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:
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TREATISE ON PURGATORY – Chapter III and Reflection
TREATISE ON PURGATORY by St. Catherine of Genoa
CHAPTER III
SEPARATION FROM GOD IS THE GREATEST PUNISHMENT OF PURGATORY.
WHEREIN PURGATORY DIFFERS FROM HELL.
All the pains of purgatory take their rise from sin, original or actual. God created the soul perfectly pure and free from every spot of sin, with a certain instinctive tendency to find its blessedness in Him. From this tendency it is drawn away by original sin, and still more by the addition of actual sin; and the farther off it gets, the more wicked it becomes, because it […]
TREATISE ON PURGATORY – Chapter II and Reflection
TREATISE ON PURGATORY by St. Catherine of Genoa
CHAPTER II
THE JOY OF THE SOULS IN PURGATORY.
THE SAINT SHOWS HOW THEY ARE EVER SEEING GOD MORE AND MORE.
DIFFICULTY IN SPEAKING OF THEIR CONDITION.
I do not believe it would be possible to find any joy comparable to that of a soul in purgatory, except the joy of the blessed in paradise a joy which goes on increasing day by day, as God more and more flows in upon the soul, which He does abundantly in proportion as every hindrance to His entrance is […]
Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost (4th Sunday After Epiphany Resumned) — Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation for the Epistle of the 24th Sunday after Pentecost / Fourth Sunday After Epiphany Resumed
John Lawson, cir. 1890
Brethren: Owe no man anything except to love one another; for you who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Love does no evil […]
Resumed 4th Sunday After Epiphany — A Message From St. Augustine
Jules Joseph Meynier, 19th c.
Translation of the Gospel According to Matthew
At that time, when Jesus entered into the boat, His disciples followed Him: and behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but He was asleep. And His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish. And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, He commanded the winds and the sea, and there came a great calm. But the men wondered, saying: What […]
