IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 37

Message from Padre Pio
Lovingly humble yourself before God and man, because God speaks to the humble.

Reflection
If I do not shield myself with an exterior covering of my own created image, won't I be open to receive the gift of the image of Christ?

Scriptural Reading
Matthew 23:12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Prayer
Dearest Lord Jesus, may I be humble as you are humble; patient as you are patient; loving others as you are even until now. May your cross be my cross, too. Your pains and sufferings, may I share in them. For love, Lord, for love! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 36

Message from Padre Pio
...God could not lose you when in order to avoid losing him you persist in your resolutions. Let the world turn upside down, let everything be in darkness... in confusion, but if God is with us, what can we fear therefore?

Reflection
Do I still see God in the midst of my problems? Or do I think or act as if he doesn't have anything to do with my problems?

Scriptural Reading
Wisdom 9:1-2,4-6
God of my fathers, Lord of mercy, you who have made all things by your word and in your wisdom have established man to rule the creatures produced by you... Give me Wisdom, the attendant at your throne, and reject me not from among your children; for I am your servant, the son of your handmaid, a man weak and short-lived and lacking in comprehension of judgment and of laws. Indeed, though one be perfect among the sons of men, if Wisdom, who comes from you, be not with him, he shall be held in no esteem.

Prayer
Father God, if you are with me in my problems, then I am content for being very close to you. Please do not leave me, please do not leave me! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 35

Message from Padre Pio
You must cultivate this well-formed heart carefully and spare nothing which could be useful to its happiness.

Reflection
When was the last time I had a heart checkup?

Scriptural Reading
Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.

Prayer
Sacred Heart of Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, make my heart to be like yours! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 34

Message from Padre Pio
Live joyfully and courageously, at least in the upper part of the soul, amidst trials in which the Lord places you.

Reflection
Am I taking this life too seriously? For the Lord who is love, am I serious enough?

Scriptural Reading
1 Peter 1:6-7
In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be of praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Prayer
Lord of light and joy, bring warmth and clarity to the obscurity and darkness of my spirit. I am so weighed down with the burden of trying to be good and faithful to you. Make me strong; carry me in your arms; be always close to me! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 33

Message from Padre Pio
To fear losing yourself in the arms of Divine Goodness is stranger than the fear of an infant held tightly in its mother's arms.

Reflection
Is it not strange that I can still be stubborn enough to defy the Lord who is all love?

Scriptural Reading
Luke 15:4-6
What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, "Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep."

Prayer
Lord Jesus, why have I been lost all this time? Now I only regret that I have begun to love you too late. May I remain for the rest of my life in your love. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 32

Message from Padre Pio
Don't let your zeal be bitter, fuzzy, aggravating, or a cause of uneasiness, but let it be free from all defects: let it be sweet, benevolent, gracious, peaceful, and uplifting.

Reflection
In my desire to serve Christ, is it possible that I have already forgotten who he really is?

Scriptural Reading
1 Corinthians 5:6-7
Your boasting is not appropriate. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough? Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.

Prayer
O my dear Lord, am I blinded by the pride of being in your service? Let me not be anxious of what I can do for you rather of what I am and of what I do to be worthy of you. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 31

Message from Padre Pio
I have worked and I intend to work; I have prayed and I intend to pray; I have kept watch and I intend to keep watch; I have wept and I intend always to weep for my neighbor in exile.

Reflection
How can I persevere in works of charity?

Scriptural Reading
Romans 12:10-12
Love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor. Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer.

Prayer
Heart of Jesus, I am nothing without your love. I am useless to others without your love. Love me forever! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 30

Message from Padre Pio
I could find some little relief in my only and ardent desire to leave this exile and be united with Jesus! But at present... I am rapidly carried away to live for my neighbor.

Reflection
Am I prepared to set aside the comforts and excesses of my life and give some more time and effort for the material and spiritual needs of the poor?

Scriptural Reading
Romans 12:1-2
I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, your spiritual worship. Do not conform yourself to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Prayer
Lord, you have blessed me with answers to my prayers. May I now be blessed as an answer to someone else's prayers. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 29

Message from Padre Pio
When I know that a person is afflicted in soul or body, what would I not do to have the Lord relieve him of his sufferings? Willingly would I take upon myself all his afflictions in order to see him saved, and I would even hand over to him the benefits of such sufferings if the Lord would allow it.

Reflection
How can I deny myself for the sake of the poor and needy?

Scriptural Reading
Isaiah 58:6-7
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own.

Prayer
Lord, may what I deny myself in penance, be generously given to others in charity. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 28

Message from Padre Pio
Deep down in my soul, it seems to me, God has poured out many graces of compassion for the sufferings of others, especially with regard to the poor and needy.

Reflection
What can I do for the poor and needy?

Scriptural Reading
Matthew 25:35-36,40
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me. ... Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.

Prayer
Lord of the destitute and the forsaken, let me be close to those with whom you are closest. Let me help them as you have helped them. Let me serve them with the same selfless love with which you offered yourself on the cross for my sins. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 27

Message from Padre Pio
The anger of the Most High weighs down upon me and all the waves... are breaking over me... everyone holds me in abomination. I find myself alone and crying, day and night.

Reflection
How do I atone for my sins and for the sins of the world?

Scriptural Reading
Psalm 51:3,18-19
Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion, blot out my offense. ... For you do not desire sacrifice; a burnt offering you would not accept. My sacrifice, God, is a broken spirit; God, do not spurn a broken, humbled heart.

Prayer
Father God, I offer you the most precious Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and for the sins of the world! I now would rather give my life back to you than offend you again. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 26

Message from Padre Pio
For my neighbor? Alas! How often, not to say always, I have to say to God the Judge with Moses: "Either forgive them their sin or else blot me out of the book of life."

Reflection
Am I willing to atone for my sins and for the sins of the world?

Scriptural Reading
Daniel 9:4-5
I prayed to the Lord, my God, and confessed, "Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws."

Prayer
Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a poor sinner! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 25

Message from Padre Pio
How is it possible to see God saddened by evil and not be saddened likewise? ... I feel nothing except the desire to have and to want what God wants.

Reflection
What can I contribute to remedy the injustice in our modern society?

Scriptural Reading
2 Corinthians 8:13-15
Not that others should have relief while you are burdened, but that as a matter of equality your surplus at the present time should supply their needs, so that their surplus may also supply your needs, that there may be equality. As it is written: "Whoever had much did not have more, and whoever had little did not have less."

Prayer
Father God, may I give totally my heart to making some small share in the gargantuan task of remedying the social injustices of these modern times. May I start in the home, at work, in my parish, and into the local community of the faithful. May my small gift of self be acceptable to you, my Beloved! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 24

Message from Padre Pio
I have to admire his beauty, his benevolence, the agitation he causes, his mercies, his vengeance, or rather the severity of his justice.

Reflection
Do I appreciate the gravity with which I should at least be fair with my neighbors?

Scriptural Reading
Isaiah 58:3b-5
Lo, on your fast day you carry out your own pursuits, and drive all your laborers. Yes, your fast ends in quarreling and fighting, striking with wicked claw. Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high! Is this the manner of fasting I wish, of keeping a day of penance: that a man bow his head like a reed, and lie in sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

Prayer
Lord of justice, may I be merciful as you are merciful, and may I be just as you are just. Amen.

Canonization of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, Capuchin Priest

St. Peter's Square during the Canonization of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.

HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II

Sunday, 16 June 2002

1. "For my yoke is easy and my burden light" (Mt 11,30).

Jesus' words to his disciples, which we just heard, help us to understand the most important message of this solemn celebration. Indeed, in a certain sense, we can consider them as a magnificent summary of the whole life of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, today proclaimed a saint.

The evangelical image of the "yoke" recalls the many trials that the humble Capuchin of San Giovanni Rotondo had to face. Today we contemplate in him how gentle the "yoke" of Christ is, and how truly light is his burden when it is borne with faithful love. The life and mission of Padre Pio prove that difficulties and sorrows, if accepted out of love, are transformed into a privileged way of holiness, which opens onto the horizons of a greater good, known only to the Lord. 

2. "But may I never boast except in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ" (Gal 6,14).

Pope John Paul II while traversing St. Peter's
Square.

Is it not, precisely, the "glory of the Cross" that shines above all in Padre Pio? How timely is the spirituality of the Cross lived by the humble Capuchin of Pietrelcina. Our time needs to rediscover the value of the Cross in order to open the heart to hope.

Throughout his life, he always sought greater conformity with the Crucified, since he was very conscious of having been called to collaborate in a special way in the work of redemption. His holiness cannot be understood without this constant reference to the Cross.

In God's plan, the Cross constitutes the true instrument of salvation for the whole of humanity and the way clearly offered by the Lord to those who wish to follow him (cf. Mk 16,24). The Holy Franciscan of the Gargano understood this well, when on the Feast of the Assumption in 1914, he wrote: "In order to succeed in reaching our ultimate end we must follow the divine Head, who does not wish to lead the chosen soul on any way other than the one he followed; by that, I say, of abnegation and the Cross" (Epistolario II, p. 155). 

3. "I am the Lord who acts with mercy" (Jer 9,23).

Padre Pio was a generous dispenser of divine mercy, making himself available to all by welcoming them, by spiritual direction and, especially, by the administration of the sacrament of Penance. I also had the privilege, during my young years, of benefitting from his availability for penitents. The ministry of the confessional, which is one of the distinctive traits of his apostolate, attracted great crowds of the faithful to the monastery of San Giovanni Rotondo. Even when that unusual confessor treated pilgrims with apparent severity, the latter, becoming conscious of the gravity of sins and sincerely repentant, almost always came back for the peaceful embrace of sacramental forgiveness. May his example encourage priests to carry out with joy and zeal this ministry which is so important today, as I wished to confirm this year in the Letter to Priests on the occasion of Holy Thursday. 

4. "You, Lord, are my only good".

This is what we sang in the responsorial psalm. Through these words, the new Saint invites us to place God above everything, to consider him our sole and highest good.

In fact, the ultimate reason for the apostolic effectiveness of Padre Pio, the profound root of so much spiritual fruitfulness can be found in that intimate and constant union with God, attested to by his long hours spent in prayer and in the confessional. He loved to repeat, "I am a poor Franciscan who prays" convinced that "prayer is the best weapon we have, a key that opens the heart of God".

This fundamental characteristic of his spirituality continues in the "Prayer Groups" that he founded, which offer to the Church and to society the wonderful contribution of incessant and confident prayer. To prayer, Padre Pio joined an intense charitable activity, of which the "Home for the Relief of Suffering" is an extraordinary expression. Prayer and charity, this is the most concrete synthesis of Padre Pio's teaching, which today is offered to everyone.

5. "I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because ... these things ... you have revealed to little ones" (Mt 11,25).

How appropriate are these words of Jesus, when we think of them as applied to you, humble and beloved Padre Pio.

Pope John Paul II in silent prayer to Padre Pio of Pietrelcina.

Teach us, we ask you, humility of heart so we may be counted among the little ones of the Gospel, to whom the Father promised to reveal the mysteries of his Kingdom.

Help us to pray without ceasing, certain that God knows what we need even before we ask him. 

Obtain for us the eyes of faith that will be able to recognize right away in the poor and suffering the face of Jesus.

Sustain us in the hour of the combat and of the trial and, if we fall, make us experience the joy of the sacrament of forgiveness.

Grant us your tender devotion to Mary, the Mother of Jesus and our Mother.

Accompany us on our earthly pilgrimage toward the blessed homeland, where we hope to arrive in order to contemplate forever the glory of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 

Amen.

An estimated 300,000 people attended the canonization ceremony.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 23

Message from Padre Pio
I am consumed by love for God and love for my neighbor.

Reflection
Who is my neighbor?

Scriptural Reading
Matthew 5:44-45
But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.

Prayer
Master, teach me that my neighbors are not only those whom we like, but also those whom we dislike; not only those whom we love, but also those whom we despise; not only those whom we can forgive, but also those whom we feel should never be forgiven. Amen.

Prayer of Pope John Paul II to St. Pio of Pietrelcina

(Pope John Paul II recited this prayer on the occasion of the canonization of Padre Pio, June 16, 2002)

Teach us, we pray, humility of heart, so that we may be counted among the little ones of the Gospel to whom the Father promised to reveal the mysteries of His Kingdom. Help us to pray without ceasing, certain that God knows what we need even before we ask Him. Obtain for us the eyes of faith that will help us recognize in the poor and suffering, the very face of Jesus. Sustain us in the hour of trouble and trial and, if we fall, let us experience the joy of the sacrament of forgiveness. Grant us your tender devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus and our Mother. Accompany us on our earthly pilgrimage toward the blessed Homeland, where we too, hope to arrive to contemplate forever the Glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Source: http://padrepiodevotions.org/prayers-of-padre-pio/

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 22

Message from Padre Pio
The soul placed in this state by the Lord and enriched with much heavenly knowledge ought to be more eloquent, but it isn't, it has become almost speechless.

Reflection
Do I make an effort of regular contemplation on the teachings of our Lord? Or do I merely make too much noise?

Scriptural Reading
Matthew 6:5
When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Prayer
Great Spirit of our Lord, help me to realize that active and dedicated service can be ordered only by regular and quiet moments of contemplative prayer. May I persevere in structuring a truly interior life. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 21

Message from Padre Pio
The same is to be said of the desire to enjoy continually this intense flame, for the desire is not extinguished by the delight experienced but is rather perfected by this delight.

Reflection
Do I find my heart unceasing in its desire to love God?

Scriptural Reading
Song of Songs 8:6-7
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for stern as death is love, relentless as the nether world is devotion; its flames are blazing fire. Deep waters cannot quench love, nor floods sweep it away. Were one to offer all he owns to purchase love, he would be roundly mocked.

Prayer
Eucharistic Heart, delighted by love, cure this cold heart of mine, that I may relish in the consolation of your protection. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 20

Message from Padre Pio
I no sooner begin to pray than my heart is filled with a fire of love. This fire does not resemble any fire on this lowly earth. It is a delicate and very gentle flame which consumes without causing any pain.

Reflection
Is my heart on fire?

Scriptural Reading
Song of Songs 1:2,4
Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth! More delightful is your love than wine! ... Draw me!–We will follow you eagerly! Bring me, O king, to your chambers. With you we rejoice and exult, we extol your love; it is beyond wine: how rightly you are loved!

Prayer
Eucharistic Heart, burning with love for me, inflame my heart with love for you! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 19

Message from Padre Pio
Love our Lady! Recite the Rosary. May the blessed Mother of God sovereignly reign over your heart.

Reflection
Do I love our Mother whom our Lord gave to us to be our Queen and Protector?

Scriptural Reading
John 2:5
His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you."

Prayer
Dear Jesus, I beg of you who obeyed your Mother at the wedding feast at Cana, to help me pray for those who do not love her. May they see the purity of her soul and her motherly concern for us. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 18

Message from Padre Pio
All I can say about this prayer is that my soul seems to be completely lost in GOd and that in those moments, it gains more than it could in many years of intensive spiritual exercises.

Reflection
Do I know about the benefits of prayer?

Scriptural Reading
Galatians 5:22-23
In contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Prayer
Lord, indeed, spiritual exercises allow me to know you more. Prayer, being an intimate exchange between two hearts that defies space and time, allows me to love you more. May I always persist in prayer, just as you have always persisted in calling me back to you whenever I am lost. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 17

Message from Padre Pio
When the heavenly Spouse of souls is pleased... he suddenly sends me an irrisitible spiritual fervor. In an instant, everything is changed and I feel so enriched by supernatural grace and so full of strength that I am ready to defy the whole of Satan's kingdom.

Reflection
Do I try to pray for God's help when I find it hard to pray?

Scriptural Reading
Psalm 63:7-9
When I think of you upon my bed, through the night watches I will recall that you indeed are my help, and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy. My soul clings fast to you; your right hand upholds me.

Prayer
O Jesus, do not leave me in the treacherous depths of tepidity, where it is alluring to remain in the comfort of doing nothing. Please continue to inspire me and may I lose all comfort in life than lose all devotion to prayer. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 16

Message from Padre Pio
At other times, I experience a great aridity of soul; I feel so oppressed by my many bodily ailments that I am incapable of pulling myself together to pray, no matter how much I want to.

Reflection
Are there times when in spite of devotion to prayer, I still find it hard to pray?

Scriptural Reading
Psalm 63:2
O God, you are my God–for you I long! For you my body yearns; for you my soul thirsts, like a land parched, lifeless, and without water.

Prayer
Lord of prayer, without you, there can be no prayer. Make me realize that I have never prayed on my own effort; I can pray because in your love for me, you inspire me to come into your holy presence. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 15

Message from Padre Pio
I suddenly feel the touch of our Lord in a most penetrating and sweet manner in the depths of my soul, so that more often than not, I am obliged to shed tears of sorrow for my infedility and of love for such good and attentive Father who calls me back to his presence.

Reflection
Can I feel the Lord's presence when I pray? If I do, what do I say to him?

Scriptural Reading
Psalm 88:2-3
Lord, my God, I call out by day; at night I cry out aloud in your presence. Let my prayer come before you.

Prayer
My Lord, touch me in my prayers. I desire nothing more than knowing that you want to give me a warm embrace and a gentle pat on the head. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 14

Message from Padre Pio
The senses become inactive, with the exception of my hearing... Generally, however, this does not bother me in the least and I must confess that if a great deal of noise were to be made around me, it would not disturb me at all.

Reflection
What do I feel when I pray? Am I easily distracted? Am I trying my best to become more meditative, to become more "lost" in prayer?

Scriptural Reading
Matthew 6:6
Buth when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

Prayer
Precious Heart, I have been lost in the noise of the world. Allow me to be lost in the silence of prayer. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 13

Message from Padre Pio
It frequently happens that at certain moments my mind wanders from the continual thought of God who is always present to me.

Reflection
Do I find it soothing to pray? Or is it tiring, boring, or not worthy of my time?

Scriptural Reading
Psalm 142:6
I cry out to you, Lord, I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

Prayer
Great Comforter of my soul, take away my apathy caused by my being so absorbed in the stress of this life. I have chosen to rest in you. Make me devoted to more meaningful prayer. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 12

Message from Padre Pio
My usual manner of praying is this: I no sooner begin to pray than my soul becomes enveloped in a peace and tranquility that words cannot describe.

Reflection
How do I pray?

Scriptural Reading
Matthew 6:9-13
This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.

Prayer
Lord, whom I yearn to imitate, may my prayers be like yours, never done out of obligation, but out of adoration. May praying be like resting and immersed in the still and silent waters of your wonderful affection. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 11

Message from Padre Pio
Moreover, instead of being appeased after I have received him sacramentally, this hunger and thirst steadily increases.

Reflection
Do I now find attending the Mass a more enriching, more meaningful rather than boring, monotonous experience?

Scriptural Reading
John 6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

Prayer
O Jesus, now that the Holy Mass means much more to me, an intimate participation in the love-feast of the family of God rather than mere observance of a ritual, may I always hunger and thirst for your love! Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 10

Message from Padre Pio
Yes, let us ardently desire this divine kiss and still more let us show our gratitude for it. What more precious gift can we wretched mortals desire from God?

Reflection
Am I now aware of the need of receiving the Lord with the proper disposition?

Scriptural Reading
John 6:35
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst."

Prayer
My dear Savior, I am now before you, ashamed and miserable for having offended our Father in heaven. Forgive me and help me to do what is just. I promise to do my best to be always worthy of your love. Amen.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 9

Message from Padre Pio
May you be consoled, dear Father, by the sweet thought of your love for Jesus and of being loved by him much more in return. Let us ask him for the grace to love him and to see him loved more and more.

Reflection
Do I share with others the love I have for the Holy Eucharist?

Scriptural Reading
Luke 24:30-32
And it happened that, while he was with them at table, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them. With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, but he vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?"

Prayer
Lord, there are those who do not believe, do not adore, and do not love you. If it pleases you, make me an instrument that they may believe, adore, and love you. Amen.

MES DE JUNIO Month of June

June is a month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As such, here is a prayer by Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and is often said by Saint Padre Pio for those who ask for his prayers.

EFFICACIOUS NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS

I. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.’ Behold, I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory be...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

II. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, He will give it to you.’ Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory be...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

III. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.’ Encouraged by Your infallible words, I now ask for the grace of...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory be...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have
compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us poor sinners
and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate heart of Mary, Your tender mother and ours.

Hail, Holy Queen...
St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

A Filipino translation of this prayer is also available:

PANALANGIN SA KAMAHAL-MAHALANG PUSO NI HESUS

1. Hesus ko, sinabi Mo: "Tunay Kong sinasabi sa inyo, humingi kayo at kayo ay bibigyan, maghanap kayo at kayo ay makatatagpo, kumatok kayo at kayo ay pagbubuksan." Narito akong kumakatok, naghahanap at humihingi ng biyayang...

Ama Namin...

Aba Ginoong Maria...

Papuri...

Mahal na Puso ni Hesus, sa Iyo ako lubos na umaasa.

2. Hesus ko, sinabi Mo: "Tunay Kong sinasabi sa inyo, anuman ang hilingin ninyo sa Ama sa aking Pangalan ay ipagkakaloob Niya sa inyo." Sa Ngalan Mo, narito akong humihiling sa Ama ng biyayang...

Ama Namin...

Aba Ginoong Maria...

Papuri...

Mahal na Puso ni Hesus, sa Iyo ako lubos na umaasa.

3. Hesus ko, sinabi Mo: "Tunay Kong sinasabi sa inyo, lilipas ang langit at lupa ngunit hindi ang salita Ko." Pinasigla ng Iyong di mababaling salita, hinihiling ko ngayon sa Iyo ang biyayang...

Ama Namin...

Aba Ginoong Maria...

Papuri...

Mahal na Puso ni Hesus, sa Iyo ako lubos na umaasa.

Mahal na Puso ni Jesus, Ikaw na di maaaring hindi magdalang-habag sa mga nalulumbay, kaawaan Mo kaming mga abang makasalanan at ipagkaloob Mo sa amin ang biyayang isinasamo namin sa Iyo, sa pamamagitan ng namimighati at malinis na Puso ni Maria, ang magiliw Mong Ina, at amin ding Ina.

Aba Po...

San Jose, ama-amahan ni Hesus, ipanalangin mo kami.

IN UNION WITH DIVINE LOVE Day 8

Message from Padre Pio
The heart of Jesus and my own–allow me to use the expression–were fused. No longer were two hearts beating but only one.

Reflection
When I receive him, do I feel united with Jesus?

Scriptural Reading
Psalm 145:1-3
I will extol you, my God and king; I will bless your name forever. Every day I will bless you; I will praise your name forever. Great is the Lord and worthy of high praise; God's grandeur is beyond understanding.

Prayer
Lord, you know how stubborn I am. Help my unbelief! Help me to understand that my spirit, not my body nor my senses, was always meant to understand your Presence. Amen.