August 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1, 2018

ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, BISHOP,

RELIGIOUS FOUNDER, DOCTOR,

OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH-ST JOSEPH

Jer: 15: 10, 16-21

Ps 59: 2-4, 10-11, 17-18

Mt 13: 44-46

INTENTION OF THE MONTH: Our Father in heaven, I offer You, in union with all the priests Jesus Host and myself…May Jesus Master, Way, Truth and Life, be followed by those involved in giving direction to vocations and forming them.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Antonietta Marella PD (1958)—Sr Alessandrina Mirto PD (1976)—Sr M Giacoma Collotto PD (1981)—Bro Giafranco Patella SSP (1984)—Sr M Timotea Alasia FSP (2002)—Nuzia Riccobene IAM (2002)—Marina Alvarado de González HFI (2004)—Fr Paolo Saorin SSP (2005)—Mari del Socorro Munoz Pérez IAM (2011)—Bro Emanuele Maccarini SSP (2013)—Sr M Edvige Borello FSP (2013)—Sr Maurilia M Vagni FSP (2013)—Gina Cambilargiu IAM (2013)—Sr M Luigina Pignoloni FSP (2015)—Sr M Joseph Mulassano PD (2016)—Hilaria Estarillo (1948)—Elizabeth Meneses (2012)—Anna Marie Hines Andrews (2014)

July 31, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY JULY 31, 2018

ST IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, PRIEST,

RELIGIOUS FOUNDER

OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL

Jer: 14: 17-22

Ps 79: 8-9, 11, 13

Mt 13: 36-43

There are people so deeply imbued by a Christian principle that it dominates their whole theoricopractical mentality…”What does it profit a person to gain the whole world…”(ACV, p. 53).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Anita Ghirlanda PD (2007)—Fr José Ignacio Fernández de Larrea (2011)—Fr Settimio Rugeri (2014)—Sr Lidia Fulvi FSP (2015)

July 30, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY JULY 30, 2018

ST PETER CHRYSOLOGUS, BISHOP, DOCTOR

Jer: 13: 1-11

Dt 32: 18-21

Mt 13: 31-35

Every time we learn something it becomes possible for us to do more good than we were doing before…Learn how to make books, how to bind them, how to carry out propaganda and the many holy activities that enable our books and periodicals to reach people in ever greater quantities and to ensure that they are always more formative and pastoral (CISP, p 792).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Edmonda Natale FSP (1986)—Sr M Francesca Bertello FSP (1991)—Sr Apollonia Schiava FSP (2001)—Antonietta Guadalupilo FSP (1991)—George M Jones HFI (2005)—Sr M Silveria Vitiello FSP (2006)—Sr Lidia Bianco FSP (2007)—Sr Emanjella Ferrarese FSP (2007)—Sr M Luigia Santillo PD (2007)—Sr M Romana Frigerio PD (2008)—Sr M Fides Marengo PD (2008)—Sr M James Manthra FSP (2010)—Maria Do Céu Mesquita IAM (2010)

Unity in the Body

Unity in the Body.

Brothers and sisters, I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

~Eph 4: 1-6

July 29, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY JULY 29, 2018

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

2 Kgs 4: 42-44

Ps 145: 10-11, 15-18

Eph 4: 1-6

Jn 6: 1-15

[Vocation work] is something the Divine Master wants. He tells us to pray to the Lord of the harvest to send good workers into His harvest.  He himself sought out His future apostles; He trained them; He sent them out. He sanctified them at Pentecost so that they could undertake their work (UPS I, 21).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Angelica Santus HFI (1973)—Margherita Bottaro IAM (1992)—Dorothy Papania HFI (1998)—Sr M Savina Boni PD (1999)—Wilma Spegne HFI (2000)—Domenica Fina HFI (2001)—Rosa Emma Alarcón HFI (2002)—Sr M Ester Mana FSP (2003)—Antonio Parisi HFI (2015)

July 28, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY JULY 28, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Jer 7; 1-11

Ps 84: 3-6a, 8a, 11

Mt 13: 24-30

Studies have their purpose, indeed a two-fold purpose: t perfect our intelligence, the gift of nature; and to prepare us to carry out the mission entrusted to us by God. We must teach by speech, writing, films, screen pictures, etc. (UPS II, 169)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Angelica Santus HFI (1973)—Margherita Bottaro IAM (1992)—Dorothy Papania HFI (1998)—Sr M Savina Boni PD (1999)—Wilma Spegne HFI (2000)—Domenica Fina HFI (2001)—Rosa Emma Alarcón HFI (2002)—Sr M Ester Mana FSP (2003)—Antonio Parisi HFI (2015)

Message From God

“What reception has the Word of God been given in your life?  Do you need to cultivate the soil of your heart to make it more fertile?”

 ~ 365 Days With the Lord—2018/ July 27^th

Something to think about.

July 27, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY JULY 27, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Jer 3: 14-17

Ps 31: 10-12abcd, 13

Mt 13: 18-23

When a person harbors erroneous convictions of any kind, he does not listen to the truth and becomes defensive when reproached (ACV, p. 72)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Venerable Maggiorino Vigolungo SSP (1918)—Fr Bartolomeo Oberto SSP (1968)—Sr M Giuditta Sawal PD (1969)—Sr Emma Ciaccarella SGBP (1998)—Chiaro Arii HFI (2001)—Sr Anasácia De Marinis FSP (2008)—Sr M Donata Farisco FSP (2011)—Sr M Pierpia Brondino PD (2015)

July 26, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY JULY 26, 2018

PARENTS OF TH BLESSED VIRGIN MARY-

OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL

Jer 2: 1-3, 7-8, 12-13

Ps 36: 6-7ab, 8-11

Mt 13: 10-17

“If you wish”. Religious life is a gift of God and a perfect, continual, eternal act of love for Him. It is a love that rises directly to Him. It is an act of free will on the part of the Christian; it is a step that the Lord proposes to someone who wants to go beyond the simple commandments. Therefore, it is a choice of love also on the part of God (ACV, p. 57-58).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Guido Paganini SSP (1994)—Aurora Rivas de Hurtado HFI (1998)—Sr Felicina Luci FSP (2001)—Sr M Candida Pirrone FSP (2010)—Bro Paolo Grossetti FSP (2011)—Sr Elza Maria Corrarello FSP (2011)—Sr M Pierina Camargo Pires FSP (2011)—Olive Russell HFI (2014)—Sr M Rosalba Kohama FSP (2017)

July 25, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY JULY 25, 2018

ST JAMES THE APOSTLE, FEAST

2 Cor 4: 7-15

Ps 126: 1bc-6

Mt 20: 20-28

Let us bear in mind the bond between the spirit and the apostolate, study and human formation, all of which are at work in the same person, acquiring a greater efficacy and mutually perfecting each other (UPS II, 193).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Anna Maria Scifo FSP (1989)—Maria Mendoza HFI (1995)—Ines Parenzan HFI (1998)Giuseppe Valenza HFI (200)—Sr Alfonsa Marsico FSP (2007)—Sr M Urbana ollini FSP (2007)—Sr M Natalina Argentin D (2011)

July 24, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY JULY 24, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

ST SHARBEL MAKHLUF, PRIEST

Mic 7: 14-15, 18-20

Ps 85: 2-8

Mt 12: 46-50

Our life is not destined to be a burden for many and a feast for a few; it is a commitment for all, for our own perfection and for the benefit of our neighbor; therefore, sociability is necessary (ACV, p 137)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Letizia Rigoni FSP (1939)—Fr Nicola Rocco IJP (1993)—Sr M Maggiorina Bortoletto FSP (1995)—Sr Augusta Bertazzon FSP (1997)—Sr M Assunta Usai FSO (2002)—M Elena Serrano HFI (2002)—Sr M Redenta Zaccagnino FSP (2007)—Maria Lourdes Medeiros Tavares IAM (2011)—Sr M Carla Curti FSP (2012)—Calista Jones (1999)

July 23, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY JULY 23, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

ST BRIDGET OF SWEEDEN, MARRIED WOMAN,

RELIGIOUS FOUNDER

Mic 6: 1-4, 6-8

Ps 60: 5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23

Mt 12: 38-42

Years passed, however, before we could formulate a clear idea about a vocation that had so much of the new in it; and the Pauline Family could ensure stability for everyone (AD 110).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr  Silvio Restelli SSP (1945)—Sr M Grazia Filippi FSP (1996)—Giovanni Iorio HFI (2002)—Sr Stefanina Cillario FSP (2006)—Rosina Di Malta HFI (2006)—Bro Domenico Molino SSP (2007)—Sr Elizabeth Agius FSP (2011)—Fr Anthony Chenevey SSP (2013)—Bro Marco Giraldo SSP (2015)—Sr Alfonsina Fadda SGBP (2015)—Chas Drouhard (1965)

July 22, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY JULY 22, 2018

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Jer 23: 1-6

Ps 23: 1-6 (1)

Eph 2: 13-18

Mk 6: 30-34

Mary Magdalene loved Jesus so much that she was the first to go to His tomb and see Him risen. She became the ambassador of the resurrection, an apostle, and she never stopped loving Jesus (PrP 7, p. 260)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Elisabetta Franchi SGBP (1961)—Sr M Giuseppina Muddolon FSP (1981)—Bro Pietro Bazzano SSP (1998)—Giovanni Marongiu HFI (2004)—Fr Aristide Marson SSP (2007)—Paolo Rappa HFI (2007)—Sr M Eugenia Cecchinato FSP (2010)—Bro Élibio Juvenal Rodrigues Dias SSP (2011)—Vita Rotunno IAM (2014)

July 21, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY JULY 21, 2018

OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ST LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, PRIES, RELIGIOUS, DOCTOR

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Mic 2: 1-5

Ps 10: 1-4, 7-8, 14

Mt 12: 14-21

Personal relations, contacts and the clergy helped a great deal in recruiting male vocations; in particular, the magazine Vita Pastorale, which was sent to every parish priest (AD 110).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Vincenzo Ferraro SSP (1960)—Manuel Martinez Garcia GABRIELITE (1986)—Sr Addolorata Baldi FSP (1999)—Angelo Leandri HFI (2004)—Bro Antonio Donato SSP (2010)—Sr Berenice Verdi FSP (2013)

July 21, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY JULY 21, 2018

OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

ST LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, PRIES, RELIGIOUS, DOCTOR

Mic 2: 1-5

Ps 10: 1-4, 7-8, 14

Mt 12: 14-21

Personal relations, contacts and the clergy helped a great deal in recruiting male vocations; in particular, the magazine Vita Pastorale, which was sent to every parish priest (AD 110).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Vincenzo Ferraro SSP (1960)—Manuel Martinez Garcia GABRIELITE (1986)—Sr Addolorata Baldi FSP (1999)—Angelo Leandri HFI (2004)—Bro Antonio Donato SSP (2010)—Sr Berenice Verdi FSP (2013)

July 20, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY JULY 20, 2018

ST APOLLINARIUS, BISHOP, MARTYR

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Is 38: 1-6, 21-22, 7-8

Ps 38: 10-12d, 16

Mt 12: 1-8

In Castellinaldo, he befriended another boy, Desiderio Costa, who came from a good family and who was devout, methodical and intelligent.  When he was about to open the first House, he invited the boy to enter and he dutifully did so (AD 106).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Bro Eugenio Banuelos SSP (1995)—Sr M Lourdes Vilches Rios FSP (1999)—Fr Emilio Stefanoni SSP (2009)—Sr Paola M Uchino FSP (2010)—Sr Elvira Deonila Pritsch FSP (2012)-=Sr M Dolores Caligiuri PD (2014)—Hazel Murray (1989)

July 19, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY JULY 19, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Is 26: 7-9; 11, 16-19

Ps 102: 13-14ab and 15-21

Mt 11: 28-30

When he was preaching the Spiritual Exercises to young people in the parish at Benevello, he noticed one boy who was paying special attention. When he came to know him better, he sent him to the minor seminary in Bra…He was Armani Torquato (AD 105).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Agnese Giuglardi PD (1981)—Sr Immacolata Accedu SGBP (1994)—Sr M Fabiana Lucido PD (2000)—Sr M Ester Ercolino FSP (2003)—Pierina Corsagni IAM (2003)—Sr Pierpaola M Mariotto FSP (2010)—Giusepe Dessi HFI (2013)—Sr M Concordia Sanchez FSP (2015)

July 18, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY JULY 18, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

ST CAMILLUS DE LELLIS, PREIST

Is 10: 5-7, 13b-16

Ps 94: 5-10, 14-15

Mt 11: 25-27

Ours is a teaching Institute. It makes its own the Church’s truths and teaching so as to offer them to souls by word of mouth and technical means. The overall aim is people’s salvation: “Veritatem facientes in caritate” (UPS II, 172)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Camilla Rzaaino PD (1988)—Fr Francisco Limeta SSP (1993)—Sr Attilia Giacomarra FSP (1997)—Sr M Elena Borghetti FSP (2003)-Sr M Battistina Pisoni FSP (2007)—Bro Francesco Torti SSP (2011)—Sr M Rosa Zamudio PD (2011)-Sr Eligia Lallari FSP (2014)—Sr Agnese Zanchetta FSP (2015)—Fr Ruben Oscar Nadalich SSP (2016)—Jn. Francis Ear (2007)—Michael J Costello, Sr (2004).

July 17, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY JULY 17, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Is 7: 1-9

Ps 48: 2-8

Mt 11: 20-24

Let us first of all form a wise, upright and sociable personality… Upon this we can then form the Christian, who follows Jesus Christ, Way, Truth and Life through a life of faith, of imitation of the Master-a life in Christ and in the Church. Upon this can be formed the holy religious, who strives for perfection…in the Pauline apostolate (ACV, p. 130).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Olimpia Fruci PD (1947)—Sr Anna Maria Mazzara PD (1975)—Sr Ofelia Melis FSP (1976)—Eugenia Orlandi IAM (1984)—Sr Teresina M. Cutino FSP (1999)—Fr Michael Byrnes SSP (2004)---Sr Rita De Santis FSP (2013)—Sr Bridida Barutti FSP (2013)—Sr M Fatima Gornis FSP (2014).

July 16, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY JULY 16, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

Is 10-17

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

Mt 10: 34-11: 1

If we feel at home in the presence of Jesus in the Tabernacle during our Eucharistic Visits, then we will become intimate with the thoughts of Christ and ask Him to give us His light so that we can see (AP (1958/1 p. 174)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr M Paolina Pisano PD (1961)—Fr Palmiro Soligo SSP (1978)—Fr Paolo Bergamini IJP (1980)—Sr Concetta Dondi FSP (1982)—Sr Maria Pia Conterno FSP (1989)—Sr Felicina Campedelli SGBP (2005)—Mons Angelo Rizzo IJP (2009)—Maria dos PrazeresDomingues Ferreira IAM (2012)—Sr Paola M. Fabbri FSP (2013)—Sr Isabel centenaro FSP (2013)—Sr Maristela Migot SGBP (2014)—Teresita Trabel Griar IAM (2014)—Sr Mary Gabriella Tubick FSP (2015)—Fr Robert Scott (CSP (2012)

July 15, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY JULY 15, 2018

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Am 7: 12-15

Ps 85: 9-14 (8)

Eph 1: 3-14

Mk 6: 7-13

Pray that everyone might understand that the Pauline life consists in living Christianity in a more integral way; [it means] living it as it was preached by Jesus Christ, the Divine Master, according to the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and penetrating it according to the spirit of St Paul (RSP, p 432).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Cleric Francesco Rollino SSP (1973)—Arcangela Airó HFI (1982)—Mons Francesco Spanedda IJP (2001)—Sr Teresa Furlano FSP (2002)—Fr Vito Lecci IJP (2003)—Sr M Angelica Ferroni PD (2006)—Demos Gotti HFI (2007)—Filomena Podighe (2011)—Sr M Pierina Enriquez FSP (2014)—Sr M Liliana Toni FSP (2014)—José G Saenz, Sr (2004

July 14, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY JULY 14, 2018

ST KATERI TEKAKWITHA, VIRGIN, OBLIGATORY

MEMORIAL

Is 6: 1-8

Ps 93: 1abcd-2, 5

Mt 10: 24-33

He was the second boy to be questioned. He thought it over and then, as if enlightened, and to the amazement of his classmates, he responded in a resolute voice: “I shall be a priest”.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Bro Valentino Brignone SSP (1955)—Fr Marco Testa SSP (1971)—Fr Agostino Gilardi SSP (1975)—Fr Angelo Pettinati SSP (1991)—Fr Benvenuto Cocuzza IJP (1993)—Sr Teresa Vesentini FSP (1994)—SrM Paul Beauchesne PD (1996)—Fr Pietro Tateishi (2005)—Fr Angelo Lambiasi IJP (2006)—Fr Robert Kaniyamparampil SSP (2012)—Sr M Benigna Pezza PD (2012)—Fr Felino Quitalig SSP (2013)—Sr M Egidia Grigoli FSP (2017)—Sergio A Jerez HFI (2017)—Peter Cnadela (1962)—Antonio E Boado (1975)—George H Graff (1980)—Frederick Kennedy (2014).

July 13, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY JULY 13, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

ST HENRY, MARRIED MAN

Hos 14: 2-10

Ps 51: 3-4, 8-9, 12-14, 17

Mt 10: 16-23

Always turn people to goodness, to kind thoughts, to truly desire the well-being of others, to fight selfishness.  A well-formed heart loves everyone: it does not cultivate grudges or envy (ACV, p 128).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Sr Cecilia Sciarrone SGBP (1976)—Sr Imelda Kim SGBP (1990)—Fr Sandro Clemnti IJP (1990)—Sr M Evangelina Cavasin PD (2002)_-Sr M Gabriella Di Nicola FSP (2004)—Fr Mario Manca SSP (2009)—Sr M Metilde Shindate PD (2010)—Rose Kern (1985)

July 12, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY JULY 12, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Hos 11: 1-4, 8c-9

Ps 80: 2ac, 3b, 15-16

Mt  10: 7-15

The purpose of education is to train human beings to use their freedom properly: in view of this world and in view of eternity (AD 150).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Oscar Metello Dominguez HFI (1990)—Sr Costanza Grasso FSP (2001)—Salvatore Martina HFI (2005)

July 11, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY JULY 11, 2018

ST BENEDICT, ABBOT, RELIGOIUS

FOUNDER OBLIGATORY MEMORIAL

Hos 10: 1-3, 7-8, 12

Ps 105: 2-7

Mt  10: 1-7

Jesus Christ has generated us in Truth; by means of this we have become children of God.  It is necessary to live and bear fruit in keeping with how we were born.  Worship of the truth is worship of God: “We must adore Him in spirity and in truth “ (ACV, p 92).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Giovanni Di Loreto IJP (1982)—Fr Umberto Muzin SS (1986)—Bro Giacomo Bortolotti SSP (1986)—Sr M Serafina Smiriglia PD (2002)—Giuseppina Bancheri IAM (2013)—Fr Albino Bento Pais SSP (2014)—Maria Tambosco Caufin HFI (2016)—Mary McMillan Ducote (no year).

July 10, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY JULY 10, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

Hos 8: 4-7, 11-13

Ps 115: 3-10

Mt  9: 32-38

An upright use of the mind is this: to think of God, of the truth or according to the truth, getting instruction, study, and everything that leads us to fulfill God’s will and that is pleasing to Him. For example: all that helps us make progress in virtue, our duties, our office, etc. (ACV, p. 39).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Teresio Costa SSP (1962)—Sr Rosina Orsettin FSP (1988)—Sr Imelda Zampese FSP (1993)—Fr Mateo Saladino IJP (1997)—Massimo Costantini HFI (2007)—Sr M Elena Castellano FSP (2013)—Irene Dauenhauer HFI (2016)—Maria Santiago (1980)—Christopher Pontzer (1984).

July 9, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY JULY 9, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

ST AUGUSTINE ZHAO RONG, PRIEST &

COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

Hos 2: 16, 17c-18, 21-22

Ps 145: 2-9

Mt  9: 18-26

We cannot find a better way to invite souls to the religious life and to form them, and no road is more secure than this: to teach people the truths of the faith, to hold before them the vision of heaven, and lead them to holy Communion and intimacy with God (RSP, p. 552-553)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Maddalena Friggerio IAM (1964)—Sr Nicolina Savoiardo FSP (1984)—Sr Luigia Napodano FSP (1993)—Sr M Monica Panero PD (1994)—Sr M Riccarda Dal Corso FSP (1998)—Giuseppe Martines HFI (2002)—Fr Justo Fernández SSP (2005)—Sr M Santina Tintoni PD (2008)—Myriam Ichikawa FSP (2011)—Fr Lino Brazzo SSP (2013)—Sr Pasquina Ferreri SGBP (2017)—Linda Finn (no year)

If We Would Know How to Resist...

…if we would know how to resist grave temptations, we must prepare for the ordeal by strengthening the will through a well-mapped program of self-sacrifice, beginning with denying ourselves in little things and gradually building up to greater ones.”

 ~ HFI Concord July-September 2018

July 8, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY JULY 8, 2018

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Ez 2: 2-5

Ps 123: 1-4

2 Cor 12: 7-10

Mk 6: 1-6

It is not enough to read the Gospel; we have to assimilate it until we are able to think the way Jesus thinks (AP 1958/1, p. 173)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Enzo Manfredi SSP (1977)—Fr Angelo Cozzani SSP (1982)—Sr M Immacolata Gargiulo FSP (1993)—Sr Francesca Ruzzante FSP (2002)—Agnese Spandrio IAM (2003)—Sr Julia Del Valle FSP (2006)—Arcangelo Capoccia HFI (2006)—Fr Domenico Benedetto Spoletini SSP (2012)—Adele Masa IAM (2016)—Sotero Albano (no year)

July 7, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SATURDAY JULY 7, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY-

OPTIONAL MEMORIAL OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH—MARY, QUEEN OF APOSTLES

Am 9: 11-15

Ps 85: 9ab-14

Mt 9: 14-17

From the Eucharist, heard these words: “ Vobiscum sum usque ad consummationem saeculi”, and [understood] that he could count on Jesus-Host for light, nourishment, consolation and victory over evil (AD 16).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro Camillo Cendron SSP (1972)—Renata Armati IAM (1984)—Bro Claudio Casolari SSP (1991)—Mons Giusepe Petralia IJP (2000)—Fr Carlo Petroncini IMP (2000)—Caterina Calamita HFI (2012)—Sr M Tecla Molino PD (2013)—Sr M Emmanuela Witczak PD (2014)—Pilippo Mauceri HFI (2017)—Virginia Waltz (1999)