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:
Throughout the Month of May,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Funeral Mass — Homily by Fr. Ermatinger
Master of the Harvard Hannibal,
cir. 1420-30
Translation of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians.
Brethren, we would not have you ignorant concerning those who are asleep, lest you should grieve as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so with him God will bring those who also have fallen asleep through Jesus. For this, we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who live, who survive until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those […]
Second Sunday After Easter — A Message from Saint Pope Leo the Great
Translation of the Gospel According to John (John 10:11-16)
At that time Jesus said to the Pharisees: I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. But the hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and flieth: and the wolf catcheth and scattereth the sheep: and the hireling flieth, because he is a hireling, and he hath no care for the sheep. I am the good Shepherd: and I know Mine, and Mine know Me, as the […]