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 September,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
Litany of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows
A Hymn for Good Friday
Abroad the regal banners fly,
Now shines the cross’s mystery;
Upon it Life did death endure,
And yet by death did life procure.
Who, wounded with a direful spear,
Did, purposely to wash us clear
From stain of sin, pour out a flood
Of precious water mixed with blood.
That which the prophet-king of old
Hath in mysterious verse foretold,
Is now accomplished, whilst we see
God ruling nations from a tree.
O lovely and refulgent tree,
Adorned with purpled majesty;
Culled from a worthy stock, to bear
Those limbs which sanctifièd were.
Blest tree, whose happy branches bore
The wealth that did […]
Palm Sunday (6th Sunday in Lent) — The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew
Where C. =Cronicler J. = Jesus and S. = the Rest
C. Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called Gethsemani; and He said to His disciples:
J. Sit you here, till I go yonder and pray.
Hermann Clementz, ca. 1900