{"product_id":"padre-pio-and-you-an-epic-story-of-spiritual-fatherhood","title":"Padre Pio and You: An Epic Story of Spiritual Fatherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometimes the saints can seem distant to us, although the Faith teaches that they are waiting to be our dearest friends and guides to Heaven. One of the most powerful modern-day saints and spiritual fathers is St. Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) -- and he is waiting to meet you, wherever you are, just as he introduced himself to his spiritual daughter Mary O'Regan, who wrote these wonderful pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePadre Pio, an Italian Franciscan, continues from his place in Heaven to seek out souls from every walk of life to nurture and protect. In Pio you will find a father who prays for you to receive extraordinary graces, guides you through hard times, and helps you discern your vocation. Pio told a beloved spiritual daughter that he saw all his children in spirit when he offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Is yours one of the souls he is seeing now?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough the lens of Pio's letters to his directees, his counsels on various spiritual themes, and little-known historical events -- from World War II \"flights,\" to hidden trials, to dramatic conversion stories, to humorous anecdotes -- you will come to know the stigmatic friar as never before. You will absorb fascinating details about his life, beginning with his infancy in the care of saintly parents, and learn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe heart-pounding story of his first bilocation at age seventeen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWays that he was attacked and is able to assist you in the spiritual combat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe role of dryness and darkness in prayer and temptations to unite you closer to God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive means he gave to his spiritual children to assist them on the path to salvation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to grow in more ardent love for Our Lady and go to Confession with true contrition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to triumph over corruption and persecution and genuinely forgive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePadre Pio led people in unique ways and offered profound insights on suffering; as a renowned Confessor, he provided healing for souls. This \"humble friar who prays\" had astonishing mystical gifts--as recounted in these pages--which were, in turn, shared by some of his spiritual children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the words of Padre Pio, \"I have made a pact with the Lord, I will take my place at the gate of Paradise but I shall not enter until I have seen the last of my spiritual children enter.... When I have raised a soul, I never let it fall.\" St. Pio waits for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48444457976033,"sku":"9798889115083","price":36.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/0689\/files\/pio.gif?v=1780589787","url":"https:\/\/www.josephsinspirational.ca\/es\/products\/padre-pio-and-you-an-epic-story-of-spiritual-fatherhood","provider":"Joseph's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}