The sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.
Pio of PietrelcinaLove Our Lady and make her loved; always recite the Rosary and recite it as often as possible.
Pio of PietrelcinaWe 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.
Pio of PietrelcinaThe sacred gift of prayer is in the right hand of our Savior, and according to the measure that you empty yourself of yourself, that is of love of your senses and of your own will, and make progress in rooting yourself in holy humility, to that extent the Lord will speak to your heart.
Pio of PietrelcinaIn order to attract us, the Lord grants us many graces that we believe can easily obtain Heaven for us. We do not know, however, that in order to grow, we need hard bread: the cross, humiliation, trials and denials.
Pio of PietrelcinaIt 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!
Pio of PietrelcinaThe 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.
Pio of Pietrelcina