.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Antonietta Cafaro IAM (1973)--Sr. Rosa Cummaudo SGBP (1985)--Fr. Alfonso Colaneri IJP (1990)--Sr. M. Ausilia Castillo PD (2007)--Fr. Antonio Bighita SSP (2010)--Cleric Chineme Douglas Maduka SSP (2013)--Pablo M. Garcia (1990)

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

Friday, September 9
ST PETER CLAVER, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 9: 16-19, 22-27
Ps 84: 3-6, 12
Lk 6: 39-42

The apostle is a soul full of faith, a soul that wants to sanctify, that loves prayer and communicates doctrine, morals and liturgy to others. To give a book that teaches about sanctity and not to be saintly does not make sense (FSP 51, p 227).

From Father Tom: Well, yes, but be merciful, dear Father. Very few of us had special graces such as you had so we accept our mediocrity in humility.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Dorotea Marchisio FSP (1945)--Fr. Francesco Saverio Perino SSP (1946)--Sr. M. Lucia Gironelli PD (1977)--Sr. M. Angelina Bordino PD (1978)--Fr. Bernardo Kayaba SSP (1986)--Fr. Angelo Sonego SSP (1997)--Fr. Giuseppe Baratelli SSP (2000)--Sr. M. Gesualda Marin PD (2002)--Fr. Joseph Triano SSP (2007)--Sr. Anna Maria Rocca FSP (2009)--Sr. Lucia Zamboni FSP (2013)--M. Giuseppa Mancini IAM (2014)--Michael Haverly (1982)--Denis O. (1999)--Caroline Smalding (2011)

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

Thursday, September 8
NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY
Mi 5: 1-4
Ps 13: 6
Mt 1: 1-6, 18-23

Mary is Teacher and Queen of all apostolic souls, of all apostolates, of all those who dedicate to the salvation of the world and of all those who by corresponding to their vocation, want to become saints (AO 1959 p. 50).

From Father Tom: But not, of course, canonized saints. It is too expensive and, in our faithless age, liable to be written off as mental disturbance.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M Adele Dal Bello SGBP (1995)--Sr. M. Ignazia Lumini FSP (1996)--Fr. Donato Bianco IJP (2000)--Luisa Loera (1971)--Colleen Kettly (1996)

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

Wednesday, September 7
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST JOSEPH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 7: 25-31
Ps 45: 11-17
Lk 6: 20-26

The Beatitudes announced by Jesus make us consider the great peace of virtuous souls on earth: peace that is a prelude to eternal happiness in Paradise (BM p. 704).

From Father Tom: Effectively they lead us to live on earth, to the extent possible, in our material conditions as we will live in Paradise.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Venanzia Galiffa FSP (1949)--Sr. M. Claudia Cruz FSP (1963)--Bro Paolo Zanatta SSP (1980)--Sr. M. Lia Vegetti PD (1986)--Sr. M. Rosa Curcio SGBP 1993)--Sr. M. Rosaria Visco FSP (2005)--Ada Crapis IAM (2005)--Sr Kathleen Hart FSP (2007)--Rosalia Ilardo HFI (2009)

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

Tuesday, September 6
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Cor 6: 1-11
Ps 149: 1-6, 9
Lk 6: 12-19

Those who want to enjoy some happiness in this world can find nothing better than the practice of piety (SP Oct 1951).

From Father Tom: Yes, because piety enables us to see things in their reality and so neither to be depressed by failure or exalted by success.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Delfina Destefanis FSP (1956)--Sr. M. Domenica Dolcini FSP (1963)--Sr. Guglielmina Toppino FSP (1980)--Sr. Pierpaola Garofalo FSP (1987)--Sr. Gabriela Zanuz SGBP (2007)--Sr. Alessandra Masi SGBP (2012)--Dominic Vincenzo (no year)

St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

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

Monday, September 5
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST PAUL
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
LABOR DAY
1 Cor 5: 1-8
Ps 5: 5-7
Lk 6: 6-11

In His wisdom and love God allows us to undergo trials and difficulties to make us more holy. Keep moving forward. Make a little progress every day (SP Apr 1949).

From Father Tom: That is the constant challenge: "to make us more holy"--and not "to make us more discouraged"..

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Carmine Nicolo PD (1943)--Sr.Giacomina Blunno FSP (1951)--Alberto Folcani HFI (1977)----Sr. Erminia Brunetti FSP (1996)--Luigi Cannarsa HFI (2011)--Agostino Finotelli HFI (2013)--Tony Suniga (1996)