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22/09/2021

6 𝙑𝘼𝙇𝙐𝘼𝘽𝙇𝙀 𝙌𝙐𝙊𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎
𝙊𝙁 𝙎𝙏. 𝙋𝘼𝘿𝙍𝙀 𝙋𝙄𝙊

Let us celebrate the memorial of Padre Pio by reading something about him—his biography, his philosophy, or even some of his inspiring quotes that best summarize his life of service after he sought Christ in every human life along his path to sainthood.

As we remember his contributions to the Church, let also spend time to reflect on the 6 of his Powerful quotes.

Sources:

(1) 12 Inspiring Quotes of St. Padre Pio—Goal Cast
(Retrieved on September 22, 2021);

(3) 📷 Pinterest, Png Tree, Church Supplies

05/08/2021

August 5
Today in Franciscan History
ST. PADRE PIO RECEIVED THE SANCTIFYING GIFT OF TRANSVERBERATION

On August 5, 1918, Padre Pio received the mystical wound of love known as the transverberation or transfixion of the heart. The transverberation is a rare mystical gift of sanctifying grace, experienced by a small number of chosen souls in the history of Christianity. It is described in mystical theology as the extraordinary phenomenon in which a celestial being such as an angel or seraph is seen and pierces the heart or side with a lance.

Although the pain is extreme, it is also accompanied by a joy that words cannot describe. St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, experienced the phenomenon and wrote about it in her autobiography. St. John of the Cross, the Spanish reformer of the Carmelite order, Doctor of the Church and mystical theologian, further explained this phenomenon in his treatise “Living Flame of Love.” St. John said, “It can happen, that the soul inflamed with love of God . . .will feel overpowered by a Seraphim with a dart or arrow of fiery love. . . If God sometimes allows it to appear to the external senses, there will appear a mark that corresponds to the internal wound.”

The injury caused by heavenly being left a wound on Padre Pio's side in the shape of an X, a little over 1/2 inches high.

Padre Pio wrote:

"I was hearing the confessions of young people, beginning at 5:00 pm, when all of a sudden I was filled with extreme terror at the sight of a heavenly being who appeared before my mind's eye. He held a kind of instrument in his hand, similar to a long iron spear with a well-honed pint, and fire seemed to be coming out of that point.

At the very exact instant I saw this being, I also observed him hurl that instrument with all his might into me. Scarcely had I uttered a groan when I felt as if I was dying. I told the young man in the confessional to leave because I did not feel well and I did not have the strength to continue.

This martyrdom lasted without interruption for a week, until the morning of the seventh day. The things that I suffered during this period are so distressing that I do not know how to tell you about them. I even saw my inner organs ripped out and twisted by this instrument, and all of them were pierced and burned by the lance and its fiery tip. From that day until now I have been mortally wounded. I feel an open wound in the deepest part of my being that makes me constantly writhe in pain."

Source: https://padrepiodevotions.org/pray-hope-and-dont-worry-issue-24-july-september-2005/