In 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 PietrelcinaWe 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.
Pio of PietrelcinaMay the Child Jesus be the star that guides you through the desert of your present life.
Pio of Pietrelcina