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“Saint Padre Pio was hearing the confession of a man who was leading a very bad life. Padre Pio warned him that if he didn’t change his immoral living, he would end up in hell. The man answered Padre Pio: “I don’t believe in hell!” Padre Pio immediately retorted, “You will when you get there!”
― Andrew Apostoli, Fatima For Today: The Urgent Marian Message of Hope

“If God did not abandon you in the past, why would he ever abandon you in the future?”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“Jesus is always with you, even when you don’t feel his presence. He is never so close to you as he is during your spiritual battles. He is always there, close to you, encouraging you to fight the good fight; he is there to ward off the enemy’s blows so you won’t be hurt. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“A Prayer for Grace and Illumination Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You. Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often. Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life, and without You, I am without fervor. Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light, and without You, I am in darkness. Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will. Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You. Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much, and always be in Your company. Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You. Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I wish it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love. Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes, death, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches. I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile! Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers, I need You. Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of bread, so that the Eucharistic Communion be the light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart. Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You, if not by Communion, at least by grace and love. Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it, but, the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You! Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for. Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more. With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen. —Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina”
― Patrick Madrid, A Year with the Bible: Scriptural Wisdom for Daily Living

“May Jesus always be the pilot of the little boat of your spirit. May Mary be the star which lights the path for you and shows you the surest way to reach the Heavenly Father. – St. Pio of Pietrelcina”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“On another occasion Padre Pio's spiritual director wrote him a letter in Greek, a language which the young monk did not know. Nonetheless, Padre Pio read the letter. Fr. Pannullo marveled at this and asked him how he learned the language. "My guardian angel explained everything to me," Padre Pio replied.”
― Renzo Allegri, Padre Pio: Man of Hope

“Grosso, who traveled to Italy to study Padre Pio's stigmata firsthand, states, "One of the categories in my attempt to analyze Padre Pio is to say that he had an ability to symbolically transform physical reality. In other words, the level of consciousness he was operating at enabled him to transform physical reality in the light of certain symbolic ideas. For example, he identified with the wounds of the crucifixion and his body became permeable to those psychic symbols, gradually assuming their form. "70 So it appears that through the use of images, the brain can tell the body what to do, including telling it to make more images. Images making images. Two mirrors reflecting each other infinitely. Such is the nature of the mind/body relationship in a holographic universe.”
― Michael Talbot, The Holographic Universe

“Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?”
― Padre Pio

“The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort.”
― Padre Pio

“The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat.”
― Padre Pio

“The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain”
― Padre Pio

“Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter. ”
― Padre Pio

“Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart.”
― Padre Pio, Padre Pio: In My Own Words

“Have courage and do not fear the assaults of the Devil. Remember this forever; it is a healthy sign if the devil shouts and roars around your conscience, since this shows that he is not inside your will.”
― Padre Pio

“My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future to Your providence.”
― St. Padre Pio

“Jesus is with you even when you don’t feel His presence. He is never so close to you as He is during your spiritual battles. He is always there, close to you, encouraging you to fight your battle courageously. He is there to ward off the enemy’s blows so that you may not be hurt.” – St. Pio of Pietrelchina, August 15, 1914”
― Michael J. Ruszala, Saint Padre Pio: In the Footsteps of Saint Francis

“You must remember that you have in Heaven not only a Father, but also a Mother … And if our wretchedness saddens us, if our ingratitude to God terrorizes us, if the memory of our faults hinders us from presenting ourselves to God our Father, let us then have recourse to Mary, our Mother. She is all sweetness, mercy, goodness, and love for us, because she is our Mother.”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother.”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“St. Paul says, we know that “suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope” [Romans 5:3].”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus   Recited daily by Padre Pio for those who requested his prayer. The prayer was written by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.   I. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you." Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of...... (here name your request) Our Father....Hail Mary....Glory Be to the Father....Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.     II. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you." Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of.......(here name your request) Our Father...Hail Mary....Glory Be To the Father....Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.   III. O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away." Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace of.....(here name your request) Our Father....Hail Mary....Glory Be to the Father...Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.   O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender Mother and ours. Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Padre Pio

“An Angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision and by bringing within his reach some truth which the Angel himself contemplates.”
― St. Padre Pio

“He (Padre Pio) gave Erminia (one of his many spiritual daughters) the following rules:
-Never be pleased with yourself.
-Do not complain about offenses perpetrated against you.
-Forgive everyone with Christian charity.
-Always groan as a poor wretch before your God.
-Never marvel at your weakness...
-Never exalt in any way your virtues, but ascribe everything to God, and give him all the glory and honor.”
― Bernard Ruffin

“Living here below is wearisome to me, my dear Father. It is such a bitter torment to me to live in exile that I can hardly go on any longer. The thought that at any moment I could lose Jesus terrifies me in a way I cannot explain. (Letters I)”
― Diane Allen, Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio

“Para escuchar a Dios, se necesita más oración, meditar la vida de Jesús, buscando el silencio, la celda interior como Santa Catalina de Siena.

San Padre Pio nos aconseja a orar en todo momento, a buscar la Presencia de Dios. Buscar dar mejores frutos.

“Jesús te conceda escucharlo cada vez más en tu corazón, al igual que a todas las almas que lo aman con sinceridad y pureza de corazón, su invitación tres veces amorosísima: «Mi yugo es suave y mi carga ligera». Esta dulcísima invitación del divino Maestro te consuele en tu nueva prueba, o, mejor, en ese crecimiento de los favores divinos en ti. Y se puede decir muy bien que este nuevo estado tuyo es un favor singularísimo del Señor, favor que el Señor no suele otorgar sino a aquellas almas fuertes, que su misericordia las hace más gratas a Él.” Padre Pio”
― Cristian Diaz, Como escuchar a Dios : San Padre Pio

“A Simple Prayer   Written by Padre Pio in 1918. It is claimed that he recited the prayer every day after it was written.   Stay with me, Lord,   for you are my light   and without you I am in darkness..”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Padre Pio

“The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat.” ~St. Padre Pio Pray”
― Danielle Bean, Small Steps for Catholic Moms: Your Daily Call to Think, Pray, and Act

“In books we seek God, in prayer we find him”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Padre Pio

“A person with troubles should understand that they are tests sent from the Lord, intended to bring the person to a higher level of sanctity. For that reason, calm acceptance is a better response than useless worry. In the end, the person’s soul will benefit from the test.”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Padre Pio

“What I grasp with truth and clarity is that my heart loves, loves greatly, more than the intellect realizes. No doubt can assail this love, and I am so certain of loving that, except for the truths of faith, I am certain of nothing as much as this”
― Wyatt North, The Life and Prayers of Saint Padre Pio

“Keep close to the Catholic Church at all times, for the Church alone can give you true peace, since she alone possesses Jesus, the true Prince of Peace, in the Blessed Sacrament. (Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina)”
― Xavier Reyes-Ayral, Revelations: The Hidden Secret Messages and Prophecies of the Blessed Virgin Mary