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

14. You will never complain about the offenses, wherever they are done to you, remembering that Jesus was saturated with oppression by the malice of the men whom he himself had benefited.
You will all apologize to Christian charity, keeping in front of your eyes the example of the divine Master who even excused his crucifixors before his Father.

15. We pray: those who pray a lot save themselves, those who pray little are damned. We love the Madonna. Let's make her love and recite the holy Rosary that she taught us.

16. Always think of Heavenly Mother.

17. Jesus and your soul agree to cultivate the vineyard. It is up to you to remove and transport stones, to tear thorns. To Jesus the task of sowing, planting, cultivating, watering. But even in your work there is the work of Jesus. Without him you can do nothing.

18. To avoid the Pharisaic scandal, we are not required to abstain from good.

19. Remember: the wrongdoer who is ashamed to do evil is closer to God than the honest man who blushes to do good.

20. Time spent on the glory of God and the health of the soul is never badly spent.

21. Arise therefore, O Lord, and confirm in your grace those you have entrusted to me and do not allow anyone to lose themselves by deserting the fold. Oh God! Oh God! do not allow your inheritance to go to waste.

22. Praying well is not a waste of time!

23. I belong to everyone. Everyone can say: "Padre Pio is mine." I love my brothers in exile so much. I love my spiritual children like my soul and even more. I regenerated them to Jesus in pain and love. I can forget myself, but not my spiritual children, indeed I assure you that when the Lord calls me, I will say to him: «Lord, I remain at the door of Heaven; I enter you when I have seen the last of my children enter ».
We always pray in the morning and in the evening.

24. One looks for God in books, is found in prayer.

25. Love the Ave Maria and the Rosary.

26. It pleased God that these poor creatures should repent and truly return to him!
For these people we must all be mother's bowels and for these we must have utmost care, since Jesus makes us know that in heaven there is more celebration for a repentant sinner than for the perseverance of ninety-nine righteous.
This sentence of the Redeemer is truly comforting for so many souls who unfortunately sinned and then want to repent and return to Jesus.

27. Do good everywhere, so that anyone can say:
"This is a son of Christ."
Bear tribulations, infirmities, sorrows for the love of God and for the conversion of poor sinners. Defend the weak, console those who weep.

28. Don't worry about stealing my time, since the best time is spent on sanctifying the soul of others, and I have no way of thanking Heavenly Father's mercy when he presents me with souls that I can help in some way .

29. O glorious and strong
Archangel St. Michael,
be in life and in death
my faithful protector.

30. The idea of ​​some revenge never crossed my mind: I prayed for the disparagers and I pray. If ever I have sometimes said to the Lord: "Lord, if to convert them you need a boost, from the pure, as long as they are saved."

1. When you recite the Rosary after the Glory you say: «Saint Joseph, pray for us!».

2. Walk with simplicity in the way of the Lord and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your faults but with a quiet hatred and not already annoying and restless; it is necessary to have patience with them and take advantage of them by means of a holy lowering. In the absence of such patience, my good daughters, your imperfections, instead of diminishing, grow more and more, since there is nothing that nourishes both our shortcomings as much as the restlessness and the concern to want to remove them.

3. Beware of anxieties and anxieties, because there is nothing that most hinders walking in perfection. Place, my daughter, gently your heart in the wounds of our Lord, but not by force of arms. Have great confidence in his mercy and goodness, that he will never abandon you, but do not let him embrace his holy cross for this.

4. Do not worry when you cannot meditate, cannot communicate and cannot attend to all devout practices. In this meantime, try to make up for it differently by keeping yourself united with our Lord with a loving will, with prayer prayers, with spiritual communion.

5. Dispel perplexities and anxieties once and for all and enjoy the sweetest pains of the Beloved in peace.

6. In the Rosary, Our Lady prays with us.

7. Love the Madonna. Recite the Rosary. Recite it well.