Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 6

An Encounter with Padre Pio as told by Alfredo Lapertina The year was 1950. I had always heard talk about the friar with the stigmata and I wanted to go and see him. I am a Catholic but as regards my faith, I am not an emotional character nor am I easily roused to enthusiasm.…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 5

PADRE PIO AND THE THIRD COMMANDMENT “Remember to Keep Holy the Sabbath Day.” We should often reflect on the third commandment and the significance it held in the life of Padre Pio. Padre Pio not only kept holy the Sabbath day, but every day of his life, by consecrating each day entirely to the Lord.…

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Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry – Issue 4

    I turned every way, but there was no one to help me.I looked for one to sustain me, but could find no one.But then I remembered the mercies of the Lord, his kindness through ages past;for he saves those who take refuge in him, and rescues them from every evil. – Sirach 51:7-8…

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