Thought n° 60

Saturday 1 March

Father, you love what I fear. Reply: I do not love suffering itself; I ask God for it, I desire it for the fruits it gives me: it gives glory to God, it saves my brethren in exile, it frees souls from the fires of purgatory, what more do I want? Father, what is suffering? Reply: Expiation. And what is it for you? My daily bread, my delight! (LdP, 167). Padre Pio