Padre Pio, the fist years - part 2 (the stigmatas - 1919)

Padre Pio was born to Maria Giuseppa (Di Nunzio - her maiden name) and Grazio Forgione, peasant farmers, in the small Italian village of Pietrelcina, a little town located a few miles from Benevento in southern Italy, on May 25, 1887. He was baptised Francesco in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli (Our Lady of Angels), the old parish church, located in Pietrelcina. He entered the monastery of Morcone, at the 15 years of age, on January 6, 1903 as a novitiate of the Capuchin Friars. A year later on January 22, 1904 he took simple vows and commenced studying to be a priest and on January 27, 1907, he took his solemn vows. He was ordained a priest on August 10, 1908 in the Cathedral of Benevento. The five wounds of Our Lord's Passion appeared on his body on Friday, September 20, 1918 corresponding to the Stigmata of Christ. He is the first stigmatized priest in the history of the Catholic Church and bore the Stigmata for over 50 years. The wounds never became infected, instead they produced "a large cup of blood everyday" for fifty years, the longest of any stigmatic. He spent most of his priesthood as a Capuchin Priest at Our Lady of Grace Friary, in San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy. He provided Penitential counsel and spiritual guidance to innumerable people via the Confessional and written correspondence. He spent long hours in daily prayer and suffered intensely, both physically and spiritually until he went to his eternal reward. Supernatural powers are attributed to him such as his body giving off the perfume of jasmine, the ability to bilocate (appearing in two places at once), and his extraordinary ability to read minds of people, especially in the confessional. He also converted many people, he was able to read souls and was instrumental in many physical cures. There are testimonies that these cures are continuing to this day through Padre Pio's intercession. The five wounds healed two days before his death symbolizing his "resurrection and holy reward". He died at the age of 81 on September 23, 1968 and was entombed in the crypt of Our Lady of Grace Church. His funeral attracted 100,000 mourning people and to this day people visit his tomb from all around the globe. On February 16, 1973, the Archbishop of Manfredonia, Monsignor Valentino Vailati, consigned the documentation to the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints in order to obtain the "nihil obstat" to commence the process of Padre Pio's Beatification. On 16-VI-2002, Padre Pio was canonized by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.

Some documentaries about his first years...

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[mireyeska]

when I see videos like this one it make me more proud of my catholic religion

[Allentria31]

God Bless St. Pio- I love how he said he had to untie the strings of satan. He devoted all of his time. I have been pretty slack in my prayer, I will become more devoted and pray more for others. He has given me an apostolic gift that I have not been using because I have been caught up in Satan's game but I will continue to pray .

[nehagatari]

Thank you so much for posting! I love Padre Pio so much I wish I could be as faithful and saintly as him...he's truly an example for all christians.

[faith19081]

Padre Pio please pray for me and my family

[theyanna]

@ASilvershade Pray, hope and don't worry - Padre Pio :-)

[theyanna]

@Allentria31 I hope you are keeping your words from last year close to your heart. I need to struggle too in my prayers. But our effort will prove our devotion. God bless you, my friend :-)

[theyanna]

@creatornat Yes there was something about him. So pure and makes me think of St. Francis...and of course Jesus, their one Master. :-)

[theyanna]

Saint Pio, please pray for us all!!! :-) Yes, there is something about you that makes me want to be like Jesus so much more. You have that certain something :-) You make me think of LOVE, the pure kind. I heard you like roses. My boyfriend and I put roses for you downstairs. Happy Valentine's, to all the saints, to all of God's creations...Christians and non-Christians alike. Love you all! :-)

[ASilvershade]

Thank you for posting this. :D

[xtocablenet]

May the Lord's face shine down upon u.