Quotes from Pio of Pietrelcina

In books we seek God; in prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart.

We must empty purgatory with our prayers.

Pray, hope, don't worry.

May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.

The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain.

May the Child Jesus be the star that guides you through the desert of your present life.

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

In the spiritual life, he who does not advance goes backwards.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.

In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.

Don't consider me too demanding if I ask you once again to set great store by holy books and read them as much as you can. This spiritual reading is as necessary to you as the air you breathe.

In all the events of life, you must recognize the Divine will. Adore and bless it, especially in the things which are the hardest for you.

It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!

The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my powerful advocate.

Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.

The Lord our King will hold the door of His heart open for anyone who wants to enter for an audience at any time

The longer the trial to which God subjects you, the greater the goodness in comforting you during the time of trial and in the exaltation after the combat.

I beg You, O my God, to be my life, my ship, my haven. You have made me ascend the cross of Your Son and I struggle to accept it as best I can. I am sure that I shall never come down from it.

Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes.

Only in Heaven will everything be as beautiful as spring, as pleasant as autumn, and as full of love as summer.

Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly.

Love Our Lady and make her loved; always recite the Rosary and recite it as often as possible.

I feel a great desire to abandon myself with greater trust to the Divine Mercy and to place my hope in God alone.

Jesus wants to make us holy at all costs. . .He offers you continual proof of this.