Your Hiding Place

Yes, my dear friend, God is indeed a hiding place for you, so tuck yourself within His merciful Heart, and He will preserve you from evil. "You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance." (Psalm 32:7)

Saint Padre Pio, too, urges you to make your permanent home the arms and Heart of Jesus who loves you with an unfathomable love. ". . . because not only are you with Him," says St. Padre Pio to you, my friend, "but you are in Him and He is within you. What can a child fear in the arms of its father? Be like children; they almost never think about their future as they have somebody to think of it for them; they are only strong enough when they are with their father. Therefore, you do the same and you will be in peace." (Saint Padre Pio's Letters, Volume 3, pages 730-731)

Saint Faustina of The Divine Mercy often saw Jesus appear to her as The Divine Mercy, with His pierced hands and feet emitting rays of light, rays of mercy and love for you, my dear friend. She, in her diary, expresses her own need to hide herself in Jesus and to be like a little child within His arms and Heart. "In You, O Lord, all is good, all is a gift. . . . It is my delight fo fix my gaze upon You. . . . My spirit abides in these mysterious dwelling places, [within her soul], and there I am at home." (Diary, 343)

And Saint Padre Pio wants you, too, to seek tranquillity and peace within this hiding place, which is your soul, and which is God's dwelling place. "Often place yourself in the presence of God, and offer Him all your actions and suffering," says Saint Pio to you, my dear friend. "God speaks and is present to the soul who listens, understands, loves, and trembles. . . . In conclusion, rest assured and be happy because God is pleased with you and finds His peaceful dwelling place within you." (Letters, Volume 3, pages 928, 627, 550)

Today, and every day, my dear friend, seek shelter within your own soul where you will find God waiting for you, loving you, protecting you, guiding you, asking only that you accept and enjoy His loving and merciful Presence.

"The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." (Romans 16:20)