Devotion to the Saints: the thought of Padre Pio today November 8th

13. Be, my beloved daughters, all resigned in the hands of our Lord, giving him the rest of your years, and always beg him to use them to make use of them in that fate of life that he will most like. Do not worry your heart with vain promises of tranquility, taste and merits; but present to your divine Bridegroom your hearts, all empty of any other affection but not of his chaste love, and implore him to fill him purely and simply with the movements, desires and wills that are of his (love) so that your heart, as a mother of pearl, conceive only with the dew of heaven and not with the water of the world; and you will see that God will help you and that you will do much, both in choosing and in performing.

14. The Lord bless you and make the family's yoke less heavy. Always be good. Remember that marriage brings difficult duties that only divine grace can make easy. You always deserve this grace and the Lord will keep you until the third and fourth generation.

15. Be a deeply convinced soul in your family, smiling in the self-sacrifice and constant immolation of your whole self.

16. Nothing more nauseating than a woman, especially if she is a bride, light, frivolous and haughty.
The Christian bride must be a woman of firm pity towards God, an angel of peace in the family, dignified and pleasant towards others.

17. God gave me my poor sister and God took it from me. Blessed be his holy name. In these exclamations and in this resignation I find the sufficient strength not to succumb under the weight of pain. To this resignation in the divine will I also urge you and you will find, like me, the relief of pain.

18. May the blessing of God be your escort, support and guide! Start a Christian family if you want some peace in this life. The Lord give you children and then the grace to direct them on the way to heaven.

19. Courage, courage, children are not nails!

20. Comfort then, good lady, comfort yourselves, since the hand of the Lord to support you has not been shortened. Oh! yes, he is the Father of all, but in a most singular way he is for the unhappy, and in a much more singular way he is for you who are a widow, and a widow mother.

21. Throw in God only your every concern, since he takes great care of you and of those three little angels of children with whom he wanted you to be adorned. These children will be there for their conduct, comfort and consolation throughout their lives. Always be solicitous for their education, not so much scientific as moral. Everything is close to your heart and have it dearer than the pupil of your eye. By educating the mind, through good studies, make sure that the education of the heart and of our holy religion should always be coupled; the one without this, my good lady, gives a mortal wound to the human heart.