's devotion Padre Pio, the Blessed Virgin, his trust and confidence in Heavenly Guardian, in the one who won my heart with the humility of God, "ripping" every kind of grace, was extraordinary in the lives of the simple and humble friar of San Giovanni Rotondo.
"It was August 14, 1958 - Fr Peter writes in his memoir - the eve of the Assumption. At dusk I was still in the convent and I had already greeted Padre Pio. I was going to say goodnight to the Guardian, when he, out of his cell and came towards me, inviting me to go with him in the cell of Father to ask him a little thought to the Virgin Mary. The Father Superior forward, and I behind him. Padre Pio was sitting on a chair near the bed, with rosary in hand. "Spiritual Father - asked the Guardian - tomorrow is the Assumption, tell us a little thought." And we sat down on his knees.
Padre Pio lowered his head and began to sob, and, sometimes, several times, began to say: "... Madonna, Madonna ...". The tears became sobs, and then, with effort, still went on: "Our Lady ..."
Strong tremors did jump all over the Father, still crying, he finally to say: "Our Lady is our Mother ...."
An irrepressible tears and shook his Father, who, trembling, hardly able to take his handkerchief to wipe the tears that now had all the wet face.
He did not even have the strength and time to dry, they were so insistent and continuous crying.
He then won by love, he dropped his hands and knees, weeping, shouting, "The Lady is our Mother, Our Lady is our Mother."
I was kneeling before him I laid my hands first and then his arms on his knees and gasps Not with him I realized if I cried, but certainly I feel like dying.
The Guardian immediately interjected: "Father, thank you, thank you, but weep no more."
Padre Pio was still crying. Then the Guardian, loud and broken by sobs, he cried: "Father, please, weep no more, we are dying."
I, not knowing what to say, I moved closer and closer to his father's knees trembling. Then, behold, softly, after a few hiccups, ended up crying.
few more jerks. The kissed her hand, and blessed us, away from the cell, we were both burning the heart of Love to Madonna, to say to each other: "I can not seem to contain the fire of love for Mary that the Father has put me in the chest."
We asked only one word and he gave us a fire of love. "
The journey of suffering.
"He one day - says Don Pierino Galeone - a confession he described the journey of suffering.
"First, always accepts any suffering, to repair the past, to purify the soul and to overcome reluctance. Then, embraces suffering with humility and readiness in order to walk with Jesus via dolorosa, from the manger to Calvary, and beside you will learn about Jesus and to imitate his every behavior before the pain and humiliation.
you are courageous and strong before any pain.
let you lay naked on the cross and hear the comincerari beatutudine of suffering: "Blessed are those who suffer, they shall be comforted."
The bliss of the heart, spiritual consolation become joy on his face: you will be joyful in suffering.
And seeing the fruits, you will love enough to enjoy it more and more, until desired as the only true delight, even they can not live without suffer, or suffer or die.
In this fiery furnace of suffering love, God crucified his release, the images most similar to her son, and bake, bread, more like victims for the salvation of the brethren. "
On another occasion, Father Pio told me he had asked the Lord to become not only perfect victim, but to continue to fall victim in his children, in order to perpetuate its mission of salvation to the end of the world.
... "We must pray always - I said - not to lose heart in persevering. "
the spiritual marriage.
"Padre Pio - Fr Peter says - not only never committed any sin, as he himself said, but by that time (the age of 22 years, when she was a deacon), enjoyed a moral impossibility of sinning. God lived in him fully
was always in the presence of God, even God was so present to operate always and only in Him
In order to be all things in God, Padre Pio had almost zero for As you can a human being, his vital signs: "I live dead," he said.
had minimal food and sleep.
once showed him a box of grape flavored, handing him a grape, of course, the most beautiful and big, to eat. And he, almost apologetically, told me: "Son, you do so I have breakfast, lunch and dinner."
I asked him one day: "Father, you say how many Rosaries each day?". "From 15 to 20 whole," he said. "So, Father, you do not sleep at all at night, you are always awake?". "And yes," replied yet, accompanying the response with a significant gesture of the head. "
Beppe Friend - Copyright 2011. Texts drawn from the private fund of the author.
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