Padre Pio’s Spiritual Advice

“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me, and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. “You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. You shall labor six days, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy. “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. “You shall not murder. “You shall not commit adultery. “You shall not steal. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

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	Padre Pio’s Spiritual Advice

Author: o. Pio,
Love One Another! 15/2010 → The Main Topic

“Do not ask why you are suffering; do not seek the answer (to this question), but go resolutely forward. Jesus will not allow any harm to come to you or allow you to perish, so long as you do not become engrossed in yourself and linger over your decisions. So, hold your head high! Though the world turn upside down, though darkness cover everything, and the world be ablaze and in chaos, nothing should fill your soul with anxiety, for God is with you and His strength will hold you up in battle…”

“Let us remember that suffering is the lot of chosen souls. We must bear it like Christians. God, the giver of every grace and gift leading to salvation, ordains it. It is the requirement, the condition of glory. And so, let us lift up our hearts and trust in God alone. Let us humble ourselves beneath the powerful hand of God. Let us accept in obedience to His will every suffering, to which He, the tender Father, wills to subject us, that He may exalt us in the hour of His visitation. May our one concern be to ‘love God and be pleasing to Him in all things,’ worrying about nothing, for we must know that God will always watch over and care for us, more than we could ever imagine it.”

Padre Pio da Pietrelcina; Epistolario, vols. 1-4, edited by Frs. Melchior da Pobladura & Alessandro da Ripabottoni, San Giovanni Rotondo, 1973-1974.

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The above article was published with permission from "Love One Another!" in June 2016.

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