Thought n° 220 Wednesday 7 August I am sure you desire to know what the best abjection is, and I tell you it is that which we have not chosen ourselves, or that which is less welcome to us. Or, to explain this better, those towards which we feel no inclination. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 219 Tuesday 6 August You must principally insist on the basis of Christian justice and the foundation of goodness; that is on the virtue of which Jesus explicitly offers himself as a model: humility, interior and exterior humility, but more interior than exterior, more felt than shown, more profound than visible. Padre Pio! 

Thought n° 218 Monday 5 August Never lie down to sleep without having first examined your conscience on the way you have spent the day and without first turning your thoughts to God. Then offer and consecrate your whole person and that of every Christian, especially my wretched self, to God just as I do…

Thought n° 217 Sunday 4 August Nevertheless, there is some difference between the virtue of humility and that of abjection, because humility is the recognition of one’s abjection. Now the highest degree of humility is, not only to recognize one’s abjection, but to love it. This is what I have exhorted you to do. Padre…

Thought n° 216 Saturday 3 August Let us also ask our good Jesus for the humility, trust and faith of our dear saint Clare; let us pray fervently to Jesus like her. Let us abandon ourselves to Him; detach ourselves from this lying world where everything is folly and vanity; everything passes, only God remains…

Thought n° 215 Friday 2 August Furthermore, I tell you to love your abjection, and loving your abjection consists precisely in this: If you are humble, tranquil, sweet and confident in times of darkness and impotence; that is, if you do not become restless, upset and anxious because of all this, but you gladly (I…

Thought n° 214 Thursday 1 August The Lord allows us to discover who we are a little at a time. In fact, it is inconceivable to me how anyone with intelligence and a conscience can become proud. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 213 Wednesday 31 July Strong and generous hearts do not grieve except for strong motives, and even then they do not allow such motives to penetrate too deeply within them. Padre Pio! 

Thought n° 212 Tuesday 30 July In order to attract us the Lord gives us many graces and we imagine we are almost in Heaven. We do not know, however, that to grow we need hard bread: crosses, humiliations, trials and contradictions. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 211 Monday 29 July Do not let your soul be troubled at the sad spectacle of human injustice; even this has its value in the economy of events. Do not stop in your search for the truth and in the acquisition of the Most High. Be docile to the inspirations of grace. Padre…