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Padre Pio counsels
Just as the bees sometimes fly great distances without hesitation to reach fields where they have a favourite flowerbed and then, tired but satisfied and laden with pollen, return to the honeycomb to complete the fertile and silent work of transforming the nectar of flowers into nectar of life; so must you after having gathered it, mediate on it with attention, examine its elements and search for the hidden meaning. It will then appear to you in all its splendour; it will acquire the power of doing away with your natural materialistic inclinations; it will have the virtue of transforming them into pure and sublime ascensions of the spirit, which will bring together ever more closely your heart with the Divine Heart of your Lord.
Just as the bees sometimes fly great distances without hesitation to reach fields where they have a favourite flowerbed and then, tired but satisfied and laden with pollen, return to the honeycomb to complete the fertile and silent work of transforming the nectar of flowers into nectar of life; so must you after having gathered it, mediate on it with attention, examine its elements and search for the hidden meaning. It will then appear to you in all its splendour; it will acquire the power of doing away with your natural materialistic inclinations; it will have the virtue of transforming them into pure and sublime ascensions of the spirit, which will bring together ever more closely your heart with the Divine Heart of your Lord.
Padre Pio counsels
"As long as you are afraid, you will not sin." "Maybe, Father, but I suffer a great deal." "Certainly, one suffers, but one must have confidence; there is the fear of God and the fear of Judas." Too much fear makes us act without love, and too much confidence causes us not to consider and fear the danger that we must overcome. One should help the other, and go together like two sisters. Always, when we become aware of being afraid, of having too much fear, we should remember to become confident. If we are excessively confident, we should become instead a little fearful. Love tends to the object loved, however, in its approach, it is blind, it does not see. But holy fear enlightens it.
"As long as you are afraid, you will not sin." "Maybe, Father, but I suffer a great deal." "Certainly, one suffers, but one must have confidence; there is the fear of God and the fear of Judas." Too much fear makes us act without love, and too much confidence causes us not to consider and fear the danger that we must overcome. One should help the other, and go together like two sisters. Always, when we become aware of being afraid, of having too much fear, we should remember to become confident. If we are excessively confident, we should become instead a little fearful. Love tends to the object loved, however, in its approach, it is blind, it does not see. But holy fear enlightens it.
The Secular Institute Servants of Suffering
(Instituto Seculare Servi della Sofferenza) created a Padre Pio App now ready to be downloaded. The app contains reflections from Msgr. Pierino Galeone's testaments about Padre Pio in his book - Padre Pio, My Father.
The institute is also working on adding letters from Padre Pio and more and is available in different languages. The app is available in IOS App Store and Google Play or you can go via this link to download the app -
https://onelink.to/padrepio
It is a work in progress so expect more uploads especially the podcast/audio files of the reflections.
(Instituto Seculare Servi della Sofferenza) created a Padre Pio App now ready to be downloaded. The app contains reflections from Msgr. Pierino Galeone's testaments about Padre Pio in his book - Padre Pio, My Father.
The institute is also working on adding letters from Padre Pio and more and is available in different languages. The app is available in IOS App Store and Google Play or you can go via this link to download the app -
https://onelink.to/padrepio
It is a work in progress so expect more uploads especially the podcast/audio files of the reflections.
St Pio Devotion Sg would like to share this new book by our recollection 2019 retreat master Fr James Yeo. The title of the book is Christian Morality (A Concise Presentation on the Fundamentals of Catholic Moral Theology). Details are found on the image below for those would like to get a copy. |
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From the Padre's Pen
(Voice of Padre Pio Magazine May-Jun 2019)
(Voice of Padre Pio Magazine May-Jun 2019)