Posts by Padre Pio Devotions

Download Newsletter Issue 49, October-December 2011 The word angel is derived from the ancient Greek word aggelos which means messenger. The angels are God’s instruments or messengers whom he uses to communicate his will. References to the celestial or non-corporal beings better known as angels, are mentioned more than 100 times in the Old Testament…

Download Newsletter Issue 48, July-September 2011 Padre Pio’s Prophetic Spirit Giovanna Boschi, had attended Padre Pio’s Mass in San Giovanni Rotondo for more than forty years. She also felt blessed that in those many years, she had been able to go to confession to Padre Pio on a regular basis. On one occasion, Giovanna decided…

Anecdotes of Padre Pio – Part II Download Newsletter Issue 47, April-June 2011 You may for a time have to suffer the distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, which is more precious than the passing splendorof fire-tried gold, may by its genuineness lead to praise, glory, and honor when Jesus…

Download Newsletter Issue 46, January-March 2011 With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord . . . I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in thy words. My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate upon thy promise. Hear my voice in thy steadfast…

Download Newsletter Issue 45, October-December 2010 I am ready for everything, as long as Jesus is content to save the souls of my brothers, especially those he has entrusted to my care. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina Stories from the War Years Teseo Isani was a military officer who was stationed in Verona, Italy during…