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)

July 6, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

FRIDAY JULY 6, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY-

ST MARIA GORETTI, VIRGIN, MARTYR

FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH—THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

Am 8: 4-6, 9-12

Ps 119: 2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131

Mt 9: 9-13

St Paul was the great interpreter   of the Gospel. He understood it through the revelations of the Divine Master. He was the Doctor and Teacher of the nations (ACV p. 93).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Amalia Ortega FSP (1968)—Bro Giacomo Valdameri SSP (1991)—Donata Luperto HFI (1993)—Sr Vitaliana Lot FSP (1997)—Sr M Agnese Inga PD (2006)—Sr Teresa Maria Bernardini FSP (2010)—Sr Immacolata Delmonte FSP (2012)—Sr M Pacis Nagahashi FSP (2014)—Sr Margarita Fracaroli FSP (2015)—Andrew Gretchko (1978).

July 5, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

THURSDAY JULY 5, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY-

ST ELIZABETH OF PORTUGAL-MARRIED WOMAN

ST ANTHONY MARY ZACCARIA, PRIEST, RELIGIOUS FOUNDER

FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH—THE GUARDIAN ANGELS

Am 7: 10-17;

Ps 19” 8-11

Mt 9: 1-8

The apostle of the editions must communicate the truth that saves; he is the successor of the Divine Master: “As the Father has sent Me, so I send you.” (ACV , p. 19).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Domenico Valente SSP (1988)—Fr Mario Fogagnolo (1988)—Sr M Elisa Rios FSP (1990)—Sr M Paula Anselmo PD (2000)—Fr Roberto Mozzachiodi SSP (2002)—Ada Barria HFI (2007)—Sr M Giovanna Morbini FSP (2008)—Epifania Lo Nigro IAM (2008)—Luigi Tisbi HFI (2009)—Sr Angela Magri FSP (2010)—Sr M Adelaide Messina PD (2013)—Bro Massimo Comarin SSP (2016)

July 4, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

WEDNESDAY JULY 4, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY-

INDEPENDENCE DAY

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH—ST JOSEPH

Am 5: 14-15, 21-24;

Ps 50: 7-13, 16bc-17

Mt 8: 28-34

The priest preaches not only from the pulpit or the confessional, but also by means of films and the press. “Ego sum lux mundi—Vos estis lux mundi” The priest is Jesus preaching to the world L(RSP, p 558).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Gervasina Zinnamosca PD (1950)—Fr Antoniio Brotto SSP (1981)—Sr M Mercedes Milani PD (1996)—Sr Pia Geraci FSP (2010)—GiovannaDe Stavola HFI (2010)—Fr Francesco Guarneri IJP (2013)—Lamberto Benvenuti HFI (2017)—Ignacio Jamais (1965)—Ampara Quinto (2013)

July 3, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

TUESDAY JULY 3, 2018

ST THOMAS APOSTLE-FEAST

FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH—THE SOULS

IN PURGATORY

Eph 2: 19-22

Ps 117: 1bc, 2

Jn 20: 24-29

Those who let the dust settle on their books will then have a hard tmie getting rid of it (ATP 55).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Sr M Rosaria Avellaneda FSP (1952)—Fr Mario Ianuale SSP (1974)—Sr M Igina Giuliano PD (1988)—Sr Yvonne Briffa FS (2000)—Sr M Leontina Fiorani PD (2004)—Maria Astudillo IAM (2007)—Sr Rosangela Rantucci FSP (2011)—José Mauro Espinosa HFI (2013)—Sr M Angela Cois FSP (2016)

July 2, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

MONDAY JULY 2, 2018

ORDINARY WEEKDAY

FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH—ST PAUL

Amos 2: 6-10, 13-16

Ps 50: 16bc-23

Mt 8: 18-22

It is important not to let a day go by without dedicating some time for study.  Such perseverance will require sacrifice, even big ones, but we must always keep in mind that our life, our time, our energies are all at the service of God and of souls (ATP 55).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Bro John Vianney Mavara SSP (1985)—Fr Giuseppe Fumi IJP (1992)—Sr M Celeste Carini FSP (1999)—Sr Rosa Cimarelli FSP (2006)—Sr Colomba Pallavicino FSP (2008)—Sr Eugenia M Rocchetto FSP (2009)-Anna Caporicci HFI (2015)—M Pia Serra HFI (2017)