Saint pader pio of pietrelcina.".

11/09/2023

13/08/2023

*ST PADRE PIO OF PIETRELCINA*
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_ _Padre Pio Miracles and What He Wants You To Know About Them__
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St. Padre Pio, whose feast we celebrate on September 23rd, is one of the most famous and beloved saints of the 20th century.

*As a humble Capuchin priest, he was the recipient of some of the most astonishing spiritual gifts: the stigmata, bilocation, healing, prophecy, and the ability to read souls.*

He quickly gained the attention of thousands due to the countless miracles attributed to him. Crowds traveled from all over the world to meet him or to have him hear their Confession.

*To this day, the stories about his miracles continue to inspire belief in those who were previously skeptical.*

Before we read about some of Padre Pio’s most incredible miracles, let’s remind ourselves what the purpose of miracles is in the first place.

*Padre Pio’s Miracles Witness to Christ*
The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines miracles as “a sign or wonder such as a healing, or control of nature, which can only be attributed to God.”

*Jesus performed countless miracles—by His own power—* throughout His public ministry to demonstrate His divinity and to point us to His Heavenly Kingdom.

While reading through stories of Padre Pio’s miracles, what struck me most was how similar the miracles performed by Padre Pio were compared with those performed by Christ!

Of course, the saints do not perform miracles by their own power, but are channels of God’s power. He works through them and through the conformity of their will to His.

Still, we can see that Padre Pio and his miracles were a humble reflection of Christ Himself

12/09/2022

READY FOR 2022 EDITION OF NOVENA IN HONOUR OF ST PADRE PIO OF PIETRELCINA 14-22/09/2022 , A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE TO PREPARE FOR HIS GLORIOUS INTERCESSION IN FAMILIES AN OUR LIVES

WHO IS ST. PADRE PIO OF PIETRELCINA?

The Padre Pio Devotions site lends us this short story of one of the most loved contemporary saints of our time. He is also very popular among people seeking cure for their ailments, physically and speritualy. Here is the touching story:

Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione) was born to Giuseppa and Grazio Forgione, in the small farming town of Pietrelcina, Italy on May 25, 1887. Although the Forgiones were poor in material goods, they were certainly rich in their faith life and in the love of God.

Even as a young boy, Francesco had already shown signs of extraordinary gifts of grace. At the age of five, he dedicated his life to God. From his early childhood, he showed a remarkable recollection of spirit and a love for the religious life. His mother described him as a quiet child who, from his earliest years, loved to go to church and to pray.

As a young boy, he was able to see and communicate with, not only his guardian angel but also with Jesus and the Virgin Mary. In his simplicity, Francesco assumed everyone had the same experiences. Once a woman who noticed his spiritual demeanor asked him, “When did you consecrate your life to God? Was it at your first Holy Communion?” and he answered, “Always, daughter, always.”

When Francesco was fifteen years old, he was admitted to the novitiate of the Capuchin Order of the Friars Minor in Morcone, Italy. He was admired by his fellow-students as well as by his Superiors for his exemplary behavior and his deep piety. One of the novices stated, “There was something which distinguished him from the other students. Whenever I saw him, he was always humble, recollected, and silent. What struck me most about Brother Pio was his love of prayer.”

On August 10, 1910, at the age of twenty-three, Padre Pio was ordained to the priesthood.
The celebration of the Holy Mass was for Padre Pio, the center of his spirituality. Due to the long pauses of contemplative silence into which he entered at various parts of the Holy Sacrifice, his Mass could sometimes last several hour. Everything about him spoke of how intensely he was living the Passion of Christ.
The parish priest in Pietrelcina called Padre Pio’s Mass, “an incomprehensible mystery.” When asked to shorten his Mass, Padre Pio replied, “God knows that I want to say Mass just like any other priest, but I cannot do it.”

His parishioners were deeply impressed by his piety and one by one they began to come to him, seeking his counsel. For many, even a few moments in his presence, proved to be a life changing experience.
As the years passed, pilgrims began to come to him by the thousands, from every corner of the world, drawn by the spiritual riches which flowed so freely from his extraordinary ministry. To his spiritual children he would say, “It seems to me as if Jesus has no other concern but the sanctification of your soul.”
Padre Pio is understood above all else as a man of prayer. Before he was thirty years old he had already reached the summit of the spiritual life known as the “unitive way” of transforming union with God. He prayed almost continuously. His prayers were usually very simple. He loved to pray the Rosary and recommended it to others.
To someone who asked him what legacy he wished to leave to his spiritual children, his brief reply was, “My child, the Rosary.” He had a special mission to the souls in Purgatory and encouraged everyone to pray for them.
He used to say, *“We must empty Purgatory with our prayers.”* Father Agostino Daniele, his confessor, director, and beloved friend said, “One admires in Padre Pio, his habitual union with God. When he speaks or is spoken to, we are aware that his heart and mind are not distracted from the thought and sentiment of God.”
Padre Pio suffered from poor health his entire life, once saying that his health had been declining from the time he was nine years old. After his ordination to the priesthood, he remained in his hometown of Pietrelcina and was separated from his religious community for more than five years due to his precarious health.
Although the cause of his prolonged and debilitating illnesses remained a mystery to his doctors, Padre Pio did not become discouraged. He offered all of his bodily sufferings to God as a sacrifice, for the conversion of souls. He experienced many spiritual sufferings as well. “I am fully convinced that my illness is due to a special permission of God,” he said.
Shortly after his ordination, he wrote a letter to his spiritual director, Father Benedetto Nardella, in which he asked permission to offer his life as a victim for sinners. He wrote, “For a long time I have felt in myself a need to offer myself to the Lord as a victim for poor sinners and for the souls in Purgatory.
Drawing approximately eight million pilgrims each year, San Giovanni Rotondo, where St. Pio lived and is now buried, is second only to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico in its number of annual visitors.

St. Pio’s whole life might be summed up in the words of St. Paul to the Colossians, “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the Church.”

_Photo courtesy of the Catholic News Agency_
St. Pio of Pietrelcina, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio’s feast is celebrated September 23.

30/09/2020

This year's FeastDay novena at St Paul Ebute Metta Lagos ended in praise and testimonies. To God be the Glory. St Padre PIO, Pray for us.

07/05/2019

21/04/2019

*🙏FROM THE RESURRECTION LEARN THIS LESSON*✝

*The lesson that I learnt from Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection is that evil conquers in its full armour, and in the moment of its monumental momentum may win battles but it can never win the war - Okorie**

08/09/2018

LOVE THE MADONA

15/06/2018

The history & biography of our saint pio of pietrecina will be updating soon. For you to know more about our saint.

11/06/2018

Thanks you Lord Jesus Christ for the price you pay for our salvation. We thank you,we Glorified your Holy name. We pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit to be with us now and forever.

21/06/2017

26/05/2017

The holy Rosary is most powerful weapon you can never say it three times a day, and you will testify.

31/03/2017

PRAY, HOPE, DON'T WORRY.

26/09/2016

Incorrupt body of father pio exphuxmed after 40 years of burial in 1968 entonbed in the crypt of our lady grace church at the monastery in san giovanni Rotondo.

26/09/2016

seant padre pio words.he says pray hope don't worry.worry is useless .