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

Tuesday, November 1

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH--THE
SOULS IN PURGATORY
ALL SAINTS DAY
Rv 7: 2-4, 9-14

Ps 24: 1-6
1 Jn 3: 1-3
Mt 5: 1-12

MONTHLY INTENTION: So that in the church there may be many more priests, religious and laity consecrated to the apostolate of social communications who will make the message of salvation resound throughout the world.

From Father Tom: This is the Founder's constant hope and prayer. It has not happened, and we can become rather cynical as the forces of evil go from strength to strength. But let's look at the cross--typical of disgrace and failure--and recall all that it produced.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Giuseppina Cosner SGBP (1978)--Sr. M. Stefana Freddi PD (1980)--Fr. Angelo Aroldi IJP (1988)--Fr. Giuseppe Buttiglione IJP (1991)--Sr. M. Giuseppina Pormalejo FSP (1999)--Fr. Zeman OSB (1993).

National Novena October 30-November 7, 2016

NATIONAL NOVENA: Sunday Oct. 30-Monday Nov. 7

Prayer to Mary, the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the United States

Most Holy Trinity: Our Father in Heaven,

who chose Mary as the fairest of your daughters;

Holy Spirit, who chose Mary as your Spouse;

God the Son, who chose Mary as your Mother,

in union with Mary we adore your majesty

and acknowledge your supreme, eternal dominion

and authority.

Most Holy Trinity,

 we put the United States of America

 into the hands of Mary Immaculate

in order that she may present the country to you.

Through her we wish to thank you

for the great resources of this land

and for the freedom which has been its heritage.

 Through the intercession of Mary,

have mercy on the Catholic Church in America.

Grant us peace. Have mercy on our president

and on all the officers of our government.

Grant us a fruitful economy,

born of justice and charity.

Have mercy on capital and industry and labor.

Protect the family life of the nation.

Guard the precious gift of many religious vocations.

Through the intercession of our Mother,

have mercy on the sick, the tempted, sinners

– on all who are in need.

Mary, Immaculate Virgin, our Mother,

Patroness of our land, we praise you

and honor you and give ourselves to you.

Protect us from every harm.

Pray for us, that acting always according to your will

and the will of your divine Son,

we may live and die pleasing to God. Amen.

Imprimatur +Patrick O’Boyle, Archbishop of Washington, May 8, 1959. 

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

Monday, October 31

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Phil 2: 1-4

Ps 131; 1-3
Lk 14: 12-14

We should preferably sing the hymns "I am the Way I am the Truth, I am the Life."  It seems to me that there ought to be more devotion to the Divine Master, Who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (APD 1966, 39)

From Father Tom: And we do, especially at our Triduum. The words are in our larger Prayer Book. Have you requested one?

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr Renator Magnani SSP (1962)--Sr. M. Addolorata Saracco FSP (1970)--Sr. Bernarda Lagrutta FSP (1973)--Sr. M. Edvige Wronska PD (1984)--Sr. Esterina Degni FSP (1994)--Fr. Enzo Quaglia IJP (1999)--Fr. Paolo Gilli SSP (2003)--Sr. Lidia Minnig FSP (2006)--Giovanna Corigliano HFI (2006)--Natalina Fortini IAM (2008)--Bro Vittorio De Ligio SSP (2012)--Sr. Anna Maria Principi PD (2013)--Anna I.  Logan HFI (2015)--Antonio Valdes (1950)

October 30, 2016 With Blessed James Alberione and With Father Tom

Suday, October30

THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
Wis 11: 22-12: 2

Ps 145: 1-2, 8-14
Thes 1: 11-22
Lk 14: 12-14

This is the route outlined for Paulines: always to be disciples of the Master; always to live in the Master; always to reveal the Master. Through the Master and depending on Him will they be masters of knowledge, perfection and life (Vademecum, 226).

From Father Tom: Institute members should not feel that they are just dear, pious people but of limited affect in the overall work of our Family. Not so. There will be some pleasant surprises on Judgement Day!

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Eugenia Sanchez FSP (1994)--Rosa Esteves Martins IAM (1996)--Sr. M. Irene Kimura FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Rachel Sawal PD (2003)--Sr. Maria Cevolani FSP (2004)--Maria Cossu IAM (2013).

October 29 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Saturday, October 29

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Phil 1: 18-26

Ps 42: 2-5
Lk 14: 1, 7-11

The members of "Jesus Priest" will consider as their first and principal apostolic duty the one assigned by their Ordinary. If time and energies remain, they can add their own apostolate according to their attitudes, and the local and general needs. Among these works are to be included in the first place the apostolate of press, radio and television (UPS I, 380).

From Father Tom: And of course, Pauline prayer without which we may on occasion do very well technically but not apostolically.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr. Giacomo Ficolfi SSP (1982)--Fr. Pietro Mozzanica IJP (1988)--Sr. Lucina Dal Pozzo SGBP (1989)--Sr. M. Rosa Capra FSP (2000)--Sr. M. Edita Martinez PD (2000)--Giovanna Curreri IAM (2005)--Augustine A. Mennella (1978).

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

Friday, October 28

STS SIMON AND JUDE, APOSTLES
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 2: 19-22

Ps 19: 2-5
Lk 6: 12-16

The first thing to be done is spiritual formation: ours is an apostolate, not a "work". Then, intellectual formation, so that all may become less incapable in the apostolate. It is necessary to make progress; if not, those who spread evil surpass us (RSP p. 30).

From Father Tom: "Surpass us..." And they do. We come up against the two-fold limitation of inferior means and naturally weak human nature. But the Master faced similar conditions and paid the price. We cannot expect to do differently.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr. Agostino Damonte SSP (1956)--Fr. Aurelio Nosetti SSP (1983)--Franca Latuca IAM (1994)--Bro Candido Turbiani SSP (1995)--Sr. Clotilde Menno FSP (1997)--Sr. Valentina Borsoi FSP (1998)--Fr. Giuseppe Cricini SSP (2000)--Sr Clotilde Vedovello FSP (2007)--Bro. Michael Pinto SSP (2013)--Mary Wersinger (2003).

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

Thursday, October 27

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 6: 10-20

Ps 144: 1-2, 9-10
Lk 13: 31-35

If we want to arrive well to Jesus Christ and make Him live in us: "Christ lives in me."  Mary is the easy, brief, sure and perfect way (MCS, p. 439).

From Father Tom: A truly challenging program. Jesus Master, have mercy on us!

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Samuella Pattaro FSP (1973)--Bro Salvatore Stagliano SSP (1981)--Sr. M. Maurizia Mancosu PD (1982)--Fr. Alberto Carboni IJP (1983)--Sr. M. Marina Bianchi PD (1995)--Sr Valeria Iannella FSP (1997)--Bruno Trono HFI (2011)--Mary Gooding HFI (2011)--Elizabeth Graff (2005)

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

Wednesday, October 26

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 6: 1-9

Ps 145: 10-14
Lk 13: 22-30

The purpose of life is to prepare for ourselves a happy eternity, the eternal salvation of the whole man: mind, will, heart and body (SP Sept 1954).

From Father Tom: This explains why we are encouraged to examine ourselves on the three aspects of our existence: mind, will and heart.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M Arcangela Petrucci FSP (1943)--Sr. M. Alma Cortez FSP (1974)--Sr. M. Noemi Gatti FSP (1981)--Sr. M. Gemma Maselli PD (1999)--Sr. M. Ines Peretti FSP (2001)--Bro Clement Lachance SSP (2003)--Anthony Mumphrey HFI (2003)--Antonia Costenaro IAM (2006)--Sr. Giuseppina Gragnolati FSP (2011).

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

Tuesday, October 25

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 5: 21-33

Ps 128: 1-5
Lk 13: 18-21

Vocation is a gift freely given and the one who has it has also the grace to correspond to it UPS I, 216).

From Father Tom: And it can -- and has been lost a million times. Only the Final Judgment will reveal this sad situation. Let us thank God for our call and determine never to lose it.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M Severia Pistamiglio PD (1942)--Sr. M. Chiara Virdis FSP (1956)--Fr. Antonio Brossa SSP (1984)--Bro Jesus Gamez SSP (1989)--Bro. Jesus Gamez SSP (1989)--Sr. M. Fidelis Di Sciacca FSP (1999)--Fr. Jose Vitor Sousa SSP (2004)--Antonietta Falappi HFI  (2007)--Sr. Piergiovanna Dedola FSP (2008)--Bro Marcelin Punto SSP (2009)--Sr. M. Timotea Jovine FSP (2010)

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

Monday, October 24

ST ANTHONY MARY CLARET, BISHOP
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 4: 32-5: 8

Ps 1: 1-6
Lk 13: 10-17

Love souls, all souls, and pray so that the Lord may send vocations for all apostolates and for all souls in the world (SP 1959).

From Father Tom: No comment from Father Tom, but this seems to be fairly self-explanatory. :) 

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M Assunta Aimo PD (1970)--Sr. Teresinha Moraes FSP (1979)--Fr. Virginio Manzi IJP (2007)--Fr. Silvio Pignotti SSP (2009)

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

Sunday, October 23

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN 
ORDINARY TIME
Sir 35: 12-18

Ps 34: 2-3, 17-19, 23
2 Tm 4: 6-8, 16-18
Lk 18: 9-14

May each one of us feel the beauty of the Christian apostolate; may love for Christ move us, may the spiritual misery of poor humanity move us (Le preghiere della Fahiglia Paolina, p. 146).

From Father Tom: Never was this petition more needed. Satan is being served by the media and --as I continually insist--people are dying in a desperately unprepared state. Lord, have mercy on them!

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Genesia Bonadie FSP (1975)--Sr. M. Raffaella Tazzi FSP (1992)--Fr. Paolo Careddu SSP (1997)--Sr. Virginia Costa FSP (2004)--Fr. Eduardo Barrettta IJP (2006)--Sr. M. Innocenza Cellini FSP (2007)--Fr. Ettore Lessa IJP (2010)--Fr. Francesco Venneri IJP (2011)--Sr. Myrtle Lozano FSP (2014)--Helen Beck (no year)

Blessed Timothy Giaccardo

Those Who Walk With God...

Brothers and sisters:

I kneel before the Father,

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory

to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self,

and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;

that you, rooted and grounded in love,

may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones

what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,

so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine,

by the power at work within us,

to him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus

to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

                         ~Ephesians 3: 14-21

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

Saturday, October 22

ST JOHN PAUL XX, POPE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 4: 7-16

Ps 122: 1-5
Lk 13: 1-9

"I have neither gold nor silver,but I give you what I have: Jesus Christ, Way,Truth and Life" (SP Apr 1936)

From Father Tom: And what a gift that was: a new and complete vision of the Master.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Clea Calliano FSP (1918)--Sr. M. Nocodema Spinelli PD (1972)--Bro Luigi Pasqualini SSP (1988)--Fr. Antonio Fioritto IJP (1998)--Bro Giuseppe Paolo Cirillo SSP (2008)--Sr. M. Angelica Merli PD (2011)--Mons. Salvatore De Filippo IJP (2011)--Alan Spaniel (1999)--Ted Charles Endress (2009)

October 21, 2016 With Blessed James Alberione and With Father Tom

Friday, October 21

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph4: 1-6

Ps 24: 1-6
Lk 12: 54-59

Let us know how to be of help to the persons that Providence allows us to meet (BM p 367).

From Father Tom: As good people we in fact do what we can for everyone that crosses our path. Now the trick is to put more of the Lord into what we do for others. The Morning Offering offering is a first step in that direction.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Maria Rosso PD (1995)--Sr. Amedea Rizzo FSP (2001)--Sr. M. Tereza Vazzoler PD (2010)--Sr.Bernadette De Castro FSP (2012)

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

Thursday, October 20

ST PAUL OF THE CROSS, PRIEST
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 3: 14-21

Ps 31: 1-5, 11-12, 18-19
Lk 12: 49-53

To face obstacles in the apostolate we must have trust in God and not in ourselves. We must work for Him and for souls; we must have a right intention (FSP, p. 263).

From Father Tom: "Trust God? work for Him? The right intention? Which of these characteristics do I- not just you-need to work on? (I won't tell you!)

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Esperanza Magana PD (1974)--Sr. M. Dina Bevilacqua FSP (1987)--Sr. M. Giovanna Marino FSP (1987)--Sr. M. Tarcisia Pasolini FSP (1988)--Sr. Goivanna Maria Roggero (1992)--Fr. Francesco Formicola IJP (1994)--Sr. Giovanna Rosa Cunico (1995)--Sr. M. Redenta Gorlani PD (1995)--Ana Maria SSP (2011)--Fr. Agapito Aliende Palma SSP (2013)--Sr. M. Nazarena Lovato FSP (2013)--Aurora De Caro HFI (2013)--Sr. M. Fiorangela Goto PD (2014)--Patricia Cadenhead McNair (2007)

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

Wednesday, October 19

ST ISAAC JOGUES & JOHN DE BREBEUF,
PRIESTS, COMPANIONS, MARTYRS
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 3: 2-12

(Ps) Is 12: 2-6
Lk 12: 39-48

The center of our being and operating is devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ, our Divine Master, present in the Eucharistic Mystery and honored under the special title of Way, Truth and Life (Blessed Timothy Giaccardo).

From Father Tom: "The center of our being and operating!" What a great goal, though one or all of us struggle to reach. But perhaps YOU are closer to that state than you think.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr. Gabriele Piazzo SSP (1983)--Maria Patera HFI (1998)--Sr. M. Gian Piera Piacentini FSP (2000_--Sr. M. Alejandra Herrera Lopez FSP (2004)--Sr. M. Feliciana Chiesa FSP (2006)--Anacleto Aguilera HFI (2010)--Luigia Locastello HFI (2010)--Lidia Tomassini HFI (2012)--Sr. M. Margaret Savarinathan FSP (2014)

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

Tuesday, October 18

ST LUKE THE EVANGELIST
2 Tm 4-10

Ps 145 : 10-13, 17-18
Lk 10: 1-9

The editor should make a man among men. As Jesus did, he must turn first to the masses, to the great number of souls, to the multitudes that essentially make up society, then to everybody else (RSP, p 543).

From Father Tom: True, but for most of us it is easier to relate to the more shocking cases, so perhaps we should concentrate on them until we get the habit of praying for everyone.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Flavia Vignotto FSP (1982)--Sr. Teresa Quaino FSP (1990)--Fr. Alfonso Ferrero SSP (1996)--Fr. Vincenzo De Carli  SSP (2005)--ANgelina Muner HFI (2010)--Caetano Cerrito HFI (2013)--Maria Abbondanza Fabrizio HFI (2013)--Sr. Mercedes Barriuso Perez FSP (2014)--Frank J. Capuzello (1990)

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

Monday, October 17

ST  IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH, BISHOP, MARTYR
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Eph 2: 1-10

Ps 100: 1-5
Lk 12: 13-21

Time is lost when nothing is done for eternity (BM , p. 410).

From Father Tom: Undoubtedly. But ALL that can be classified as "good work" is  entitled to this description.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr Dirce Duarte Ortigoso FSP (1992)--Sr. M. Giulia Pattaro FSP (1995)--Pietro Tidei HFI (2003)--Sr. M. Alba Bertolin FSP (2008)--Sr.M Lina Gasparotto PD (2013)--Florence Seifert (1999)--Fr. Joe Small SJ (2004)

The Source of All Mercy...

Holy God, 
You are the source of all mercy.
Help us to believe with St. Teresa  that You
are able to transform all our losses into gain.
Restore to us the gifts we have wasted or failed to use.
Give us the  grace of hearts open to You and to one another.
May Christ use our hands and our feet  to bless this world.
Grant this through Christ our Lord
Amen.
~ Daily Prayer 2016 p. 322

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

Sunday, October 16

THE TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Ex 17: 8-13

Ps 121: 1-8
2 Tim 3: 14-4: 2

Lk 18: 1-8

When you fear God you also have respect for all that belongs to your neighbor (BM, p. 223).

From Father Tom: Makes sense. The Lord is present in everyone and respecting them we respect Him.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Celestina Cappa FSP (1978)--Sr. Pricilla Dalle Piatte FSP (1984)-Sr. m. Illuminata Uy FSP (1989)--Sr. M. Beniamina Sedita FSP (1997)--Sr. M. Teresina Doctor FSP (2002)--Sr. Rosa Piveta FSP (2003)--Sr. M. Felicina Airano PD (2007)--Sr. M. Flaminia Montecchio PD (2008)--Fabiazo Vecchi GABRIELITE (2009)--Fr. Francesco Lamarca IJP (2010)

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

Saturday, October 15

ST TERESA OF JESUS, VIRGIN, 
DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH
ORDINARY WEEKEND

Eph 1: 15-23 

Ps 8: 2-7

Lk 12: 8-12

The Blessed Virgin, in recollection and silence, knew how to gather every word that came from the divine lips of her Son and jealously kept them and meditated on them in her heart (Read the Scriptures p. 217).

From Father Tom: That's possible also for us--the Divine Master Who has died for us follows our every thought word and action with His constant direction.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Deacon Pasquale Sterpone SSP (1943)--Sr. Tarcisia Pillai FSP (1959)--Sr. M. Leontina Vincenti FSP (1967)--Bro. Onesimo Valli SSP (1979)--Sr. M. Pancrazia Frisone PD (1992)--Bro. Celestino Marchese SSP (2007)--Sr. M. Palma Sala FSP (2012)--Sr. M. Carla Ginocchio FSP 2014)--Cassie Fortuna (2005)

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

Friday, October 14

ST CALLISTUS I, POPE, MARTYR
ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Eph 1: 11-14 

Ps33: 1-5, 12-13

Lk 12: 1-7 

The doctrine of the Lord is entrusted in part to preaching. In part to Sacred Scripture. The press apostolate is illustration commentary, dissemination and defense of Sacred Scripture (SP Dec 1926).

From Father Tom: The Pauline Family is just a decade in existence when the Founder clarifies its purpose. For our part we will read Scripture regularly and try to understand it ever more deeply.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr. Sebastiano Trosso SSP (1952)--Fr. Pietro Zugna SSP (1954)--Sr. M. Cherubina Crudale PD (1957)--Sr. Milagros Banez FSP (1983)--Fr. Giovanni Bartolomasi SSP (1986)---Bro Raymond Kraus SSP (1989)--Bruna Capriotti IAM (1989)--Sr. M. Federica Cazzo FSP (1993)--Mary Culotta HFI (2004)--Sr. Anne Cestarollo FSP (2005)--Sr. Angela M. Di Niso FSP (2006)--Mary Jane Meoldia HFI (2006)--Sr. Maria Linda Repetto FSP (2013)--Andrew Primavera (1971)

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

Thursday, October 13

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Gal 1: 1-10 

Ps 98: 1-6

Lk 11: 47-54 

Those who desire to savor the goods of the soul consecrated to God must feel an intimate sentiment of piety (UPS II, 17)

From Father Tom: Piety?  "The state of being pious" or "fidelity to natural obligations,"  for instance, like caring for one's parents, are relevant to our vocation.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Nazarena Costa FSP (1938)--Sr. Adelaide Tarasconi FSP (1985)--Fr. Agostino Monticone SSP (1989)--Fr. Gabriele Colasanto SSP (1993)--Sr. Gaetanina Modenese FSP (1999)--Sr. Christine Driscoll FSP (2004)--Mary Jane Melodia HFI (2006)--Sr. M. Rita  Tuidi FSP (2012)

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

Wednesday, October 12

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Gal 5: 18-25 

Ps 1: 1-6

Lk 11: 42-46 

There is the prudence of the spirit and that of the flesh.  The first looks for the glory of God alone, the second seeks human praise and earthly satisfactions (FSP 41, p. 125).

From Father Tom: This comment hardly needs further comment: just practice.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Bro Alfonso Pavan SSP (1948)—Fr. Dante Giovagnoli IJP (1977)—Sr. Scolastica Flosco FSP (1987)—Sr. M. Mansueta Cracco PD (1990)—Sr. Gasparina Sorentini FSP (1991)—Fr. Bernardo Bosio SSP (1992)—Sr. M. Eugenia Spiga FSP (1993)—Sr. M. Josephine Vas PD (1997)—Sr. M. Lourdes Morales PD (2001)—Sr M. Laura Saraniti PD (2003)—Bro Umberto Moretti SSP (2006)—Giuseppe Ceccanti HFI (3008)—M. Stella Talluto IAM (2010)—Sr. Timotea Park FSP (2011)

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

Tuesday, October 11

ST JOHN XXIII, POPE
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gal 5: 1-6

Ps 119: 41-48
Lk 11: 37-41 

The Remembrance of Pope John XXIII always remains with us and the need to follow his teaching in MATER ET MAGISTRA and PACEM IN TERRIS. And we should follow the example he gave while alive and his radiant trust when he was dying (SP Jun-Jul 1963).

From Father Tom: This advice seems to be directed especially at the Religious in the Pauline Family.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Fr. Salvatore Occhetti SSP (1931)--Fr. Paolino Panunzi SSP (1960)--Sr. Candida Lex FSP (1975)--Sr. Gabriella Stellini SGBP (1989)--Sr. M. Maria Furukawa PD (2000)--Franco D'Eugenio HFI (2002)--Sr. Annabianca D'Alberto FSP (2008)--June Burrell Scheer (2000)

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

Monday, October 10

ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gal 4: 22-27, 31, 3: 5-1

Ps 113: 1-7
Lk 17: 29-32 

These are the most beautiful Pauline ideals: Live in union with Mary, Teacher and Queen" (CP 1959, 31 Aug).

From Father Tom: Indeed, but ideals are not enough.  We have to put them into practice.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr.Giovanna Paola FSP (1967)--Sr. M. Dolores Farci FSP (1988)--Sr Giacomina Cardenti SGBP (2000)--Sr. M. Melania Turino PD (2003)--Maria Piazza Scordo IAM(2010).

Pray the Rosary, Glorious Mysteries

Say the Rosary

Say the Rosary and there will be peace.

October is the month of the Holy Rosary.  Won't you pray for peace?

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

Sunday, October 9

TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN
ORDINARY TIME
2 Kgs 5: 14-17

Ps 98: 1-4
2 Tm 8-13
Lk 17: 11-19 

It is in Christ that our union of spirit, faith, charity thought and activity finds its basis.

From Father Tom: The thought here seems to be that our efforts to practice these recommendations will find their reward and fulfillment in the blessings of the Divine Master.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Flavia Vignotto FSP (1982)--Sr. Teresa Quaino FSP (1990)--Fr. Alfonso Ferrero SSP (1996)--Fr. Vincenzo De Carli SSP (2005)--Angelina Muner HFI (2010)--Gaetano Cerrito HFI (2013)--Maria Abbondanza Fabrizio HFI (2013)--Sr. Mercedes Barriuso Perez FSP (2014).

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

Saturday, October 8

BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gal 3: 22-29

Ps 105:2-7
Lk 11: 27-28

The person who imitates Mary, imitates Jesus Christ (BM, 408).

From Father Tom: Per Mariam, ad Jesum--that says it all.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr Attilia trevisani FSP (1943)--Sr. Terezinha Lopes SGBP (1995)--Sr. Terezinha Lopes SGBP (1995)--Domenico Nardis HFI (1998)--Fr. Paolo Colonna IJP (2011)--Sr. Antonietta Bottiglieri FSP (2012)--Arthur Mulligan (1999).

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

Friday, October 7

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SACRED HEART
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY,
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gal 3: 7-14

Ps 111:1-6
Lk 15: 15-26

The Pastorelle Sisters' apostolate is wide-ranging. It has  no boundaries other than those of charity the charity that Jesus the Good Shepherd teaches all (AAP 1957).

From Father Tom: No thought from Father Tom.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr M. Luigia Bofa PD (1931)--Sr. M. Illaria Vaia PD (1986)--S.r M. Ida Vagli FSP (1991)--Domenica Strazzeri HFI (1992)--Sr. M. Augusta Arlorio PD (1997)--Mafalda Rossetto IAM (1999)--Fr. Carlo Berloni IJP (2002)--Sr. Susana Alvarez FSP (2006)--Vincenzo Arcione HFI (2008)--Bro. Candido Bessegato SSP (2009)--Maria ARisxi HFI (2009)--Maria Ernas HFI (2009)

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

Thursday, October 6

FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE ANGEL GUARDIANS
ST BRUNO, PRIEST and
BLESSED MARIE ROSE DUROCHER, VIRGIN
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gal 3: 1-5

(Ps) Lk 1:69-75
Lk 11: 5-13

Let the full recitation of the Rosary be always retained as a great means of progress and a great secret of joy strength and light (SP Aug 1940).

From Father Tom: And here again I confess that my recitation is reasonably frequent, but not of all the Mysteries. I relate much to the Lord's sufferings, less so to His joys and triumphs.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  S.r Gloria Boff SGBP (1988)--Fr. Emanuele Fasino SSP (1989)--Sr. Firmina Boano FSP (1990)--Sr. Lucina Bianchini FSP (1993)--Fr. Lorenzo Foletto SSP (1994)--Mons Antonio D'erchia IJP (1997)--Sr. Leonzia Spigarolo FSP (1998)--Fr. Angelo Leuzzi IJP (1998)--Fr. Pietro Romano IJP (2002)--M. Giovanna Palazzo HFI (2002)--Sr. Candida Rivi FSP (2008) Sr. M. Andreina Yokoyama FSP (2010)--Bro Giovanni Andreatta SSP (2014)--Edwar Drouhard (1971)--Bonnie Taylor (2007)

October 5 2016 With Blessed Father Alberione and With Father Tom

Wednesday, October 5

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH--
ST JOSEPH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gal 2: 1-2, 7-14

Ps 117: 1-2
Lk 11: 1-4

An ideal is a precise and clear point of arrival.  It is an ascent to be made a victory to be attained which absorbs all the intellectual, physical and moral forces of man (CP 1959, 31 Aug)

From Father Tom: And if we are talking sanctity, even all our intellectual, physical and moral forces will not be enough. We need a hand from the Lord.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. M. Vincenza Gasbarrone FSP (1947)--Fr. Francesco Peira SSP (1957)--Fr. Dionigi Bertone SSP (1972)--Fr. Felice Pisano IJP (1983)--Bro Marcello Bendinelli SSP (1986)--Alberto Rubini HFI (1992)--De. MNUWL lINRWEN AAP (1997)--Sr. M. Angela Nishida PD (2002)--Fr. Giuseppe Riccobene IJP (2002)--Sr. M. Angela Monticelli FSP (2004)--Amalia Esther Avendano IAM (2005)--Sr. Adelina Bocella FSP (2014)--Susan V. Ceren0 (1995)

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

Tuesday, October 4

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH--
THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
Gal 1: 13-24

Ps 139: 1-3, 13-15
Lk 10: 38-42

St. Francis of Assisi, who possessed the true spirit of Jesus, wanted first of all that His members should leave everything and submit themselves totally to God and to His Providence (RSP p. 273).

From Father Tom: This should be true of us--but the constant strain of making a living these days excuses us in great part.

Please Pray for Our Deceased:  Sr. Emilia Nicoli FSP (1947)--Sr. M. Ausilia Urgeghe FSP (1986)--Sr. Maggiorina Fraccaroli FSP (1990)--Fr. Girolamo Ghiglione SSP (1992)--Sr. Anna Antonioli FSP (1992)--r. Giannina Brunetti FSP (1996)--Fr. Carmine Fail IJP (1997)--Anselmina Satta SGBP (2006)--Fr. Antonio Piccolo iJP (2007)--Antonio Lovine HFI (2011)--Charles Dulleck HFI (2014)