The movement of the human soul, and human society in general, from its fallen chaotic state towards divine order is at the heart of the Blog of Padre Pio Press. Writings, ponderings, and reflections on this movement of the soul are authored by Fr. Cliff Ermatinger and by the occasional Guest Contributor. The articles and recordings are relegated to the following areas:
During the Month of June, Which is Devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Padre Pio Press Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
in the morning The Litany of Humility
The Litany of the Sacred Heart at night 
In Reparation for All the Ways He is Blasphemined,
Consolation for All The Times He is Ignored,
and Veneration for All that He Continues to Give to Us.
During the Month of June, Which is
Devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Padre Pio Press Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
in the morning
The Litany of Humility
:
and at night,
The Litany of the Sacred Heart
In Reparation for
All the Ways He is Blasphemed,
Consolation for All the Times
He is Ignored,
and Veneration for All that
He Continues to Give to Us.
A Message for Overcoming Sin
LET THE ATHLETE OF CHRIST, who desires to compete in this true and spiritual contest against vainglory, hasten to overcome this multiform and varied beast by all lawful means, so as to be able to escape from this manifold evil that confronts him on every side, lest he be found guilty of a great sacrilegious crime– convicted as one who labored for the favor of men under the pretense of serving God, preferring the praise of men to the glory of the Lord, and suffer eternal punishments, by Him who is aware […]
LET THE ATHLETE OF CHRIST, who desires to compete in this true and spiritual contest against vainglory, hasten to overcome this multiform and varied beast by all lawful means, so as to be able to escape from this manifold evil that confronts him on every side, lest he be found guilty of a great sacrilegious crime– convicted as one who labored for the favor of men under the pretense of serving God, preferring the praise of men to the glory of the Lord, and suffer eternal punishments, by Him who is aware […]
Quinquagesima Sunday — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
James Tissot, 1886-94
Translation of the Epistle for Quincuagestimus Sunday (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
Brethren: If I should speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have charity, I have become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, yet do not have charity, I am nothing. And if I distribute all my goods to […]