June 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY JUNE 1, 2018

ST JUSTIN MARTYR, OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH—THE SACRED HEART

1 Pt 4: 7-13

Ps 96: 10-13

Mk 11: 11-26

INTENTION OF THE MONTH: O St Paul, my dear father, guard my mind, my heart, my senses, that I may know, love and serve only Jesus, and consecrate all my strength for His glory.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Novice Pierina Sartorato FSP (1942)—Sr M Spes Marengo PD (1958)—Sr Giuditta Pagliana FSP (1995)—Fr Stefano Lamera SSP (1997)—Fr Girolamo Sgambetterra IJP (1999)—Sr Rosalia Ciccarello FSP (2002)—Sr M Giovanna Grandi FSP (2003)—Sr M Alfonsina Anzalone FSP (2006)—Sr M Fiorentina Ceccon PD (2006)—Fr Estansislao Conde SSP (2008)—Sr M Celsa Taricco PD (2008)—Fr Luigi Fabbri IJP (2013)—Sr M Beatrice Miyamoto FSP (2016)—Sr M Serafina Musizzano FSP (2017)

May 31, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018

VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY-

FEAST

Zeph 3: 14-19a OR

Rom 12: 9-16

Is 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6

Lk 1: 39-56

Today pray so that Mary may give vocation to many, assist them and make their apostolate fruitful. Pray so that those who are called may become saints and form themselves in a holy way (FSP41, p. 172)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Margherit Imparato PD (1963)—Sr M Luisa Laurenti FSP (1967)—Sr M Vittorina Vellone PD (1976) Fr Giovanni E Robaldo SSP (1977)—Sr M Nives Ferrari FSP (1998)—Sr Pierina Columbro FSP (1999) Fr Angelo Bellanzon SSP (2003)—Raimondo Orrú HFI (2003)—Fr Andrea Damino SSP (2012)—Sr M Bartolomea Ali PD (2013)—Alfred Vance Ducote (1949).

May 30, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Pt 1: 18-25

Ps 147: 12-15, 19-20

Mk 10: 32-45

The model book, divine and source of what we say, is the Gospel. Each House therefore has two centers: Tabernacle and Gospel; above, the Eucharistic Jesus; beneath, the Gospel. That is why the solemn blessing is made and is exhibited in apostolic places (ACV (ACV, p. 196)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Lorenzina Ligari FSP (1935)—Sr M Alessandrina Migliardi FSP (1973)—Fr Aldo Varaldo SSP (1997)—Sr M Pacis Ferrero PD (2000)—Sr M Veritas Grau FSP (2004)—Sr M Amalia Bertolusso PD (2007)—Maria Ascanio IAM (2009)—Anna Maria Cocci HFI (2009)—Sr Eugenia Milan SGBP (2013)—Andrea Colaluce HFI (2014)—Philip Smelka (1995)—Armida Primavera (1999)

May 29, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

1 Pt 1: 10-16

Ps 98: 1-4

Mk 10: 28-31

Reflectors, but human, because we consciously receive light; consciously we let it penetrate into us; consciously we transmit it. “I am the light of the world’ ‘You are the light of the world’” (ACV, p. 194)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Gemma Magno FSP (1945)—Fr Adolfo Lotta IJP (1998)—Sr Verónica Glassmann FSP (2008)—Elvira Targa IAM (2008)—Roberto Gardoni HFI (2015)—Fr Zulmiro Caon SSP (2017)

May 28, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY, MAY 28, 2018

8^th WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

MEMORIAL DAY

1 Pt 1: 3-9

Ps 111: 1-2, 5-6, 9, and 10c

Mk 10: 17-27

This year, may our soul be well-established in Mary so that all the days of our life would be illuminated by her light, protected by her grace (RSP p. 4354).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Sofia Jiménez FSP (1998)—Sr M Beatrice Dante PD (2004)—Rosanna Paoloni HFI (2007)—Sr M Ecclesia Gastaldo PD (2009)—Fr Vicenzo Rossi IJP (2009)—Sr M Agnes Gabito FSP (2017)

May 27, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2018
THE HOLY TRINITY
DT 4: 32-34, 39-40
PS 14133: 4-6, 9, 18-20, 22 (12B)
ROM 8: 14-17

MT 28: 16-20

Jesus comes to us and what does he feed: the body maybe? “He who eats My flesh will have life:… He comes to us as Truth and thereafter nourishment is in our mind: He brings us the Truth (AP 1958/ 1, p. 114).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Giovanni Casuccio IJP (1982)—Fr Felice Carosso SSP (1985)—Antonio Pigiona HFI (1985)—Sr M Flores Marsili FSP (1992)—Sr Sabina Meneghelli FSP (1998)—Sr Vincenzina M La Pio FSP (2001)—Illuminato DDainotto HFI (2001)—Sr Annunziata Desogus FSP (2002)—Sr M Inés Marcondes PD (2013)—Sr Olimpia M Navelli FSP (2014)—Sr Natalia Vivian FSP (2016)—Antonio Gemma (1975)

May 26, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2018

ST PHILIP NERI, PRIEST-Obligatory Memorial

James 5: 13-20

Ps  141: 1-3, 8

Mk 10: 13-16

Sociability is a virtue of everyone and for everyone. It is particularly necessary for those who live in communities; but it also has the greatest field; how wide-ranging our apostolate is, how extensive is the nation, how extended the Church is, how numerous mankind is (ACV, p 162)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Cleric Artemio Valenti SSP (1935)—Sr Crocifissa Benvenuti FSP (1961)—Sr M Agata Rizzo PD (1964)—M Teresa Alcibar HFI (1989)—Sr Angela M Pavesi FSP (1990)—Sr M Virgilia Romanelli FSP (1991)—Giuseppe Corona HFI (2001)—Fr Vincenzo Buongiorno SSP  (2009)—Sr M Teresnia Melis FSP (2010)—Bro Mario Celestino Rizzo (2011)—Sr Nicolina Sauarzon SGBP (2016)—Maura Affinito IAM (2016)—Sr FRaffaella Ragno FSP (2017)

May 25, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018

VEN BEDE, PRIEST, RELIGIOUS, DOCTOR

ST GREGORY VII, POPE, RELIGIOUS

ST MARY MAGDALENE DE’ PAZZI, VIRGIN, RELIGIOUS

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

James 5: 9-12

Ps  103: 1-4, 8-9, 11-12

Mk 10: 1-12

The Pauline is one who makes himself a reflector of the light (Christ), who receives and projects it over to the multitudes, in those areas most in need, or to those who are willing to receive light: “The light shines in the darkness”(CV, p 193).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Flaminia Di Nezza FSP (1947)—Fr Joseph Kolencheril SSP (1997)—Fr Valerio Cascia IJP (1997)—Fr Giovanni Basigli IJP (1999)—Sr M Gesualda Aureli FSP (2004)—Salvatore Iannelli HFI (2004)—Sr M Rosangela Marazzi FSP (2012)—Concetta Mammoliti IAM (2013)

May 24, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

James 5: 1-6

Ps  49: 14-15cd, 16-20

Mk 9: 41-50

For him to be heard, St. Paul would mount the highest pulpits and multiply his word with the means of human progress: press, cinema, radio, television. His doctrine would not be cold and abstract (ACV, p. 62)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Serafino Bertolotti SSP (1979)—Sr M Rosa Giardino FSP (1987)—Sr M Silvia Mangiarotti FSP (1999)—Bro Pietro Pisani SSP (2001)—Maria Caforio HFI (2006)—Sr M Consilia Spedaliere FSP (2009)—Rev Fr Fidel (1976)

May 23, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

ST RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS

James 4: 1-17

Ps  49: 2-3, 6-11

Mk 9: 38-40

Mary is like a serene sky always illuminated by the Divine Sun; and always willing to receive the splendor of its rays and to transmit light in the minds of those who seek God and salvation (ACV, p 44)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Colomba Crepaldi FSP (1997)—Lina Minverva IAM (1997)—Sr M Angela Sanino PD (2000)—Dr James Closser HFI (2000)—Irene Osorio IAM (2008)—Sr Pierina Marras FSP (2009)—Sr Sylvia George FSP (2011)—Sr Teresa Merlo FSP (2011)—Lino Bottin HFI (2013)—Sr Luisa Perinot FSP (2014)—Sr Zunilda Raquel Romero FSP (2015)—Sr M Laurenzia Piumatti PD (2015) Sr M Flaviana Cavallin FSP (2016)

May 22, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

ST RITA OF CASCIA, RELIGIOUS

James 4: 1-10

Ps  55: 7-10ab, 11a, 23

Mk 9: 30-37

Studied in depth, the sciences lead to Jesus Christ, Who is the Way to God; that is they prepare [the way] to receive the revelation of Jesus Christ (AD 186)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Giovanna Liverani PD (1974)—Sr M Gesuina Baschirotto PD (1979)—Sr M Felicina Belli FSP (1994)—Sr M Benedetta Marigliano PD (1996)—Pietro Monaldi HFI (1998)—Fr Alfonso Tsukamoto SSP (2003)—Sr Costanza Castagnolo FS (2006)—Sr Elena Marsiglia FSP (2008)—Sr M Loredana Vito PD (2009)—Sr Bernarda Vicario FSP (2010)—Sr M Flaviana Cavallin FSP (2016)—Celia V Cauzello (1991)—Escolastica Garcia (1998)—John Tommaso (2011)

May 21, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018

SEVENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

ST CHRISTOPHER MAGALLANES, PRIEST

AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

James 3: 13-18

Ps  19: 8-10, 15

Mk 9: 14-29

Jesus Christ is the perfect original; Paul was made and he made himself for us the form; in order that we can be forged in him, to reproduce Jesus Christ in us…to communicate to us his personality to the maximum: mentality, virtue, zeal, piety…everything (ACV, p63).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Francisco Villena SSP (1983)—Sr Nair de Bona FSP (1983)—Teresa Ugenti HFI (1984)—Sr M Pia Crosio FS (1990)—Pilar Albano HFI (2000)—Sr M Albina Fasolo FSP (2001)—Sr M Pierina Vicari FSP (2007)—Sr M Olimpia Tuninetti FSP (2008)—Lt James A Ducote, Jr USMC (1995)

May 20, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018

PENTECOST -SOLEMNITY

Acts 2: 1-11

Ps  104: 1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34

1 Cor 12: 3b-7, 12-13 OR

Gal 5: 16-25

Jn 20: 19-23 OR

Jn 15: 26-27; 16: 12-15

Projecting himself into the future, he felt that in the new century generous people would experience what he was feeling (AD 17).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M  Immacolata Panero PD (1976)—Sr M Gisella Mercanti PD (1998)—Pilar Labano HFI (2000)—Fr Maggiorino Testi SSP (2001)—MarioBonati GABRIELITE (2003)—Francesco Calamita HFI (2011)—Gino Barbone HFI (2012)—Sr Loredana De Paoli SGBP (2013)—Serafina Santiago (1988)

May 19, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 28: 16-20, 30-31

Ps  11: 4-5 and 7

Jn 21: 20-25

When aiming at souls and the glory of God, ways and means are available for bringing them closer, for enlightening them, for giving the ultimate charity: that f the truth (ACV, 190).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M  Scolastica Chisari D (1960)—Sr M Ave Garuti FSP (1972)—Sr Giovanna Deidda FSP(1987)—Sr Dionisia Capecci FSP (1998)—Sr M Lorenzina Ellena D (2003)—Sr M Rosetta Polloni PD (2006)—Sr Lucia Lestuzzi SGBP (2006)—Sr M Rosetta Polloni PD (2006)—Sr m Elisa Comi FSP (2008)—Franca ortella IAM (2009)—Angela Zuppini IAM (2012)—Isidra Manzo IAM (2012)—Sr M Francesca Chiesa D (2016)—Sr M Lidia Meggiolaro FSP (2017)—Luisa Severi IAM (2017)

May 18, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST JOHN I, POPE, MARTYR

Acts 25: 13b-21

Ps  103: 1-2, 11-12, 19-20ab

Jn 21: 15-19

The one called to religious life is one who best develops his or her human personality; develops it in an excellent way, both in the human and in the supernatural aspect (RSP, p 556).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Rosita Diez PD (1966)—Sr Angelina Valsania FSP (1974)—Fr Marco Grossi SSP (1988)—Bro Francisco Sierra SSP (1990)—Sr M Palma Rigoni D (1995)—Piergiorgio Guerrescdhi HFI (1996)—Sr M Regina Caro FSP (1999)—Jeanette Downey HFI (2007)—Sr Franceschina Colavecchio FSP (2008)—Enza Alaimo IAM (2009)—Fr Rui rates SS (2010)—Sr Marcellina M. Dal Corso FSP (2010)—Bro Mathew Kodikattu SS (2013)—Minnie Madeline (1965)

May 17, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 22: 30; 23, 6-11,

Ps  16: 1-2a, 5, 7-11

Jn 17: 20-26

Publishers have the word, multiply and diffuse it printed on paper, character, ink. They have, on the human plane, the mission that in the divine plan Mary had: she was the Mother of the Divine Word; she received the invisible God and made Him visible and accessible to men, presenting Him in human flesh (RS, p. 530).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Ann Grubb IAM (2003)—Giovanni Giove HFI (2004)—Fr Giuspee Perna IJP (2009)—Sr Agnese Sandri FSP (2015—Maria Di asquale IAM (2016)—Wilfred Waltz (2009).

May 16, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 20: 28-38,

Ps  68: 29-30, 33-36ab

Jn 17: 11b-19

Studies under Mary’s protection means occasionally lifting one’s eyes to Mary’ the apostolate under Mary’s protection means to repeat from time to time ejaculations to her name. The work of piety and inner work offered to Mary means repeating the whole day “we fly to thy protection” (RSP, p 434).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Loreto Mari HFI (1995)—Fr Giovanni Carrano IJ (1996)—Bro Angelico Abrate SS (1999)—Sr M Casta Menoncin D (2007)—Sr Paola Macalli FS (2008)—Sr M Amabilis Esposito FS (2011)-Sr celeste Cearon SGB (2015)

May 15, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST ISIDORE THE FARMER, MARRIED MAN

Acts 20: 17-27

Ps  68: 10-11, 20-21

Jn 17: 1-11

Mary received a twofold announcement: from the Angel Gabriel, who told her of her divine Motherhood as regards Jesus Christ, and from the crucified Jesus Christ, who told her of her universal Motherhood as regards His mystical Body, the Church (AD 182).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Marta Altomani PD (1964)—Sr James Marie Roos FS (2001)—Sr M Redenta Camana FS (2005)—Sr Clara Boff FSP (2007)—Sr Emanuela Tanon SGB (2015)—Sr M Graziana Bragantini FSP (2017)—Bertha T. Sios (2007)

May 14, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018

ST MATTHIAS, APOSTLE FEAST

Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26

Ps  47: 1-8

Jn 15: 9-17

It is important to study always since one has always the duty to live with the men of today, to know their present needs and remedies, if indeed one wold want to do good (AT 54).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Mary Alfonsa Maliakel FS (1988)—Sr M Addolorata Boffa D (1988)—Fr Giovanni Chiesa SSP (1990)—Sr M Lucia Osorio FS (1994)—Sr M Fedele Pellizzon FSP (1997)—Maria Sara Leite IAM (1997)—Giovanni Patera HFI (2000)—Sr Raffaella Gravina FS (2008)—Bro Angelo Bruno Baldiin SSP (2012)—Sr M Yolanda Castro PD (2012)—Fr Thomas Fogarty SS (2017)—SR Agostina Gallo FSP (2017).

May 13, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018

ASCENSCION OF THE LORD, SOLEMNITY

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Acts 1: 1-11

Ps  47: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9 (6)

Eph 4: 1-13

Mk 16: 15-20

He felt deeply obliged to prepare himself to do something for the Lord and for the women and men of the new century with whom he would be spending his life (AD 15).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Immacolata Satriani FSP (2002)—Sr Tecla Zilianti FS (2007)—Sr M Blanca Seulveda PD (2011)—Sr Maria Kadalikattil FSP (2012)—Sr Silvia Salmistraro SGBP (2016)

May 11-12, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 18: 9-18

Ps  47: 2-7

Jn 16: 20-23

Continue, O Mary, your apostolate from heaven of giving Jesus to the world: The Way, the Truth and the Life.  Many nations are poor because they lack Jesus Christ. New generations are coming to life. The world will only be saved if it will receive Jesus as He is: all His doctrine, all His liturgy (RSP p. 530)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Imelda Marianni FS (1971)—Sr M Gesualda Rota FSP (1974)—Sr Brigida erron FS (1977)—Aldo Antonelli HFI (1991)—Luis HernánLuna HFI (1999)—Fr Lamberto Schiatti SS (2002)—Fr Manfredo Caroli IJ (2004)—Bro Luke Bedard SS (2006)—Sr M Leonzia Manera FS (2007)—Sr Celestina M Delogetto FSP (2010)—Sr M Adalgisa Tozzi D (2010)—Maria Sciarratta IAM (2010)-Sr M Assunta Incardona FS (2013)—Fr Giacomo Corá SSP (2014)—Sr M Delia Bovio FSP (2015)—Charles Dinwiddie (2014)

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

SS NEREUA AND ACHILLEUS, MARTYRS;

ST PANCRAS, MARTYR

Acts 18: 23-28

Ps  47: 2-3, 8-10

Jn 16: 23b-28

To know men is a way to love them. In the school of geography, history, literature and the like, it is good to reveal the values and needs of the various continents, the state of civilization, customs, doctrines, religious conditions, relations with Roman Catholic, etc. In order to love one needs to know (ACV, p. 159).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Tommasina Simonato FSP (1940)—Fr Giovanni Gramaglia SSP (1981)—Sr Serafina Milani FSP (1984)—Fr Michele Grillo IJP (1993)—Fr Giovanni Chiavarino SSP (1994)—Sr M iera Giarrizzo FSP (2004)—Bro Giuseppe Omedei SS (2011)—Sr M Maura Bertozzi D (2012)—Sr M Lorenza Meinero FSP (2016)—Bro Carmel Kizhakel SSP (2017)—Sr M Edvige Corbellotti FSP (2017)—Fr Giovannino Porcu IJP (2017)—Rev James F Redding (1960)—Dale Baldwin (2000)

May 10, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 18: 1-8

Ps  98: 1-4

Jn 16: 16-20

Evangelical Truths announced loudly speak to the mind, to the heart, to the senses; and Jesus Christ instituted preaching as the ordinary means of spreading the Gospel to the whole man: “God out to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature…”  (Apim, . 101).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Ilario Formento SS (1934)—Olimia Colombo IAM (1968)—Bro Daniele Parisella SSP (1979)—Sr M Angela Brigo FSP (1984)—Sr M Germana Lazzarotto D (1997)—Fr Edoardo Molina IJ (2005)—Sr M Mercedes Randisi FS (p 530)

May 9, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 17: 15, 22-18

Ps  148: 1-2, 11-14

Jn 16: 12-15

Mary’s work was intellectual. She meditated and studied the sacred books assiduously, and she possessed them so well that the Magnificat spontaneously flourished from her lips, which is a fabric of the sayings and phrases derived from the Bible (ACV, p. 198)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Domenico NuccioHFI (1995) – Maria Onesto HFI (1995)—Sr Alberta Scalet GSBP (2004)—M. Guadalupe G. de Montaurio HFI (2010)—Luigi Romani HFI (2015)—Sr M Joan Dharmai PD (2016)---Anna Marciante (2003)

May 8, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

Acts 16: 22-34

Ps  138: 1-3, 7c-8

Jn 16: 5-11

Learn more about Jesus Master: read what is about Jesus Christ, His life and His teaching; know his examples and know the means of grace (AP 1959, p. 18).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Rita Credico FSP (2009)—Prima Juntilla IAM (2009)—Sr M Elisabetta Ragoso PD (2011)—Sr Myriam Teresita Corbalan FSP (2014)—Norma virtucio IAM (2014)—Helen Zuzik HFI (2014)—Sr M Stella Doi PD (2015)—Ramon Verduczco Jimenez HFI (2016) Margaret Di Fazio (2007)

May 7, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY, MAY 7, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH—ST PAUL

Acts 16: 11-15

Ps  149; 1b-4, 5-6b

Jn 15: 26-16: 4a

It is important that there be preparation that is necessary for the apostolate: it is the inner preparation of holiness and external preparation for knowing how to proceed, to know how to approach and to know how to say the essential words. Moreover, the essential words are the truths that need to be said (AP 1958/2, p. 185).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Matteo Cattazzo SSP (2001)—Michele Miraglia HFI (2004)—Sr M Chiara Sergi FSP (2005)—Fr Ivo Pazzoglini SSP (2007)—Francesco Accossu HFI (2007)—Bro Marion Santoro SSP (2009)—Assunta Atzori HFI (2010)—Fr Francesco Dattilo IJP (2011)—Sr Assunta Bassi FSP (2012)—Sr M Danila Ferrante FSP (2012)—Bro Francesco Lim SSP (2015)—Rosetta Sacchi IAM (2016)

May 6, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2018

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH—THE DIVINE

MASTER, WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE

Acts 10: 25-26; 34-35, 44-48

Ps  98: 1, 2-4 (2b)

1 Jn 4: 7-10

Jn 15: 9-17

God does not call just by words: in calling, He gives the graces and the necessary attitudes. He does with the individual souls as He did with the Apostles when He addressed them: “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of me” (FSP41, p. 172)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr Innocenza Bottaro PD (1945)—Sr M Monica Battajello PD (1976)—Mons Ligi Liverzani IJP (1995)—Sr M Dominika Goniciarz PD (2008)—Sr Maria Grazia Mannini FSP (2009)—Bro Paolino Camparmó SSP (2010)—Sr M Raffaella Magsarili FSP (2011)—Sr Innocenza Turra SGBP (2012)—Sr M Christina Schreil FSP (2013)—Sr M Roberta Sguazzardo FSP (2015)—Sr M Mercedes Gonzalez PD (2017) Maria N Quintos (1996)—Caroline Gugio (2002)

May 5, 2018 with Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH—MARY QUEEN OF

APOSTLES

Acts 16: 1-10

Ps  100: 1b-2, 3, 5

Jn 15: 18-21

Pray today so that the Most Blessed Virgin may make so many others hear the “Come and follow Me”. You have heard and followed this invitation (FSP 41, p 172).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Novice Giuseppe Gambino SSP (1930)—Sr Paulina Campos FSP (1964)—Sr Imelda Bianchi FSP (1987)—Bro Vincenzo Tommasini SSP (1994)—Sr M Pasqualina Giaccardi PD (1998)—Fr Lorenzo Rossato SSP (2004)—Sr M Paola Bergadano FSP (2008)—Luigia Pendinelli HFI (2008)—Sr Gisella Codias FSP (2011)—Fr Angelo Maria Cuozzo IJP (2012)—Sr M Aurora Scellato PD (2014)—Antonietta Ponzo IAM (2015)—Ruth Ann Baker (1975)—Delores Bressler (1997)

May 4, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH—THE SACRED HEART

Acts 15: 22-31

Ps  87: 8-10; 12

Jn 15: 12-17

Love of truth, for truth, in truth, is the first and most hallowed love; “Sanctify them in the truth”, Jesus prayed for the Apostles (ACV, p 86)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Giacomina Adriano PD (1967)—Sr Bertila Lorenzi FSP (1991)—Sr M Emanuela Sauro FSP (1998)—Sr M Elisa Baggio PD (2008)—Maria José Paposo IAM (2008)—Sr Leontina Facchiano FSP (2009)—Sr Letizia Turra SGBP (2011)—Sr M Raffaella Yamashita FSP (2014)—Ruth Ann Piatt Baker (1976)—Daniel McParland (1997)

May 3, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018

SS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES, MATYRS--FEAST

FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH—GUARDIAN ANGELS

1 Cor 15: 1-8

Ps  19: 2-5

Jn 14: 6-14

People who nourish themselves with the Gospel love meditation, engage in abundant spiritual readings; in a way these principles remind them, they feel them in their spirit and they constitute the spirit of their soul, almost a second nature overlaid on the former, penetrated and almost absorbed by it (ACV, p. 53).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Giuseppe Ronconi SSP (2006)—Sr M Armanda Beghelli FSP (2015)—Marie Ducote Smelka (1995)—Joseph Mahoney—Winnie Williams—Darell Locker (no year)

May 2, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018

ST ATHANASIUS, BISHOP,

DOCTOR, OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH—ST. JOSEPH

Acts 15: 1-6

Ps  122: 1-5

Jn 15: 1-8

The power of example is always to be considered. Formation cannot be fictitious or superficial. That which comes from life forms life; that which just comes out of the mouth only brushes the ear (ACV, p 128).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Silvestrina Rustico PD (1946)—Sr Elena Montemezzo FSP (1983)—Dorothy Kopcho IAM  (1997)—Colomba Pennesi HFI (1997)—Antoni Szulcek GABRIELITE (1999)—Sr M Lourdes Rodriguez PD (2000)—Aurelio Bellavista HFI (2004)—Sr M Aloisia Bortoletto FSP (2014)—Cristina Guarino IAM (2017)--  Imogene Kozak (2006)

May 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

ST JOSEPH THE WORKER

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH—THE HOLY

SOULS IN PURGATORY

Acts 14: 19-28

Ps  145: 10-13ab, 21

Jn 14: 27-31a

INTENTION OF THE MONTH: Most amiable Queen, I adore and praise that unique privilege in the world, for you being made the great mother of the Savior, our Master, true Light of the World, uncreated Wisdom, the source of all Truth and first apostle of truth.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Angela Losito HFI (1994)—Alfred Edlmair GABRIELITE (1998)—Fr Pasquale Casillo SSP (2001)—Sr M Gabriella Munoz FSP (2008)—Maurizia Sartorato FSP(2009) Natividad Maidanna HFI (2013)—Bro Marcel Magro SSP (2014)—Sr M Irene Conti FSP (2014)—Marie Elizabeth Beattie (2001)—Ella Friloux—John Stevens (no years)

April 30, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018

EASTER WEEKDAY

PIUS VIRGIN, POPE RELIGIOUS

Acts 14: 5-18

Ps  115: 1-4, 15-16

Jn 14: 21-26

Our ideal, if we fix on it with the light of the Tabernacle and with the guidance of a good spiritual director, will be an empowering idea and a source of joy, one with unfailing results; it will be a mentality (ACV, p47)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Tecla Cutrini FSP (1960)  Fr Ugo Antonucci IJP (1991)—Sr M Salvina Pipus FSP (2008)—Maria Viviani HFI (2012)—Jesus Valdes (1987)—Emilio A. Mamaril (2009)