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Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti

During his 58 years as a Capuchin friar, Padre Pio never stopped encouraging the faithful to receive Jesus in the Eucharist and to pray in the presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

During that time, thousands upon thousands of pilgrims streamed to Pietrelcina, Italy, to be there as he celebrated Mass, to receive the sacrament of penance from him, to seek his spiritual guidance, and to ask for his prayers.

Among them, in 1947 was a young Father Karol Wojtyla who, later as Pope John Paul II, proclaimed him St Pio in 2002.

Now you can enter into the presence of Our Lord in the Eucharist accompanied by this humble stigmatist(one who suffers the wounds of Christ crucified). Here are his words and his prayers on life's sorrows, fears, trials, temptations, and joys including:

• Even on Earth, Simply Love God
• Divine Mercy
• Thy Will Be Done
• Testing of Faith
• Road to Perfection

St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 09/23 Patron Of: Serenity Also known as     Francesco Forgione; Padre Pio of Pietrelcina Memorial     23 September Profile     Born to a southern Italian farm family, the son of Grazio, a shepherd. At age 15 he entered the novitiate of the Capuchin friars in Morcone, and joined the order at age 19. Suffered several health problems, and at one point his family thought he had tuberculosis. Ordained at age 22 on 10 August 1910.     While praying before a cross, he received the stigmata on 20 September 1918, the first priest ever to be so blessed. As word spread, especially after American soldiers brought home stories of Padre Pio following WWII, the priest himself became a point of pilgrimage for both the pious and the curious. He would hear confessions by the hour, reportedly able to read the consciences of those who held back. Reportedly able to bilocate, levitate, and heal by touch. Founded the House for the Relief of Suffering in 1956, a hospital that serves 60,000 a year. In the 1920's he started a series of prayer groups that continue today with over 400,000 members worldwide.     His canonization miracle involved the cure of Matteo Pio Colella, age 7, the son of a doctor who works in the House for Relief of Suffering, the hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo founded by Padre Pio. On the night of 20 June 2000, Matteo was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital with meningitis. By morning doctors had lost hope for him as nine of the boy´s internal organs had ceased to give signs of life. That night, during a prayer vigil attended by Matteo´s mother and some Capuchin friars of Padre Pio´s monastery, the child's condition improved suddenly. When he awoke from the coma, Matteo said that he had seen an elderly man with a white beard and a long, brown habit, who said to him: "Don´t worry, you will soon be cured." The miracle was approved by the Congregation and Pope John Paul II on 20 December 2001. Born     25 May 1887 at Pietrelcina, Benevento, Italy as Francesco Forgione Died     23 September 1968 of natural causes Venerable     18 December 1997 by Pope John Paul II Beatified     2 May 1999 by Pope John Paul II Canonized     16 June 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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