Pio z Pietrelciny citáty

„Nezatěžuj svou duši smutnou truchlohrou lidské nespravedlnosti… Jednoho dne se staneš svědkem nevyhnutelného triumfu Boží spravedlnosti.“

—  Pio z Pietrelciny

Zdroj: [Horn, Roland M., 2011, Magické osobnosti minulých staletí, Dialog, 177, 978-80-7424-031-7]

„V utrpení je Pán Ježíš blíž, dívá se a je tím, který přichází, aby žebral o bolest a slzy; potřebuje je pro duše.“

—  Pio z Pietrelciny

„Modlete se, doufejte a nebojte se. Strach je k ničemu. Bůh je milosrdný a uslyší vaši modlitbu.“

—  Pio z Pietrelciny

„Je to epocha zničení všech hodnot.“

—  Pio z Pietrelciny

1961; in: Světlo 39/2000, str. 15

„Vím, že všichni trpíte. Odvahu!“

—  Pio z Pietrelciny

„Žijeme v epoše zhroucení. Křesťanství zastaralo a Bůh to dopouští, aby potrestal národy.“

—  Pio z Pietrelciny

Zdroj: (1956; in: Světlo 39/2000, str. 15)

„Do you not see the Madonna always beside the tabernacle?“

—  Padre Pio

„Pray, hope, and don't worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.“

—  Padre Pio

„Joy, with peace, is the sister of charity. Serve the Lord with laughter.“

—  Padre Pio

„Have courage and do not fear the assaults of the Devil. Remember this forever; it is a healthy sign if the devil shouts and roars around your conscience, since this shows that he is not inside your will.“

—  Padre Pio

„My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future to Your providence.“

—  Padre Pio

„Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart.“

—  Padre Pio

Zdroj: Padre Pio

„The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain“

—  Padre Pio

„The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of the trial and in the exaltation after the combat.“

—  Padre Pio

„The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort.“

—  Padre Pio

„Every holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects, abundant spiritual and material graces which we, ourselves, do not know. It is easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the holy Sacrifice of the Mass.“

—  Padre Pio

Gerardo Di Flumeri, The Mystery of the Cross in Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, National Centre for Padre Pio, Barto, PA. p. 16.