Ave Maria!— January’s Theme: Divine Love
“I feel a most strong desire, often times without my thinking to procure it, of spending all of the moments of my life in loving the Lord. I would like to hold on tightly to one of His hands, and run with joy on that sorrowful path on which He has placed me; but, and I say this even with death in my heart, with confusion in my soul and with my face blushing, that my desires do not correspond exactly to my desires.”
“I say this even with death in my heart, with confusion in my soul and with my face blushing, that my desires do not correspond exactly to my desires.”
It does me good to know that our holy patron, St. Pio–so holy and wonderful–could know such a sentiment. It helps me when I am in the ‘basement’.