L'ultima messa di Padre Pio. L'anima segreta del santo delle stigmate

by Alessandro Gnocchi, Mario Palmaro

Quando padre Pio celebrava la Messa, il tempo si fermava per cedere il passo al Mistero. Il frate delle stigmate stava ore all'altare, dove riviveva misticamente la passione e la crocifissione di Gesù. Che cosa accadeva veramente durante quelle estasi interminabili? Che frutti portava nel mondo quella straordinaria celebrazione del Sacrificio divino? Ma non sono solo questi gli interrogativi posti dalla sconvolgente vita terrena di padre Pio. Che cosa voleva dire quando confidò a un figlio "La mia missione finirà quando sulla terra non si celebrerà più la Messa"? Quale era questa misteriosa missione affidatagli dal Cielo? È vero che la risposta si troverebbe in un dipinto quasi sconosciuto custodito in una chiesa di Campobasso? Partendo da queste domande, Alessandro Gnocchi e Mario Palmare hanno condotto un paziente lavoro di indagine che li ha portati in luoghi inattesi, fino all'archivio inesplorato di un figlio spirituale del santo. Hanno potuto così ricostruire uno degli aspetti meno conosciuti della vita di padre quello in cui il frate di Pietrelcina si è offerto come vittima sacrificale in opposizione all'inquietante disegno anticristico di distruggere la Messa.

236 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Mary]

Look down further! I added an edit to this.

15-07-20
Here's a simple review.

So this book is a great starter for those not entirely familiar with San Pio himself.

However, it is quite in simplistic format, quite short in its subchapters (in each chapter has various subheadings that don't last over a page to a page and a half. So these subheadings are what consist of each chapter - dedicated to various points).

It doesn't analyse further from what I have already read from "Padre Pio: man of hope" by Renzo Allegri. Now that book is FANTASTIC and I gave it a five star rating. It discusses quite intimately, knowingly and assuredly with great character and depth Padre Pio and his whole life. The man who wrote THAT is actually an journalist who met with Pio and done research digging into the life of Pio himself.

So all that i can say is that that ^^^ (man of hope one to be clear) book is a book to read on pio that is captivating and informative and strengthening for ones spiritual life.

Quite frankly this book was a miss for me. And quite overly priced too I should add (33 dollars!!!!)

It didn't have anything to add or rather I felt was just cutting and pasting his letters in order to get to the point.

See this is the same problem I had with the 365 spiritual guidance from Pios letters to his spiritual children... they were cropped, readjusted and quite frankly perhaps even (i daresay it) reworded for the modern vatican two agenda. However. I am not saying this about this book. Actually it's point is quite the opposite (traditional mass!!)

Now I give this three stars because it truly does have authentic writings of Pio. I just find it tiresome to read short chapters within chapters that talk limited on one thing and then jump to the next.

Not my cup of tea after all. But maybe for you newcomers or persons who want their fantasy tickled or something.


Edit 16-07-20
What the heck! Page 50. There's an interview with something to do with Catholic 68 (italian abbreviation for 1968). The question put to Pio is where does Jesus kiss you (uhm say what? What type of question is this? I'm freaking out already) and Pios reply: He kisses me everywhere!!! (!!!!! What the BONKERS. SOMEBODY HELP! I DONT GET IT? there is no context other than that this is an interview. So what the heck is that supposed to mean.)

Now take away any sexual perversity. And take a look at what that question and that answer signify. If, uhm, Jesus 😓😓😓, kisses Pio everywhere, what Pios legs and arms and chest and stomach..... sounds pretty darn problematic and sickening. I have never heard of such perverse and sickening rubbish. Our bodies are sexual bodies meaning that we have limbs and feature and concupisence and all the rest. Now what is stated within the interview does Not Sound Right.

If Pio means to say "Jesus kisses me everywhere - all over my soul" I thought that he would be black and white about it - exactly as the author of this book states before pasting this interview - that pio is black and white.

Well. Obviously not. Because what Pio said, and THAT IS IF HE SAID IT AT ALL, is obscure and absolutely ..... perverse if you ask me. Because Christ kissing one ALL OVER does not sound right to me ... at all.

I'm sounding the alarm. Somethings wrong. 🤖🤖🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[Kami S]

The information about Padre Pio is top stars of course...but, the way it was laid out was a little disjointed and didn't have much to do with the title at all. I still enjoyed the book and learned things about his life I hadn't heard before.

[John Ray Catingub]

Starting with promise by focusing on Padre Pio's last Mass, the book devolves into a haphazardly collected biography of the saint. It is a good traditionally-minded primer for the saint, however, and the focus on pre-conciliar piety and practices helps the reader to understand how Catholicism was lived out, by priest and faithful alike, during the Padre's life.

[Paul Gallagher]

Excellent book with many soul-stirring quotes from this great saint.

[Kyle Kowalczyk]

There are many good books about Padre Pio, and I recommend one of those other ones. There were some interesting insights here that I hadn't read in other accounts, and if you can sift through the "Traditionalist" negativity, there are some beautiful episodes.

The book was billed as Pio being the poster child for the anti-new Mass people, because he wrote a letter to the pope to tell him he wouldn't say the new Mass. That however was never actually proven in the book. The cover made it sound like they had the letter, but they don't. Furthermore, Pio died before the reforms of Vatican II were put into effect, and even if he did write such a letter, it was actually already stipulated by Pope Paul VI that a priest, due to age, can request to continue saying the old rite. No scandal here folks.

Also, there was a section desperately trying to prove that Pio never celebrated facing the people, which video evidence of his last Mass clearly proves that he did. Anyway, what could have been a very devotional book was mucked up by an agenda. Find a different book.