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Padre Pio was born May 25, 1887. He was 81 when he died. You were probably confusing his age at death with that of St. Francis, who was 46. Peace and good.
Hi Fr. Chris, I didn’t say he was 46 years old, I said he died 46 years ago. 🙂 God bless!
THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU !! I do take practice in the confession & communion but needed the strong reminder & enrichment regarding meditation TWICE a day or more( as well as its meaning!!)…
That’s why he’s a saint.
My prayers to St Padre Pio have always been answered.
I really appreciate this 5 point rule of life. Frequent prayer and examination of conscience keeps one’s spiritual life in check. Thank – you.
This is a very interesting,site in the sense that it is written by a layman. I like that very much.
I love St.Pio, which seems strange for me to address him that way because I had followed him
When he was known as Padre Pio. I am very happy and blessed that you have begun it.
I, too, and even my children when young, were told not to go to confession so often. And, to
Find a time when a priest is available is even harder, but maybe the more we begin to show
Up, they will too!
Very similar to Stevenn, my priest told me that once a month should be enough, and I respect him because he has been a wonderful spiritual guide.
Keep with it, though, and pray for our priests! They need our prayers. The devil hates them and will do everything in his power to derail them from their mission.
Thank you. I really appreciate the GREAT JOB that you do with your website! Pace e Bene
I was discouraged by a priest to make weekly confession. In fact, he became mad at me when I told him that I had my confession a week ago, he never let me explain that I was struggling with a sin. I wish he could read this to make him understand that even saints encourage it.
That’s a shame, maybe if you talk to him he will listen, but at the same time, we don’t have enough priests to go around, Priest are very very busy, at least the good ones are, doing Mass, baptisms, wakes, funerals, pastoral counsleing, spiritual direction, trying to keep parish running. It is a shame we don’t have more priest, so people could go more often! Maybe try another priest, if you feel he is not listening, sometimes you have to shop around for a good priest that gets it. Good Luck, with that, and I hope you find a solution
I greatly appreciated this straightforward advice on how to enrich my own soul. I have tried applying the Divine Office to my daily life and have failed on a number of occasions because it just didn’t fit where I am in life very well. I greatly appreciate these 5 points, most especially confession and examination of conscience. Some of the others won’t come as easily to me, but that likely means they are an important place to focus. Thank you for this post!
Laywomansterms: I, too, have struggled with my prayer life in regards to the Divine Office – Do I pray just Morning/Evening, or all Hours? Do I pray the LOTH or the 1962 Divine Office? (I go to OF Masses sometimes during the week but I am an EF Parish member.) If I pray the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is that liturgical prayer? Is the Office what God wants me to pray or what I want me to pray? AAAAARGH!
I am going to write these points down and see how well I can follow this Rule of Life. This Advent, simplicity seems to be the message God is sending me, so I’m going to do my best to listen to it.
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Oh the simplicity of this is breathtaking – yet on closer inspection is profound! That’s St Pio for you! I just wish all the Bishops throughout the world would really make a huge drive to “re-institute” the Sacrament of Reconciliation which was so dear to St Pio’s heart (and St John Vianney’s), because I’ve never heard the priests in my locale really REALLY invite us to come to confession – and we only have 1 half hour a week allocated to this wonderful Sacrament. Whereas, when I was a child, we went as a family every 2 weeks – something I tried to do with my children but – I wasn’t greatly successful, – and coming to confess venial sins was actively discouraged and so very many people stopped going. So sad!
WISE SPIRITUAL COUNSEL. THANKS.
Wise words, thanks you!