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 July,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join in Saying:
Litany of the Most
Precious Blood of Jesus
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 […]
Gaudéte Sunday — A Message from St. John Chrysostom
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John
At that time the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and levites to John, to ask him: Who art thou? And he confessed: I am not the Christ. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the Prophet? And he answered: No. They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the […]
