Lent with Padre Pio: Second Thursday

Lent with Padre Pio: Second Thursday

“I understand and am deeply aware that the trial is hard and the battle fierce. But I also understand that the fruit you will gather in due course is very abundant.”—Letters, Vol. 2, 410 All of us have things in our lives that we would rather not have to deal with or face. They might be uncomfortable or too much to bear. When he first received the stigmata, Padre Pio begged that the outward signs of it be taken away. And while they originally di…