ST
'PADRE' PIO READ THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
Born Francesco
Forgione, in southern Italy (1887-1968), he became a Capuchin when he was
15, taking on the name of Pio. He was ordained in 1910. During
WWI he was drafted only to discover he had TB (Tuberculosis) and was discharged
in 1917. He was assigned to the San Giovanni Rotondo Friary on the
Adriatic Sea ...
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"The
life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there
is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the
price of pain" (Padre Pio).
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THE ODOR OF PERFUME,
LIKE FLOWERS
.. After Mass
on September 20, 1918 in front of the crucifix, he had a vision of Jesus
and received the stigmata in his hands, feet and side. He is believed to
be one of the first Priests in the history of the church to receive this
gift. The blood from the stigmata had the odor of perfume, like flowers.
The wounds disappeard on his death with no sign of scarring. This
was in keeping with what he had predicted 50 years before, that upon his
death, the wounds would heal. He was known to bilocate (be in two
places at once) and had the gift of reading the hearts of those who came
for confession which he heard 10 to 12 hours a day. He brought untold
numbers back to the faith or closer to the Lord as he had the gift of knowing
the right thing to say, encouraging and counciling each. + Over 500,000
came to witness the proclamation of Padre Pio to become Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
on June 16, 2002.
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see
all three rosaries
RDSP.2567
- RDSP.2885 -
RDSP.3886
also
see traditional chaplets, 'All in
One
Loop' easier to pray and kinder to the hands
CDSP.2567
- CDSP.2885
- CDSP.2886
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