The devotion to Padre Pio and his thought of November 21st

Be assiduous in prayer and meditation. You have already told me that you have started. Oh, God this is great consolation for a father who loves you as much as his own soul! Continue to progress always in the holy exercise of love for God. Spin a few things every day: both at night, in the dim light of the lamp and between the impotence and sterility of the spirit; both during the day, in the joy and in the dazzling illumination of the soul.

In the history of the convent, on 23 October 1953, this annotation can be read.

“This morning Miss Amelia Z., a blind woman, aged 27, who came from the province of Vicenza, received the sight. That's how. After confessing, she asked Padre Pio for a view. The Father replied: "Have faith and pray a lot." Instantly the young woman saw Padre Pio: the face, the blessing hand, the half gloves that hid the stigmata.

Her eyesight rapidly increased, so that the young woman was already seeing closely. Referring the grace to Padre Pio, he replied: "We thank the Lord". Then the young woman, while in the cloister kissed the hand of the Father and thanked him, asked him for a complete view, and the Father "Little by little will come completely".