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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.
What would it look like to consider resting in your inherent union with the divine in the unknown, in the proverbial desert, and in the tension?
Our wounded human nature being what it is, the temptation may be to wish we didn’t feel so guilty in doing something wrong or sinful.
God is the conductor of our orchestra and the many saints and holy people we encounter along the way serve as our instructors.
Both Christ and St. Francis show us that they suffered what we suffered, but they suffered in love, and that makes all the difference.
At the core of Franciscan leadership lies a deep commitment to the well-being and dignity of all people—a recognition that every decision we make must be guided by the principles of justice, mercy, and love.
We cannot preach in the same way as Padre Pio did. But we can spread that same message through our own lives. In that sense, we are all preachers.
We take for granted that anyone who sees us as we are will, in the end, be as disappointed with us as we are with ourselves.
We can’t plug in an address or GPS coordinates as we walk the path of prayer. But God’s goodness and grace are always drawing us forth, the way ahead lit by love.
Toward the end of his life and after his death, Padre Pio has become a popular saint among Catholics.
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