Even during the earthly life of Padre Pio (read. preppy) huge crowds of people from all over the world flocked to him, using the extraordinary gifts and charisms of this humble stigmatic monk. From the day he died, he was born to Heaven – he made himself known as a reliable intercessor with God, about which, for example, numerous volumes of beatification acts say.
His canonization is an incentive not only to draw more abundantly from the stream of God's gifts asked by him, but also to follow him on the paths of holiness. The prayers and meditation texts proposed in this collection are intended to facilitate the readers' double task of deepening their spiritual bond with the Holy Advocate and of using a part of the legacy of the charismatic Expert and Soul Guide for their personal spiritual development..
Novena to St.. Padre Pio comes from two authors, not giving their last name. First of them, belonging to the Province of Warsaw OO. Capuchins, he composed a novena and added a litany to it. First positions by the author of this collection, priest of one of the Polish dioceses, were given titles by him: Novena for help and grace and the 1st litany to St.. Padre Pio.
Those who recite the Novena, depending on the time spent in prayer, you can suggest:
– contenting himself with the prayer for the day (1-9),
– after reading it, engage in silence and reflect on your own life,
– joining, as proposed by the author of the first Novena, Our Father prayers, Hail Mary and Glory be to the Father,
– adding a prayer at the end of the Novena (titled The End),
– the recitation of one of the litanies every day.
May these prayers help to inflame hearts with love for God and neighbor, gone to the point of heroism, an Italian stigma left us with such a beautiful pattern. Let readers open their eyes to the beauty of their own and unique path (of course crucifixion, for this is the only one Christ foresaw for his true disciples). This path is to lead to eternal glory not only for themselves, but also these, for whom they are to fulfill the task of Simon of Cyrene or Veronica – request, which absorbed all the strength of the "Crucified without the Cross" of San Giovanni Rotondo.
Even during the earthly life of Padre Pio (read. preppy) huge crowds of people from all over the world flocked to him, using the extraordinary gifts and charisms of this humble stigmatic monk. From the day he died, he was born to Heaven – he made himself known as a reliable intercessor with God, about which, for example, numerous volumes of beatification acts say.
