The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him.
Pio of PietrelcinaThe 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.
Pio of PietrelcinaIn books we seek God; in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart.
Pio of Pietrelcina