Padre Pio's diary: 12 March

Missing the Eucharist

A young doctor, in the early 50s, went to confession to Padre Pio. He made the accusation of his sins and remained silent. Padre Pio asked if he had more to add but the doctor answered negatively. Then Padre Pio said to the doctor "Remember that on holidays you cannot miss even a single Mass, because it is a mortal sin". At that point the young man remembered having "skipped" a Sunday appointment with the Mass, a few months earlier.