Thought n° 300 Saturday 26 October Don’t lose heart if it is your lot to work a lot and gather little. If you considered what one soul alone costs Jesus, you would never complain. Padre Pio! 

Thought n° 299 Friday 25 October Let us keep well in mind what the divine Master said: in our patience we will possess our souls. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 298 Thursday 24 October Why should you worry if Jesus wants to make you reach the heavenly homeland through deserts or fields, when we get to blessed eternity anyway either by one or the other? Cast aside all excessive preoccupations that derive from the trials the good God sends you; and if this…

Thought n° 297 Wednesday 23 October Anxiety is one of the greatest traitors that real virtue and solid devotion can ever have. It pretends to warm us to do good works, but doesn’t and we grow cold; it makes us run only to make us trip. One must be careful of this on all occasions…

Thought n° 296 Tuesday 22 October Proverbs praises the strong woman: ‘She puts her hands to the distaff,’ we are told, and I willingly say a few words to you on this matter: Your distaff is the accumulation of your desires. Therefore spin a little every day, thread by thread weave your design until it…

Thought n° 295 Monday 21 October Do not be saddened by the sad spectacle of human injustice; even this has its value in the economy of things. It is over this that you will one day see arise the inevitable triumph of the justice of God! Padre Pio!

Thought n° 294 Sunday 20 October You should not be discouraged, because if there is in the soul a continual effort to improve, the Lord will finally reward you by suddenly making all the virtues blossom in you as in a garden full of flowers. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 293 Saturday 19 October Always be happily at peace with your conscience, reflecting that you are in the service of an infinitely good Father, who comes down to his creature out of sheer goodness, to raise and transform him in Him his Creator. And dispel sadness, because this enters in the hearts of…

Thought n° 292 Friday 18 October Nor should you become confused, trying to understand whether you consented or not. Do everything with an upright intention; this uprightness which must always be present in your actions, and whenever you valiantly and generously fight the evil tricks of the evil spirit. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 291 Thursday 17 October As regards the spiritual trials to which the paternal goodness of the heavenly Father is subjecting you, I beg you to be resigned and if possible tranquil on the assurances of he who takes the place of God, and who speaks to you in his name; who loves you…