Thought n° 230 Monday 18 August If our staying firmly on our feet depended on us, undoubtedly we would fall into the hands of the enemy of our salvation at the slightest breeze. Let us confide always in divine mercy, and thus we will experience more and more, how good the Lord is. Padre Pio

Thought n° 229 Sunday 17 August Let us first look up and then at ourselves. The infinite distance between the azure and the abyss generates humility. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 228 Saturday 16 August Always be lovingly humble before God and man, because God speaks to those whose hearts are truly humble and enriches them with his gifts. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 227 Friday 15 August Humility and charity go together. One glorifies and the other sanctifies. Humility and purity are wings that raise us to God and make us almost divine. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 226 Thursday 14 August ‘Padre, you are so good!’ ‘I am not good, only Jesus is good. I don’t know how this habit of St. Francis that I wear does not run away from me! The worst delinquent on earth is golden compared to me.’ Padre Pio 

Thought n° 225 Wednesday 13 August What is happiness if not the possession of every good that renders man completely content? But can we ever find anyone who is completely happy on this earth? Certainly not. Man would have been happy if he had remained faithful to God. But given that man is full of…

Thought No. 224Tuesday, August 12 Love forgets everything, forgives everything, gives everything without reserve (Epist. IV, p. 870). Padre Pio

Thought n° 223 Monday 11 August If we have to be patient and bear the faults of others, all the more must we tolerate ourselves. In your daily transgressions humble yourself, humble yourself, always humble yourself. When Jesus sees you prostrated with humility, He will extend his hand and He Himself will draw you to…

Thought n° 222 Sunday 10 August Not one of us deserves anything in this world; it is the Lord who is benevolent towards us and it is his infinite mercy that bestows everything because He forgives everything. Padre Pio 

Thought n° 221 Saturday 9 August True humility of the heart is that felt and lived rather than shown. We must always humble ourselves before God, but not with that false humility which brings discouragement, generating dejection and despair. We must have a low opinion of ourselves. We must believe we are inferior to everyone…