![]() You should rather humble yourself before God than be distressed if he reserves for you the sufferings of his Son, and makes you experience your weakness. You must hate your defects but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless.ģ7. Walk in the way of the Lord with simplicity and do not torment your spirit. To doubt is the greatest insult to the Divinity.ģ6. She is all sweetness, mercy, goodness and love for us because she is our Mother.ģ5. You must remember that you have in Heaven, not only a Father but also a Mother… Let us then have recourse to Mary. Always live under the eyes of the Good Shepherd and you will walk unharmed through evil pastures.ģ4. Whenever necessary you must look without seeing and see without thinking about it.ģ3. When fashion, as in our time, is towards provocation and exposes what formerly was even wrong to think about, caution and self-restraint must be exercised. It is necessary to guard all your senses particularly your eyes: they are the means by which all the fascination and charm of beauty and voluptuousness enter the heart. If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: Lord, send me temptations.ģ2. The best means of guarding yourself against temptation are the following: watch your senses to save them from dangerous temptation, avoid vanity, do not let your heart become exalted, convince yourself of the evil of complacency, flee away from hate, pray whenever possible. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.ģ1. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. Remember that it is not feeling of guilt that constitutes sin but the consent to sin. ![]() When you are exposed to any trial, be it physical or moral, bodily or spiritual, the best remedy is the thought of him who is our life, and not think of the one without joining to it the thought of the other.ģ0. At the invocation of his name every knee in heaven, on earth and in hell must bend before Jesus this is a consolation for the good and terror for evil.Ģ9. To be clothed with Jesus Christ it is necessary to die to oneself.Ģ8. ![]() The soul must give free access to the Lord so that it be fortified by him in every respect and with all kinds of weapons that his light may enlighten it to combat the darkness of error that it be clothed with Jesus Christ, with his justice, truth, the shield of faith, the word of God, in order to conquer such powerful enemies. It is in the soul that the battle rages every moment of life. The field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. Dhanraj Narlaħ:00 – 8:00pm: Public Veneration Tuesday, November 15 (Cathedral)Ĩ:00am – Noon: SJB Ministries/Catholic Center Personnel/Public Venerationĥ:00pm: Rosary and Litany of St. Padre Pio Monday, November 14 (Cathedral)ĥ:00pm: Rosary and Litany of St. Padre Pio Relics Schedule Click Here – Padre Pio Resource Guide Sunday, November 13 (Parish Hall)Ħ:30pm: Parish Potluck Dinner and Documentary Film: Fifty Years of Thorns and Roses, The Life of St. Padre Pio’s most famous inspirational messages to the world was a simple yet profound admonition to “pray, hope, and don’t worry.” Padre Pio died in 1968, and was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II, whose rise to the papacy was prophetically foretold. ![]() Indeed, in 1978, Father Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II. In 1947, a Polish priest, Father Karol Wojtyla, visited Padre Pio, who told him he would rise to the highest office in the Church. Interest in Padre Pio’s life made him internationally known during his lifetime, and his piety and charity inspired many. Furthermore, he became known for other extraordinary spiritual gifts, including reports of his ability to “bi-locate” and having detailed knowledge of the sins of penitents in the confessional. Padre Pio received the mystical stigmata in 1916 (bleeding from the wounds of Christ), a phenomenon that has been well-documented by numerous witnesses, medical experts, and affirmed by the Vatican. He quickly became known for his piety and dedication to the Eucharist. He entered the Franciscan Capuchin order at the age of 15 and began studying for the priesthood, taking the name of “Pio” in honor of Pope Pius I. ![]() Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione) was born in 1887 to peasant farmers in Pietrelcina, Italy.
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