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…
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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
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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
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Thought n° 300 Monday 27 October The Spirit of God is a spirit of peace and even in the most serious faults He makes us feel a sorrow that is tranquil, humble, and confident and this is precisely because of his mercy. The spirit of the devil, instead, excites, exasperates and makes us feel, in…
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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
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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…
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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…
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Thought n° 294 Tuesday 21 October Do not be saddened by the sad spectacle of human injustice; even this has its value in the economy of things. It is over this that you will one day see arise the inevitable triumph of the justice of God! Padre Pio
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Thought n° 293 Monday 20 October You should not be discouraged, because if there is in the soul a continual effort to improve, the Lord will finally reward you by suddenly making all the virtues blossom in you as in a garden full of flowers. Padre Pio
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Thought n° 292 Sunday 19 October Always be happily at peace with your conscience, reflecting that you are in the service of an infinitely good Father, who comes down to his creature out of sheer goodness, to raise and transform him in Him his Creator. And dispel sadness, because this enters in the hearts of…
