The movement of the human soul, and human society in general, from its fallen chaotic state towards divine order is at the heart of the Blog of Padre Pio Press. Writings, ponderings, and reflections on this movement of the soul are authored by Fr. Cliff Ermatinger and by the occasional Guest Contributor. The articles and recordings are relegated to the following areas:
Throughout the Month of April,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
Litany of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Christmas Day Mass – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Pinned Post
Translation for the Epistle for Christmas Day
God, Who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the world: Who being the brightness of His glory and the figure of His substance, and upholding all things by […]
Vigil of the Nativity — A Message from St. Pope Leo the Great
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John
Then Mary the Mother of Jesus was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her […]
The Mysterious Sacramental Life of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
THERE IS a striking and mysterious similarity between the mortal life of Jesus Christ and His sacramental life.
During His mortal life, from the Crib to the Cross, from His Birth to His Ascension, Jesus Christ lived on earth in poverty, in an almost unbroken silence, in every description of suffering, unknown, despised, neglected by nearly all mankind; and at last He was most cruelly put to death, enduring unheard-of torments.
Is it not the same in the sacramental life of our Divine Saviour? The same silence, the same […]
