The guardian angel helped Padre Pio against the devil

The Guardian Angel helped Padre Pio in the fight against Satan. In his letters we find this episode of which Padre Pio writes: «With the help of the good little angel this time he triumphed over the perfidious design of that little thing; your letter has been read. The little angel had suggested that when one of your letters arrived I sprinkled it with holy water before opening it. So I did with your last one. But who can say the anger felt by bluebeard! he would like to finish me at any cost. He's putting on all his evil arts. But it will remain crushed. The little angel assures me, and heaven is with us. The other night he presented himself to me in the guise of one of our father, sending me a very severe order from the provincial father not to write to you anymore, because it is contrary to poverty and a serious impediment to perfection. I confess my weakness, my father, I wept bitterly believing it to be a reality. And I could never have suspected, even faintly this was a bluebeard trap, if the little angel hadn't revealed the deception to me. And only Jesus knows it took him to persuade me. The companion of my childhood tries to soften the pains that afflict me those impure apostates, by lulling my spirit into a dream of hope "(Ep. 1, p. 1)