March 2021

“Bearing physical and moral ailments is the worthiest offering you can make to He who saved us through suffering.” – Padre Pio (Letters III, 487)

“The angels are jealous of us for one reason only; they are not able to suffer for God. Only through suffering can a soul say with certainty; “My God, You see I do love You!” – Padre Pio (FM, 166)

“Don’t be upset when you are unable to meditate, receive Communion or carry out all the pious practices. In the meantime, try to make up for this in a different manner, by keeping yourself united to our Lord with a loving will, with ejaculatory prayers and spiritual Communions.” – Padre Pio

“Beware of anxiety and restlessness because there is nothing that more greatly impedes progress towards perfection. Sweetly place your heart in the wounds of our Lord, but not with force. Have great confidence in His mercy, because He will never abandon you. But do not fail, for this reason, to tightly embrace His holy Cross.” […]

“Walk with simplicity in the ways of the Lord and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your faults, but with a quiet hate, noy troublesome and restless. We must be patient with them and gain from them through holy humility. Without that patience, instead of diminishing, your imperfections will increase constantly, as there […]

“Prayer is the oxygen of the soul.” – Padre Pio

“The rosary is the synthesis of our faith, the support of our hope and the articulation of our charity.” – Padre Pio

“Love Jesus, love Him very much, but to do this, be ready to love sacrifice more.” – Padre Pio

“The lot of chosen souls is to suffer. God, the author of all grace and of every gift leading to salvation, has decreed that glory will be ours on condition that we endure suffering in a Christian spirit.” – Padre Pio (Letters II, p. 262)

“True servants of God have always preferred adversity as being more in conformity with the way taken by our Head, who worked out our salvation by means of the cross and humiliation.” – Padre Pio (Epist. IV, p. 148)