Posts by Padre Pio Devotions

There is for every soul which has really learned to love our Blessed Lord and to abide in his love, a fortress of inner peace which no assault from the world can enter, no echo of the world’s anxieties can disturb. The soul which has learned to practice the presence of Christ, and to be…

The Word of God is not a word to apply in our daily lives at some later date; it is a word to heal us through, and in our listening, here and now. The questions therefore are: How does God come to me as I listen to the Word? Where do I discern the healing…

Unite yourself with him, then, in all that you do. Refer everything to his glory. Set up your abode in this loving Heart of Jesus and you will there find lasting peace and the strength both to bring to fruition all the good desires he inspires in you, and to avoid every deliberate fault. Place…

Jesus has done ninety-nine percent of what is necessary to make us saints. He is quite prepared to do the other one percent, but we will not let him. What did he cry for over Jerusalem? How often I would have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings, but…

The Sermon on the Mount is about being fully alive in Jesus Christ. It is about nourishing the eternal life within us. The Sermon on the Mount is demanding. It is just not enough to avoid external sins of great magnitude. We have to fight our anger, our hatred, our grudges, our past hurts. Hatred,…

Lord, shed upon our darkened souls the brilliant light of your wisdom so that we may be enlightened and serve you with renewed purity. . .May your resurrection, Jesus, bring true greatness to our spiritual self and may your sacraments be the mirror wherein we may know that self. Savior, your divine plan for the…

Remember that your soul is a temple of the living God. The kingdom of God is within you. Night and day let your aim be to remain in simplicity and gentleness, calmness and serenity, and in freedom from created things, so that you will find your joy in the Lord Jesus. Love silence and solitude,…

St. Paul teaches that this life of ours is like traveling abroad from our home country. He says, “As long as we are in the body, we are traveling away from the Lord” (Corinthians 2:5-6). Since we are still traveling in a foreign land, we ought to keep in mind what our home country is…

All Souls Day The day which the Church dedicates to the dead, All Souls Day, is a day of hope. The figure of this world passes, its concupiscence passes, but he who does God’s will dwells in eternity. In the cemeteries, the fields of sleep and rest, already the house of the Eternal is revealed.…

All Saints Day We should foster a social consciousness which will help us to meet the needs of our neighbors, and to discern and seek to remove the sources of injustice in society. No human anxiety or sorrow should leave the disciples of Jesus Christ indifferent. But the world needs more than just social reformers.…