UT PERFECTUS SIT HOMO DEI (tutte le istr. P.M) (ENG)
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SCHEDA - Parte: FIRST WEEK - Capitolo: INSTRUCTION XII - THE PAULINE FAMILY AND ITS “PARISH” Contesto:Paragrafo: The “immense parish” of the world - “The hand of God upon me” - Pag.: 159-160-161 Num.: 374
there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things” (Phil 4:7-8).
“The hand of God upon me”
The hand of God has been upon me,10 from 1900 to 1960.11 The Lord's will is accomplished, despite the wretchedness of the one who was to be its unworthy and unsuitable instrument. Both at the outset and along the way everything came from the Tabernacle: light, grace, warnings, strength and vocations. There is something in Mi protendo in avanti:12 but paper conveys what is written on it. However, every priest goes towards two judgements: one by men, the other by God. For the latter, which is the only one that actually counts, I beg everyone to obtain for me in good time the mercy of God; that God to whom in the “nobis quoque peccatoribus” of the Mass we say, “non aestimator meriti, sed veniae quaesumus, largitor admitte”13 into the company of the saints. “Before God and man, I feel the gravity of the mission entrusted to me by the Lord who, had he found a person more unworthy and unfit, would have preferred him. Nevertheless, for me and for everyone, this is the guarantee that the Lord has willed and has done everything himself; just like the artist who picks up a paintbrush worth a few coins and is unaware of the work to be executed, were it even a beautiful picture of the Divine Master Jesus Christ. We are founded on the Church and on the Vicar of Jesus Christ. This is the conviction that gives cause for security, joy and courage.” No matter what: Fr Alberione is the instrument chosen by God for this mission. This is why he worked for God and in accordance with the inspiration and will of God. This is why everything was approved by the highest Authority
Note
10 A profound expression of a special assistance on God's part, recurring in the prophets and psalms; frequent in Ezekiel (from 1:3 onwards). In Fr Alberione it indicates an awareness of his charismatic vocation. 11 For a personal history of Fr Alberione, at least until the 1950s, see also SAC. GIACOMO ALBERIONE, Abundantes divitiae gratiae suae. Storia carismatica della Famiglia Paolina. Text and notes edited by Fr Giuseppe Barbero ssp. [Rome] Edizioni Paoline, 1971, 164 p., 19.5 cm. (hardbound). [English version, FSP Boston]. It corresponds to the work entitled Io sono con voi. Two successive drafts of the original notes have come down to us: one manuscript and the other typewritten. This second appeared in Io sono con voi but, according to Fr Barbero (Foreword, p. 7), this was a “rushed and quite defective” edition. The title, which is a key to the reading of the work, comes from Saint Paul (Eph 2:7). - A further critical and enlarged edition of Abundantes divitiae was published, (ed.) E. Pasotti and L. Giovannini, E.P. 1985, 272 p. [English version, FSP Boston]. 12 For this expression of Saint Paul cf. Phil 3:13-16. Instead, for the book, see: Vv. Aa., Mi protendo in avanti. Ed. Paoline 1954; 571 p. + illus., 24 cm. This work was published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the Pious Society of Saint Paul Institute and the 70th birthday of the Founder. [The unpublished passages - except for the first three - are to be found in the article by Fr Federico Muzzarelli, “Ad pedes Petri”, pp. 493-566]. - On p. 106: In a letter to the bishop of Alba, Fr Alberione summarizes the stages of his foundation (21/11/1921); - p. 121: ReReport to the Holy See on the profession of first vows and the Constitution of the Pious Society of Saint Paul (23/11/1921) (cf. G. Rocca, La formazione della Pia Soc. S. Paolo, doc. n. 31, p. 568f.); - pp. 138f.: Letter program sent to the first two Pauline missionaries, Fr Saverio Boano and Fr Benedetto Trosso, who had set out for South America (Alba, 4/8/1931); - pp. 408-410: The Prima Maestra (Thecla Merlo) (cf. Abundantes divitiae 1985, pp. 159-162); - pp. 504f.: Letter to Cardinal Laurenti on the purpose of the PSSP (no date. Cf. Rocca, o.c., n. 42, pp. 591f.); - p. 506ff.: Letter, with attached sheets, sent to the Congregation of Religious, on the nature of the PSSP (14/1/1923); - p. 509: Declaration concerning the goods of the PSSP (26/1/1923); - p. 513: Three letters to Fr Timothy Giaccardo who, in Rome, was pursuing the practices for the approval of the Institute (14, 18, and 26 April 1926); - pp. 514f.: An appeal addressed to the Holy Father to obtain the approval of the Institute (10/5/1926); - p. 518: Formula of Profession and proceedings of erection of the PSSP (13 and 14/3/1927); - pp. 521f.: Draft of the Rule of the Daughters [of Saint Paul] (1916); - p. 522: Report to the Holy See on the transfer to Susa of a part of the Daughters [of Saint Paul] (31.12.1921); - p. 533: Letter to Bishop Ermenegildo Pasetto, new Secretary of the Congregation of Religious (29/12/1935); - p. 545: Letter to Bishop Pasetto regarding the Pious Disciples (27/8/1946); - p. 547: Letter to the Holy Father on the Pious Disciples (22/2/1947); - pp. 553f.: Letter to Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo for the approval of the Pastorelle Sisters (10/6/1953); - pp. 561f.: Letter to the Congregation of Religious regarding the Cooperators Union (January 1923); - p. 562: Notification to the Cardinal Vicar of the transfer to Rome of the Cooperators Union (March 1937). In UPS, cf. II:12. 13 “To us sinners, also… Admit us into the company of the saints not through our merits but through the richness of your pardon” (Missale Romanum, Ordo Missae: “Nobis quoque…”).
