Devotion to the Saints: the thought of Padre Pio today 16 October

16. I increasingly feel the great need to abandon myself with more confidence to divine mercy and to place only my only hope in God.

17. God's justice is terrible. But let's not forget that his mercy is also infinite.

18. Let us try to serve the Lord with all our heart and with all will.
It will always give us more than we deserve.

19. Give praise only to God and not to men, honor the Creator and not the creature.
During your existence, know how to support bitterness in order to participate in the sufferings of Christ.

20. Only a general knows when and how to use his soldier. Wait up; your turn will come too.

21. Disconnect from the world. Listen to me: one person drowns on the high seas, one drowns in a glass of water. What difference do you find between these two; aren't they equally dead?

22. Always think that God sees everything!

23. In the spiritual life the more one runs and the less one feels fatigue; indeed, peace, a prelude to eternal joy, will take possession of us and we will be happy and strong to the extent that by living in this study, we will make Jesus live in us, mortifying ourselves.

24. If we want to harvest it is necessary not so much to sow, as to spread the seed in a good field, and when this seed becomes a plant, it is very important to us to ensure that the tares do not suffocate the tender seedlings.

25. This life does not last long. The other lasts forever.

26. One must always go forward and never step back in the spiritual life; otherwise it happens like the boat, which if instead of advancing it stops, the wind sends it back.

27. Remember that a mother first teaches her child to walk by supporting him, but he must then walk on his own; therefore you must reason with your head.

28. My daughter, love the Ave Maria!

29. One cannot reach salvation without crossing the stormy sea, always threatening ruin. Calvary is the mount of saints; but from there it passes to another mountain, which is called Tabor.

30. I want nothing more than to die or love God: or death, or love; for life without this love is worse than death: for me it would be more unsustainable than it is at present.