Just like yesterday, I am going to ‘cheat’ a little for today’s Immaculate Heart Saturday post and direct your attention an article posted on the EWTN Library on St. Pio of Pietrelcina, popularly known as ‘St. Padre Pio.’ His feast day is today, September 23. For today, please read “Padre Pio and the Immaculate Heart …
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I am going to ‘cheat’ a little for today’s Sacred Heart Friday and tomorrow’s Immaculate Heart Saturday posts and direct your attention to two articles posted on the EWTN Library on St. Pio of Pietrelcina, popularly known as ‘St. Padre Pio.’ His feast day is tomorrow, September 23. For today, please read “Padre Pio and …
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On Wednesday Morning I was rummaging through a box containing incense packets and I found a prayer card for something called the The Surrender Novena: Let Jesus Take Care of Everything. It is a Sacred Heart Devotion and hence qualifies for Sacred Heart Friday. Why is is a Sacred Heart Devotion? Because of this image …
St. Padre Pio, formally known as St. Pio of Pietrelcina, is one of my favorite saints. There are a lot of reasons, but if you’ve read anything about him you become aware of a few things: namely his dedication to the Rosary, (which he said several dozen times a day); his ability to ‘read souls’ and …
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It has come to my attention that I last posted here about six weeks ago. This means history has been made here at Sober Catholic! December 2021 was the very first month without any blogposts. I was going to say “That’s nothing to be proud of!” but when you consider I’ve been doing this since …