Francesco Forgione - Saint Pio of Pietrelcina

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Padre Pio i anđeo čuvar koji je prevodio s njemačkog na talijanski jezik

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Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Confidence and Trust In God’s Mercy

O Lord,
we ask for a boundless confidence
and trust in Your divine mercy,
and the courage to accept
the crosses and sufferings
which bring immense goodness
to our souls and that of Your Church.
Help us to love You
with a pure and contrite heart,
and to humble ourselves beneath Your cross,
as we climb the mountain of holiness,
carrying our cross that leads to heavenly glory.
May we receive You
with great faith and love in Holy Communion,
and allow You to act in us as You desire
for your greater glory.
O Jesus, most adorable Heart
and eternal fountain of Divine Love,
may our prayer find favour before
the Divine Majesty of Your heavenly Father. Amen.

 

To Jesus – Strength In Life

O My Jesus give me Your strength when my weak nature rebels against the distress and suffering of this life of exile, and enable me to accept everything with serenity and peace.
With my whole strength, I cling to Your merits, Your sufferings, Your expiation, and Your tears, so that I may be able to cooperate with You in the work of salvation.
Give me the strength to fly from sin, the only cause of Your agony, Your sweat of blood, and Your death.
Destroy in me all that displeases You and fill my heart with the fire of your holy love and all Your sufferings.
Clasp me tenderly, firmly, close to You that I may never leave You alone in Your cruel Passion.
I ask only for a place of rest in your heart. Amen

 

A Spiritual Communion

Jesus, truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament, I love You above all things and I desire to possess You within my soul.
Since I am unable at this moment to receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart I embrace You as being already there and unite myself wholly to you.
Never permit me to be separated from you Amen.

 

After Communion – Stay With Me

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 fervour.

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, as poor as my soul is I want 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 and 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 the 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, 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.

(By St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina)

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Amazing testimonies of the holy life of St Padre Pio  -A collection of little known stories from the historical archives of San Giovanni Rotundo
 

“So it was all just a dream, eh?”

A married couple who couldn't have children began to turn to Padre Pio so he could intercede for them before the Lord. Not long afterwards, the young woman became pregnant and was extremely worried she would lose the child. One night not long before she was due to give birth, she had a comforting dream. She was in the maternity operating room and before the gynecologist came in she saw a man with a beard standing in a comer of the room, looking at her and smiling. Then she woke up. Judging by photos that she had seen, she thought the man resembled Padre Pio. She spoke about her dream to everyone; for her it had become almost an obsession.

 

A few days later, a baby boy was born and all went perfectly well with no problems.

After a few months, the happy mother started to plan a trip to San Giovanni Rotondo; for she wanted to see for herself if Padre Pio, whom they had prayed to, really did resemble the person she had seen in her dream, and if so to thank him.
 

Her husband, seeing how fervent she was about the matter, tried to calm her down, and had repeatedly kept saying: "Don't worry, it was all just a dream, just a dream--just a dream nothing else".

 

At last, they made the trip. When they arrived at San Gio­vanni Rotondo the couple took their place in the cloister where Padre Pio would pass. When after a moment the Saint arrived, he stopped near the husband, looked at him kindly, and then gently patting his shoulder, and with a wide smile said in an ironic and somewhat amused tone: "So, it was all just a dream, eh?".

(Testimony of Anna Baroni from Chiavari, Italy, 8/12/1994)

 

“See how much glory is being given to God!”

Father Antonio Durante from Monterosso, a capuchin friar also had the chance to observe how Padre Pio read his thoughts on one occasion.

 

One day while walking with the Pa­dre in front of the friary he noticed that Padre was the object of much affection and devotion from the people. Seeing this, Fr. Durante said to himself: "How can this man resist the temptation of vanity and of feeling pleased with himself'?

 

He had just finished saying this to himself when the Saint turned towards him, smiled and softly said to him: "See how much glory is being given to God!"."

(Testimony of Fr. Antonio Durante, born August 7, 1912 and died June 11, 1970. Testimony is given in Genoa by Fr. Riccardo Geminiani, capuchin friar, April 20, 1995.)

 

"So, the spir­itual life seems like climbing glass, eh?"

Father Pasquale Cattaneo also gives us a testimony showing Padre Pio’s ability to read hearts. Fr.Cattaneo had received permission from his superiors to visit San Giovanni and to go to confession to Padre Pio. During his bus trip he prepared himself with a good examination of his conscience so as to be ready to make a sincere confession of his sins. With the help of the Holy Spirit he looked into every comer of his soul, and made new promises of amendment. However as the bus going to the Gargano was on the last part of the journey and the town came into view, he ended his examination perplexed thinking: "The spiritual life at times seems like trying to climb glass."

 

When he arrived at the friary, he went into the sacristy and told the friar who helped with the confessions that he had come to confess to Padre Pio and afterwards he patiently waited for his turn. When the time came he entered the confessional, greeted Padre Pio and made his confession. After confessing his faults, Padre Pio gave him absolution. He then arose, feeling happy that he had made a sincere confession, when he turned one last time and glanced at the Padre--the Padre smiled at him and with an amused look he wittingly said: "So, the spir­itual life seems like climbing glass, eh?"

 

Father Pasquale was flabbergasted and couldn’t seem to utter a word, but from then on he was absolutely convinced that Padre Pio was enlightened by the Holy Spirit to guide souls.

Thus it is a very unusual truth that P. Pio could at times perceive what his spiritual children were thinking, even without them giving explanations to him.

(Testimony of Fr. Pasquale Cattaneo, Fiera di Primiero, Italy, July 31,1988)

 

A remarkable blessing

A woman named Alma De Concini had completely put herself into the Pa­dre's hands to be led to God; here is her testimony:

"Padre Pio was confessing the women and I was in the church at three or four metres from him. That day I definitely would not have had the chance to speak to him, so I spoke to him interiorly, saying: "Father, send me a blessing. I really need one".

 

I had just finished expressing my wish when I saw the Saint move from the confessional window grate which hid his face; he looked directly at me and then made the sign of the cross. Then he turned back and bowed his head once more to continue confessing."

(Testimony of Alma De Concini, Terzolas, Italy, July 23, 1995)

 

"Go ahead then and kiss it, before I give you a little smack."

Another woman named Teresa Venezia gives her statement:

“After confession I waited in the cloister corridor to be able to kiss his hand as he passed by. (The faithful always desired to kiss the stigmatized hands of P. Pio, as they considered this a great privilege and blessing –editor). When Padre Pio arrived he did not stop near her, so she was unable to kiss his stigmata. She immediately felt very saddened and deeply lamented about this in her heart. Suddenly, the Saint turned back, walked up to her, held out his hand, and like a father with a light smile he gruffly said: "Go ahead then and kiss it, before I give you a little smack."

 (Testimony of Teresa Venezia, Tolve, Italy, October 19,1986)

 

"How many times you called out to me!"

Testimonies also show that P. Pio listened to the voice of his spiritual children even when they were far from him.

Father Valentino was a capuchin friar from San Marco in Lamis who was a spiritual son of Padre Pio and was very devoted to him. During the second world war he was in Emilia Romagna while the Gothic line of the German Army was encamped on the Apen­nines, thereby dividing the region in two. Because of this separation, he hadn't heard from his family who lived in Puglia for a long time. So one day he finally decided to try to cross over and head for his family in the South. However, it was of course necessary to cross the military front, and to do so was very, very risky. He knew some people who were fighting against the Germans so he asked them for help and advice about what to do. They indicated a way through the mountains but warned that is was very dangerous. Additionally, it was in the middle of the winter and very cold. There were a few others also who longed to be united with their separated loved ones so together the group set a date. The day arrived and Fr. Valentino said to himself--"It's now or never”.

 

So together with a few others he set off walking. He prayed to God for the groups safety and in prayer he also sought the intercession and help of Padre Pio. Eventually the group came to a very high place in the mountains where the path was narrow and covered with snow. At this point the path descended down a steep slope. When Fr. Valentino was about halfway down the slope, he placed one of his feet wrong and suddenly started to slide.

"Padre Pio help me; Padre Pio help" he cried as he was sliding down. Suddenly, a bush broke his fall. 

 

The others helped him back up and he was able to continue his journey and eventually the group crossed the military line safely, without being discovered. When he reached San Marco in Lamis, after resting a few hours, he wished to go to San Giovanni Rotondo to see Padre Pio. As soon as Padre Pio saw him he said: "How many times you called out to me the other night!..how many times!"

The Saint then held him close to his heart and said: "Let us together thank the Lord"

(Testimony of Fr. Valentino from San Marco in Lamis. San Severo, Italy, April 8,1992)

 

"That night on the roofs!"

The testimony that follows is more on the lighter side and rather funny, even for the person concerned: 

Father Nello Masini, a priest of the Giuseppini of San Le­onardo Murialdo, met Padre Pio in the 1950's and became one of his affectionate spiritual sons, thinking very highly of him. He often went down to San Giovanni Rotondo to stay a while with the Saint.

 

He tells us that during one summer he went to Veneto to take part in a spiritual retreat with his confreres.

He was quite chubby and well built and when he went to bed he snored extremely loudly. Because of this, his fellow brothers put him in an isolated room at the bottom of a long corridor, far away from everyone, so he wouldn't disturb anyone.

 

One night poor Father Nello, went out of his room to go to the bathroom and went into the nearby toilet, but closing the door too forcefully he unintentionally fastened the outer latch.

After satisfying his need, he wished to go out, but he realized that he was trapped inside. He started to call for help but no one could hear him.

 

Losing all hope of being rescued, he climbed on a stool and looking out of the window saw the roof which was facing the rooms. He decided to try this way out, hoping he would find some window open. He squeezed into the little space available to him but his 120 kilos were not of help and he got stuck halfway. Helpless and knowing there was no one around to help him, his thoughts went to Padre Pio whom he called upon in thought and prayer.  

 

Finally after a short time he suddenly found himself outside on the roof top, without realizing how.

Holding onto the wall carefully and watching each step to avoid falling down into emptiness, he finally reached the windows. The first was closed but the second one—that of the reading room, was opened. Gratefully, he was finally able to go back to his bedroom.

 

The next morning he awoke thinking "It was a very good thing that Padre Pio helped me last night."

After a few months he returned once more to San Giovanni Rotondo to see and greet the Padre. He found him on the ve­randah praying.

 

He went towards him to kiss his hand. As soon as he saw him the Saint looked at him, smiled and exclaimed: "Don Nello, Don Nello, that night on the roofs!"

(Testimony given by Carla Riceputi of Spronelli, the priest's niece. Given at Cesena, Italy on November 29, 2001)

 

"If you cry, I won't come to your house any more" -The miraculous cure of Paolo Nigro.

Paolo Nigro received a degree in Humanities in 1936 and took a second degree in Philosophy in 1940. He considered himself an atheist and his Philosophy thesis was a denial of the existence of God. He later taught in high school, all the while maintaining his ideas. His wife how­ever was strong in her faith. Because she was an orphan, she had been brought up and educated in a convent run by Car­melite nuns and she had stayed there until she was twenty-two. Together they made their home in Taranto.

 

When Paolo was still very full of intellectual vigour and feel­ing quite fit, he was suddenly struck by an grave illness. He had a dry pleurisy and in the spring of 1950 it was bringing him close to death; the doctors in fact had eventually declared they could do nothing more for him.

 

 

St Padre Pio praying the rosary

One Saturday evening in April at 10pm two men knocked at the door of his house; they introduced themselves: Otello Risaliti was a warrant officer in the Navy and the other was a man named Carlo Lusardi. Since Paolo's wife Maria did not know them, she of course did not want to let them in the house, for she was alone with her two children and her seri­ously ill husband. At this time, he was gravely ill and had had a very high temperature of 105°F for two weeks. At times he was delirious, and seemed at death's door.

The two men insisted saying: "Padre Pio has sent us and we have to say the rosary for the man here who is seriously ill".

 

The poor woman had never even heard of Padre Pio and therefore she was unsure what to do. She told the men to wait at the door and went and had a word with her sick husband, who having heard that the men spoke of saying the rosary, he gave his permission, and so finally she let them in.

 

Here it must be said that a few years before, in 1946, Prof. Nigro had slightly changed his opinion as an atheist. He had surprised everyone when he had requested to meet the Archbishop of Taranto, Mons Bernardi, to whom Prof Nigro related a story of how he had had a kind of vision in which he saw Our Lady's profile. After this vision he started to go to Mass, even though he didn't go regularly. We can surmise that this was the reason he let two strangers, who wanted to pray the rosary for him to the Blessed Virgin, to come into his house.

 

Santina, Paolo's daughter, who was a child at the time tells us what happened next:

"I can see it as if it were yesterday. The two men, Risaliti in his white uniform and Lusardi, both kneel­ing and together devoutly saying the rosary. However as they were praying, dad was restless and said to mum: "Maria, send that hooded friar at the foot of the bed away". Mum said nothing; she imagined that vision was due to his high temperature".

 

Before leaving after finishing the rosary, the Padre's spiritual sons discreetly begged Maria to accept some money: "It is sent by Padre Pio. You will need it next week to pay for your husband's journey from here to San Giovanni Rotondo. The Padre wishes to see him. And the remainder is for the medicines".

About this particular point Santina explains: "It was as if Padre Pio knew we had spent nearly all our money to buy penicillin which was very expensive at the time".

 

The following Monday, the sick man was much better. His temperature had gone down to normal and the doctors were amazed. His health had improved so much that on Thursday, three days later, at 9.00 in the morning, Risaliti and Lusardi came to collect him and take him by taxi to the Taranto train station, as he ardently desired to meet Padre Pio. In the evening they ar­rived at San Giovanni Rotondo and the three men together took lodgings in a little white house on the right, going up the road leading to the friary.

 

The next day, Friday, they took him to the sacristy where Padre Pio was confessing the men. At the end of the confessions, P. Pio came out from the curtain, which hid him from view of onlookers.

 

"My Dad" said Santina, “immediately recognized in him as the friar who the previous Saturday he had seen at the foot of the bed while the rosary was being said. My dad immediately went up to him and threw him­self on his knees, crying. The Padre helped him up holding his wrists and said in our dia­lect: "If you cry, I won't come to your house any more".

 

The next day dad confessed to the Saint, who put him back in God's grace and accepted him as a spiritual son. He immediately became a different person. He went to Mass every day and received Holy Communion.

 

The Padre continued to be near him in those first steps into a new life. He came [spiritually, through bilocation] to visit him at home. During his convales­cence dad sometimes said to me: "Santina, Padre Pio is putting his hand on your head".

 

Afterwards I had often seen him crying because of his past sins. He tried to make up for it by leading people to God and also to Padre Pio.”

(Testimony of Santina Nigro, San Giovanni Rotondo, May 10, 2005) 

 

"Let that woman pass"  

Mrs Rachele Ricciardi of San Giovanni Rotondo, wished to confess to the Padre. As she had a large family to look after, she had to find a moment when she wasn't busy. Stealing some moments from her many duties and chores she went up to the friary and joined the queue in front of the confessional. It was before there were booked tickets. People were expected naturally to wait their turn in line. However that morning there were many people and it seemed as if her turn would never come. In fact she waited as patiently as she could but eventually her thoughts raced to preparation of lunch and the other jobs she had to do at home. She de­cided to go back home and as she was about to leave Padre Pio moved the confessional curtain and said to the women in the front:

"Let that woman pass". 

And so it was that the busy mother had been given the grace to make her confession that morning.

(Testimony of Rache1e Ricciardi, Campitello Matese, Italy December 26, 1998)
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Testimonies are taken from the book "The Padre: St Pio of Pietrelcina- Testimonies" by Fr. Marcellino Iasenzaniro, Edizioni Padre Pio da Pietrelcina, Our Lady of Grace Capuchin Friary, San Giovanni Rotundo, Italy

 

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A short prayer to become a spiritual child of Padre Pio:

Dear Padre Pio: 

I recall to mind your promise to Jesus: "Lord, I will stand at the gates of heaven until I see that all of my spiritual children have entered". 

Encouraged by your loving promise I ask you to accept me as your spiritual child and to always intercede for me before Jesus and Mary. And as my spiritual father, I ask you to obtain mercy for me from God for all of my sins and be with me throughout my entire life, Amen +

 

https://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2013/08/little-known-stories-of-st-padre-pio.html

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Amy Wellborn nails it:

But let’s look at the Mass of Paul VI – the Ordinary Form, the Mass most of us attend.

 

I’m going to suggest that the core of what drives people crazy (in a bad way) about the celebration of this Mass is the always-present-fear that when you open the door and sit down in that pew, you are never quite sure if what’s about to happen might involve you being subject to surprise attacks and being held hostage by someone’s ego.

You go to Mass with your hopes, joys and fears. You’re there carrying sadness and grief, questions, doubts and gratitude and peace. You’re bringing it all to God in the context of worship, worship that you trust will link you, assuredly to Christ – to Jesus, the Bread of Life, to His redeeming sacrifice. That in this moment, you’ll be joined to the Communion of Saints, you’ll get a taste of the peace that’s promised to the faithful after this strange, frustrating life on earth is over.

And what do you get?

 

Who knows. From week to week, from place to place, who knows.

Who knows what the personality of the celebrant will impose on the ritual. Will it be jokes? Will it be a 40-minute homily? Will it be meaningful glances and dramatic pauses? Will it be the demand for the congregation to repeat the responses because they weren’t enthusiastic enough?

Who knows what the particular tastes and artistic stylings of the musicians will bring to the moment?

 

Who knows what the local community, via committee or fiat, will have determined we should focus on this week?

The idea was this:

God is in the here and now, and speaks to us in the here and now. To be responsive to the Spirit in this here and now means not being bound by imposed ritual or words, especially if those rituals come to us from distant times and cultures.

So what needs to happen with liturgy is that it should be seen as a framework – valuable, yes – but only a framework in which the ministers and the community can respond to the Lord freely, letting Him work through the uniqueness of this particular community, this moment in time, the unique gifts of these ministers and perceived needs of this community.

It was supposed to render the ritual far more accessible than any medieval, time-encrusted form ever could for Modern Man.

It seemed to make sense at the time.

Go here to read the magnificent rest.  The Mass is an act of worship, a miraculous repetition of the first Mass by Christ at the Last Supper.  It is not the sermon or the songs, or the readings from Scripture.  It is most definitely not performance art for priests to mangle.  I have often thought that if I could I would hold up a sign saying “Just here for the Eucharist.”  What the Mass has been transformed into is symbolized by the Star Trek command chairs in some modern churches where the priest sits where Christ in the sacrament used to reside on the altar.  What Vatican II did, sometimes with the best of intentions and sometimes with the worst, transformed the Mass into a theatrical performance, and theatrical performances are sometimes done well and sometimes done poorly, but they all detract from the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.

We see all this in the Canons on the Mass of the Council of Trent:

 

CANON I. If any one saith, that in the Mass a true and real Sacrifice is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat; let him be anathema.

CANON II. If any one saith, that by those words, Do this for the commemoration of me (Luke xxii. 19), Christ did not institute the Apostles Priests; or, did not ordain that they, and other Priests should offer His own Body and Blood; let him be anathema.

CANON III. If any one saith, that the Sacrifice of the Mass is only a sacrifice of praise and of thanksgiving; or, that it is a bare commemoration of the Sacrifice consummated on the Cross, but not a propitiatory sacrifice; or, that it profits him only who receives; and that it ought not to be offered for the living and the dead for sins, pains, satisfactions, and other necessities; let him be anathema.

CANON IV. If any one saith, that, by the Sacrifice of the Mass, a blasphemy is cast upon the most Holy Sacrifice of Christ consummated on the Cross; or, that it is thereby derogated from; let him be anathema.

CANON V. If any one saith, that it is an imposture to celebrate Masses in honour of the saints, and for obtaining their intercession with God, as the Church intends; let him be anathema.

CANON VI. If any one saith, that the Canon of the Mass contains errors, and is therefore to be abrogated [abolished]; let him be anathema.

CANON VII. If any one saith, that the ceremonies, vestments, and outward signs, which the Catholic Church makes use of in the celebration of Masses, are incentives to impiety, rather than offices of piety; let him be anathema.

CANON VIII. If any one saith, that Masses, wherein the Priest alone communicates Sacramentally, are unlawful, and are, therefore, to be abrogated [abolished]; let him be anathema.

CANON IX. If any one saith, that the Rite of the Roman Church, according to which a part of the Canon and the words of Consecration are pronounced in a low tone, is to be condemned; or, that the Mass ought to be celebrated in the vulgar tongue only; or, that water ought not to be mixed with the wine that is to be offered in the chalice, for that it is contrary to the institution of Christ; let him be anathema.

The sickness that afflicts the Church all comes down to the transformation of an eternal act of worship into so much mummery by, at best, well meaning play actors.  The Eucharist remains the Eucharist, but it has been set into the most appalling piece of junk imaginable.  I thank Pope Francis.  His declaration of war on the Traditional Mass has pointed our attention to what has caused, in large part, our forty years and more wandering in the desert since the end of Vatican II.

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Dans la vie de Padre Pio, les manifestations des âmes du purgatoire étaient assez fréquentes. Voici ci-dessous les récits de deux de ces rencontres surprenantes.

 

1. Un sans-abri

En mai 1922, Padre Pio, alors qu’il se trouvait au couvent un soir d’hiver après une forte chute de neige, était assis près de la cheminée dans la salle de communauté, absorbé dans sa prière, lorsqu’un vieil homme, portant un manteau démodé encore porté par les paysans du sud de l’Italie à l’époque, s’assit à côté de lui. A propos de cet homme, Padre Pio déclara : « Je ne pouvais pas imaginer comment il avait pu entrer dans le couvent à cette heure de la nuit, car toutes les portes étaient fermées. Je l’ai interrogé : « Qui es-tu ? Que veux-tu? »

Le vieil homme répondit : « Padre Pio, je suis Pietro Di Mauro, fils de Nicola, surnommé Precoco. » Il poursuivit en disant : « Je suis mort dans ce couvent le 18 septembre 1908, dans la cellule numéro 4, alors que c’était encore un hospice. Une nuit, alors que j’étais au lit, je me suis endormi avec un cigare allumé, qui a enflammé le matelas et je suis mort, étouffé et brûlé. Je suis encore au purgatoire. J’ai besoin d’une sainte messe pour être libéré. Dieu a permis que je vienne vous demander de l’aide ».

Après l’avoir écouté, Padre Pio lui répondit : « Soyez assuré que demain je célébrerai la messe pour votre libération. Padre Pio se leva et accompagna cet homme jusqu’à la porte du couvent. Il se rendit compte alors que la porte était fermée et verrouillée : il l’ouvrit et lui dit adieu. La lune éclairait la place, couverte de neige. Padre Pio eut un sentiment de peur quand l’homme disparut sans laisser de traces dans la neige. Il referma la porte et retourna dans la salle de communauté où il expliqua à ses confrères ce qui venait de lui arriver.

Quelques jours plus tard, Padre Pio raconta également l’histoire à Padre Paolino, et tous deux décidèrent de se rendre à la mairie, où ils consultèrent les registres d’état civil de l’année 1908 et découvrirent que le 18 septembre de cette année-là, un certain Pietro Di Mauro était effectivement mort de brûlures et d’asphyxie dans la chambre numéro 4 du couvent, alors utilisé comme foyer pour les sans-abris.

2. Un frère sacristain

Padre Pio a raconté cette histoire à Padre Anastasio. « Un soir, alors que j’étais seul au chœur pour prier, j’ai entendu le froissement d’un habit et j’ai vu un jeune moine qui s’agitait près du maître-autel. Il semblait que le jeune moine époussetait les candélabres et redressait les vases de fleurs. J’ai pensé que c’était Padre Leone qui réarrangeait l’autel et, comme c’était l’heure du souper, je suis allé le voir et je lui ai dit : « Padre Leone, allez dîner, ce n’est pas le moment de faire la poussière et de redresser l’autel ». Mais une voix, qui n’était pas celle du Padre Leone, m’a répondu : « Je ne suis pas le Père Leone ». « Et qui êtes- vous ? », lui demandai-je.

« Je suis un de vos frères qui a fait son noviciat ici. On m’avait ordonné de nettoyer l’autel pendant l’année du noviciat. Malheureusement, plusieurs fois, je n’ai pas fait la génuflexion à Jésus en passant devant l’autel, provoquant ainsi un manque de respect pour le Saint-Sacrement conservé dans le tabernacle. Pour cette grave négligence, je suis encore au purgatoire. Or, Dieu, avec sa bonté infinie, m’a envoyé ici pour que vous accélériez le temps où je jouirai du Paradis. Prenez soin de moi. » En croyant être généreux envers cette âme souffrante, je me suis exclamé : « Tu seras au Paradis demain matin, quand je célébrerai la Sainte Messe ». Cette âme a crié : « Que tu es cruel ! » Puis il pleura et disparut. Cette plainte a produit en moi une blessure au cœur que j’ai ressentie et que je ressentirai toute ma vie. En fait, j’aurais pu envoyer immédiatement cette âme au Ciel, mais je l’ai condamnée à rester une nuit de plus dans les flammes du Purgatoire ».

[Bernard]

Shia LaBeouf embraces the Catholic faith: Here's what we know

                                   

 

Shia LaBeouf, an actor known for his roles in such movies as “Transformers” and “Fury,” made headlines this week for the personal details he shared about how his on-screen portrayal of Padre Pio led him to a newfound love of the Catholic faith.

 

 

LaBeouf says Padre Pio saved his life

LaBeouf, 36, says he was agnostic before finding God.

Although he made his bar mitzvah as a 13-year-old boy, he never fully embraced his mother’s Jewish faith, he told Barron.

Despite his successes as an actor, his life was in turmoil. In trouble with the law multiple times, he currently faces a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend accusing him of being abusive.

Estranged from his mother because of his downward spiral, LaBeouf told Barron he had reached the point where he despaired of living, saying, “I don’t want to be here anymore.” LaBeouf said he believes God used his eagerness to resurrect his lagging movie career to put him on a path to healing and personal peace.

The turning point was an offer to play the lead in Abel Ferrara’s new film “Padre Pio” — which premiers at the Venice Film Festival next week and officially releases Sept. 9, according to imdb.com.

Though he knew little if anything about the famous Italian saint, or Catholicism in general, LaBeouf lept at the chance.

 

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To better understand the steps necessary to enter the Catholic Church and the actor's spiritual journey, CNA spoke to a canon lawyer and a Franciscan friar who befriended...

 

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"Ali si videl popolnoma dozorelo žitno polje? Lahko boš opazil, da so nekateri klasi visoki in bohotni, drugi pa se sklanjajo k zemlji. Poskušaj odtrgati visoke, najbolj ponosne, in videl boš, da so prazni. Če pa vzameš najnižje, najponižnejše, nosijo največ zrn. Iz tega lahko sklepaš, da je nečimrnost prazna." (St. Padre Pio)