Account of the life of Saint Padre Pio who bore the wounds of Christ for 50 years. Bob and Penny Lord traveled to San Giovanni Rotondo, where Padre Pio lived and died and gathered the information contained here about his life and legacy. This ebook is a complete history of his life from his birth to his death.

"One God, the Father of the living Word, of subsistent Wisdom and Power, and the Eternal Image. Perfect Begetter of the Perfect, Father of the only-begotten Son. One Lord, Only of Only, God of God, Image and Likeness of the Godhead, Efficient Word, Wisdom comprehending the constitution of the universe, and Power shaping all creation. Genuine Son of genuine Father, Invisible of Invisible, and Incorruptible of Incorruptible, and Immortal of Immortal, and Eternal of Eternal. And one Holy Spir...

We believe that when we die, when we shake off this mortal coil, we go to the next step in our eternal existence, from a physical, bodily life, to a new life, a new beginning.We read that in Heaven we will know perfect happiness. We will see God in His Beatific Vision, in the fullness of His Glory. St. Thomas Aquinas, after having a vision of Heaven, stopped writing his Summa Theologiae, and stated to one of the brothers, "The end of my labors has come. All that I have written appea...

Lanciano,The Heart and Blood of Jesus - the oldest documented Miracle of the Eucharist in the History of the Church Orvieto, 1263 Miracle of the Eucharist which brought about the Feast of Corpus Christi Siena, 1730 - God proves beyond doubt that Jesus is truly Present in the Eucharist we receive at every Mass Cascia, 1300's - The faith of a priest is restored after he is part of the Miracle

This was the cloth which held the Body of Jesus. At a minimum, it would be considered a relic of the Savior. At most, it was a precious keepsake of the death and resurrection of Jesus. And probably, when Jesus left us after 40 days, this cloth was one of the few mementos they had of the physical presence of Jesus among them.What happened to it next? The answers to this question are documented in part. One of the gaps was officially filled in just this year. But there are areas where...

Saint Catherine Laboure brought us the Miraculous Medal devotion from the Apparitions of Mary to her in Paris. Bob and Penny traveled to Paris and documented her life and the devotion to the Miraculous Medal which began there.

Father Cyril raised his eyes. He couldn't believe his ears. But it was true! The statue did talk to him! Needless to say, Father went to his Prior and told him what the Child Jesus said. But no matter how he pleaded that the Lord truly wished the repair of his statue, the Prior, because of lack of funds, told him he had to reject his petition. As Father Cyril could not move man's heart, he turned to God. Shortly after much praying, a nobleman came to Father to hear his confession. He share...

No sooner had we decided to add this martyr, or that group of martyrs than people came up with yet another martyr for us to consider. And for the most part, these are all Twentieth Century martyrs. We chose to share with you the first martyr of Poland, St. Stanislaus, mostly because he was the first Polish canonized saint, who was actually born Polish and died a Martyr. But with that exception, all the atrocities took place from 1939 on, and the most recent, Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko was marty...

It was 1895, in the month of Mary; one century was ending and another beginning; and with its beginning, was the need of a voice in the desert, crying out, proclaiming the Word of God. Fulton J. Sheen was to be that voice. The prophet, whose words and voice would ring out for all time and place, was born above the family's hardware store in El Paso, Illinois.Fulton J. Sheen was brought up on the need of putting in a good day's work. It was not the hard work he minded; it was that th...

Our Lord ascended into Heaven; and His followers, filled with the Holy Spirit, set out to spread His Word of hope to the people of God. But you can understand, then as now, the enemy Lucifer, leader of all the fallen angels, has never wanted this Good News to be heard; his plan, from the time of Genesis, has been to rob us of relationship with our Creator.But we say, in times of crisis, whether in the world or in the Church, God always raises up Saints. Cardinal Newman said of the S...

It is the Sixteenth Century. We are again at a time of struggle and crisis in the world and in the Church. A priest will cause many innocent lambs, not aware of his disobedience and betrayal to the Church, to stray. As always, when the Church is under attack and things look hopeless, God raises up a powerful Saint to save His Church. St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi was one of those Saints. She was born in Florence, Italy, into a very prominent and most influential family; both sides of her pare...

Saint Faustina Kowalska is responsible for bringing the Divine Mercy devotion to the World. Bob and Penny Lord traveled to Poland and Lithuania to get the information on the life of Saint Faustina and the history of the Divine Mercy Devotion.