Thought n° 306 Sunday 2 November My children, to remain like this, unable to do my duty, is useless, it is better that I die! Padre Pio 

Thought n° 305 Saturday 1 November Duty before everything else, even before what is holy. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 304 Friday 31 October  Patience is more perfect when it is less mixed up with worries and disturbances. If the good God wants to prolong the time of trial, do not complain or try to investigate the reason, but remember the following: That the children of Israel travelled for forty years in the…

Thought n° 303 Thursday 30 October The desire to be in eternal peace is good and holy, but you must moderate this with complete resignation to the divine will. It is better to do the divine will on earth, than to enjoy Paradise. To suffer and not to die, was Saint Teresa’s motto. Purgatory is…

Thought n° 302 Wednesday 29 October The struggle we have prior to a good work we intend to do is like the antiphon that precedes the solemn psalm to be sung. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 301 Tuesday 28 October If we are calm and patient, we will not only find ourselves, but also our souls and, with it, God. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 298 Saturday 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° 297 Friday 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° 295 Wednesday 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…