"A seraphim of love." Such beautiful terms did Saint Padre Pio use! Right now, I ask him to bless you with the following, as he did to his friend to whom he sent this message in 1917: "May God be pleased to make you a seraphim of love. This is the most sincere wish, which I continually make for you before the Lord." (Letters 3, page 824)
May God make YOU, my dear friend, a "seraphim of love." Amen!
And, my dear seraphim of love, "live tranquilly, follow the path on which the Lord has placed you and, in a holy manner, diligently try to keep Jesus satisfied and pleased; this Jesus who suffers the abandonment of his Father for love of us, and by whom this heavenly Father wanted you to be accompanied. So just like a bee who is carefully making the honey of holy devout practices, also make the wax of domestic affairs, because if the former brings with it a sweetness pleasing to Christ, who while He lived in the world nourished Himself with butter and honey, as Scripture tells us, the latter superabounds with glory for Him, because it serves to make lighted candles for the edification of your neighbor. God, who has taken you by the hand with special care, is guiding you to the port of eternal salvation. Let us confide in Him and have no fear." (Saint Padre Pio, Letters 3, pages 841-842)
Amen, dear friend in Christ. Amen!
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