tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post5341559464813239406..comments2024-03-04T22:30:09.216-08:00Comments on The Shield of Faith: At Mass, He Saw Padre Pio Crowned with ThornsFrank Regahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16899023221249548349noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-57986777208191977682020-05-30T08:31:41.823-07:002020-05-30T08:31:41.823-07:00This has opened my eyes even though it is from 201...This has opened my eyes even though it is from 2018. Something in me stirred as I read the testimony of the young man. The responses here are a reaffirmation to my beliefs and an uplifting of my spiritAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15260813520703959505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-17445114763057110192018-08-08T10:39:51.287-07:002018-08-08T10:39:51.287-07:00Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous; Sorry, I just saw this....Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous; Sorry, I just saw this. I know that, but I was referring to Padre Pio's ability to see it, live it and convey it. People have lost the sense of what it really is, not just a re-enactment or ritual. Distraction is often rampant during the Mass -- I have seen people having conversations while they waited out the moments, and the flat intoning by some celebrants, often rushed, kill the great drama of what is happening. Fr. Connor wanted to stress this! It always needs stressing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-6377883072329922252018-07-31T02:31:10.078-07:002018-07-31T02:31:10.078-07:00That's basic Catholic teaching, madame, that t...That's basic Catholic teaching, madame, that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the same Sacrifice of Calvary, present before us. This is essential to be aware of while assisting at Mass and just being Catholic generally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-50360939098509610322018-07-22T23:33:51.752-07:002018-07-22T23:33:51.752-07:00Padre Pio. Please pray for us.Padre Pio. Please pray for us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432965998694956536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-90309497922169639742018-07-22T17:50:51.495-07:002018-07-22T17:50:51.495-07:00Frank, I heard Fr. Connor discussing this very thi...Frank, I heard Fr. Connor discussing this very thing on EWTN today (Grab Your Catechism) -- that the Mass is not a re-enactment of the Crucifixion, but the very event itself taking place in the present. Padre Pio's suffering during the Mass, his pained expression, the length of the Mass.. all of this has always been brought out in books about Padre Pio and early articles written by those who had witnessed his Mass many times -- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-53656880512273923222018-07-22T08:01:07.232-07:002018-07-22T08:01:07.232-07:00If you study the Divine Will teachings, all the th...If you study the Divine Will teachings, all the things of God are present and in act. Frank Regahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899023221249548349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-6532506824119930582018-07-22T07:59:01.576-07:002018-07-22T07:59:01.576-07:00Padre Pio did tell someone who did not believe the...Padre Pio did tell someone who did not believe there was a hell that he would believe it when he got there. He was trying to get the person to amend is life. Padre Pio's friary has denied the three days of darkness story. Go to http://padrepiosworld2.blogspot.com/ for a good article denying that he spoke or wrote about it. Frank Regahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16899023221249548349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-15628780511726331972018-07-22T07:05:35.139-07:002018-07-22T07:05:35.139-07:00Back in 1995, Ascension Thursday Latin Mass at St....Back in 1995, Ascension Thursday Latin Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo, NY, The Priest was saying Mass, other than the servers serving the Mass, the rest of us servers were sitting behind the Altar facing the Priest. The Priest had a beard, and during the Consecration, It was St. Padre Pio holding the Eucharist up, and the same occurred during the consecration of the wine. I didn't say anything, and ponder what took place. Most of the servers, we were in our twenties, thirties, and forties, we went afterwards to go to a pizza place to eat, and one the men spoke up and started to mention what he had witness during the consecration, whereas I looked at him, and he said to myself, "you saw him too" I nodded yes and while saying yes.<br /> In 2003 at a Latin Mass at the outdoor shelter at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine in Fonda, NY, it was late September, dark out, and in the high 40 degree range. During the Consecration, I knew, and understood with "absolute certainty" not only I was there in the present time, but also back in the 1600's when St. Kateri Tekakwitha herself heard Mass. I still ponder to this day what had taken place. <br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-74107054729506420092018-07-22T04:28:39.729-07:002018-07-22T04:28:39.729-07:00 AWESOME!!!
GOD... BLESS... AWESOME!!!<br /> GOD... BLESS EVERYONE....<br /> John...<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085754772492666749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-55397180528957861462018-07-22T04:13:11.896-07:002018-07-22T04:13:11.896-07:00I am never surprised to hear stories of St Pio. It...I am never surprised to hear stories of St Pio. It must have been a wonderful experience to have met him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-39324160039313093732018-07-22T03:59:39.246-07:002018-07-22T03:59:39.246-07:00My friend's brother, upon his death and then p...My friend's brother, upon his death and then placement of his body in his casket, suffered throughout his life. My friend took his picture inside the casket; the two pictures that resulted appeared the face of ST. PIO on the inside of the top cover of the casket. I have copies of the two pictures. Pio is an awesome saint.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310636765980753954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450162815843131183.post-5634375179856338712018-07-21T23:15:03.802-07:002018-07-21T23:15:03.802-07:00Thank you Frank for these wonderful anecdotes abou...Thank you Frank for these wonderful anecdotes about Saint Pio! He certainly had a profound effect on many people thanks be to the Grace and Mercy of God.<br />On a different matter. On the off-chance because you have done much study about Padre Pio I wonder if you would know if the following quote was written by him: “You do not believe in hell… you will when you get there.”<br />There has been a report in recent times that Padre's confreres have denied that a writing well-known as 'The Three Days of Darkness' was ever written by him.<br />KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com