– Love for ” The Love “-
From Padre Pio writings:
I am consumed by love for God and love for my neighbour. God is continually fixed in my mind and imprinted on my heart. I never lose sight of him. I have to admire his beauty, his benevolence, the agitation he causes, his mercies, his vengeance, or rather the severity of his justice. ( Ep. I,1393) Leggi tutto »
– Up the heart -
From Padre Pio writings:
Those souls who throw themselves into the whirlpool of worldly preoccupations are poor and unfortunate. The more they love the worl, the more their passions multiply, the more their desires are lit, the more they find themselves incapable of carrying out their projects, and thus they are uneasy, impatient, affected by that shock that breaks their hearts; those hearts which do not beat with charity and holy love. Let us pray for these unfortunate and miserable souls, that Jesus may forgive them and draw them to himself in his infinite mercy. ( Letters III,1105) Leggi tutto »
– Strive for perfection -
From Padre Pio writings:
I also suffer gratly Father, when I see how people ignore Jesus, and what is worse, how they even insult him, especially by those dreadful blasphemies.I should like to die, or least become deaf rather than hear so many insults offered to God by men. (Letters I,262) Leggi tutto »
– Grateful to the God -
From Padre Pio writings:
And who is not well with Jesus ? What soul, thinking of what the divine Master declared : ” I delight in the sons of men “, doesn’t feel itself filled with infinite happiness ? What soul, to whom Jesus has given himself as its inheritance, can be unhappy ? Is he not the same Jesus who is the delight of the angels, and the only object of the heavenly Father’s pleasure ? Therefore you are quite right to say you are well with Jesus. ( Letters III,100) Leggi tutto »
From Padre Pio writings:
All of us are not called by God to save souls and propagate His glory by the noble apostolate of preaching. Remember, moreover, that this is not the only means of achieving these two great ideals. One can promote God’s glory and work for the salvation of souls by means of a truly Christian life, by praying without ceasing that “His kingdom come”, that His name “be hallowed”, that “we may not be led into temptation” and that He “deliver us from evil”. ( Letters II, p.77) Leggi tutto »
