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St. Padre Pio da Pietrelcina

Feast Day - September 23
 

Patron of Prayer Warriors

Let us ask Saint Padre Pio to teach us to pray with our hearts and with our minds, and to follow the Way of the Lord in our relationships.  

Who was Saint Pio?

Born the son of a shepherd, he became a Capuchian priest, ordained in August, 1910.  While praying before a cross, he received the stigmata. Word about him spread, especially after American soldiers brought home stories of Padre Pio following WWII.  He heard confessions by the hour, reportedly able to read the consciences of those who held back. He was reported have the ability to bilocate, levitate, and heal by touch. In the 1920‘s he started a series of prayer groups that continue today with over 400,000 members worldwide.

 His canonization miracle involved the cure of Matteo Pio Colella, age 7, who was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital with meningitis. By morning, there was no hope for his recovery because nine of his internal organs had shut down.  That night, during a prayer vigil that include his mother and Capuchin friars of Padre Pio’s monastery, the child improved suddenly. When he awoke from the coma, the boy said that he had seen an elderly man with a white beard and a long, brown habit, who said to him: “Don’t worry, you will soon be cured.”

Prayer to St Pio

St Padre Pio help me to heed your words when you told us "Pray, pray to the Lord with me, because the whole world needs prayer.  And every day, when your heart especially feels the loneliness of life, pray.  Pray to the Lord, because even God needs our prayers."  Let my days begin and end with pray.  Let my life be filled with prayer. Dear Saint, intercede for me with the Lord.  Amen

Quotes

The life and mission of Padre Pio testify that difficulties and sorrows, if accepted with love, transform themselves into a privileged journey of holiness, which opens the person toward a greater good, known only to the Lord.”  ~Bl John Paul II on the day of the canonization of Padre Pio

Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer...Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus with not only your lips but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should speak to Him only with your heart.    
                                 ~   St. Padre Pio