Amalia, alone and desperate in New York, asks for help from Padre Pio who mysteriously appears to her.

What we will tell you today is the story of Amalia Casalbordino.

Amalia and her family were in very difficult conditions. Her husband and son had to leave for the Canada looking for a job, while she stayed home to care for her 86-year-old mother.

The mother needed assistance but unfortunately the woman's brothers were not willing to help her. The only thing left for him to do was to ask for help Padre Pio. Amalia was a woman full of faith and she believed a lot in the Saint of Pietralcina.

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So he decided to go to San Giovanni Rotondo to ask the friar for help. The friar promptly gave her an answer, telling him to join the family. The brothers would take care of the mother. The woman took those words to heart, packed her bags and embarked.

Arrived at New York, the woman found herself in a hostile environment, with a thick fog and without the possibility of communicating, since she did not know the language. Desperate she looked for her husband's number to call him but she realized she had lost it.

The apparition of Padre Pio

Amalia was desperate and alone, but in the moment of greatest despair, a old man who, putting a hand on his shoulder, asked her why she was crying. The woman said she didn't know how to contact her husband and take the train to Canada.

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The old man immediately called a policeman who gave Amalia all the necessary information to get to Canada. At that moment the woman realized she knew that figure. The old man who helped her was Padre Pio. When she turned to thank him though, the man was gone.

Amalia's story serves to remind us that when we feel lost and desperate, Heaven is close to us and all we have to do is invoke it.