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To: mlizzy

Think of the pain Padre Pio was in all the time, yet he never complained.


144 posted on 08/12/2010 6:42:23 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation
Therese Neumann
Think of the pain Padre Pio was in all the time, yet he never complained.
Indeed! When I mentioned to my husband that I read Padre Pio said the full rosary (3 mysteries at that time as you know) in the vicinity of 35 times a day, Tom said after a pause ... "well, sometimes I say two rosaries." :)

One of the first books I read after becoming a Catholic was on Therese Neumann. I could barely flip the pages, seeing the suffering she endured, through her alleged stigmata (not yet confirmed nor denied by the RCC). And yet she retained such a glorious sense of humor. While she consumed no food other than the Holy Eucharist (1922-1962) nor drank water (even the water she brushed her teeth with was expelled (1926-1962)), she nonetheless was overweight. When questioned in this regard, she said, "I guess I must take after my mother." Link on Therese Neumann.

In 2005, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Bishop of Regensburg, formally opened the Vatican proceedings for her beatification. --Link.
206 posted on 08/13/2010 4:40:37 AM PDT by mlizzy (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee ...)
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