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Thought n° 190 Monday 8 July I would prefer to be stabbed with a steel blade, rather than make someone suffer. Padre Pio! 

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Thought n° 189 Sunday 7 July The enemy is very strong and all things considered it seems that victory must smile on him. Alas! Who is to save me from the hands of so strong and powerful an enemy who allows me not a moment’s freedom day or night? Is it possible that the Lord…

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Thought n° 188 Saturday 6 July Make a particular effort to practise sweetness and submission to the will of God, not only in extraordinary matters, but even in the little things that occur daily. Make these acts not only in the morning, but also during the day and in the evening, with a tranquil and…

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Thought n° 187 Friday 5 July The most beautiful credo is the one that bursts forth from your lips in darkness, in sacrifice, in pain, in the supreme effort of an unbending will for good; this is what dispels, like a flash of lightning, the gloom of your soul, it is what leads you to…

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Thought n° 186 Thursday 4 July A lively faith, blind belief and complete adherence to the authorities constituted by God over you; this is the light that illuminated the steps of the people of God in the desert, and this is the light that always shines in the tip of those souls who are acceptable…

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Thought n° 185 Wednesday 3 July I bless God with all my heart who made me meet truly good souls. I also told these souls that they are God’s vineyard. The water-supply is faith; the tower is hope; the wine-press is holy charity, and the hedge is the law of God that separates them from…

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Thought n° 184 Tuesday 2 July Give me and preserve in me that ardent faith which makes me believe and work for Your love alone. This is the first gift I present to You and, prostrate at Your feet, together with the holy Magi, I declare, with no human respect for the whole world, that…

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Thought n° 183 Monday 1 July Love Our Lady. Recite the Rosary. May the Blessed Mother of God reign sovereign over your heart. Padre Pio! 

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Thought n° 182 Sunday 30 June My Jesus, save everyone; I offer myself as a victim for everyone; strengthen me, take my heart, fill it with Your love and then command me to do whatever You want. Padre Pio! 

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Thought n° 181 Saturday 29 June See how much scorn and sacrilege is committed by the sons of men towards the most holy humanity of his Son in the Sacrament of love?… It is up to us to defend the honour of this meek Lamb who is always concerned when the case of souls is…