Padre Pio

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity 11- “Moses, that great leader of the people of God, found the Lord in the darkness of Sinai. The Hebrew people saw it in the form of…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “You are not alone in your trial, which is a true agony, but well accompanied: otherwise, how could you want that which the soul flees from, and…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “It is not at all true that you, in this state of aridity and desolation of spirit, to which the most loving Savior has subjected you, offend…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity 15- “Be certain that when you find yourself in aridity of spirit, Jesus has not excluded you from the enjoyment of His sweetness: He has only hidden…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “You see yourself abandoned, and I assure you that Jesus holds you tighter than ever to His Divine Heart. Our Lord also lamented on the Cross of…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “Do not be amazed at your distractions and spiritual aridity; that springs up in you, partially from your senses and partially from your heart, which is not…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity 23- “Sickness, lumps in the throat, caresses, holy flames, temptations, aridity and desolation are traits of the ineffable charity of God. And when the evil one wants…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “There are certain moments in which there gathers over the heaven of my soul clouds so obscure and so dark, that it does not allow me even…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity 26- “Aridity is a trial of fire, wholly different, however, from the fire of this base world. Between these two fires, though, there is this similarity, that…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “It is God Who permits that your heart be in aridity and darkness; therefore, it is not harshness but sweetness. Do not be discouraged in the way…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “Do not be discouraged in the face of the trials to which the Divine Mercy wishes to subject you. He still wants to try you and strengthen…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “Never lose heart; place all of your trust in God alone; await all strength from Him and do not overwhelmingly desire to be freed from the present…

Ave Maria!-- August's Theme: Spiritual Aridity “The state of the soul placed in interior straits is sad, and truly it seems to us that it is all over for us, and that, in…