Posts by Padre Pio Devotions

When a man turns to Christ and seems to be getting on pretty well (in the sense that some of his bad habits are now corrected), he often feels that it would now be natural if things went fairly smoothly. When troubles come along – illnesses, money troubles, new kinds of temptation – he is…

As disciples, we’re asked to pick up our own cross and walk after Jesus. What a beautiful prayer to ask God, morning after morning, to open our ears, to open our hearts to his Word (Isaiah 50:4). And perhaps, most important of all, to give us that deep trust, that deep courage that will allow…

My heart is at peace when I want what God wants, when I desire only what He desires. My mind is at peace when I know what God knows insofar as a creature can participate in the ocean of divine wisdom. My mind is at peace when I assent because I want to do whatever…

Jesus, Master, sanctify my mind and increase my faith. Jesus, teaching in the Church, draw everyone to yourself. Jesus, Master, deliver me from error, empty thoughts and eternal blindness. Jesus, Way between the Father and ourselves, I offer you everything and await all from you. Jesus, Way of sanctity, help me to imitate you faithfully.…

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. He waits for you in the ciborium, your Friend of yesterday; the Friend whose intimacy you have so often forgotten, and more than once have even betrayed. All that he has forgiven you, as a friend does . . . Your Friend yesterday – Your Friend…

We must not drift away from the humble works because these are the works that nobody will do. It is never too small. Even if you write a letter for a blind man or you just go and sit and listen or you take the mail for them or you visit somebody or bring a…

That Samaritan of ours, namely Christ . . . took pity on him (the man lying on the roadside) when he was passing the same way . . . He lifted him up from the ground, and placed him on his own mount . . . And so you must beware of ever becoming conceited…

We all work for results. We do not perhaps recognize the aim of our strivings at success. But we want to see our work issue in results which will gratify us and bring commendation or notice to us. We can do this even in the pursuit of holiness. But to work for results is not…

Complete freedom from fear is one of those things we owe wholly to Our Lord. To be afraid is to do him a double injury. First, it is to forget him, to forget that that he is with us, that he loves us and is himself almighty, and second it is to fail to bend…

Usually it is those who know Him (God) that bring Him to others. That is why the Church, the whole body of Christians showing Him to one another, is so important. . .At first it is natural for a baby to take its mother’s milk without knowing its mother. It is equally natural for us…