Minute Meditations - All

Its life, so brief and vulnerable, was an act of praise as everyone’s life should be.

Francis no longer saw his body as something apart from him. He was his body; the spirit and body were one. He was one person.

In suffering Francis felt especially close to Jesus. Not that he wanted to punish himself or that he took delight in pain, but in illness he saw a weakness that was strength.

Francis prayed day and night that God would give all people the courage to be themselves instead of what others expected them to be.

Always bear in mind as a safe general rule that while God tries us by his crosses and sufferings, he always leaves us a glimmer of light by which we continue to have great trust in him and to recognize his immense goodness.

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.

At times the spirit is willing and the flesh weak, but God wants the spirit more than anything else.

Peace is simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.

The earthly existence of Padre Pio was abundantly full of mysterious phenomena and events.

Padre Pio was perfectly aware of the day when he would die.