The Eucharistic Visit

The Eucharistic Visit

 The Visit* is a meeting of our soul and of our whole being with Jesus. It is the creature meeting the Creator; the disciple before the Divine Master; the patient with the Doctor of souls; the poor one appealing to the Rich One; the thirsty one drinking at the Font; the weak before the Almighty: the tempted seeking a sure Refuge; the blind person searching for the Light; the friend who goes to the True Friend; the lost sheep sought by the Divine Shepherd; the wayward heart who finds the Way; the unenlightened one who finds Wisdom; the bride who finds the Spouse of the soul; the "nothing" who finds the All; the afflicted who finds the Consoler; the seeker who finds life's meaning.

It is the shepherds at the Crib, Mary Magdalene at Simon's house, Nicodemus who comes by night. It is the holy discussions of the Samaritan woman, of Zacchaeus, of Philip, and of the Apostles with Jesus; especially in the last week of His earthly life and after the resurrection.

                                                                                                   ~Blessed James Alberione

* The term "Visit" is used by Alberione to describe the Hour of Adoration of Jesus in the Eucharist. "Visit" expresses the particularly personal aspect of an Hour of Adoration.

Happy Feast of the Holy Family

 Happy Feast of the Holy Family, Everyone!  The following is a reflection from our parish Bulletin for this wonderful Feast that holds such a special place in the hearts of all Paulines.

The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
"...as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must forgive." Colossians 3:13

Forgiveness--one of the hardest things for people to do. It's amazing how long we can hold a grudge or be angry with someone. As we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family, take this opportunity to give the gift of forgiveness to someone--maybe someone in your family, maybe a friend, maybe a coworker or neighbor or, maybe yourself. Pick up the phone or text someone right now.

December 31, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, December 31

FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS,
MARY AND JOSEPH
NEW YEAR'S DAY
Gen 15: 1-6; 21; 1-3 OR
Sir 3: 2-6, 12-14

Ps 105: 1-2, 2-4, 5-6, 8-9 (7a, 8a)
Heb 11: 8, 11-12, 17-19 OR
Col 3: 12-21

Lk 2: 22-40

Look at the Holy Family: the examples we find there are like a light and an example for us; on the other hand, we can obtain, through Jesus and Mary and of St. Joseph, those graces that are needed in domestic life, at home (AP 1958/2, p 216).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Agostina Messa PD (1972)--Sr M Ignazia Biello PD (1988)-- Fr Giacomo Perrino IJP (1990)--Fr Giuseppe Di Matteo IJP (1995)--Fr Giuseppe Quarta IJP (1997)--Sr giovanna Coccato SGBP (2006)--Sr M Domenica San Martino FSP (2007)--Sr Alfonsa Ritta FSP (2007)--Sr M Giuseppina Pratillo PD (2007)--Sr M Immaculata Zuncheddu FSP (2014)--Sr M Hieronima Chmielewska PD (2015)

December 30, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, December 30

CHRISTMAS WEEKDAY

1 John 2: 12-17

Ps 96: 7-8a, 8b-9, 10

Lk 2: 36-40

All of creation is a means by which to arrive to the salvation of the soul. In addition, every invention, the fastest and most effective means, must be used for the Kingdom of God and to extend the redemption and salvation of men. To reach everyone (BM1, 224).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Gustavo Montanari IJP (1987)--Sr M Caritas Escareno FSP (1991)--Fr Antonio Vertuccio IJP (1994)--Fr Stanislao Cendron SSP (2002)--Fr Ermenegildo Dalla Cort SSP (2005)--Fr Primo Guatta IJP (2005)--Sr Mary Paul Ladesma PD (2006)--Rosalia Lo Polito IAM (2008)--Alberto Bernabe HFI (2012)

December 29, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, December 29

ST THOMAS A BECKET, BISHOP, MARTYR
CHRISTMAS WEEKDAY

1 John 2: 3-11

Ps 96: 1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6

Lk 2: 22-35

Impress well in the mind what the crib teaches us.. It seems to me that before the crib one should meditate on this: love, love, love (FSP39, p. 678).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Maruilla Colangelo FSP (1946)--Fr Pietro Delcampo SSP (1989)--Sr Anselmina Cerri FSP (1994)--Sr Panacea Mocci FSP (1998)--Fabiola Brandi HFI (2006)--Sr M. Cristina Godoy FSP (2010)--Bro Vincent Puthukadan SSP (2012) --Fr Antanasio Taniguchi SSP (2013)--Sr Bernardetta Marcon FSP (2013)--Mary Williams (2004)

December 28, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, December 28

THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS, FEAST

1 John 1: 5- 2: 2

Ps 124: 2-3, 4-5, 7b-8

Matt 2: 13-18John 20: 1a and 2-8

During Christmas expand your heart, enclosing in it every intention of people, of those who are dear to you, enlarge it to the point of enclosing all the souls, with all their needs (FSP32, p 408).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Giuseppe Caravina SSP (1970)--Maria Balint HFI (1986)--Sr Cherubina Cordero FSP (1991)--Fr Luigi Zanoni SSP (1995)--Fr Remo santi SSP (1996)--Sr Luigina Borano FSP (2002)--Fr Giuseppe Amato IJP (2004)--Ramona Allen HFI (2008)--Sr Paola Zampini SGBP (2013)-Michael A. Costello (1993)

Paul, Apostle of Christ: The Heart of the Story

This looks really good. It's great to see Jim Caviezel again.

December 27, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, December 27

ST JOHN, APOSTLE, EVANGELIST FEAST

Ps 97: 1-2, 5-6, 11-12

John 20: 1a and 2-8

Jesus in the crib, for the first time, extends his hands to invite all people to Himself, as He will do it throughout His life...Come to Me, all of you who suffer or are weighed down by sins: I will give you rest (BM2, 175).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Rose Lubinu FSP (1945)--Fr Giovanni Castoldi SSP (1961)--Sr Tecla Tocchetto FSP (1965)--Sr Secondina Pellerino FSP (1984)--Adelia Tommasini HFI (1992)--Antonio Melotto HFI 1993)--Fr Alessandro Audino IJP (1995)--Fr Giuseppe Volpini IJP (1999)--Mercedes Miguel Pereyra HFI (2006)--Sr M Adele Carrara FSP (2011)

December 26, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Tuesday, December 26

ST STEPHEN, PROTOMARTYR FEAAST

Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59

Ps 31: 3cd-4, 6 and 8ab, 16bc and 17

Matt 10: 17-22

The crib is the first school of Jesus: I want you to come in order to learn His divine lessons (BM1, 355).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Agnese Manera FSP (1982)--Bro Giovanni Manfredi SSP (1987)--Fr Pietro Occelli SSP (1994)--Sr M Cesira Ferrero PD (1996)--Fr Paolo Ruggeri SSP (2003)--Mario Vattovani HFI (2003)--Sr M Goretti Marianna PD (2004)--Sr Lorenzina Pangrazi SGBP (2006)--Sr Giuliana De Santis FSP (2011)--Grazia Curto HFI (2011)--Bro Robert Santoro SSP (2012)-Lena Piampiano (1991)--Richard L Haas (2011)

December 25, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Monday, December 25
CHRISTMAS DAY--THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD
SOLEMNITY, HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
Isa 52: 7-10
Ps 98: 1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6 (3c)
Heb 1: 1-6
John 1: 1-18

Best wishes. May Baby Jesus graciously welcome us all in the school opened at Bethlehem; that during the liturgical year, we can better know Him, love Him more intimately, and imitate Him in the religious virtues (CISP, p 1457).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Carla M Bovio FSP (1970)--Bro Elia Orsini SSP (1981)--Sr Angela De Rubertis FSP (1989)--Fr Vito Raimondo IJP (1999)--Fr Augustine Ampattukuzhy SSP (2005)--Sr M Fulgenzia Bellagamba PD (2011)

A Christmas Prayer

A Christmas Prayer for the Forgotten

By Gretchen Filz (The Catholic Company)

December 24, 2016

Dear Lord,

As we prepare for Your coming,

let us reflect on the journey Your

earthly parents took.

They were tired and alone,

yet there was no room for them at the inn.

There was no one to lend a helping hand.

Lord, help us to recognize those who may

need our help or love this Christmas.

Let us pray for those who have none.

We pray that those without loved ones

will still share in the season’s blessings.

We especially pray for those who feel

forgotten and unloved.

Lord, break our hearts for what breaks Yours.

Help us to see with Your eyes,

serve with Your hands, and to give of the

talents and treasures You have blessed us with.

We implore you, O Lord, to stretch forth

Your paternal arms to anyone feeling the

sting of loneliness or pangs of sadness

this Christmas season. Please bring them

into Your love and peace.

Amen

December 24, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, December 24
FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT WEEKDAY 
2 Sam 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16
Ps 89: 2-5, 27, 29 (2a)
Rom 16: 25-27
Lk 1: 26-38

How many times do we have to ascertain that the Visits to Jesus in the Sacrament were the salvation of our vocation and, perhaps, even our genuine good! Be faithful to the Visit: it sums up all the other practices of piety (FSP35, p 372).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Martina Albano PD (1986)--Sr Assunta Romeo SGBP (2001)--Fr Rocco Fortunato IJP (2001)--Pietro Celli HFI (2007)--Fr Aldo Cristofani IJP (2010)--Samuel & Ellenor Yambrik Skvarka (no year)

December 23, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, December 23
ADVENT WEEKDAY (O EMMANUEL)
Mal 3: 1-4, 23-24
Ps 25: 4-5ab, 8-9, 10 and 14
Lk 1: 57-66

May prayer never be purely intercessions or praises, may it be always vital (FSP35, p 338).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Rosa Gerlotto FSP (1936)--Sr M Alicia Iierro Ruiz FSP (1970)--Sr Lucidia Cardona FSP (1991)--Sr M Lucinia Stella PD (2003)--Sr M Luisa Macellari PD (2004)--Emilia Lucheti HFI (2005)--Maria Salaris HFI (2007)--Sr M Zita Braida FSP (2011)--Sr M Nazarena Yamaguchi FSP (2013)--Sr M Livia Bovio FSP (2014)--Sr M Annina Romagnoli PD (2015)--Sr Giuseppa La Barbera SGBP (2015)

Be Not Afraid...And Don't Forget About Advent

BE NOT AFRAID
By Tahlia Fernandez

(Canticle of Zechariah Antiphon, Morning Prayer, December 21)

We Catholics know a thing or two about Advent. By the time we reach adulthood, we’ve experienced many Advents. We’ve got this.

But where Lent gets a lot of attention — “Gotta give something up… man, can’t wait for Easter!” — Advent sort of gets forgotten in the rush to prepare for Christmas. There are presents to be bought, decorations to be put up, cookies to be baked, and, in my house, Christmas movies that must be watched before the grace-period before Christmas is over and you have to wait until next year. Yet, in all the bustle and busyness in the name of Christmas prep, Advent sort of gets forgotten. And Christmas gets short-changed.

“There is no need to be afraid; in five days Our Lord will come to us.”

Christmas is an Event. With a capital E. A Celebration with a capital C. This is where it all began. With Christ’s Birth, He put wheels in motion to save all mankind from their sins.

But we know that, right? We grew up Catholic. We know we’re celebrating Christ’s birthday. This isn’t our first Christmas. What do you think we’re getting ready for?

Yes, we know the Christmas is Christ’s birthday. But in all the rush of the season added to everyday life, we don’t stop to appreciate what this means. Christ didn’t need to be born. He already Was and always will Be. This was gratis. He didn’t owe us a thing. And yet He accepted this awful, blessed degradation to take on the nature of His own creation to save it from itself. This Event we celebrate each year with such a blasé attitude isn’t just beautiful — it is amazing, it is awesome. It is an Event that needs to be counted down to, appreciated for its full worth.

But so often Advent slips us by, especially this year, when Christmas occurs so close to the fourth Sunday of Advent. And when Advent slips us by, so too does the full appreciation of Christmas.

“There is no need to be afraid; in five days Our Lord will come to us.”

In my family, we count down to our birthdays. They’re kind of a big deal. It’s frowned upon to buy things we want for ourselves a month or more in advance of the birthday and the actual celebration lasts at least a week. If not more. The celebration, when it happens, is big. There are presents, there is a special dinner at home, there’s a special dinner in a restaurant. That person is king or queen of the day/week. It is made all the better because of the anticipation leading up to the main event.

A birthday is a big deal. It is the day we first came into this world. It should be celebrated.

Christmas is one of the biggest events in human history. And Christ being born among us is the greatest gift, leading to opportunity of eternal happiness beyond this life. It is like a second birthday! It must be prepared for, appreciated, counted down to!

And just like the birthday seems so much sweeter after we deny ourselves those good things we want until our birthday, how much better would Christmas seem with a little bit of self-denial leading up to it? We are preparing for Christ’s coming! It’s more than a week of celebration! We celebrate Christmas for twelve days! Wow!

The present buying and wrapping, the Christmas cards, the cookie baking, the decorating — these things are all good. But don’t forget Advent in the midst of the bustle. Give up a little something. Or do something extra… pray even a decade of the Joyful mysteries of the rosary. Think about what is to come. Remember what it actually is that we are about to celebrate.

Every year, I say I’m going to have a real Advent. Every year I say I’m going to pray more, I’m going to sacrifice more. I am going to win this Advent. Every year, work seems to get crazy right around Christmas. I get behind on life. I miss Advent.

I have missed most of my Advent.

But I don’t need to be afraid. I have five days until the Lord comes to us. I might not be able to keep up with my grand plans for prayer and sacrifice. But I can still prepare, I can still meditate, I can still strive to remember what this all is for.

And then when Christmas comes, the Celebration will be more than good. It will be awesome.

December 22, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, December 22
ADVENT WEEKDAY (O REX GENTIUM)
1 Sam 1: 24-20
1 Sam 2: 1, 4-7, 8abcd
Lk 1: 46-56

Charity in the family is one that you will have to exercise most of your life and it is the one that will enrich you with the best merits (FSP35, p 265).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Ausilia Baggio PD (1951)--Sr M Gesualda Rocchi FSP (1969)--Sr Anna Mocci FSP (1987)--Fr Luigi Lenta SSP (1997)--Sr Rufina Facchiano FSP (2000)--Sr Paola Mannai SGBP (2001)--Sr Fausta Lorenzo FSP (2008)--Sr M Arcangela Hashiguchi PD (2009)--Sr Teresina Bonini FSP (2010)--Florencio Miguel Angel Rodriguez Romero HFI (2010)

December 21, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, December 21
ADVENT WEEKDAY (O ORIENS)
ST PETER CANISIUS, PRIEST, DOCTOR
Song 2: 8-14 or Zeph 3: 14-18a
Ps 33: 2-3, 11-12, 20-21
Lk 1: 39-45

Close often the heart of the Tabernacle with double key, so that it will not escape anymore. Let your head be enclosed well in the tabenacle, placing it at the feet of th eMadonna (FSP32, p341).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Bonaria de Sabbata FSP (1973)--Sr Irma Antinozzi FSP (1999)--Fr Angela Dalmonte IJP (1999)--Fr Ezio Acciai IJP (2000)--Bro Jorge Chaparro SSP (2003)--Sr M Adelia Gasparini PD (2004)--Sr M Santina Pettinati FSP (2005)--Leni Perotto IAM (2009)--Sr Rina Ivana Prandi FSP (2010)--Fr Paul Maruthanakuzhyil SSP (2011)--Sr Inacia Frezzatti FSP (2011)--Olga Longaretti IAM (013)-Mike Ducote (2001)..

December 20, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, December 20
ADVENT WEEKDAY (O CLAVIS DAVID)
Isa 7: 10-14
Ps 24: 1-4ab, 5-6
Lk 1: 26-38

The loving prayer is the prayer of the soul, that at any point, anywhere, regardless of the time she finds herself, halts for a moment her own thoughts and runs up to the Tabernacle, to greet Jesus, to recommend to Him an urgent necessity, to ask Him for light, to tell Him her love...(FSP38, p. 613).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Lucilla Di Bianca PD (1985)--Mario Ferrara HFI (1997)--Sr Angela Festari FSP (2000)--John Yuska (no year).

December 19, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Tuesday, December 19
ADVENT WEEKDAY (O RADI JESSE)
Judg 13: 2-7, 24-25a
Ps 71: 3-4a, 5-6ab, 16-17
Lk 1: 5-25

Love is neither a sentient nor only a complex of kindness; it is to love from deep within, to give esteem, to judge fairly, never to give contrary judgments, top speak well, to desire for what is good (AP 1958/1, p. 40).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Giacinta Gomes FSP (1966)--Fr Carmine Salerni SSP (1981)--Sr Giuseppina Albesiano FSP (1983)--Fr Girolamo Casolari SSP (1990)--Fr Pascual Leviste SSP (2000)--Sr M Antonietta Mineo PD (2003)--Bro Salvatore Giuseppino Lanza SSP (2011)--Sr Angelina Barattin SGBP (2011)

December 18, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Monday, December 18
ADVENT WEEKDAY (O ADONAI)
Jer 23: 5-8;
Ps 72: 1-2, 12-13, 18-19
Mt 1: 18-25

Your book centers must become a center of culture, the source of spreading holiness, as churches of your own sanctification and of the world (FSP (FSP34, p87).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Angioletta Miyazaki PD (2006)--Fr Giuseppe Cinaglia SSP (2008)--Sr M Epifania Bassi FSP (2009)--Sr M Amalia Racelis FSP (2014)--Giacomo Pierpaoli HFI (2014).

The Pauline Family Has Just One Spirituality...

“The Pauline Family has just one spirituality: to live the total Gospel: to live in the Divine Master as He is, Way, Truth and Life: to live Him as His disciple, St. Paul, understood Him.

 

(Bl. Rev James Alberione)

Try to Make a Pauline Effort in All We Do...

This is part of a wonderful email sent out to members of the HFI in the VA/DC/MD area by fellow HFI member Tony Casto. I thought it was worth passing along. Thank you Tony, for sharing your insights.


"...In a previous letter, I mentioned we need to try and make a Pauline effort in everything we do. Many religious wear a habit or religious emblem to remind themselves of their inward consecration, we as seculars have no such outward reminder. Our outward reminder should come from the devotions we do. And they need to be Pauline. From habitually referring to Jesus as Master in our conversations, to other devotions, ones that have the Pauline slant already known and used by us, such as the  Way, Truth, Life method in Eucharistic Adoration. These give us a Pauline mind-set and flavor. But even those devotions that are not specifically Pauline can be made as such. The rosary for example. I use my own Pauline meditations based on the Institute applied to the mysteries. Here is the Joyful mysteries for example:

1st Joyful- the Annunciation

Just as Mary was called by God to her special vocation to be the mother of God, we were called to the Institute as our mission. Have we made our “Magnificat” in thanksgiving for our call? Do we apply that thankfulness in carrying out our vocation  every day? Do we understand and trust in God that we will be able to live it out to the best of our ability?

2nd Joyful - the Visitation

Mary brought Jesus to Elizabeth and Zechariah and John. The privilege and joy of God’s call was not kept to or for herself, but immediately spread. Is our privilege in being called to the Institute kept to ourselves, or are we bringing the “Good News” about the HFI to anybody whenever possible? In what new ways can I share this news about the Institute? Or vocations to the other Institutes that make up the Pauline Family?

3rd Joyful- the Nativity

The Master came to earth and lived out the same consecration we we called to in our vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Not only was He born into poverty, but He  lived it out in a simple sober lifestyle, born out in a family setting, punctuated by hard work. Chasity was lived out by singleness of mind, not distracted from the mission and purpose he was called to. Obedience was plainly shown in the family situation, and throughout his life to the will of the Father in the carrying out of his mission. How is our adherence to the vows being carried out in our lives? Do we make sure it’s a total offering, and not just fulfilling our obligations?

4th Joyful- the Presentation

Jesus is presented in the temple, an offering of the first born, a life dedicated to God. We are dedicated, consecrated in our lives to the Father in and through the Institute. Just as Simeon told Mary of the joys and sufferings this would entail, so our lives are presented with these same offerings made daily in our “ prayers, actions, joys and sufferings.”  Do we remember to present and live these offerings out to the best of our ability every day to make up in reparation for the misuse of the media? Do we think to re-offer ourselves daily by renewing our vows in the Institute to thank the Master for his gift of our call?

5th Joyful- the Finding of Jesus in the Temple

The boy Jesus was found in the temple asking questions and learning from the teachers. Do we continue to ask questions and learn about the Institute, read the writings of Bl. Alberione and apply them to our lives? Do we sit at the feet of our Teacher in Eucharistic Adoration whenever possible, even daily to better understand our mission in the Institute and how to carry it out? When we “lose” Jesus, when he seems distant and far away, do we realize to look for him where he put us, in the Institute prayers and duties he gave us?

 * 

These meditations are just some of the ways I use in this first set of mysteries. They do not and should not be limited to just these few thoughts and questions. Like everything else, they need to be made your own. And the rest of the rosary can be done the same way. ( In the future I will hopefully share the meditations on the remaining mysteries). The important point though is to remember that our Pauline identity is needed in our every action, our way of being. Just as our roles of father/motherhood are lived out over the course of time to become unthinkingly played out in our every action, decision and motivation, so too should our Pauline identity become so engrained in us that it is not regulated to a separate role or way of thinking. It should become “who we are” and no longer just “what we are.” "

December 17, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, December 17
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (O SAPIENTA)
ADVENT WEEKDAY
Isa 61: 1-2a, 10-11
Lk 1: 46-50, 53-54
1 Thess 5: 16-24 
John 1: 6-8, 19-28

Jesus made Himself our model, sanctifying his private life with admirable examples of every sublime virtue, summed up in love in the common and simple life (FSP30, p 60)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Matilde Gastaldi FSP (2000)--Giueppina Miscali IAM (2005)--Demetrina Schirra IAM (2005)--Sr M ottavia Tonet FSP (2011)--Fr Romano Carrieri IJP (2013)--Howard Nephew (1959)--Johnny Preston (1983)--John Banahan (no year)

December 16, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, December 16
ADVENT WEEKDAY
Sir 48: 1-4, 9-11
Ps 80: 2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19 
Mt 17: 9a, 10-13

There is this terrible enemy that threatens and often dominates every field of formation, study, initiatives, administrations, etc. : it is called the spirit of self-sufficiency (CISP, p 335).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Luigi Iannelli IJP (1980)--Luisa Dotti IAM (1995)--Fr Giacomo Baricalla SSP (1996)--Sr Clementina Laudanno FSP (2003)--Sr M Teodolinda Longo PD (2005)--Fr Giovanni Pi9azza SSP (2006)--Anna Maria Orru HFI (2008)

December 15, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, December 15
ADVENT WEEKDAY
Isa 48: 17-19
Ps 1: 1-4 and 6; 
Mt 11: 16-19

The Lord asks us that to use these means there should be a group of saints and that they do not commit sins. Along with the power of saints and that they do not commit sins. Along with the power of these means, we should not forget that there is the power of God (CISP, p. 343).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Jose Lomeli HFI (1993)--Sr M Lorenza Pina PD (2006)--Sr M Bruna Rantucci FSP (2007)--Sr Diomira Trolli FSP (2010)--Bruno Paulon HFI (2010)

December 14, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, December 14
ST JOHN OF THE CROSS,
PRIEST, DOCTOR, OBLIGATORY
MEMORIAL
Isa 41: 13-20
Ps 145: 1 and 9-13ab; 
Mt 11: 11-15

The Apostle has a heart burning with love for God and for men; and he cannot suppress and suffocate what he feels and thinks  (UPS IV, 278).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Margherita Binello FSP (1976)--Sr M Renata Giaccardi PD (1993)--Mons Enea Selis IJP (1999)--Sr Bianca Tommaselli (2006)--Fr LIno Grossi IJP (2006)--Dalma Arena De Mattar HFI (2006)--Charlotte Ducote HFI (2007)--Sr M Esther Martinez Duran FSP (2012)--Sr M Imelda Dandoy FSP (2015)--Fr Harry Barry (2003)--Mary Avitabile (2006)--Anthony Menellia (2010).

December 13, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, December 13
ST LUCY, VIRGIN, MARTYR, OBLIGTORY
MEMORIAL
Isa 40: 25-31;
Ps 103: 1-4, 8 and 10; 
Mt 28-30

You should always aim at what feeds more the souls and, in the best way, to give them the daily bread of the divine word (FSP47, p. 602)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Domenica Laus FSP (1933)--Sr M. Albina Pepino PD (1957)-Sr M Graziella Justo PD (1978)--Sr M Elia Ferrero PD (1987)--Sr Janina Casimira Kakol FSP (1989)--Fr Ignazio Maritano SSP (1996)--Sr M Teresa Fusar-Poli  FSP (1997)--Fr Francesco Occhiogrosso IJP (1997)--Bro Bruno Bonamigo SSP (2001)--Sr Giovanna Baxiu FSP (2012)--Scotty Avitabile (2006)--Anthony J Madeline Jr (2012)

December 12, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, December 12
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FEAST
Zec 2: 14-17 or
Rev 11: 19a; 12: 1-6a, 10ab;
Jdt 13: 18bcde, 19
Lk 1: 26-38 or
Lk 1: 139-47

To form the lay-religious who could connect the work of sanctification to that of the apostolate is a double difficulty; we find ore easily one who only does one thing or the other (CISP, p 355).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Callista De Michelis PD (1988)--Sr M Romana Battistella FSP (1996)--Sr M Dolores Bonfe FSP (1999)--Sr M Leonia Nota FSP (1999)--Teresa De Maria IAM (2006)--Sr M Jolanda Furukawa PD (2011)--Sr M Teresita Conti FSP (2014)--Mario Baio HFI (2015).

December 11, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Tuesday, December 11
ST DAMASUS I, POPE
ADVENT WEEKDAY
Isa 35: 1-10
Ps 85: 9ab, 10-14 
Lk 5: 17: 26

The "Signor Canonico " who was the star and finger of God...found in our Primo Maestro so  much veneration and such supernatural docility, which enabled these two souls, these two hearts to instill, understand, go ahead with the mission ([Fr Giaccardo] CISP, p 406)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Celeste Ghislandi FSP (1960)--Sr M Romana Rotta FSP (1960)--Sr M Giacinta Ferrero PD (1986)--Sr M Cecilia Madrigal FSP (1992)--Giuseppe Cappella HFI (1995)--Sr Vittorina M Guarda FSP (2009)--Rodolfo Palieri HFI (2011)--Sr M Paolina Zocchio PD (2013)--Fr Mario Passarelli SSP (2015)

December 10, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, December 10
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Isa 40: 1-5, 9-11
Ps 85: 9-14 (8),
2 Pet 3: 8-14
Mark 1: 1-8

Let Mary be the Mother, Teacher and Queen of the house in every Christian family. May she enter with her maternal solicitude, as she entered the house of Zechariah; may she be welcomed joyfully by the family members like what St. Elizabeth did (CISP p 573).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Michelino Gagna SSP (1961)--Mons Angelo Campagna IJP (1990)--Sr Antonietta Sandri FSP (1993)--Sr M Luisa Perlini PD (2000)--Sr Rosaria Scaini SGBP (2001)--Maria Bacca IAM (2004)--Sr M Marcella Lucrezi FSP (2005)--Sr Angelina Fabbris FSP (2008)--Luigi Zecca HFI (2011)--Sr M Adele Vitale PD (2015)

December 9, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, December 9
ST JUAN DIEGO, HERMIT
ADVENT WEEKDAY
Isa 30: 19-21, 23-26 
Ps 147: 1-6
Matt 9: 35-10: 1, 5a, 6-8

Jesus is way, truth and life. Mary is our life, our sweetness and our hope (SM, 226).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M  Graziana Santini FSP (1963)--Sr M Rosa Cacciatore FSP (1981)--Domenica Nardis HFI (2005)--Sr Josefina Glassmann FSP (2006)--Sr M Agostina Pellachin FSP (2007)--Sr M Natalia Bonifacio FSP (2007)--Sr Onise Theresa Sassi FSP (2008)--Helen Chevraux HFI (2008)--Sr Tarcisia M Cescatti FSP (2011)--Marjorie Seammen Bowe (2009)

December 8, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, December 8
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, SOLEMNITY
Gen 3: 9-15, 20 
Ps 98: 1-3cd-4
Eph 1: 3-6, 11-12
Lk 1: 26-38

When God finds a humble soul to do His will, like Mary most holy, He uses her in fulfilling His loving and wise designs (UPS I, 486)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Aracoeli Venturi PD (1983)--Fr Vincenzo De Luise SSP (1985)--Gorizia D'Amicantonio IAM (1991)--Claudia Supino HFI (1999)--Fr Silvino Ceccomancini IJP (2006)--Sr M Fidelis Cecchetto PD (2012)--Antonio Lopez (2004)

December 7, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, December 7
FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH-- 
GUARDIAN ANGELS
ST AMBROSE, BISHOP, DOCTOR--
OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL
Isa 26: 1-6
Ps 118: 1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27a
Mt 7: 21, 24-27

We can never do the works of God unless we have accumulated in us grace, holiness, true virtue, deep faith, and love for the Lord and for souls (AP (1959, p. 119)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Maria Verdone FSP (1971)--Sr. M Ifigenia Licausi PD (1983)--Pasqualina La Rizza HFI (2004)--Fr Carlo Favilli IJP (2011)

December 6, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, December 6
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH- ST JOSEPH
ST NICHOLAS, BISHOP
ADVENT WEEKDAY
Isa 25: 6-10a
Ps 23: 1-3a, 3b, 4-6
Mt 15: 29-37

O, you who work with such zeal in the various apostolates, choose Mary as your guide, light, comfort (UPS IV, 277).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Anna Meria FSP (1946)--Fr Tito Armani SSP (1980)--Sr M Massimiliana Concas PD (1998)--Sr M Stefana Srvetti PD (2003)--Nicoletta Di Carlo IAM (2009)--Louis Peter Mennella (2015).

December 5, 2017 With Blessed Father Alberione

Tuesday, December 5
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH- THE SOULS
IN PURGATORY
ADVENT WEEKDAY
Isa 11: 1-10
Ps 72: 1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Lk 10: 21-24

Let us always say to God: <>--implored the Samaritan woman--, but especially give me the grace not to impede Your graces (AP 1959, p24).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Luigi Bogliaccino SSP (1967)--Sr Edvige Soldano FSP (1983)--Fr Cirillo Tomatis SSP (1988)--Sr Maria Mattarei (2000)--Fr Giuseppe Pasquali SSP (2002)--Sr M. Venanzia Scotto PD (2010)--Sr M Paolina Hagiwara FSP (2012)--Nicola Trotta HFI (2013)--Sr M Giovannina Bernabei FSP (2015)--Madeline Barbara Piatt (2002)