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Padre Pio: Now you can go see him again!
In 2003, I was blessed to be able to go to San Giovanni Rotondo, the city of St. Padre Pio. I have to admit that I was not particularly overwhelmed at this good fortune at the time, I had just returned to the Church, was on a pilgrimage through Italy, and didn't really know all that much about Padre Pio.
Even today I have to say that I have not really developed an enormous devotion to him, though I know of many who have!
Today in San Giovanni Rotondo, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Grace, Padre Pio's incorrupt body was placed in a glass coffin for the public veneration of the faithful and there was a huge Mass in the square outside.
The exposition of Padre Pio's body
Some interviews (in Italian) and footage from the outdoor Mass
And, for comparison (?), here's Video of Padre Pio's last (public) Mass!
posted by Maria Neva | 9:35:00 PM
3 Comments:
Wow. He looks as if he's asleep.
Ora pro nobis!
[Lunch was great on Wed...you are fast converting me into a Wokster.*
*friend or enthusiast of the Cleveland Wok]
Well, if it means anything to you, and even if it doesn't...I have asked Padre Pio to add you to his Spiritual Family. So you're done for. You'll become aware of his intercession in ways you don't expect, in a time you don't expect...and suddenly he'll be RIGHT THERE.
So no worries...it doesn't matter if you have no devotion to him...it's really about his devotion to YOU. That's how he operates.
He's not incorrupt -- that's a specially made silicon mask place over his face.
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