Easter Reflection: April 1, 2018

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

Gospel Reading: Jn 20: 1-9, or Mk 16: 1-7 or Lk 24: 13-35

On entering the tomb they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were utterly amazed. He said to them, “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; He is not here.”

Celebrate the glory of the Resurrection ad share the joyful news of the Risen Christ!

~From the National Shrine

April 1, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2018

EASTER SUNDAY

THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND

SAVIOR, JESUS, CHRIST

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH—

The Divine Master, Way, Truth and Life

Acts: 10: 34a, 37-43

Ps 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23

Col 3: 1-4 OR 1 Cor 5: 6b-8

Jn 20: 1-9 OR Mk 16: 1-7

OR

At an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk 24: 13-35

INTENTION OF THE MONTH: We see ourselves very weak, ignorant, incapable, lacking in everything: in spirit, in science, in the apostolate, in poverty. You instead are the Way, the Truth and the Life, the Resurrection, our one and supreme Good.

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED: Fr Carlo Stella SSP (1973)—Bro Enrico Pantaleo SSP (1984)—Fr Elio Baron Toaldo SSP (2015).

Lenten Reflections: March 31, 2018

Saturday of Holy Week

Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil

Gospel Reading: Mk 16: 1-7

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, an Salome bought spices so that they might go and anoint him (Mk 16: 1).

Abstain from frivolous activities and make an effort to focus your thoughts throughout the day on the Death of Jesus for your Salvation.

~From the National Shrine

March 31, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Holy Saturday

Readings for the Easter Vigil 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Epistle and Gospel

First Reading: Gn 1: 1-2, or 1: 1, 26-31a

Ps 104: 1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-1424, 35 OR

Ps 33: 4-6, 17-18

Second Reading: Gen 22: 1-18 Or 22: 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18

Third Reading: Ex 14: 15- 15: 1

Responsorial Ps: Ex 15: 1-6, 17-18

Fourth Reading: Ezekiel 36: 16-17a, 18-28

Ps30: 2-4, 5-6, 11-13

Fifth Reading: Is 55: 1-11,  Is 12: 2-6

Sixth Reading: Raruch 3: 9-15, 32- 4: 4

Ps 19: 8-11

Seventh Reading: Ezekiel 36: 16-17a, 18-28

Ps 42: 3, 5, 43: 3-4 Or Is 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 OR

Ps 51: 12-14, 18-19

Epistle Reading: Rom6: 3-11

Ps 118: 1-2, 16-17, 22-23

Gospel: Mk 16: 1-7

I thank you, O merciful Jesus, for having given us Mary as our mother; and I thank you, O Mary, for having give to humanity the Divine Master, Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life; and for having accepted us all on Calvary as your children IThe Prayers of the Pauline Family, p 207)

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Giuseppe Zilli SSP (1980)—Fr Giuseppe Morini SSP (1985)—Fr Gennaro Di Nucci IJP (1994)-Luigi Giovanni Giaccio HFI (2006)—Guido Bosio HFI (2007)—Sr M Marherita Croci D (2008)—Fr Raffaele Mascolo IJP (2015)—Sr M Gabriella Martini FSP (2016)—Sr M Amalia Villa PD (2016).

Good Friday: Food for Reflection

For God so loved the world....

Lenten Reflections: March 30, 2018

Friday of Holy Week

Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord

Day of Fasting and Abstinence

Gospel Reading: Jn 18: 1-19: 42

Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on His head, and clothed Him in a purple cloak, and they came to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him repeatedly.(Jn 19: 1-3).

If you are able, attend a Good Friday service today, or offer an additional act of penance.

~From the National Shrine

March 30, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Friday, March 30, 2018

GOOD FRIDAY, DAY OF FAST

(Ages 18-59) and

ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT

(ages 14 and up)

Is 52: 13-53 : 12

Ps 31: 2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, 17, 25

Heb 4: 14-16, 5: 7-9

Jn 18: 1-19, 42

The crucified Christian always represents for us a Divine Master, calm, serene, fully conscious and resigned to the Divine Will: “Into Your hands, O Father, I recommend my soul.” (The Last things meditated before the Blessed Sacrament, 29).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  SR M Bertilla Urbani FSP (1962)—Fr Vincenzo M Urbani IJP (2000)—Sr Agnese Magarotto SGBP (2001)—Maria do Carmo Gomes Oliveira IAM (2005)—Fr Giuseppe Ferrazzano IJP (2006)—Fr Antonio Nigro IJP (2011)—Sr M Teresa Gramaccia SGBP (2012)—Sr M Francesca La Perna PD (2015)—Sr Agnes Maria Motomura FSP (2016)—Steven Blouin HFI (2016)—Fr Tommaso Tridente IJP (2017) Sr M Agostina Poddi PD (2017)

Lenten Reflections: March 28, 2018

Thursday of Holy Week

Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Gospel Reading: Jn 13: 1-15

“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” (Jn 13: 15).

Spend time in church or in a quiet place, praying with Our Lord, and keeping Him company in the Garden of Gethsemane while He awaits the suffering He is to endure.

~From the National Shrine

March 29, 2018 With Blessed Father Alberione

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Thursday of Holy Week

Ex 12: 1-8, 11-14

Ps 116: 12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18

1 Cor 11: 23-26

Jn 12: 1-15

Jesus had drunk to the last drop His bitter chalice. Now Jesus reopened heaven and showed the way of salvation to all men of good will (FSP41, p 130-131).

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED:  Fr Michele Sarullo IJP (1993)—Sr Teresa Bianco FSP (1995)—Sr Guglielmina Oliboni FSP (1995)—Sr M Cornelia De Toffoli PD (1996)—Egidio Pitzus HFI (1997)—Giovanni Sticca HFI (1997)—Antonietta Turco HFI (1997)—Isabel Sabugo HFI (2002)—Fr Felipe Gutierrez SSP (2004)—Sr Mansueta Chiesa FSP (2005)—Sr Lucia Migliore FSP (2007)—Giuseppina Sanfilippo IAM (2009)—Giovanni Italiano HFI (2011)—Sr Carla (Clelia) Ferrari FSP (2012)—Bro Natale Luigi Corso SSP (2014)—Sr M Veritas Montecchio (2017)