Padre Pio and the Madonna
Padre Pio nurtured his love for the Mother of Jesus from the time he was a child. He would go to the church in Pietrelcina to greet and to pray to Our Lady of Graces.
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‘My Grace Is Sufficient’
Be at peace in all things, because the enemy, who always fishes in troubled waters, takes advantage of our discouragement to achieve his intentions more readily.
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Children of God, Heirs of Heaven
Jesus Christ in such a way that we share in his very own life. In baptism we receive the sanctifying grace that gives us a heavenly life.
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Dying to Self
Padre Pio’s letter to Raffaelina Cerase, 1914: Baptism is said to be a copy of the death of Jesus. St. Paul says we are baptized “into his death” [Romans 6:3], in imitation of the death of our Redeemer. What the ...
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Suffering in Service to God
Take comfort because your suffering is in God’s will. If human nature is resentful of suffering and resists it.
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For Love of the Cross
When Jesus wants me to know he loves me, he lets me experience his wounds, his thorns, his agonies.
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