FATHER PIUS SAID

"If the poor world could see the beauty of the sinless soul, all sinners, all unbelievers, would be instantly converted."

Father Pius of Pietrelcina

Father Pio dixit

 

PADRE PIO DIXIT

 

THE STORY OF PADRE PIO AND A SOUL FROM PURGATORY

One night, while praying alone, Padre Pio opened his eyes to find an old man standing before him. Confused, he asked, “Who are you? What do you want?”

The man replied, “I am Pietro Di Mauro. I died in this friary in 1908, and I am still in purgatory. I need a holy Mass to be freed.”

Padre Pio promised to pray for him. The next day, he discovered records confirming the man’s death exactly as described.

This wasn’t the only time souls from purgatory sought Padre Pio’s prayers. He once said, “As many souls of the dead come up this road as that of the souls of the living.”

A powerful reminder of the importance of prayer and the Mass for the faithful departed!

If you should fall

 

𝗦𝘁. 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

Padre Pio is known for his many mystical experiences during prayer, often piercing the heavenly veil while on earth. One such experience involved an unexpected encounter with a soul from purgatory.

One day while praying alone, Padre Pio opened his eyes to see an old man standing there. He was surprised by the presence of another person in the room and explained in his testimony, “‘I could not imagine how he could have entered the friary at this time of night since all the doors are locked.”

Seeking to unravel the mystery, Pio asked the man, “Who are you? What do you want?”

The man responded, “Padre Pio, I am Pietro Di Mauro, son of Nicola, nicknamed Precoco. I died in this friary on the 18th of September, 1908, in cell number 4, when it was still a poorhouse. One night, while in bed, I fell asleep with a lighted cigar, which ignited the mattress and I died, suffocated and burned. I am still in purgatory. I need a holy Mass in order to be freed. God permitted that I come and ask you for help.”

Pio comforted the poor soul by saying, “Rest assured that tomorrow I will celebrate Mass for your liberation.”

The man left and the next day Pio did some investigative work and discovered the veracity of the story and how a man of the same name died on that day in 1908. Everything was confirmed and Padre Pio celebrated a Mass for the repose of the old man’s soul.

This was not the only appearance of a soul from purgatory asking Padre Pio for prayers. Pio claimed, “As many souls of the dead come up this road [to the monastery] as that of the souls of the living.” Many times the souls would ask for a Mass to be said for them, highlighting the spiritual weight of a Mass and how it can lessen the time a person spends in purgatory before embracing the glories of heaven.

GO TO THE MADONNA

 

LIFE BEGINS FOR THOSE WHO DIE IN SANCTIFYING GRACE

If you habitually live in the state of sanctifying grace, is expected that you will end your earthly life in this way and, for this reason, begin to live true life eternally.

PADRE PIO TEACHES US HOW OUR BEHAVIOR SHOULD BE IN CHURCH AND DURING THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

A letter from Padre Pio to Annita Rodote, Pietrelcina, July 25, 1915.

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina teaches us how to hear Mass:

“The Divine Master calls the church the ho use of prayer. In order to avoid irreverence and imperfections I exhort you in the Lord to: 

Enter the church in silence and with great respect, considering yourself unworthy to appear before the Lord's Majesty.  Amongst other pious considerations, remember that our soul is the temple of God and, as such, we must keep it pure and spotless before God and his angels. 

Let us blush for having given access to the devil and his snares many times (with his enticements to the world, his pomp, his calling to the flesh) by not being able to keep our hearts pure and our bodies chaste; for having allowed our enemies to insinuate themselves into our hearts, thus desecrating the temple of God which we became through holy Baptism.  

Then take holy water and make the sign of the cross carefully and slowly. 

As soon as you are before God in the Blessed Sacrament, devoutly genuflect. Once you have found your place, kneel down and render the tribute of your presence and devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.  Confide all your needs to him along with those of others. Speak to him with filial abandonment, give free rein to your heart and give him complete freedom to work in you as he thinks best.

When assisting at Holy Mass and the sacred functions, be very composed when standing up, kneeling down, and sitting, and carry out every religious act with the greatest devotion. Be modest in your glances; don't turn your head here and there to see who enters and leaves. Don't laugh, out of reverence for this holy place and also out of respect for those who are near you.  Try not to speak to anybody, except when charity or strict necessity requests this.  

If you pray with others, say the words of the prayer distinctly, observe the pauses well and never hurry. 

In short, behave in such a way that all present are edified by it and, through you, are urged to glorify and love the heavenly Father.  

On leaving the church, you should be recollected and calm. Firstly, take your leave of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament; ask his forgiveness for the shortcomings committed in his divine presence and do not leave him without asking for and having received his paternal blessing.  

Once you are outside the church, be as every follower of the Nazarene should be. Above all, be extremely modest in everything, as this is the virtue, which, more than any other, reveals the affections of the heart.  Nothing represents an object more faithfully or clearly than a mirror.  In the same way, nothing more widely represents the good or bad qualities of a soul than the greater or lesser regulation of the exterior, as when one appears more or less modest. 

You must be modest in speech, modest in laughter, modest in your bearing, modest in walking. All this must be practiced, not out of vanity in order to display one's self, nor out of hypocrisy in order to appear to be good to the eyes of others, but rather, for the internal virtue of modesty, which regulates the external workings of the body.  

GO TO THE MADONNA: FATHER PIO

 

ON THE 53rd ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

 

CARRYING OUR CROSS

 

JUST A PASSING VISITOR

A tourist visiting the Holy Father Pio was surprised to see that the room where he lived was very simple. There was only an old carpet and a kerosene lamp on it.

Tourist: - "Father, where is your furniture?" 

Father: - "Where is yours?" 

Tourist: - "Mine? But I'm just a visitor here." 

Father: - "Me too! I'm just a passing visitor in this world. My abode, God willing, will be in Heaven with Him."

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