Thought n° 280 Sunday 6 October May your sermon be continual self-sacrifice; be discreet wherever you go and be like the smile of God.  Padre Pio!

Thought n° 279 Saturday 5 October Drive away, once and for all, every perplexity and anxiety, and enjoy in peace, the most sweet pains of the Beloved. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 278 Friday 4 October Let us walk always, even with slow steps, as long as we have good intentions, we cannot but make progress. No, it is not necessary to be always attentive to everything for the exercise of the virtues. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 277 Thursday 3 October Don’t be upset when you are unable to meditate, receive Communion or carry out all the pious practices. In the meantime, try to make up for this in a different manner, by keeping yourself united to our Lord with a loving will, with ejaculatory prayers and spiritual Communions. Padre…

Thought n° 276 Wednesday 2 October Beware of anxiety and restlessness because there is nothing that more greatly impedes progress towards perfection. Sweetly place your heart in the wounds of our Lord, but not with force. Have great confidence in His mercy, because He will never abandon you. But do not fail, for this reason,…

Thought n° 275 Tuesday 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° 274Monday 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° 273 Sunday 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° 272 Saturday 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° 271 Friday 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!