Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day Quotes

“If God did not abandon you in the past, why would he ever abandon you in the future?”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“St. Paul says, we know that “suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope” [Romans 5:3].”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“Para llegar a alcanzar nuestro fin último es necesario seguir al jefe divino, que no suele conducir al alma elegida por camino distinto al que él recorrió;”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, 365 días con el Padre Pío

“Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us, / and as many years as we have seen evil” [Psalm 90:15].”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“I ask you now, daughter, when you found yourself burdened at a time when you unfortunately did not experience much trust in God, tell me, did you remain oppressed by that trial forever? You will answer no. And so I ask you, why then do you not have the courage to overcome other adversities? If God did not abandon you in the past, why would he ever abandon you in the future?”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“May 31 Jesus is always with you, even when it seems you do not feel him. He is never closer to you than when you are in spiritual battle. He is always there, near you, invigorating you to keep up the battle courageously; he is there to fend off the blows of the enemy so that you are not harmed. For the sake of love, I implore you, by all that you hold most sacred, do not wrong him by suspecting, even slightly, that you have been abandoned by him—not even for a single instant. This is precisely one of the most satanic temptations, and you need to thrust it far from you as soon as you become aware of it. Be consoled, my dear, that the days of humiliation and unhappy years we can count in our present life will be far outweighed by the profound and intimate joys of eternity. This is not just my way of seeing and thinking, because sacred Scripture gives us this infallible testimony. Here is what the psalmist says about it: “Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us, / and as many years as we have seen evil” [Psalm 90:15]. And the apostle Paul wrote in a letter he sent to the Corinthians, “This slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison” [2 Corinthians 4:17]. (To Raffaelina Cerase, August 15, 1914)”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“need to redouble our courage and lift our souls up to God, serving him with more diligence in everything that our Christian vocation”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“be more fruitful in good works”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“Since eternity means happiness for you, what does it matter if some of these passing moments are unpleasant?”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day

“Do things in such a way that the current year will be more fruitful in good works than the last.”
― Gianluigi Pasquale, Padre Pio's Spiritual Direction for Every Day