Padre Pio said: "If people knew the value of the Mass, there would be policemen at the door, to regulate the access to the church, every time that a Mass is celebrated" . Being at five in the morning near the altar of Padre Pio was really a close encounter of the special kind with the supernatural. The Mass of Padre Pio was a spectacular mystical event, mixing the height of the human complete immolation to God, that we could see, with a mystical and physical renewal of the Passion of Christ from the Garden to the Golgota, that we couldn't see, but were able to feel. The Mass with Padre Pio "It is easier for the earth to be without the sun than without the mass. " From his own handwriting to his spiritual directors and the spiritual daughter Cleonice Morcaldi, we know that Padre Pio experienced during Mass the Passion of Jesus, including the Agony in the Garden with the sweat of blood, the scourging, the crowning of th...
Close encounters of a special kind with Padre Pio: The Souls in Purgatory, The Guardian Angel, the devil. Everybody who met Padre Pio seemed convinced that he had a direct connection with the afterlife, and asked about a dead relative or friend. It was fascinating there was always an answer. Gerardo De Caro had long conversations with Padre Pio in 1943. In his written notes he testifies: "Padre Pio had an exact knowledge of the state of a soul after death, including the duration of the pain until reached total purification." “More souls of the dead from Purgatory than of the living climb this mountain to attend my Masses and seek my prayers.” "The souls in Purgatory pray for us, and their prayers are even more effective than ours, because they are accompanied by their suffering. So, let's pray for them, and let's pray them to pray for us." "You will be surprised to find in Paradise souls you never expected to b...
Close encounters with Padre Pio in the Confessional Padre Pio spent most of his day hearing confessions. From 1918 to 1923 he heard confessions fifteen to nineteen hours a day. During the 40's and 50's about eight hours a day. In 1962, 83.035 women and 19.837 men registered for confession with Padre Pio: an average of about 273 per day. In 1967 Padre Pio confessed about 15.000 women and 10.000 men. An average of 70 people per day. People would come to him from all over the world. He heard the confessions in the old church, even after the new church was built. Women waiting their turn to confess Padre Pio in the confessional of women. Padre Pio's confessional as it has been preserved. Padre Pio confessing a child Padre Pio confessing a man. For the women there was a confessional. The men confessed in the old sacristy. The average confession...
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