“Do not allow yourself to be overcome by discouragement if you don’t always visibly see your every effort crowned. Jesus sees, rewards, and commands good will and not good success...”—Letters, Vol. 3, 792

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Each of us have had periods where our faith is shaken and not as strong as we want it to be. Given all that is going on in the Church these days, it is certainly understandable. Padre Pio also had these times. Sometimes he questioned the challenges that God was putting before him. But he always kept his gaze on the greater purpose and worked his way past these periods. What a powerful exam-ple he provides for us that, while we will have times of challenge in our faith lives, the light of Christ will always guide us out of the darkness.
Praying with Padre Pio
St. Pio, serve as a guide and companion to us as we work our way through any periods of spiritual doubt and struggle.