padre pio
Padre Pio: A Saint for All Seasons
This mysterious Franciscan saint continues to inspire the faith lives of believers worldwide.
Joy Is Born of Happiness
Joy is born of happiness at possessing what we love. Now, from the moment at which the soul knows God, it is naturally led to love him.
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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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New photos reveal many sides of St. Padre Pio