Lenten Reflections: March 1, 2018

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Lk 16: 19-31

“Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither wil they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’ “ (Lk 16: 31)

Pray that your belief and faith in Jesus Christ, our Savior, may be strengthened.

~From the National Shrine

March 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, March 1, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY

FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH—

THE GUARDIAN ANGELS

Jer 17: 5-10

Ps 1: 1-4, 6

Lk 16: 19-31

INTENTION OF THE MONTH:

To you, O heavenly Father, I offer, give and consecrate myself as a son. To you, Jesus Master, I offer, give and consecrate myself as a brother and disciple. To you, O Holy Spirit, I offer, give and consecrate myself as a “living temple,” to be consecrated and sanctified.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Teresa Ragazzini HFI (1987)—Sr Maurilia Curto FSP (1994)—Fr Giovanni Ingravallo IJP (2002)—Sr Paolina Marianelli FSP (2002)—Sr M. Franca Lo Monaco FSP (2009)—Sr M Letizia Trimarchi PD (2011)—Bernard P Natkus (1965)—Robert Piatt (2002)—Robert Leroy Piatt (2003)—Emily Randa (2008).

Lenten Reflections: February 28, 2018

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mt: 20: 17-28

“Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.” (Mt 20: 28)

Strive to attend daily Holy Mass or meditate on the Gospel readings more often during Lent.

~From the National Shrine

February 28, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY,

Jer 18: 18-20

Ps 31: 5-6, 14-16

Mt 20: 17-28

If there are apostles who will have their heart full of love for God, the soul will be filled with Jesus Christ, an instruction and a living faith. Then the face of the earth, replete with so many idolatries, will be renewed (RSP, p. 479).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Angela Teresa Bagnati FSP (1971)—Sr Joan Mary Ravetto FSP (1978)—M.Giovanna Martina HFI (1987)—Sr Adelaide Prunotto FSP (1989)—Sr Ilba Garcia FSP (1992)—Cosimo Corigliano HFI (1998)—Sr Amalia Milo FSP (1999)—Sr Bianca M Zanoni FSP (1999)—Ettore Serli HFI (2003)—Rafael Juan Mangini HFI (2006)—Sr M Fidelis Puebla Lobo FSP (2008)—Sr M Marcellina Trincucci FSP (2012)—Filomena Zaccheddu HFI (1976)—Sr M del Socorro Mendez Moreno FSP (2012)—Sr M Agnes Shamba PD (2012)—Antonino Taormina HFI (2012)—Sr Rosa Maria Gomes SGBP (2017)—Loy Linebarger (2013)

Lenten Reflections: February 27, 2018

February 27, 2018

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mt: 23: 1-12

“Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven.” (Mt 23:9)

Perform a charitable act of kindness today in God’s holy Name.

~From the National Shrine

February 27, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

LENTEN WEEKDAY,

Isaiah 1: 10, 16-20

Ps 50: 8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23

Mt 23: 1-12

Jesus is the light; we must be the reflectors that welcome it and enlighten humanity with it. So we ask for the gift of the knowledge of truth (RSP, 380).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Domenica Abbate PD (1973)—Fr Luigi Sbaizero IJP (1981)—Sr Genoveffa Sandri FSP (1986)—Roberto Garcia HFI (1997)—Sr EnricaTacconi FSP (1999)—M Antonietta Scarso IAM (2008)—Fr Savino Marandola SSP (2013)—Fr Luigino Melotto SSP (2015)—Sr M Anunciacione Hernandez Zendejas FSP (2015)—Sr M Cleta Taricco PD (2015)—Gary Edward Piatt (2008)—Christina Netto (2009)

February 26, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Monday, February 26, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY,

Dn 9: 4b-10

Ps 79: 8,9, 11 and 13

Lk 6:36-38

Jesus worked for more than three years for vocations: first He called the Twelve, then the Seventy: and then, most of those three and a half years, He worked on forming them (AP 1958/2, 34).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Costantina Tleada FSP (1981)—Sr M Diamantina Russo FSP (1986)—Sr M Rosaria Sabatino FSP (1987)—Sr Anselma De Stefani FSP (1998)—Sr M Candida Massimi FSP (2001)—Fr Giuseppe Barbero SSP (2003) Sr M Antonietta Martini FSP (2003)—Lucrezia Protano IAM (2008)—Fr Carmelo Tommaselli IJP (2010)—Bro Oberdan Picciotti SSP (2011)—Bro Albino Rigamonti SSP (2013)—Fr Attilio Monge SSP (2015)—Fr Servillano III Sinoy SSP (2016)—Sr Giovanna Val FSP (2016)—Sr Regina Palliparambil FSP (2017)—Sr M Gemma Masuzzo FSP (2017)

Lenten Reflections: February 26, 2018

February 26, 2018

Monday of the Second Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Lk 6: 36-38

“Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. (Lk 6: 37)

Say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, or a prayer of your choosing, asking God to increase within you, His mercy and compassion for others.

~From the National Shrine

Lenten Reflection: February 25, 2018

February 25, 2018

Second Sunday of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mk 9: 2-10

“Then a cloud came, casting a shaeow over them; from the cloud came a voice, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.” (Mk 9:7)

Make extra time before Mass today to read from the Gospels and prayerfully meditate on God’s Word.

~From the National Shrine

February 25, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, February 25, 2018

2^ND SUNDAY OF LENT,

Gen 22: 1-2; 9a, 10-13, 15-18

Ps 116: 10, 15-19

Rom 8: 31b- 34

Mk 9: 2-10

Grow, grow. Until when? Until the last breath, grow. And then give Jesus Christ the will, the mind, the heart, truly. And grow in Him and with Him and for Him, truly (APD66, 479)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Rosa Usai HFI (1983)—Sr Maria Paola Fadda FSP (1985)—Sr M Ermenegilda Asolan PD (1985)—Carlos Anibal Munoz HFI (1990)—Sr M Giacinta Giordana FSP (1996)—Anna Namestnik HFI (2003)—Sr Eliana Belli FSP (2012)—Sr M Celestina Gainelli PD (2012)—Angela Marchica IAM 2015)—Gjiovanni La Rocca HFI (2015)—Sr Laruina (Laura Prolfazi FSP (2016).

February 23, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, February 24, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY,

Dt 26: 16-19

Ps 119: 1-2, 4-5, 7-8

Mt 5: 43-48

There is not only vocal prayer and mental prayer, there is also living prayer. All life is transformed by prayer (AAP60, 735)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Augusta Omiccioli HFI (1993)—Sr M Giustina Rossi FSP (1999)—Maria Pia Basciani HFI (2006)—Maria Badellino HFI (2015)—Marge Ashman (2007)

Lenten Reflections: February 24, 2018

February 24, 2018

Saturday of the First Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mt 5: 43-48

“But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you…”(Mt 5: 44)

Offer a prayer of your choosing on behalf of someone who has caused you pain, and make an effort to let go of persistent grudges/

~From the National Shrine

Lenten Reflections: February 23, 2018

February 23, 2018

Friday of the First Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mt 5: 20-26

“…go first to be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” (Mt 5: 24)

If you need to ask someone for forgiveness, consider doing so today.

~From the National Shrine

February 23, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, February 23, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY,

DAY OF ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT (14 & UP)

ST POLYCARP, BISHOP, MARTYR

Ez 18: 21-28

Ps 130: 1-8

Mt 5: 20-26

Candidates enter the novitiate as good Christians to come out as religious persons; there is a real transformation of mind, heart, habits and desires (UPS I, 252).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Lina Conte IAM (1983)—Sr M Lilia Ranieri FSP (1990)—Sr M Corradina Panella PD (1996)—Sr M Silvana Guerriero FSP (1998)—Fr Pietro Burgio IJP (1999)—Sr Clelia Bianco FSP (2000)—Sr Concettina Borgogno FSP (2003)—Sr Stefanina Busso FSP (2003)—Fr Nicola Rutzu IJP (2005)—Fr Leo Sartor SSP (2007)—Jose Guadalupe Paredes HFI (2008)—Sr Anna Maria Prandi FSP (2010)—Maria Permunian HFI (2015)—Caroline Denise Baack (1971)

Lenten Reflections: February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018

Thursday of the First Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mt 16: 13-19

“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” (Mt 16:18)

Make a humble petition to Our Lady for our Holy Father’s intentions and needs , and for an increase of vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life.

~From the National Shrine

February 22, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, February 22, 2018

CHAIR OF PETER, APOSTLE, FEAST

1 Pt 5: 1-4

Ps 23: 1-3a, 4-6

Mt 16: 13-19

We have to work for God and we need to know many things. We work and think that the Lord will provide us with food, not only for the mouth, but also for the mind and the heart. We work for Him, we must live in Him (Diary, March 13, 1918)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Caterina Servello PD (1982)—Genoveffa Gallina PD (1983)—Mons. Umberto Florenzani IJP (1987)—Sr Edvige GAsparini FSP (1992)—Sr M Rosina Pucci PD (1992)—Bro Dionisio Burlon SSP (2005)—Iolanda Brach HFI (2008)—Sr M Rosanna Cavallin FSP (2009)—Augusto Ambrogioni HFI (2009)—Marina Moretti IAM (2010)_-Rina Signoretti HFI (2010)—Mario Rondina HFI (2014)—Sr  M Agata Furukawa PD (2017)—Giancarlo Rossi HFI (2017)—Maria Zunigo (1941)

Lenten Reflections: February 21, 2018

February 21, 2018

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Lk 11: 29-32

“Just as Jonah become a sign to the Nievites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.” (Lk 11: 30)

Share the message of God’s love with a friend or family member in need.

~From the National Shrine

February 21, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY

ST PETER DAMIAN, BISHOP, DOCTOR

Jonah 3: 1-10

Ps 51: 3-4, 12-13, 18-19

Lk 11: 29-32

In His goodness, God, in Jesus Christ, has bestowed overflowing riches of grace on the Pauline Family. [Such graces are] to be revealed in the centuries to come by religious men and women, [those] who are the new angels on earth…(AD4).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Angela Yamanouchi FSP (1982)—Fr Francesco Amoroso IJP (1989)—Sr Albana Tonin FSP (2002)—Vittorio Furlani HFI (2013)—Sr M Gabriela Kubecka PD (2014)—Sr M Maurilia Chiavazza PD (2015)—Frank McGrady (1979)—Patricia Palmer(2012)

Lenten Reflections: February 20, 2018

February 20, 2018

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mt 6” 7-15

“In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”( Mt 6: 7-8)

Set aside time today to slowly pray the Our Father, focusing special attention on the meaning of the words.

~From the National Shrine

February 20, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY

Is 55: 10-11

Ps 34: 4-7, 16-19

Mt 6: 7-15

Her (Sr Thecla’s) example and goodness are much more effective than her authority; she knows how to reconcile tenderness and resolve, prudence and strength. She was truly physically sustained by God and guided by supernatural light (AD 245).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Natalia Accattino HFI (1984)—Sr M Teresa Binello PD (1985)—Bro Luigi Toffolettto SSP (1993)—Sr M Aurelia Colesso PD (1996)—Sr Gregorina Baroni FSP (1999)—Palmira Teixeira Goncalves IAM (2001)—Giuesppina Galiano IAM (2002)—Sr Elena Ravotto FSP (2004)—Fr Enrico Lazzarini IJP (2008)—Fr Marsilio Galli IJP (2009)—Novice Yves Zelo SSP (2017)—Baltazar Valdes (1927)—Catherine Burrell (1966)—Ray Clark (no year)

Lenten Reflections: February 19, 2018

February 19, 2018

Monday of the First Week of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mt 25: 31-46

“Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” (Mt 25: 40).

Offer a Hail Mary for the safety and protection of all human life and those most vulnerable in our society.

~From the National Shrine

February 19, 1018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Monday, February 19, 2018

LENTEN WEEKDAY

Presidents’ Day

Lv 1: 1-2, 11-19

Ps 19: -10, 15

Mt 25: 31-46

In all things, what matters most is that we do it with God: “By myself I can do nothing, with God I can do everything”. We are like so many zeroes; if we put something before them, a unit, then zero takes a value and it will be 10: and if the zeroes are two it will be 100 (FSP 54, p 253).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Orsola Crespan PD (1934)—Sr M Silvestra Boscariol FSP (1966)—Fr Pierino Marazza SSP (1977)—Sr Carmelina Gado FSP (1985)—Fr Teresio Pesce SSP (1986)—Fr Virginio Passarin SSP (1988)—Gioconda Giannotta HFI (1991)—Sr M Rosangela Fruttero PD (1995)—Alfonso Ricca HFI (2005)—Sr Emilia Menale FSP (2008)—Sr Maria Rosa Monticone FSP (2014)—Joesph Lee Basquette (2005)

Lenten Reflections: February 18, 2018

February 18, 2018
First Sunday of Lent

Gospel Reading: Mk 1: 12-15

"The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and He remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan." (Mk 1: 12-13

Ask Jesus for an increase in strength and perseverance in resisting temptation, and in following God's will for you.



















~From the National Shrine

February 18, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, February 18, 2018

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Gn 9: 8-15

Ps 25: 4-9
1 Pt 3: 18-22

Mk 1: 12-15

The creation of a vocation, of this vocation (Pauline) is greater than the creation of the whole world. God wants to be helped by us and our help lies is prayer. The harvest is rich, but there are few real laborers: we ask God to send good laborers for the good press (Diary, April 28, 1918).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Novice Ildebrando Pelliccia SSP (1935)--Sr M. Cecilia Calabresi FSP (1999)--Sr Maria de Lourdes Belem FSP (2009)--Fr Giovanni Battista Di Cesare SSP (2011)--Sr M Auilia Vernandez PD (2011)--Bro Amorino Remelli SSP (2014)--Sr Assunta Cantone FSP (2015)--William D. MCParland (2004)

Lenten Reflections: February 17, 2018

February 17, 2018
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Gospel Reading: Lk 5: 27-32

"I've not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners."

Seek God's tender love and mercy through the Sacrament of Reconciliation during this Lenten season.






~From the National Shrine

February 17, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, February 17, 2018
SATURDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
SEVEN FOUNDERS OF THE ORDER OF SERVITES, RELIGIOUS
Is 58: 1-9a
Ps 86: 1-6
Lk 5: 5: 27-32

Vocations are signs of an intense Christian life in the parish. So, whenever you work together to form a healthy, sincere, and generous youth, you cooperate indirectly with vocations (AAP58, 175)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Clorinda Serfilippo FSP (1973)--Antonietta Mancuso IAM (1984)--Sr M Pierina Cordero FSP (1990)--Domenico Parenzan HFI (1995)--Fr Carlo Boano SSP (1998)--Barbara Rubino IAM (1998)--Sr M Onesima Chiavassa PD (2004)--Sr M. Frumenzia Manuli PD (2007)--Sr M Vila Lauria Pantano FSP (2009)--Fr Remo Quaranta IJPAlfio Bartolini HFI (2009)--Sr M Aurora Malavolta FSP (2010)--Maria Antonietta Murgia IAM Leonarda Librizzi IAM (2015)--Conception Grosso FSP (2017)

Lenten Reflections: February 16, 2018

February 16, 2018
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Gospel Reading: Mt 9: 14-15

"The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them and then they will fast."

Consider fasting or abstaining from a favorite activity, and pray that you will always be obedient to God's Will. 

~From the National Shrine

February 16, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, February 16, 2018

FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY
DAY OF ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT (AGE 14 AND UP)

Is 58: 1-9a

Ps 51: 3-4, 5-6a, 18-19

Mt 9: 14-15

Vocations are signs of an intense Christian life in the parish. So, whenever you work together to form a healthy, sincere, and generous youth, you cooperate indirectly with vocations (AAP58, 175)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Alberto vidal HFI (1987)--Sr M Carolina Bordino FSP (1988)--Santino Giovanrosa, Gabrielite (2004)--Domenico Pitacco HFI (2011)--Dominador Quinto (1936)--Billie Ruth Baack (1998).

February 15, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, February 15, 2018

THURSDY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY

Dt 30: 15-20

Ps 1: 1-4, 6

Lk 9: 22-25

There are those who gear their life towards what this world has to offer ofr they aim for honors, satisfactions, money and so on. Such people are rightly called worldly because they think only of this world. (UPS 1: 15)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Angelica Castellani FSP (2001)—Marilyn Pauley HFI (2001)—Sr Giovanna Dal Borgo SGBP (2003)—Laura Perrucci HFI (2003)—Sr M Ignazia Scano PD (2009)—Maria Marchi HFI (2010)—Domenico Gramaglia HFI (2011)—Josephine Dierderich (2003)

Lenten Reflection: February 15, 2018

February 15, 2018
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Gospel Reading: Lk 9: 22-25

“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Lk 9: 23)

Identify a personal fault or shortcoming, and make a firm resolution to work each day until this imperfection is resolved.

~From the National Shrine

Lenten Reflection: Ash Wednesday 2018

February 14, 2018

ASH WEDNESDAY

Day of Fasting and Abistinence

Gospel Reading: Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18

“When you go to pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go to your inner room, cloe the door, and pray to your father in secret.” (Mt 6: 5-6)

As Lent begins, ask Our Lord for His special guidance in your daily practice of prayer, fasting, and good works throughout the Lenten season.

~From the National Shrine

February 14, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

ASH WEDNESDAY, BEGIN LENTEN PREPARATION

FOR THE EASTER TRIDUUM,

NOT A HOLY DY OF OBLIGATION,

DAY OF FAST (AGES 18-59) AND ABSTINENCE FROM

MEAT (AGES 14 AND UP)

ST VALENTINE’S DAY

SS CYPRIAN AND METHODIUS

Joel 2: 12-18

Ps 51: 3-6ab, 12-14, 17

2 Cor 5: 20-6:2

Mt 6: 1-6, 16-18

Our work is redemptive, apostolic; our work is to give all of our strength to the Lord: in study, in prayer, in the apostolate; and when all is given to the Lord, you live the religious life, you are progressing (FSP53: p 533).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: SrM Claudia Da Sois SGBP (1957)—Sr M Carmela Ferrero PD (1975)—Sr M Tomasina ica PD (1992)—Sr M Celeste Paccione FSP (1998)—Fr Luigi Rossi IJP (2000)—Sr M Ignazia Bellagamba PD (2000)—Sr M Amabile Atzori PD (2002)—Sr Gabriella Dal Vecchio SGBP (2008)—Luigi Barria HFI ( 2008)—Sr M Anna Fazio PD (2011)—Sr M Maggiorina Almici FSP (2013)—Sr M Annunziaina Parafati PD (2014)—Carole A Roadarmel HFI (2014)—Franca Rubini HFI (2015)—Sr M Tarcisia Pasquale FSP (2016)—Sr M Egidia Maccioni PD (2016)—Dorloretta Pais HFI (2017)—Herminio N Diosomito (1994)

February 13, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

James 1: 12-18

Ps 94: 12-13a, 14-15,18-19

Mk 8: 14-21

Let us pray to St. Paul, that we may obtain the grace of a good mind, that we may gain his understanding of the Gospel, his great mind, his knowledge of the Divine Master, and the application of the Gospel to individual and social life (FSP 53, p. 530).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Paola Cordero FSP (1991)—Sr Teofila Pordon FSP (2004)—Fr Miguel Rojo Serna SSP (2011)—Isabel Marie Muelleeker HFI (2014)—Sr M Cristina Ochoa Monje FSP (2016).

February 12, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Monday, February 12, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

James 1: 1-11

Ps 119: 67-68, 71-72, 75-76

Mk 8: 11-13

This is one of the most beautiful days of life: only in Paradise will you understand it, which you will not for now. Professing the vows is not merely reciting a formula: it is a solemn consecration of our will to God through the vow of obedience, our body with the vow of purity, and external goods with the vow of poverty…It is a special grace that God gives without the merit of the one to whom He grants it (Diary, October 8, 1918).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Tommaso Dragone SSP (1974)—Sr M Luigina Nanni PD (1976)—Fr Alejandro Sanchez SSP (1979)—Sr M Celina Bonnini FSP (2007)—Walter Fortuna HFI (2008)-Sr M Augusta Monti FSP (2010)—Anna Lombardo IAM (2016)—Margery Seamen Bowe (2009)—Msgr Ralph Brennan (2012).

February 11, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, February 11, 2018

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Lv 13:1-2, 44-46

Ps 32: 1-2, 5, 11 (7)

1 Cor 10: 31-11: 1

Mk 1: 40-45

If a man is, in the first place, intelligent, created for the truth, it is obvious that the first and most serious temptation is directed to the mind.  Already they first battle fought in heaven was a battle of thoughts and ideas; it was the first mistake, that Satan compared himself to God (ACV, p. 89).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. M Lucia Melchiori FSP (1944)-Fr Gino Caffarri SSP (1968)—Sr Giovanna M Ricca FSP (1976)—Sr M Filomena Crea PD (1984)—Fr Thomas Cheruvil SSP (1990)—GiuseppinaPigiona HFI (2002)—Anna Maria Mazzoni IAM (2003)—Sr M Lucis (Lucia?) Scurti FSP (2006)—Sr Teresina Tacconelli FSP (2012)—Sr M Josangela Bassignana PD (2012)—Sr Pierina Frepoli FSP (2013)

Febryart 10, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, February 10, 2018

ST SCHOLATICA, VIRIGIN AND RELIGIOUS

OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL

1 Kgs 12: 26-32; 13: 33-34

Ps 106: 6-71b , 1l9-22

1 Cor 10: 31-11: 1

Mk 8: 1-10

The new House began to be built on the day of Saint Scholastica, on February 10, 1923. On this year’s (1924) day of St. Scholastica, two entered the house prepared for them, the “Divine Master”…On March 25, Feast of the Annunciation, they wore, for the first time, their habit. They were eight (Diary March 25, 1924).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr. Edoarda Marengo FSP (1982)—Maria Viti HFI (1987)—Fr Calcedonio Ognibene IJP (1998)—Sr Maria Sol Cababarros FSP (2001)—Sr M Vittorina Della Valle PD (2012)—Faustina Policarpo IAM (2012)—Ada Aramu HFI (2015)—Luigi Bruno Dal Santo HFI (2015)—Sr M Paola Di Girolamo FSP (2016)—Mary Costello (1959)--John Costello (1968)—Doris L. Kennedy (1985).

February 9, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, February 9, 2018
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 11: 29-32; 12: 19
Ps 81: 10-11ab, 12-15
Mk 7: 31-37

There is also wisdom in a joke well made: it is made for love of God; it is a mind that pays attention in such a way to serve God in joy and makes pleasing and happy one's company (FSP 53, p. 530).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Alfredo Manera SSP (1941)--ANgela Urbani HFI (1986)--Bro Domingos Lazzari SSP (2001)--Lelio Toschi, Gabrielite (2001)--Helen Vincent HFI (2010)--Bro Francisco Javier Martinez de Antonana SSP (2011)--Bro Calogero Stanislao Fabio SSP (2012)--Sr Francs Carminati FSP (2013)--Sr M Augustina Cerri PD (2015)--Sr M Olivia Piva PD (2017)--John David Palmer (1971)--Loretta Herron (1993)

February 8, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, February 8, 2018
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
ST JEROME EMILIANI, PRIEST, RELIGIOUS FOUNDER
ST JOSEPHINE BAKHITA, VIRGIN
1 Kgs 11: 4-13
Ps 106: 3-4, 35-37, 40
Mk 7: 44-30

Balance, as such is necessary so that the mind and the heart be in harmony with the will, as two legs support the body. The heart will then make a good contribution to the mind, because many things are revealed and discovered out of love (ACV, p. 207)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Cleric Angelo Battaglia SSP (1951)--Fr M Calogero Cascio IJP (1984)--Fr Lino Ruzzante SSP (1991)--Bro Martino Zacconi SSP  (1995)--Sr M Cielo Porcella FSP (1996)--Fr Giuseppe Ferrari IJP (1996)--Sr Silvestra Coraddu FSP (1997)--Sr M. Gemma Fratipietro FSP (1999)--Sr Elizsa M Izzo FSP (2001)--Bro Silvio Bante SSP (2009)--Sr Paquita Lackar FSP (2009)--Wilian Beattie HFI (2011)--Nancy Deren IAM (2011)--Alica Servin HFI (2012)--Severiano Lopez Delgado HFI (2016)

February 7, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH-ST JOSEPH
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
1 Kgs 10: 1-10
Ps 37: 30-31, 39-40
Mk 7: 14-23

St Paul says to the Paulines: know, love and follow Jesus the Divine Master. "Be imitators of me as I am of Christ (ACV, p. 62)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Angelo Zappalorto SSP (1983)--Fr Nino Ansaloni IJP (1987)--Sr Bruna De Stefani FSP (1990)--Sr Giovanna Pettinati FSP (1998)--Sr Enrica Orsini FSP (1999)--Sr M Julianna Castelino PD (2004)--Maria de Jesus Salas HFI (2013)

February 6, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Tuesday, February 6, 2018
FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH-THE SOULS IN 
PURGATORY
ST PAUL MIKI, PRIEST, MARTYR & 
COMPANIONS, MARTYRS--OBLIGATORY 
MEMORIAL
1 Kgs 8; 22-23, 27-30
Ps 84: 3-5, 10-11
Mk 7: 1-13

Let us ask for the grace to love the apostolate, or better, thanking the Lord Who has chosen us for this. It is not a grace that we do to God, let us say, when we exercise the apostolate; it is instead a privilege that the Lord has granted to us (RSP p. 355).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M nazarena Bonfarnuzzo PD (1985)--Fr Dino Masini IJP (1995)--Bro rosarius Thuruthiparayil SSP (2003)--Fr Andres Arboleda SSP (2005)--Sr Pierpaola Taccaliti FSP (2007)--Fr Giordano Pasutto SSP (2009)--Bro Joao da Cruz Acacio Paulino Pinto SSP (2011)--Sr Ursula Anthony Marthi FSP (2011)--Fr Mario Mancini SSP (2013)--Fr Robert Flynn (2011).

February 5, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Monday, February 5, 2018
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH-ST PAUL
ST AGATHA, VIRGIN, MARTYR--OBLIGATORY
MEMORIAL
1 Kgs 8; 1-7, 9-13
Ps 132: 6-10
Mk 6: 53-56

Let us not think that it is habit that makes us saints. It is the inner spirit instead, that is, faith, genuine faith, the spirit of faith, the love of God, humility (AP 1958/1, p. 202).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Caterina Rosso PD (1943)--Venerable Thecla Merlo FSP, First Superior General of the Daughters (1964)--Sr M Colomba Vovicelli FSP (1991)--Fr Salvatore Bella IJP (1993)--Bro Jose M Lopez SSP (1998)--Fr Guglielmo Bandenchini SSP (1998)--Bro Magiorino Caldellara SSP (2001)--Sr M Angelica Baldi FSP (2006)--Sr M Nazarena Huerta Juarez FSP (2007)--Sr Veritas Iolanda Ferro SGBP (2008)--Francesca Bertola HFI (2009)--Bro Lucinio Lopez Lucio SSP (2015)

February 4, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Sunday, February 4, 2018
FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH-THE DIVINE 
MASTER, WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE
FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Job 7: 1-4, 6-7
Ps 147: 1-6
1 Cor 9: 16-19, 22-23
Mk 1: 29-39

With the Lord, we have to make a clear and simple prayer: Lord, I have to know many things and yet I have little time to study: I also have to compose, to print, so I will compile and print according to Your will. You provide me with the means (Diary, March 13, 1918)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Giuseppe Vessia IJP (2003)--Susan Berlo (1973)--Norman Ray (1990)--Francisco M. Quintos (2008)

February 3, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, February 3, 2018
FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH-Mary Queen of Apostles
ORDINARY WEEKDAY
OPTIONAL MEM. OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
STS BLAISE, BISHOP AND MARTYR; AND
ANSGAR, BISHOP, MISSIONARY
1 Kgs 3: 4-13
Ps 119: 9--14
Mk 6: 30-34

Once what needs to be done is seen, pray to God that He give the spirit, strength and perseverance: you will accomplish it sooner. Do everything, in spirit, in study, in school. Pray fervently throughout the day ... (Diary, September 13, 1918)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Cleric Agostino Zappalorto SSP (1933)--Fr Agostino Ghione SSP (1960)--Sr Gilma M Alvarado FSP (1982)--Mons. Umberto Altomare IJP (1986)--Fr Francesco Bruno IJP (1991)--Virginia Boi HFI (1993)--Carmela M. Calzarano IAM (1995)--Lidia Satta HFI (2005)--Antonietta Pittalis IAM (2009)--Bro Francisco Majorino Pedroso da Sliva SSP (2013)--Sr Filippina M Busso FSP (2014)--Evelyn Banahan (1990)

February 2, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, February 2, 2018
PRESENTATION OF THE LORD FEAST
FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH-The Sacred Heart
Malachai 3: 1-4
Ps 24: 7-10
Hebrews 2: 14-18
Lk 2: 22-40

Our offering has to be a consecration of life to God: everything, only and always the Divine Will; the whole mind, will, heart, thoughts, memory (BM, p 67).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Stanislau Evangelista SSP (1972)--Fr Vito Minerva IJP (1978)--Fr Luis Bohorquez SSP (1991)--Fr Gino Pizzeghello SSP (1992)--Sr M Immacolata Aiello FSP (1996)--Anna Priore IAM (1998)-Mons Carlo Urru IJP (2002)--Sr Natalina Pillolla FSP (2010)--Metella Petri IAM (2015)--Sr M Alfonsa D'Souza PD (2016)--Sr Piera Rossetto SGBP (2016)--Rose Valdes (1943)--Richard (Ricky) Paplow (1980)--Nathaniel Riddick (2004)--Jennie Klucher (2011)