Saturday, June 8 : Saint Pio of Pietralcina “Padre Pio”

I would like to have a voice strong enough to invite sinners from all over the world to love the Virgin Mary. But since it is not in my power, I prayed my little angel to fulfill this office for me. Poor little mom, how much she loves me! (…) Thinking of the countless benefits that this little mother made from me, I am ashamed of myself, who never looked with enough love her heart and her hand which offered them with so much kindness; And what afflicts me even more is not having responded to the affectionate care of our mother only with continual disgust. How many times have I not entrusted to this mother the painful anxieties of my restless heart! And how many times has it not consoled me! But what was my gratitude? … In the midst of the biggest afflictions, I feel like I no longer have a mother on earth, but to have a very compassionate one in heaven. But how many times, my heart calmed, I forgot almost everything; I forgot almost even my obligationof gratitude towards this blessed little celestial mom! … (…) Let us strive like many chosen souls, to always stand behind this blessed mother, to always walk near her, because there is no other road which leads to life than that shown by our mother. Let us not refuse this road, we who want to reach the end.
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