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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Pius of Peitrelcina
DESCRIPTION:A LETTER FROM PADRE PIO \nTO HIS SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR \n◊◊◊ \nI reply to your last letter after a slight delay\, not because I felt less need to \nspeak to my father\, but solely on account of the exceptional state of my health… \nYour own letter…brought some slight relief to my poor soul\, sufficient to make it \npossible to bear – I do not say lightheartedly\, but at least steadfastly – the cross \nto which the Lord in his mercy has been pleased to subject me. For this may the \ngoodness of the heavenly Father ever be blessed… \nI told you…that your letter\, thank heaven\, brought me a little relief. But I \nsubmit to you also the very great terror I experienced when I learned that you \nsuspect those threats which I mentioned in my last. As you know\, Father\, I \nwould not wish to be a victim of the devil in anything whatsoever and although I \nam more certain of the reality of those locutions than I am of my own existence\, \nI am still struggling against myself and protest that I want to believe nothing of \nall this\, for the sole reason that you\, my director\, have cast a doubt upon it. Am I \nright or wrong in this? \nYou must know…that Jesus has not shown offense by any means at my \nfailure to attach importance to what he said and to give my accidental assent to \nit. I say accidental to distinguish it from that deep and substantial conviction \nwhich still endures after all the efforts of my soul not to believe it. I am not free \nto divest myself of this conviction. What am I to do\, Father? Am I unwittingly a \nvictim of the enemy? Enlighten me\, for pity’s sake\, on this point\, which I too \nwould prefer to remain obscure. \nHow difficult…is the way of Christian perfection for a soul as ill-disposed \nas mine! My wickedness makes me fearful at every step I take: may the good \nGod sustain me and prevent me from betraying him! I attach no importance at \nall to this extraordinary state of mine. For this reason I never stop asking Jesus \nto lead me by the ordinary path followed by everyone else\, for I am well aware \nthat the way by which divine mercy is leading me is not suitable for my soul\, \naccustomed as it is to very material food. What I say to the Lord is that I am \nseeking the amendment of my life\, my spiritual resurrection\, true and \nsubstantial love\, the sincere conversion of my whole self to him. \nSpeak to me at length\, my dear Father\, about all this and if you find me at \nfault\, do not keep silent. Raise your voice\, punish me again: I want to love Jesus \nas I should. I desire this love; I know I love him\, but – dear God! – how inferior \nmy love is to my desire to love! Ought it not be the opposite\, that my love should \nsurpass the desire for it? Speak to me about this\, knowing as you do that it is one \nof the many thorns which contribute to my spiritual martyrdom… I kiss your \nhand and ask you not to refuse me your fatherly blessing.
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