Padre Pio to Raffaelina Cerase, April 20, 1915: Do not be in doubt about receiving divine assistance, and do not lean on yourself to deal with these multiple afflictions that constantly surround you. Everything will turn out for the glory of God and the salvation of your soul. Tell me, how can you doubt my reassurances? Without divine grace would you have been able in the past to get through so many crises and so many wars? Therefore be confident at all times, because that same grace will still be there for you. You will be saved, and the enemy will gnash his teeth in his rage.
In the meantime continue to pray, to thank God, and to suffer according to his divine purposes and his divine will. Be encouraged by the thought that your reward is not far off.
—from the book Padre Pio’s Spiritual Direction for Every Day
by Gianluigi Pasquale and Marsha Daigle-Williamson, Ph.D
