
Lent with Padre Pio: Fifth Monday
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.
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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.

The tension within each of us is not necessarily bad and is not sinful. Like our human emotions, the tension our longing causes is neutral.

The next time you have the opportunity to watch a storm, consider the ways it reminds you of God.

“A seed has been sown in the ground which the Lord God shall warm with the rays of His love.”
—Padre Pio at the opening of the House for the Relief of the Suffering

Strengthen me to do what I can, Lord. Help me to accept my limitations and give you the glory with what this poor body can do in your service.

Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teen set to be canonized April 27, has been hailed as a model for modern youth — and now, the soon-to-be-saint and his devotion to the Eucharist have been honored in a new single and video.

Padre Pio had a rather structured prayer life. In addition to some of the things he is more well known for, he was also a treasured spiritual adviser to many.