God’s Self-Offering
The love of Jesus Christ that leads to his willing embrace of the crucified earthly destiny that appeared before him is both a model for how we are called to love and a revelation of God’s self-offering of control out ...
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Can You Let Go . . . of Lent?
We’ve just passed through a long and, at times, trying holy season of Lent, rich with spiritual potential, but it can come at a cost. As challenging as this time can be, however, there’s almost a twinge of sadness as ...
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Lent with Padre Pio: Easter Sunday
As we celebrate Sunday, let us remember to move forward in the spirit of Padre Pio—caring for and serving others so that they may come to know Christ.
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Control, Surrender, Loss
If love is the free surrender of one’s control, then suffering is the involuntary taking of that control away.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Holy Saturday
For years, followers of Padre Pio waited for the Church to recognize what they felt they already knew—he was a saint.
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Lent with Padre Pio: Good Friday
Padre Pio was investigated by the Vatican regarding his claims of the stigmata and many suggested that he was inflicting the wounds on himself.
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