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My Lutheran Dad (aged 81) has a great devotion to Padre Pio. He has had the grace of being able to actually hold one of Padre Pio's gloves while praying for his intercession (My Lutheran Mom sat in a corner looking kinda like Linda Blair in a scene from the exorcist while this was transpiring). She doesn't go for this Catholic stuff at all.

He also has a first class relic of Padre Pio which he treasures. He was thrilled recently when they showed the little Italian baby Rose on television. She weighed only 10 oz at birth and, if memory serves me correctly, was the tiniest premature baby to survive. Near her incubator at the hospital, was a picture of Padre Pio.

He remembers when Padre Pio died, and was drawn to him after hearing of his Saintly life, and spiritual gifts.

They say the Saints chose us, we don't chose them. I think this must be true because my Dad's devotion to and love for Padre Pio is so "real", that I know their relationship is a mutual one.

It's really interesting to watch a Lutheran explaining his Catholic devotion to a Saint to his Baptist friends.

They say the Saints chose us, we don't chose them. I think this must be true because my Dad's devotion to and love for Padre Pio is so "real", that I know their relationship is a mutual one.

I think you have a Catholic there in your Dad! May God continue to bless him and your mom.