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Última Santa Misa del Padre Pío… falleció pocas horas después…

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SAINT OF THE DAY (September 23)

On September 23, the Catholic Church remembers the Italian Franciscan priest, St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as “Padre Pio.”

He was also known for his suffering, humility and miracles.

The man later recognized by these names was originally named Francesco Forgione, born to his parents Grazio and Maria on 25 May 1887.

His parents had seven children, two of whom died in infancy.

They taught the five surviving children to live their faith through daily Mass, family prayer of the rosary, and regular acts of penance.

Francesco had already decided at a young age to dedicate his entire life to God.

At age 10, he felt inspired by the example of a young Capuchin Franciscan and told his parents: “I want to be a friar – with a beard.”

Francesco’s father spent time in America working to finance his son’s education, so he could enter the religious life.

On 22 January 1903, Francesco donned the Franciscan habit for the first time.

He took the new name Pio, a modernized Italian form of “Pius,” in honor of Pope St. Pius V.

He made his solemn vows four years later and received priestly ordination in the summer of 1910.

Shortly after, he first received the Stigmata — Christ’s wounds, present in his own flesh.

Along with these mystical but real wounds, Padre Pio also suffered health problems that forced him to live apart from his Franciscan community for the first six years of his priesthood.

By 1916, he managed to re-enter community life at the Friary of San Giovanni Rotondo, where he lived until his death.

He handled many duties as a spiritual director and teacher, covering for brothers drafted into World War I.

During 1917 and 1918, Padre Pio himself briefly served in a medical unit of the Italian army.

He later offered himself as a spiritual “victim” for an end to the war, accepting suffering as a form of prayer for peace.

Once again, he received the wounds of Christ on his body. They would remain with him for 50 years, through a succession of global conflicts.

Against his own wishes, the friar’s reputation for holiness and attending miracles began to attract huge crowds.

Some Church officials, however, denounced the priest and had him banned from public ministry in 1931.

Pope Pius XI ended the ban two years later, and his successor Pius XII encouraged pilgrimages to Padre Pio’s friary.

Known for patient suffering, fervent prayer and compassionate spiritual guidance, Padre Pio also lent his efforts to the establishment of a major hospital, the “Home to Relieve Suffering.”

A few days before dying, his stigmata had disappeared.

Examining Padre Pio's body, the doctor who was present at his deathbed observed that the wounds of the stigmata were completely healed without any trace or scar.

Padre Pio died on 23 September 1968.

Three years after his death, Pope Paul VI marveled at his simple and holy life in an address to the Capuchin Order.

“A worldwide following gathered around him ... because he said Mass humbly, heard confessions from dawn to dusk and was – it is not easy to say it – one who bore the wounds of our Lord,” Pope Paul explained. “He was a man of prayer and suffering.”

Pope John Paul II beatified him on 2 May 1999 and canonized on 16 June 2002.

Padre Pio became the patron saint of healing.

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"El rosario es mi arma."

San Padre Pío de Pietrelcina.

“The rosary is my weapon.” St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

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Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you gaze up to heaven, the problem that made you look for God!

St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

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“Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you gaze up to Heaven, the problem that made you look for God!”

-St Pio of Pietrelcina

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Patron Saints for World Mental Health Day

Today is reserved for, among many other things, World Mental Health Day. Raising mental health awareness is vital to helping to understand and accept the challenges we face internally.

Here are four patron saints I've picked to share that represent common mental health challenges that you can pursue intercession with!

✧ St. Dymphna, patron saint of mental health (nervous and mental afflictions), who experienced intense trauma herself in her lifetime

✧ St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, patron saint of stress relief

✧ St. Jude Thaddeus, patron saint of lost causes and desperate situations

✧ St. Christina the Astonishing, patron saint of mental illness who experienced a profound return from death after experiencing a seizure

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Our Lord sometimes makes you feel the weight of the cross. This weight seems unbearable but you carry it because in His love and mercy, the Lord helps you and gives you strength.

St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

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Please pray for my colleague and friend. I learned she is getting fired tomorrow

Take Up the Cross

God of mercy and love, You called St. Pio of Pietrelcina to extend the mystery of the Cross visibly into the lives of sinners and sufferers, that they might be converted to believe in the Gospel.

Through his intercession, strengthen all believers in the willingness to take up the Cross daily and follow Jesus Christ Your Son, Our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

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Blessed is the crisis that made you grow, the fall that made you gaze up to Heaven, the problem that made you look for God.

St. Pio of Pietrelcina

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St. Pio of Pietrelcina, pray for us. +

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT PIO OF PIETRELCINA (Padre Pio) Feast Day: September 23

"Pray, hope, and don't worry."

Pio of Pietrelcina was born Francesco Forgione to Grazio Mario Forgione and Maria Giuseppa Di Nunzio, both were peasant farmers in Pietrelcina, a town in the province of Benevento, in the southern region of Campania, Italy on May 25, 1887. He had an older brother, Michele, and three younger sisters, Felicita, Pellegrina, and Grazia (who was later to become a Bridgettine nun).

At a young age, he made the decision to dedicate his life to God, and began a life of penance. One day after listening to a Capuchin friar, who was seeking donations in the countryside, he determined to become a religious priest.

In 1903, he entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and took the name of Pio. After his ordination seven years later in 1910, he was assigned to the mountain convent of San Giovanni Rotondo, near Foggia, where he remained his whole life. Pio was endowed with exceptional spiritual gifts, such as reading the soul of his penitents, bilocation, experiencing heavenly visions and ecstasies. On the other hand, he was constantly afflicted with physical illness. He believed that the love of God is inseparable from suffering, and that suffering for the sake of God is the sure way to reach him. Pio was often obsessed by the devil, who terrified him with horrible screams and loud noises, or by burning and destroying the furniture of his room, or by brutally beating his body.

In 1910, Padre Pio received the stigmata of Our Lord: red marks appeared in his chest, hands and feet, accompanied by acute pain. At times, he also experienced the pain of the crowning with thorns and of the scourging.

Padre Pio died on September 23, 1968 in San Giovanni Rotondo at the age of 81, after making his last confession and renewing his Franciscan vows, while holding a rosary in his hands. Millions of pilgrims visited San Giovanni Rotondo during his lifetime, and many more afterwards. Pio was beatified by Pope St. John Paul II on May 2, 1999, and canonized as a saint by the same pope on June 16, 2002 at the Vatican.

As Padre Pio had said: "After my death I will do more. My real mission will begin after my death."

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About Padre Pio (left)

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Litany of St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Kyrie elejson, Christe elejson, Kyrie elejson.

Christ hear us, Christ hear us.

Heavenly Father God, have mercy on us.

Son, Redeemer of the world, God, have mercy on us.

Holy Spirit of God, have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us.

Holy Padre Pio,

Faithful to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit,

In love with the humility and poverty of Jesus Christ,

Zealous priest of Jesus Christ,

A faithful follower of St. Francis of Assisi,

Bearing in his body the marks of the Savior's passion,

Enjoying supernatural gifts,

Ornament of the Franciscan Order,

Bringing goodness and peace to the world,

A chosen vessel of holiness and grace,

Tireless in reconciling sinners with God,

Dread of hell spirits,

Winning hearts with the simplicity and power of the Word of God,

Teaching more by example than by words,

A model of love for God and neighbor,

Encountering Christ in every person,

Protector of the suffering,

Comfort of the unhappy,

Enduring humiliation with patience,

Courageous amidst adversity,

A model of Franciscan poverty,

A model of priestly purity,

Man of perfect obedience,

Lover of hidden life,

Man of prayer, concentration and contemplation,

Teacher of prayer of those who flock to Christ,

Our Mighty Advocate with God.

K. Pray for us, Saint Padre Pio.

R. That we may become worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: God, You made Saint Padre Pio lived in poverty and humility to become like Your Son, Jesus Christ; grant, we beg You, that by following the same path, with His help, we may imitate Your Son and unite with You in the fullness of joy and love. Amen. https://youtu.be/sJXcEU-mozQ?feature=shared

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365 Promises of God

Day 356 – You Will Be Conformed to Christ's Image

For whom He foreknew, He also predestined [to be] conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. (Rom 8:29 NKJV)

Read: Galatians 5:16-24

At one time, I wondered whether the key verse today indicated that we were all going to eventually look just like Jesus clones. I know that sounds silly, but a sixteen year old can have some crazy ideas. I wondered if that new body we had been promised was going to have a few extra holes in it, and I wasn’t very sure how I felt about that.

It's laughable in retrospect, I know, but at the time it scared me a little silly. After all, I’d read stories about St. Francis of Assisi being given the stigmata, that is, bleeding wounds in his hands and feet, during a vision. He bore those marks until his death. And he wasn’t the first. St. Paul declared cryptically in Gal 6:17 that he bore in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus. This statement was clearly not referring to the lashes he had received, the marks from his stonings, or any other marks, because he prefaced this statement with ‘from henceforth let no one trouble me’. So it appears this was a recent development.

Whether the common Christian ascribes to the idea that this occurs, there have been documented cases even in the last century or so of this. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina bore these marks for over 50 years from 1912 till his death in 1968. These were examined closely by more than a dozen physicians, but could not be explained.

But the promise in this key verse is not an indication that we will all be transformed into Jesus clones. This tells us, dear Christian, that as we grow in grace, we will be changed on the inside to conform to the character of the Lord. As a child of God, we can look forward to the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control that He exhibited in His daily walk. Jesus was a man of prayer, and as we grow in faith we should find ourselves praying more. We should find ourselves loving the least of these, serving others, giving of ourselves, loving our enemies, going the extra mile, visiting the sick, and those in jail. We should have a heart for the lost, for missions, for the family of God, and for our heavenly Father, too. And that, dear Christian, is how this promise will be fulfilled in you.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank you for saving me. May I be more like you, today. Amen