Padre Pio wants to tell you this today December 24th. Thought and prayer

May your zeal not be bitter, nor be meticulous; but be free from any defect; be sweet, benign, graceful, peaceful and uplifting. Ah, who does not see, my good daughter, the dear little Child of Bethlehem, at the advent of which we are preparing, who does not see, I say, be his incomparable love for souls? He comes to die in order to save, and he is so humble, so sweet and so lovable.

O Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who carried the signs of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ on your body. You who carried the Cross for all of us, enduring the physical and moral sufferings that scourged you body and soul in a continuous martyrdom, intercede with God so that each of us knows how to accept the small and large Crosses of life, transforming every single suffering into a sure bond that binds us to Eternal Life.

«It is better to tame with sufferings, which Jesus will like to send you. Jesus who cannot suffer to hold you in affliction, will come to solicit you and comfort you by instilling new spirit in your spirit ». Father Pio