Zone1 Happy Feast of St. Pius of Pietrelcina

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Affectionately known as Padre Pio.

Stigmatist, mystic, bilocator. If ten percent of the miracles and simple stories of his devotion attributed to him are true, a true miracle man.

Beloved Capucin Monk.

 

[toobfreak]

Wild dude.

Padre Pio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Wild dude.

Padre Pio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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He was that. Was known to hear confessions for 18 hours a day, at times! Ouch!

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[toobfreak]

He was that. Was known to hear confessions for 18 hours a day, at times! Ouch!

I was taken back by his stigmata, bilocation, granting favors before they were asked, physical confrontations with Satan and demons, etc. Dude was a heavy.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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One thing that makes St. Pio so real to us is that we have photographs of him, and he is so magnetic in his photos! Just like St. Teresa of Calcutta -- Mother Teresa. And St Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower.

Real, live people!

And now St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

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[Mack The Finger]

Catholics do not worship Saints...it is a lie heretics believe and spread.

 

[Zebra]

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He was that. Was known to hear confessions for 18 hours a day, at times! Ouch!

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like the holy priest of Ars in France!

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I was taken back by his stigmata, bilocation, granting favors before they were asked, physical confrontations with Satan and demons, etc. Dude was a heavy.

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I love the stories of how, when he felt people were not making honest confessions, he'd boot them out of the Confessional!

I've been reading:

"Padre Pio: The True Story - By C. Bernard Ruffin"​

Fascinating stories

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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I was taken back by his stigmata, bilocation, granting favors before they were asked, physical confrontations with Satan and demons, etc. Dude was a heavy.

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Provable miracles. My favorite is:

Vera M. Calandra, R.I.P. - Foundress of U.S. Shrine to Padre Pio

freerepublic.com

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[toobfreak]

Provable miracles. My favorite is:

Vera M. Calandra, R.I.P. - Foundress of U.S. Shrine to Padre Pio

freerepublic.com

No need to convince me. I know miracles are real.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Catholics do not worship Saints...it is a lie heretics believe and spread.

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We honor them.

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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

No need to convince me. I know miracles are real.

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I've had my own. I also know a couple of people who've experienced miracles.

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[toobfreak]

I've had my own. I also know a couple of people who've experienced miracles.

I've seen a few.

 

[Zebra]

I've seen a few.

tell us!

 

[toobfreak]

tell us!

Nope, sorry, that is not something I discuss with strangers and casual conversation.

 

[Zebra]

Nope, sorry, that is not something I discuss with strangers and casual conversation.

ok

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Nope, sorry, that is not something I discuss with strangers and casual conversation.

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Understood. Especially here.

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[toobfreak]

Understood. Especially here.

Well, right off the bat you know that no matter what you say, every atheist and lefty here will just laugh at you and call you names.

Then of the few remaining, most people's eyes will just glaze over because of imperfect understanding or because it wasn't what they expected, or they will write you off because your story does not comport with their personal beliefs.

That leaves you with a 1:100 chance of actually connecting with a true seeker who understands you, and a 99/100 chance of just being dismissed and/or derided.

Either way, telling them almost certainly causes them to lose yet more faith in god, and doing anything which drives others farther from god, for good or bad intentions, is yet another sin most people don't realize. True seekers will find the truth on their own without your help and those not yet ready to know will never understand even if you shout at them all day long, so, best to just leave people to their own designs and be a player only where god truly intends.