What is happiness if not the possession of every good that renders man completely content? But can we ever find anyone who is completely happy on this earth? Certainly not. Man would have been happy if he had remained faithful to God. But given that man is full of crime, that is, sin, he can never be totally happy. Therefore, only in Heaven can happiness be found. There, there is no danger of losing God, no suffering, no death, but eternal life with Jesus Christ. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 13th August)

What is happiness if not the possession of every good that renders man completely content? But can we ever find anyone who is completely happy on this earth? Certainly not. Man would have been happy if he had remained faithful to God. But given that man is full of crime, that is, sin, he can never b

What is happiness if not the possession of every good that renders man completely content? But can we ever find anyone who is completely happy on this earth? Certainly not. Man would have been happy if he had remained faithful to God. But given that man is full of crime, that is, sin, he can never be totally happy. Therefore, only in Heaven can happiness be found. There, there is no danger of losing God, no suffering, no death, but eternal life with Jesus Christ. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 13th August)
You have built badly. Destroy everything and rebuild well. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 12th August)

If we have to be patient and bear the faults of others, all the more must we tolerate ourselves. In your daily transgressions humble yourself, humble yourself, always humble yourself. When Jesus sees you prostrated with humility, He will extend his hand and He Himself will draw you to Him. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 11th August)

If we have to be patient and bear the faults of others, all the more must we tolerate ourselves. In your daily transgressions humble yourself, humble yourself, always humble yourself. When Jesus sees you prostrated with humility, He will extend his hand and He Himself will draw you to Him. (Padre Pi

If we have to be patient and bear the faults of others, all the more must we tolerate ourselves. In your daily transgressions humble yourself, humble yourself, always humble yourself. When Jesus sees you prostrated with humility, He will extend his hand and He Himself will draw you to Him. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 11th August)
Not one of us deserves anything in this world; it is the Lord who is benevolent towards us and it is his infinite mercy that bestows everything because He forgives everything. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 10th August)

True humility of the heart is that felt and lived rather than shown. We must always humble ourselves before God, but not with that false humility which brings discouragement, generating dejection and despair. We must have a low opinion of ourselves. We must believe we are inferior to everyone else. We must not put our interests before those of others. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 9th August)

True humility of the heart is that felt and lived rather than shown. We must always humble ourselves before God, but not with that false humility which brings discouragement, generating dejection and despair. We must have a low opinion of ourselves. We must believe we are inferior to everyone else.

True humility of the heart is that felt and lived rather than shown. We must always humble ourselves before God, but not with that false humility which brings discouragement, generating dejection and despair. We must have a low opinion of ourselves. We must believe we are inferior to everyone else. We must not put our interests before those of others. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 9th August)

I am not as the Lord made me, yet I feel that I would have to make a greater effort to make an act of pride than an act of humility. Because humility is truth, and the truth is that I am nothing, and everything good that is in me is of God. And often we spoil even the good that God has put in us. When people ask me for something, I do not think of what I can give but of what I do not know how to give and of the many souls who remain thirsty because I have not known how to give them the gift of God. To think that every moming Jesus grafts Himself into us, permeates us entirely, gives us everything, therefore a branch or a flower of humility should sprout in us. On the other hand, the devil, who cannot graft himself into us as deeply as Jesus, immediately makes shoots of pride germinate in us. This is not to our credit. We must therefore fight and struggle to rise. We will not arrive at the summit without an encounter with God. To meet we must ascend and He must descend. But when we can take no more, then let us pause and be humble and it is in this humility that we will meet God, because He descends into the hearts of the humble. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 8th August)

I am not as the Lord made me, yet I feel that I would have to make a greater effort to make an act of pride than an act of humility. Because humility is truth, and the truth is that I am nothing, and everything good that is in me is of God. And often we spoil even the good that God has put in us. Wh

I am not as the Lord made me, yet I feel that I would have to make a greater effort to make an act of pride than an act of humility. Because humility is truth, and the truth is that I am nothing, and everything good that is in me is of God. And often we spoil even the good that God has put in us. When people ask me for something, I do not think of what I can give but of what I do not know how to give and of the many souls who remain thirsty because I have not known how to give them the gift of God. To think that every moming Jesus grafts Himself into us, permeates us entirely, gives us everything, therefore a branch or a flower of humility should sprout in us. On the other hand, the devil, who cannot graft himself into us as deeply as Jesus, immediately makes shoots of pride germinate in us. This is not to our credit. We must therefore fight and struggle to rise. We will not arrive at the summit without an encounter with God. To meet we must ascend and He must descend. But when we can take no more, then let us pause and be humble and it is in this humility that we will meet God, because He descends into the hearts of the humble. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 8th August)

I am sure you desire to know what the best abjection is, and I tell you it is that which we have not chosen ourselves, or that which is less welcome to us. Or, to explain this better, those towards which we feel no inclination. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 572)

I am sure you desire to know what the best abjection is, and I tell you it is that which we have not chosen ourselves, or that which is less welcome to us. Or, to explain this better, those towards which we feel no inclination. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 572)

I am sure you desire to know what the best abjection is, and I tell you it is that which we have not chosen ourselves, or that which is less welcome to us. Or, to explain this better, those towards which we feel no inclination. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 572)

You must principally insist on the basis of Christian justice and the foundation of goodness; that is on the virtue of which Jesus explicitly offers himself as a model: humility, interior and exterior humility, but more interior than exterior, more felt than shown, more profound than visible. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 717)

You must principally insist on the basis of Christian justice and the foundation of goodness; that is on the virtue of which Jesus explicitly offers himself as a model: humility, interior and exterior humility, but more interior than exterior, more felt than shown, more profound than visible. (Padre

You must principally insist on the basis of Christian justice and the foundation of goodness; that is on the virtue of which Jesus explicitly offers himself as a model: humility, interior and exterior humility, but more interior than exterior, more felt than shown, more profound than visible. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 717)

Let us also ask our good Jesus for the humility, trust and faith of our dear saint Clare; let us pray fervently to Jesus like her. Let us abandon ourselves to Him; detach ourselves from this lying world where everything is folly and vanity; everything passes, only God remains to the soul, if it knows how to love Him well. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 1104s. )

Let us also ask our good Jesus for the humility, trust and faith of our dear saint Clare; let us pray fervently to Jesus like her. Let us abandon ourselves to Him; detach ourselves from this lying world where everything is folly and vanity; everything passes, only God remains to the soul, if it know

Let us also ask our good Jesus for the humility, trust and faith of our dear saint Clare; let us pray fervently to Jesus like her. Let us abandon ourselves to Him; detach ourselves from this lying world where everything is folly and vanity; everything passes, only God remains to the soul, if it knows how to love Him well. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 1104s. )

Furthermore, I tell you to love your abjection, and loving your abjection consists precisely in this: If you are humble, tranquil, sweet and confident in times of darkness and impotence; that is, if you do not become restless, upset and anxious because of all this, but you gladly (I don't say joyfully, but I say frankly and constantly) embrace these crosses and remain in this darkness, then you will love your abjection. Because what does abjection mean if not to be humble and powerless? (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 569s. )

Furthermore, I tell you to love your abjection, and loving your abjection consists precisely in this: If you are humble, tranquil, sweet and confident in times of darkness and impotence; that is, if you do not become restless, upset and anxious because of all this, but you gladly (I don't say joyful

Furthermore, I tell you to love your abjection, and loving your abjection consists precisely in this: If you are humble, tranquil, sweet and confident in times of darkness and impotence; that is, if you do not become restless, upset and anxious because of all this, but you gladly (I don't say joyfully, but I say frankly and constantly) embrace these crosses and remain in this darkness, then you will love your abjection. Because what does abjection mean if not to be humble and powerless? (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 569s. )

Os digo, además, que améis vuestra bajeza; y amar la propia bajeza, hijas mías, consiste en esto: si sois humildes, pacíficas, dulces, y mantenéis la confianza en los momentos de obscuridad y de impotencia, si no os inquietáis, no os angustiáis, no perdéis la paz por nada, sino que abrazáis estas cruces cordialmente –no digo precisamente con alegría sino con decisión y constancia- y permanecéis firmes en estas tinieblas. . . , actuando así, amaréis vuestra bajeza, porque ¿qué es ser objeto de bajeza sino estar en la obscuridad y en la impotencia? (Padre Pío; Epistolario III, p. 566)

Os digo, además, que améis vuestra bajeza; y amar la propia bajeza, hijas mías, consiste en esto: si sois humildes, pacíficas, dulces, y mantenéis la confianza en los momentos de obscuridad y de impotencia, si no os inquietáis, no os angustiáis, no perdéis la paz por nada, sino que abrazáis estas cr

Os digo, además, que améis vuestra bajeza; y amar la propia bajeza, hijas mías, consiste en esto: si sois humildes, pacíficas, dulces, y mantenéis la confianza en los momentos de obscuridad y de impotencia, si no os inquietáis, no os angustiáis, no perdéis la paz por nada, sino que abrazáis estas cruces cordialmente –no digo precisamente con alegría sino con decisión y constancia- y permanecéis firmes en estas tinieblas. . . , actuando así, amaréis vuestra bajeza, porque ¿qué es ser objeto de bajeza sino estar en la obscuridad y en la impotencia? (Padre Pío; Epistolario III, p. 566)
The Lord allows us to discover who we are a little at a time. In fact, it is inconceivable to me how anyone with intelligence and a conscience can become proud. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 1th August)
Strong and generous hearts do not grieve except for strong motives, and even then they do not allow such motives to penetrate too deeply within them. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 31th July)
In order to attract us the Lord gives us many graces and we imagine we are almost in Heaven. We do not know, however, that to grow we need hard bread: crosses, humiliations, trials and contradictions. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 30th July)

Do not let your soul be troubled at the sad spectacle of human injustice; even this has its value in the economy of events. Do not stop in your search for the truth and in the acquisition of the Most High. Be docile to the inspirations of grace. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 29th July)

Do not let your soul be troubled at the sad spectacle of human injustice; even this has its value in the economy of events. Do not stop in your search for the truth and in the acquisition of the Most High. Be docile to the inspirations of grace. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 29th July)

Do not let your soul be troubled at the sad spectacle of human injustice; even this has its value in the economy of events. Do not stop in your search for the truth and in the acquisition of the Most High. Be docile to the inspirations of grace. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 29th July)

Vainglory is an enemy that assails those who have consecrated themselves to the Lord and embraced the spiritual life. Hence it can rightly be called the consuming moth of souls tending to perfection. The saints refer to it as the woodworm of holiness. (Padre Pio; Letters I, p. 445)

Vainglory is an enemy that assails those who have consecrated themselves to the Lord and embraced the spiritual life. Hence it can rightly be called the consuming moth of souls tending to perfection. The saints refer to it as the woodworm of holiness. (Padre Pio; Letters I, p. 445)

Vainglory is an enemy that assails those who have consecrated themselves to the Lord and embraced the spiritual life. Hence it can rightly be called the consuming moth of souls tending to perfection. The saints refer to it as the woodworm of holiness. (Padre Pio; Letters I, p. 445)
Simplicity is a virtue, but up to a point, it must never be without prudence; on the other hand cunning and slyness are diabolical and do a lot of harm. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 27th July)

You must always have prudence and love. Prudence has the eyes, love the legs. Love that has the legs would like to run to God, but its impulse to rush towards Him is blind, and might sometimes stumble if it was not guided by prudence which has the eyes. When prudence sees that love should be restrained, it lends its eyes. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 26th July)

You must always have prudence and love. Prudence has the eyes, love the legs. Love that has the legs would like to run to God, but its impulse to rush towards Him is blind, and might sometimes stumble if it was not guided by prudence which has the eyes. When prudence sees that love should be restrai

You must always have prudence and love. Prudence has the eyes, love the legs. Love that has the legs would like to run to God, but its impulse to rush towards Him is blind, and might sometimes stumble if it was not guided by prudence which has the eyes. When prudence sees that love should be restrained, it lends its eyes. (Padre Pio; Have a good day, 26th July)
Don't refuse in any way or for any reason to act charitably to all without exception. Go out of your way to do this when you get the chance. The Lord desires it and you must make an effort to do it. (Padre Pio; Letters I, p. 1353)
Fight like a strong soul if you wish to obtain the reward of strong souls. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 409)
I am suffering, and suffering very much, but thanks to our good Jesus I still feel a little strength, and when aided by Jesus what is the creature not capable of doing? (Padre Pio; Letters I, p. 342)
I bless the good God for the holy sentiments his grace gives you. You do well never to begin any task without first having implored divine help. This will obtain for you the grace of holy perseverance. (Padre Pio; Letters III, p. 460)