Padre Pio explains the phenomenon of perfumes

Fra Modestino said: “Once I was on vacation in San Giovanni Rotondo. In the morning I went to the sacristy to serve Mass to Padre Pio, but there were already others who were disputing this privilege. Padre Pio interrupted that soft shouting saying - he only needs Mass - and pointed to me. Nobody spoke any more, I accompanied the Father to the altar of San Francesco and, having closed the gate, I began to serve Holy Mass in absolute recollection. At the "Sanctus" I had a sudden desire to feel the indescribable perfume that I had already perceived many times in kissing the hand of Padre Pio. The wish was immediately fulfilled. A wave of so much perfume enveloped me. It increased more and more until it took my breath away. I held my hand to the balustrade so as not to fall. I was about to pass out and mentally asked Padre Pio to avoid a bad figure in front of people. At that precise moment the perfume disappeared. In the evening, while I was accompanying her to the cell, I asked Padre Pio for explanations on the phenomenon. He replied: "My son, it is not me. It is the lord who acts. It makes it feel when it wants and to whom it wants. Everything happens if and how He likes it. "