Indoda endala evela ebomini emva kobomi ibonakala kwiPadre Pio kwaye iyathetha naye malunga nePur ...

Ngasekupheleni kwekwindla yowe-1917, udade boBawo uPaolayi, owayengaphezulu kweenkosi yaseCapuchin, u-Assunta di Tommaso, owayetyelele umntakwabo walala kwigumbi lokuhlala ngelo xesha ngelo xesha e-S. Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia).
Ngenye ingokuhlwa, emva kwesidlo sangokuhlwa, uPadre Pio kunye noTata uPaolayi baya kubulisa udade wabo, owayehlala kufutshane neendlebe. Xa babelapho, uTata Paolino wathi: P. Pio, ungahlala apha emlilweni, ngelixa sisiya ecaweni ukuphinda imithandazo. -UPhadre Pio, owayediniwe, wayehleli ebhedini ephethe isithsaba esisesandleni ngesandla, xa ebanjwe bubuthongo obugqitha kuye kwangoko, uvula amehlo aze abone ixhego linxibe isambatho esincinci ebehleli ecaleni komlilo . UPadre Pio, akumbona, uthe: Yoo! Ungubani? Wenza ntoni? -Umdala uphendula athi: Ndi ..., nditshonile nditshiswa kule khokho (kwigumbi elingu-4, njengoko uDon Teodoro Vincitore endixelele ...) kwaye ndilapha ukuzokhonza ipurigatri yam ngale mpazamo yam ... - Padre Pio wathembisa ukuba umhla emva koko wayeya kumfaka isicelo seMass kwaye wayengasayi kuphinda aboniswe kwakhona. Emva koko wamphelekezela ukuya kumthi (i-elm ekhoyo nanamhlanje) kwaye ke wamgxotha.
Ixesha elingaphezu kosuku uTata Pogo wambona esoyika kancinci, wambuza ukuba kwenzeke ntoni kuye ngokuhlwa. Uphendule ukuba uziva engonwabanga. Ekugqibeleni ngenye imini wavuma yonke into. Emva koko uTata Paolino waya kuMasipala (iofisi yokurejista) kwaye wafumana kwiirekhodi ukuba kwindlu awayeyitshisile watshisa ngonyaka x ixhego eligama linguDi Mauro Pietro (1831-1908). Yonke into yayihambelana nale yayithethwe nguPadre Pio. Ukusukela ngeloxesha umntu oswelekileyo akasabonakali.
(P. Alessandro da Ripabottoni - P. Pio da Pietralcina - Iziko lenkcubeko laseFrancisan, eFoggia, 1974; iphe. 588-589).