Pio of Pietrelcina Quotes

The Church is the house of God. It is forbidden for men to enter with bare arms or in shorts. It is forbidden for women to enter in trousers, without a veil on their head, in short clothing, low necklines, sleeveless or immodest dresses.

It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!

I remind you that I belong with great ardor to everyone and for this reason I am suffering immensely for all.

Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.

Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.

Oh, how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner!

Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.

In order to console a soul in it's sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do.

In all the events of life, you must recognize the Divine will. Adore and bless it, especially in the things which are the hardest for you.

By the virtue of modesty the devout person governs all his exterior acts. With good reason, then, does St. Paul recommend this virtue to all and declare how necessary it is and as if this were not enough he considers that this virtue should be obvious to all.

Stop entertaining those vain fears. Remember it is not feeling which constitutes guilt but the consent to such feelings. Only the free will is capable of good or evil. But when the will sighs under the trial of the tempter and does not will what is presented to it, there is not only no fault but there is virtue.

We must know how to confide. There is the fear of God and the fear of a Judas. Too much fear makes one labour without love, and too much confidence prevents from considering the danger which we must overcome.

Never rise from the table without having given due thanks to the Lord. If we act in this way, we need have no fear of the wretched sin of gluttony.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.

May the Child Jesus be the star that guides you through the desert of your present life.

The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him.

In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.

Our Lord sends the crosses; we do not have to invent them.

Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.

Jesus who cannot suffer long to keep you in affliction will come to relieve and comfort you by infusing fresh courage into your soul.

The Rosary is THE weapon.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You. . .

Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.

May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.

Jesus wants to make us holy at all costs. . .He offers you continual proof of this.

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.

Always remain close to the Catholic Church, because it alone can give you true peace, since it alone possesses Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the true Prince of Peace.

The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain.

The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace.

Do not let your heart become troubled by the sad spectacle of human injustice. Even this has its value in the face of all else. And it is from this that one day you will see the justice of God rising with unfailing triumph.

The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrificing, and with extreme effort.

Prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God.

Love Our Lady and make her loved; always recite the Rosary and recite it as often as possible.

Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly.

Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know...It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass!

Always humble yourself lovingly before God and man, because God speaks to those who are truly humble of heart, and enriches them with His gifts.

The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of trial and in the exaltation after the combat.

The greatest act of faith is that which rises to your lips in total darkness together with the sacrifices, sufferings and wholehearted efforts of a determined will to do good. This act of faith strikes through the darkness of your soul like lightening. In the midst of tempest it raises you up and leads you to God.

In books we seek God; in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart.

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

Why fly like a hen when you can soar like an eagle?

Your tears were collected by the angels and were placed in a golden chalice, and you will find them when you present yourself before God.

Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the one as well as by the other one arrives all the same at a Blessed Eternity? Keep far from you excessive preoccupation which arises from the trials which the good God wishes to visit upon you.

If you have the courage to imitate Mary Magdalene in her sins, have the courage to imitate her penance!

Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine.

We are the administrators of our money. We will have to give God an account of the use we make of it up to the last cent.

Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?

Prayer is the oxygen of the soul.