Thought n° 274 Wednesday 1 October Walk with simplicity in the ways of the Lord and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your faults, but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless. We must be patient with them and gain from them through holy humility. Without that patience, instead of diminishing, your…

Thought n° 273 Tuesday 30 September  Never has the thought of revenge crossed my mind. I have prayed for the slanderers and I pray. If anything, sometimes I have said to the Lord: ‘Lord if to convert them a lash is necessary, then give it to me so that they may be saved.’ Padre Pio 

Thought n° 272 Monday 29 September Don’t worry about taking up my time, because the time best spent is that spent in the sanctification of souls, and I don’t know how to thank our heavenly Father when He presents me some souls that I can help in some way. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 271 Sunday 28 September Do good everywhere, so that everyone can say: ‘This is a son of Christ.’ Endure tribulation, sickness and pain for love of God and for the conversion of poor sinners. Defend the weak, console those who weep. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 270 Saturday 27 September Don’t try, excessively, to heal your heart, as your efforts would only make it more infirm. Don’t make too great an effort to overcome your temptations, as this violence would only make them stronger. Despise them and don’t dwell on them too much. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 269 Friday 26 September The woes of humanity: these are thoughts for everyone. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 268 Thursday 25 September May God be pleased to see that these poor creatures truly repent and retum to Him. One must truly be a mother towards all those people and have great care for them, because Jesus tells us that there is more festivity in Heaven for the sinner who repents than…

Thought n° 267 Wednesday 24 September There is one thing I absolutely cannot stand and it is this: if I have to rebuke someone, I am always ready; but I cannot bear to see someone else do it. To see someone humiliated or mortified like this is unbearable for me. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 266 Tuesday 23 September Life is nothing but a continual struggle against oneself, and it does not open to beauty without the price of suffering. Always keep Jesus company in Gethsemane and He will know how to comfort you in the hours of anguish that will come. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 265 Monday 22 September I belong entirely to everyone. Everyone can say: ‘Padre Pio is mine.’ I deeply love my brothers in exile. I love my spiritual children as much as my own soul and even more. I have regenerated them to Jesus through suffering and love. I can forget myself but not…