Mary TV Daily Reflection 9/23/2011

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September 23, 2011

St. Pio of Pietrelcina

 

Dear Family of Mary!

 

"Dear children! Today, like never before, I invite you to prayer. Let your prayer be a prayer for peace. Satan is strong and desires to destroy not only human life, but also nature and the planet on which you live. Therefore, dear children, pray that through prayer you can protect yourselves with God's blessing of peace. God has sent me among you so that I may help you. If you so wish, grasp for the rosary. Even the rosary alone can work miracles in the world and in your lives. I bless you and I remain with you for as long as it is God's will.

 (January 25, 1991)

 

Today is the memorial of St. [Padre] Pio, the great suffering saint of San Giovanni Rotondo. Padre Pio always had a Rosary in his hand. He prayed the Rosary in every spare moment, and fostered devotion to the Rosary tirelessly. Most Rev. Paola Carta, Bishop Emeritus of Foggia wrote a beautiful description of Padre Pio's relationship to Our Lady and the Rosary in a publication The Voice of Padre Pio, from which I quote below:

 

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ne day one of his penitents said to him: "Padre, today they say the Rosary is out of date, that it is no longer in fashion. It is no longer said in many churches." He replied: "Let us do what our fathers did and all will be well with us."

 

"But Satan rules the world."

 

Padre Pio replied: "Because they make him rule. Can a spirit rule by itself if it is not united to the human will? We could not have been born in a more depraved world. The one who prays a lot saves himself. The one who prays little is in danger. The one who does not pray loses his soul."

 

"Padre, say something to us."

 

"Love our Lady, make others love her. Always say your Rosary and say it well. Satan always tries to destroy this prayer, but he will never succeed. It is the prayer of her who triumphs over everything and everyone."

 

And two days before he died, he repeated: "Love our Lady and make her loved. Recite the Rosary and recite it always. And recite it as much as you can."

http://www.ewtn.com/padrepio/mystic/Mary.htm

 

 Padre Pio understood the great danger that souls are in in our day, and his prescription for this great danger was the Rosary. Our Lady has also prescribed this great remedy to us in her messages. The Rosary is the great antidote to Satan's poisons. As Padre Pio said, "Satan always tries to destroy this prayer, but he will never succeed. It is the prayer of her who triumphs over everything and everyone." This should give us great comfort.

 

Let us love Our Lady and pray the Rosary!

 

In Jesus and Mary!
Cathy Nolan

 

 

 

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