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Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry – Issue 58 –
Father Denys Auvray Download Newsletter Issue 58 January – March 2014 Prayer was the key to Padre Pio’s existence and the guarantee of his mission. Prayer was his daily activity. He also dedicated many hours of the night to prayer. It was the task which he felt was particularly his own and which drew upon…
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Stories from the Early Years Download Newsletter Issue 57 October – December 2013 In July 1916, Father Paolino of Cascalenda, the superior of Our Lady of Grace monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo, traveled to the Capuchin monastery of St. Anne in Foggia in order to preach for the feast of St. Anne. Padre Pio lived…
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I desire to love you, O my God, with a love that is patient, with a love that abandons itself wholly to you, with a love that acts, and most important of all, with a love that perseveres. Just as one who loves a creature thinks of him often, so let the lover of God…
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Today is the Feast Day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina O Lord, we ask for boundless confidence and trust in your Divine Mercy, and the courage to accept the crosses and sufferings which bring immense goodness to our souls and that of your Church. Help us to love you with a pure and contrite heart,…
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Lord, don’t give me riches, don’t give me a long or a short life, don’t give me powers on earth that make one drunk with power, don’t give me the madness of idolatry of the false idols of this world. Cleanse me, Lord. Cleanse my intentions and give me the true wisdom of discernment, so…
Read More“Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry” – Issue 56
Dreams of Padre Pio – Part III Download Newsletter Issue 56, July-September 2013 There was once a Capuchin Brother at Our Lady of Grace monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo who was assigned to help Padre Pio with many of his daily tasks. The Brother had a great devotion to Padre Pio and performed his work…
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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 53
Elide Bellomo Download Newsletter Issue 53, October-December 2012 Today we live in an activist society. We do many things, but we pray little. Padre Pio’s watchword was this: prayer and suffering. On these two foundations, Padre Pio built everything. And not only did he build materially, as in the Home for the Relief of Suffering,…
Read MorePray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 55
Download Newsletter Issue 55, April-June 2013 Dreams of Padre Pio – Part II Lina Fiorellini met Padre Pio in 1919. At that time, Lina was employed by the Pontremoli family. Lina thought very highly of the family and felt blessed that she could work for them. She spoke to Padre Pio and asked him to…
Read MorePray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 54
Dreams of Padre Pio Download Newsletter Issue 54, January-March 2013 Never let us put aside the thought of our ultimate aim. And what is this ultimate aim? To know God, principally, is why he conceived our days, our years. Therefore, let us try never to forget this ultimate aim, for everything depends on it. And…
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