{"id":26326,"date":"2020-09-23T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=26326"},"modified":"2020-09-18T15:31:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T14:31:02","slug":"wednesday-reflection-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wednesday-reflection-14\/","title":{"rendered":"WEDNESDAY REFLECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mid-week Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>St Pius of Pietrelcina<\/p>\n<p>On the 25th May 1887 Grazio Mario Forgione\u00a0 and Maria Giuseppa Di Nunzio\u00a0 gave birth to a baby boy whom they named Francesco.\u00a0 One of their daughters, Grazia, would become a Bridgettine nun but little did those devout parents know that their boy would become famous all over the world\u2026.but by a different name\u2026.Santo Pio da Pietrelcina\u2026..still better known and loved simply as Padre Pio.\u00a0 Since then, there have probably been hundreds of good priests called Padre Pio, Father Pius, just as there have been loads of priests who, like St Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney bore the title of Cur\u00e9 d&#8217;Ars\u2026..but let\u2019s face it, when you say Padre Pio or \u00a0Cur\u00e9 d&#8217;Ars only one man in each case, comes to mind.\u00a0 Well, today is the feast of Padre Pio who, of course, became famous for exhibiting <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stigmata\">stigmata<\/a> for most of his life.\u00a0 Whether or not he told Cardinal Wojtyla that he would become Pope, I do not know but it was Pope St. John Paul II who both <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beatification\">beatified<\/a>\u00a0 and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canonization\">canonized<\/a> the beloved saint.\u00a0 Pio was both a Confessor and a Confessor.\u00a0 You know the difference, don\u2019t you?\u00a0 A Confessor is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint\">saint<\/a> who has suffered <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persecution_of_Christians\">persecution<\/a> and torture for the faith but not to the point of death.\u00a0 If it is to the point of death then they would be titled, martyrs.\u00a0 A Confessor is a priest who hears our confessions and serves our spiritual needs.\u00a0 So, not all Confessors can be Confessors but all Confessors can, with God\u2019s grace, become Confessors!\u00a0 So, maybe in your prayers, you can pray that the priests who visit the school will be good holy dedicated Confessors who will one day become, Confessors!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let us Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Almighty and\u00a0 eternal God, who, by a singular grace, allowed Saint Pio to participate in the cross of your Son, and by means of his ministry renewed the wonders of your mercy, grant, through his intercession, that, constantly united to the passion of Christ, we may happily arrive at the glory of the resurrection.\u00a0 Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monsignor Monaghan<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mid-week Reflection \u00a0St Pius of Pietrelcina On the 25th May 1887 Grazio Mario Forgione\u00a0 and Maria Giuseppa Di Nunzio\u00a0 gave birth to a baby boy whom they named Francesco.\u00a0 One of their<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/wednesday-reflection-14\/\">Read 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