FIVE MINUTES IN FRONT OF SANT'ANTONIO "a pious practice to obtain a grace"

Words of the saint to a devoted soul

I have been waiting for you for a long time because I know well the graces you need and that you would like me to obtain from the Lord. I am willing to do it, but you speak to me candidly; tell me one by one all your needs; I don't want to hide even one, because you know how much I can with God and what desire I have to lift human miseries. Poor soul! I see the affliction of your heart and I permeate myself with all your bitterness ... You would like my help in that affair ... You would like my protection to restore peace in your family ... you would like to achieve that place ... you would like to help those poor ... that needy person ... you would like those tribulations to cease ... you would like the health of yourself and of that person you care so much .. you would like to find that lost, inviolate object ... Courage, ask with confidence, that I will get everything. I really like sincere souls and those who interpenetrate in the tribulations of others as if they were their own. But above all else, I see well how you desire that grace that you have been asking me for so long ...

Well, the hour will come when I will grant you this grace; be of good cheer: humble prayer is never lost. One thing, however, I want from you: I want it to be more assiduous to the Sacrament of Love, indeed I want you to approach it daily or at least often, to Holy Communion, that you are devoted to our common Queen Mary Most Holy, I want you to spread the my devotion, in favor of my orphan girls. Oh! how much these are close to my heart! To those who help them for my sake, I cannot deny any grace, and you know how many I have granted! How many have come to me with lively faith, holding the bread of orphans and poor people in their hands and have been answered by me! They invoked me for happy outcome of a deal, to find a lost thing, to obtain the health of an infirm person, to achieve the conversion of that man removed from God, and I for the sake of the innocent and needy, granted what they asked me and even more. And you fear that it won't do the same for you! Increase your Faith on the basis of humility, and ask me everything in order for your true good. Many other things you would like from me and you are afraid to ask them for fear of being annoying. How suspicious you are or soul! I read everything in the bottom of your heart, and I will shelter everything; I will grant you everything, but always according to how I see in God what best benefits you, and according to your faith, humility and perseverance. Now return to your occupations and keep in mind what I have recommended to you. Come to visit me often, because I am waiting for you, and your visits will always be welcome, because in me you will find the most affectionate friend, who helps you to be all of Jesus.

I leave you in the sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary.

Taken from: "Prayers for the liberation of the evil one" - Don Pasqualino Fusco