Love does not tolerate delay and immediately upon arrival, they (the Magi) did everything within their power to make Him known; He who had conquered their hearts through the influence of grace, wounding them with the kind of charity which must overflow, because it cannot be contained in the small structure of the heart and must therefore be communicated. Leggi tutto »
“Let us begin today, my brothers, to do good, because up to now, we have done nothing “. These words, which the Seraphic Father, St. Francis, in his humility applied to himself, should be made ours, at the beginning of this new year. We truly have done nothing to date, or perhaps, very little; the years have followed one another and from beginning to end, we have never asked ourselves how we have spent them, whether there was something to be rectified, to be added or obliterated from our conduct. We have lived thoughtlessly, as if the Eternal Judge were not going to call us to Himself one day and ask us to acconunt for our deeds and for the way we have spent our time. And yet, we must give an exact account of every moment, of every opportunity to do good. The slightest transgression of God’s holy laws, will be taken into consideration ! Leggi tutto »
Padre Pio nell’orto del convento di S. Giovanni Rotondo per una breve passeggiata. Il convento di S. Giovanni Rotondo fu costruito intorno al 1940.
Padre Pio ripreso di spalle mentre cammina nel piccolo viale dell’orto.
Padre Pio si avvia verso l’entrata del convento. Nel 1916 quando vi giunse Padre Pio, il Convento di San Giovanni Rotondo aveva l’aspetto di un eremitaggio, lontano dal paese, sperduto nel verde della campagna, abitato da qualche frate.
Padre Pio in conversazione con dei confratelli nell’orto del convento. Per oltre cinquant’anni è vissuto tra le mura del convento di S. Maria delle Grazie, che egli ha santificato con la sua preghiera.
