Posted on 09/23/2012 12:51:01 PM PDT by marshmallow
Padre Pio (1887-1968) affords a striking modern instance of stigmata.
He was born Francesco Forgione into a peasant family at Pietrelcina, north-east of Naples. His parents lacked nothing in devotion, attending Mass daily, saying the rosary nightly and fasting three times a week. Although illiterate, they knew the gospels well, and passed on their knowledge to the children. (Francesco had an elder brother, Jack, and three younger sisters.)
By the age of five Francesco was exclusively religious. For play, he would sing hymns, pray and pretend to be a priest. For conversation, he turned to Jesus, the Virgin and his guardian angel. For combat, he fought off the attacks of the Devil. He was a solitary child.
At 10, Francesco heard a Capuchin preach and decided that he wanted to be a friar, with a beard. The local friary, however, demanded that he be further educated. His father, in order to finance a private tutor, went to work in America.
And so, in 1903, at the age of 15, Francesco took the habit of the Order of Friars Minor, assuming the name of Pius in religion, in honour of Pope Pius V, who had excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I.
In September 1910, after his ordination the previous month, Pius experienced pains in his hands and feet. He asked for his wounds an annoyance to be taken away, and found his prayer granted. I do want to suffer, he explained, even to die of suffering, but all in secret.
In 1911 Pius, apparently sick, was sent home from the monastery. It would be another five years before he was ordered to return to community life.
In August 1917 Pius was called up into the Italian Medical Corps; by October he had been placed in hospital himself. Early in 1918 he.....
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There is a great movie about Pio and it’s free on Youtube. I think there are 16 parts to it but it’s quite good.
It would seems you are not familiar with the number of stigmatics? Did you know that St. Francis of Assisi bore the wounds of Christ? There are others.However many "stigmatics" there are, each one is a sign of the fundamental evil of your church.
I read that after he died, the stigmata disappeared from his body...don’t know for sure, but it seems they showed his body free of the stigmata. I have wondered about that since.
Check out the "Mystical" link for the list. May God help your unbelief. Blessings.
he Friar Whose Hands and Side Bled for 50 Years
The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
Mystical Stigmata
Padre Pio's Secret: His Shoulder Wound
What is the Stigmata? [Ecumenical]
Details of first investigation into Padre Pios stigmata revealed [Catholic Caucus]
The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi -- The Wounds of Christ
Message, holiness of saint with stigmata more relevant now than ever, 'Padre Pio' author says
Update on Little Marie Rose Ferron(1936) stigmata of the Catholic Faith
Saint Gemma Galgani
The Miracle Of Damascus[Our Lady Of Soufanieh]- APPROVED By Catholic And Orthodox Bishops
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Sooner or later most of those who worship their own Most High and Holy Self join these Pharisees and blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
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