Thought n° 271 Sunday 28 September Do good everywhere, so that everyone can say: ‘This is a son of Christ.’ Endure tribulation, sickness and pain for love of God and for the conversion of poor sinners. Defend the weak, console those who weep. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 270 Saturday 27 September Don’t try, excessively, to heal your heart, as your efforts would only make it more infirm. Don’t make too great an effort to overcome your temptations, as this violence would only make them stronger. Despise them and don’t dwell on them too much. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 269 Friday 26 September The woes of humanity: these are thoughts for everyone. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 268 Thursday 25 September May God be pleased to see that these poor creatures truly repent and retum to Him. One must truly be a mother towards all those people and have great care for them, because Jesus tells us that there is more festivity in Heaven for the sinner who repents than…

Thought n° 267 Wednesday 24 September There is one thing I absolutely cannot stand and it is this: if I have to rebuke someone, I am always ready; but I cannot bear to see someone else do it. To see someone humiliated or mortified like this is unbearable for me. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 266 Tuesday 23 September Life is nothing but a continual struggle against oneself, and it does not open to beauty without the price of suffering. Always keep Jesus company in Gethsemane and He will know how to comfort you in the hours of anguish that will come. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 265 Monday 22 September I belong entirely to everyone. Everyone can say: ‘Padre Pio is mine.’ I deeply love my brothers in exile. I love my spiritual children as much as my own soul and even more. I have regenerated them to Jesus through suffering and love. I can forget myself but not…

Thought n° 264 Sunday 21 September Arise once more, oh Lord, and confirm in your grace, those whom you confided to me, and don’t permit any of them to be lost, deserting the nest. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 263 Saturday 20 September All of us are not called by God to save souls and propagate his glory by the noble apostolate of preaching… but one can promote God’s glory and work for the salvation of souls by means of a truly Christian life, by praying without ceasing that ‘his Kingdom come…’…

Thought n° 262 Friday 19 September I wholeheartedly bless the work of catechizing children, who are the little flowers of Jesus. I also bless the work of supporting missionaries. Padre Pio