Thought n° 8 Monday 8 January In all that you do always be humble, guarding jealously the purity of your heart and the purity of your body; these are the two wings which will raise us to God and make us almost divine. Padre Pio! 

Thought n° 7 Sunday 7 January We must always strictly observe these two virtues: kindness with our neighbours and holy humility with God. Padre Pio! 

Thought n° 6 Saturday 6 January Love does not tolerate delay and immediately upon arrival, the Magi did everything within their power to make Him known; He who had conquered their hearts through the influence of grace, wounding them with the kind of charity which must overflow, because it cannot be contained in the small…

Thought n° 5 Friday 5 January ‘Let us begin today, my brothers, to do good, because up to now, we have done nothing.’ These words, which the Seraphic Father, St. Francis, in his humility applied to himself, should be made ours, at the beginning of this new year. We truly have done nothing to date,…

Thought n° 4 Thursday 4 January Oh how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it, because, on the day of judgment, all will have to render a strict account of it to the supreme Judge. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone…

Thought n° 3 Wednesday 3 January Make hay while the sun shines. Do not put off till tomorrow what you can do today. It’s easy enough to be wise after the event, besides, who can assure us that we will be alive tomorrow? Let us listen to the voice of our conscience, to the voice…

Thought n° 2 Tuesday 2 January Let us say to ourselves with the full conviction of telling the truth, ‘My soul, begin today to do the good works which to this day you have not done.’ Let us be moved by the presence of God. Let us often say to ourselves, ‘God sees me, and…

Thought n° 365 Sunday 31 December It is difficult to become saints. Difficult but not impossible. The road to perfection is long, just as long as a lifetime. Consolation is rest along the way, but as soon as your strength is restored, you must get up diligently and continue the race. Padre Pio!

Thought n° 364 Saturday 30 December And yet, once our last hour has come, and our hearts have ceased to beat, everything will be finished for us and the time to merit as well as to demerit. We will present ourselves to Christ the Judge just as death finds us. Our cries of supplication, our…

Thought n° 363 Friday 29 December The worldly, engulfed in their affairs, live in obscurity and error, nor do they try to learn about God, or give a thought to their eternal salvation, or try to find out about the coming of that longed-for Messiah who was awaited by men and prophesied and predicted by…