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)