Tell "your" Padre Pio story

Luigi Daniele · #1 Aug 11, '11, 3:02 pm

Mine: I was given a statue of the good Padre by a very good friend of mine. Been hooked ever since.

Sonny89 · #2 Sep 13, '11, 9:16 am

I have loved Padre Pio ever since I first visited His National Shrine in Pantasaph, North Wales 3 years ago

Luigi Daniele · #3 Sep 13, '11, 3:17 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sonny89

I have loved Padre Pio ever since I first visited His National Shrine in Pantasaph, North Wales 3 years ago

Lucky you

Sonny89 · #4 Sep 18, '11, 9:19 am

One of the benefits of studying at an English University

. Next stop (God Willing) San Giovanni Rotondo! is there a National Padre Pio Shrine in the US?

Luigi Daniele · #5 Sep 23, '11, 3:55 pm

Sure is:

http://www.padrepioshrine.com/

http://padrepio.org/Pio/

Sonny89 · #6 Sep 24, '11, 7:05 am

Fantastic! Thanks a lot for the links Luigi Danielle

. Have you visited it?

Luigi Daniele · #7 Sep 26, '11, 1:09 pm

Not yet.

Sonny89 · #8 Sep 27, '11, 10:16 am

I pray that you manage to get there some day. Please say a prayer there for me if you do!

Peace & All Good

Luigi Daniele · #9 Dec 14, '11, 4:42 pm

I will. I will try and post here, if I do. Please remind me....

peace2u2 · #10 Aug 4, '12, 8:09 am

I was trying to record a tv show on Ewtn and there was this show on about him. I had no idea who this Saint was and wondered why I never I heard of him, with his hands dripping with blood and all as he celebrated Mass.

It was during a time that I was praying for a family member to be healed and freed from addiction. Little did I know that God would answer my prayers but it would be me that would be healed. 5 months later, I walked into the confessional, with much prompting from the Holy Spirit, and celebrated my own freedom and it would be me that God would pour out His grace and heal me after being away from the Sacrament of Confession for many years.

It was then I understood His Sacred Words, "I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance."

I remember having to pull over to the side of the road on the way home and wept tears like never before. So happy. Thank you God for your Priests who You gave the power to absolve our sins on our souls.

Psalm 51:9
Cleanse me with hyssop,* that I may be pure;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow

Mystic3 · #11 Aug 8, '12, 6:44 am

Padre Pio appeared to me on 12.6.2003. He appeared in a dream and blessed me. I then found spontaneously a way on which I could well get through a difficult time. Padre Pio told me: "Heal yourself. You will get all the help you need."