You and the Infant Jesus

Last week I shared with you some of Saint Padre Pio's quotes relating to the Infant Jesus. Knowing that with God there is no time as we know it, only eternity in which God sees all past, present, and future events, and knowing that Jesus Christ is the "same yesterday, today, and forever," according to Scripture, it is true that we can, at any time, go in prayer to the Infant Jesus just as well as to the adult Jesus--and to the Resurrected Jesus and to the Ascended Jesus and to the Jesus of eternity. So now, let us go to the Infant Jesus, through Saint Padre Pio's words, and there find consolation for our own hearts, whether they are light with joy or heavy with the miseries of this world.

If you are suffering:

"May the Infant Jesus inspire you more and more to love suffering and despise the world," says St. Padre Pio to you, my friend. "May His star enlighten your mind more and more, and may His love transform your heart and render it worthy of His divine satisfaction." (Letters, Volume 3, page 392)

If you need comforting, and if you need encouragement to go with your needs to the Infant Jesus:

"May the Infant Jesus bless you, comfort you, reward you for what you are bearing for love of Him, and make you holy!" says St. Padre Pio to you. "These and other prayers still, have been, and will be mine for you before the holy crib of the Infant Jesus. May He be pleased to grant them all! . . . Don't let temptations frighten you. They are the trials of those souls whom God wants to test when He sees them strong enough to sustain the battle weaving with their own hands the crown of glory. . . . Drive away, once and for all, every perplexity and anxiety, and enjoy in peace the most sweet pains of the Beloved." (Letters, Volume 3, pages 438-440)

If you need Christ's Holy Spirit:

"May the Infant Jesus, reborn in your heart, always reign there; may He transform your heart totally and fill it with His divine Spirit," says St. Padre Pio to you. "Be tranquil as regards your spirit and do not fear because it is Jesus who molds it; it is Jesus who reigns there." (Letters, Volume 3, page 387)

If you need God's enlightenment to chase away the darkness:

"May the Infant Jesus inspire you more and more to love suffering and despise the world," says St. Padre Pio to you, my dear friend. "May His star enlighten your mind more and more, and may His love transform your heart and render it worthy of His divine satisfaction. . . . Therefore, open wide your heart and let the Lord work freely in you. Expand your soul before the divine Sun and let the Lord work freely in you. Expand your soul before the divine Sun and let its beneficial rays dissipate the darkness which the enemy frequently thickens in it." (Letters, Volume 3, page 392)

Saint Padre Pio's blessing for you today and every day:

"May the heavenly Child always be in the midst of your heart; may He sustain it, enlighten it, vivify it, and transform it to eternal charity! . . . Remember the words the divine Master one day said to the apostles and which He says to you today: Let not your heart be troubled [John 14:1]. Yes, let not your heart be troubled in the hour of trial, because Jesus promised His real assistance to those who follow Him." (Letters, Volume 3, pages 439-441)

Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year, dear friend!