Daily Inspiration

“The Lord cannot give me a Cyrenean. I must do only his will, and if I am pleasing to Him the rest does not matter.” – Padre Pio (LCS, 1 Sept. 1967, 4)

“Everyone on this earth has a cross; therefore we must be careful not to be like the bad thief, but rather like the good one.” – Padre Pio (CE, 23)

“We do not want to accept the fact that suffering is necessary for our souls; that the cross must be our daily bread. Just as the body needs nourishment, so does the soul need the cross, day after day, to purify it and detach it from creatures. We do not want to understand that God […]

“Father, you  love what I fear. Reply: I do not love suffering itself; I ask God for it, I desire it for the fruits it gives me: it gives glory to God, it saves my brethren in exile, it frees souls from the fires of purgatory, what more do you want? Father, what is suffering? […]