Padre
Pio arrived here on 17 February 1916 and stayed
until 4 September. At first he was cheerful and
would joke with his fellow brothers, but suddenly
he came down with a "fever". He was
found to suffer from "microbial infection
of the right apex, with light traces of murmur
on the left". The devil came to harass him
during his period of illness and spiritual troubles.
Instead of having supper, Padre Pio used to retire
to his cell. One evening, while the friars were
all gathered in the refectory, "a strong
rumbling sound came from his room, which was situated
right over the refectory vault." This was
only the first of a number of similar events,
after which he was found "in a pool of sweat
which necessitated a complete change of clothing."
.
The
noises ceased when the Provincial Father, Padre
Benedetto from San Marco in Lamis, told Padre Pio
that that his desire was they should no longer be
heard. Padre Pio prayed and the Lord answered his
prayers. The noises stopped, but not the assaults
of the devil, who continued to torment poor Padre
Paio at the same time, after supper.
"Why do we have our Lord, what sense is there
in the sweet and loveable condition of the Holy
Child of Bethlehem, if not to make us love Him trustingly
and to entrust ourselves lovingly to him?"
(Epist. IV p. 346 s.).
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"Let
us always trust in God, and may our lively faith and the comfort of Christian
hope assist us in this. We must pray continually, moreover, that peace may soon
smile on the nations. We should turn our thoughts to heaven, our true homeland,
of which our earthly country is but a dim image, and make every effort with the
divine assistance to preserve at all times, amidst happy or sad events, the cheerful
calm that becomes the true followers of the fair Nazarene" (Epist. I,
p. 596)
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