Lent with Padre Pio: Monday of Holy Week
Franciscan Media
April 14, 2025
Each of us has a special role to play in the life of the Church. Our task is to prayerfully discern what that role is.
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We are Franciscan Media, a sponsored ministry of the Franciscan Friars of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province. We strive to inspire a loving world that embraces the Franciscan spirit of harmony, joy, and simplicity.
Lent with Padre Pio: Palm Sunday
Franciscan Media
April 13, 2025
To this day, Padre Pio is venerated for his holiness, simplicity, and poverty—three characteristics we can all try to emulate.
Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Saturday
Franciscan Media
April 12, 2025
From a very young age, Padre Pio spoke of interactions he had with angels, as well as saints and demons. In fact, when he was a child, he often spoke of his guardian angel as his friend.
Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Friday
Franciscan Media
April 11, 2025
Padre Pio was a man who admired simplicity. He wholly lived the Franciscan spirit of poverty with detachment from self, possessions, and comforts.
Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Thursday
Franciscan Media
April 10, 2025
We have all had moments in our lives when we feel as if God doesn’t see or hear us. Padre Pio was certainly no different.
Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Wednesday
Franciscan Media
April 9, 2025
Padre Pio underwent a lot of scrutiny during his life. But while he admitted despairing, he offered up the suffering because he knew it was God’s will.
Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Tuesday
Franciscan Media
April 8, 2025
God is the conductor of our orchestra and the many saints and holy people we encounter along the way serve as our instructors.