The
Blessed Mother and Padre Pio
by
Joe Peluso
Padre
Pio said: "Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life
without the help of the Blessed Mother."
"When
one achnowledges the importance of the Blessed Mother in Her Immaculate Conception, it is
the first step on the path of salvation."
"Love
the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the
world today."
"All
graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother."
Mary
Pyle told me that aside from all of Padre Pio's daily priestly duties, he said a fifteen
decade Rosary thirty-five (35) or more times each day.
 Many
photographs show Padre Pio laughing and smiling with his right hand hidden in his
chest-high pocket. He is actually doing two things at the same time. He is laughing,
telling humerous stories and praying his rosary. This is another gift granted by God to
his special chosen son.
With
great tenderness, he always spoke of the Blessed Mother as "my dear little
Mother."
He
always said: "The Blessed Mother is the Mother of all Mothers."
On
Padre Pio's death bed, his final words that he kept repeating were: "Jesus-Mary;
Jesus-Mary; Jesus-Mary."
Padre
Pio often told his fellow priests when they asked him of the Blessed Mother and if she was
with him during his Mass: "The Blessed Mother accompanies me to the altar and remains
at my side while I offer up the Holy Mass."
Padre
Pio often said Mass at the altar of "The Immaculate Conception" in her honor.
A
priest, a member of the monastery, asked Padre Pio: 'Does the Blessed Mother ever come to
your room?' And he replied: "Why not ask me instead, 'does she ever leave my
room?"
Padre
Pio's dear friend, Padre Eusebio, asked him: "Does the Blessed Mother ever appear to
you, and do you see her?" Padre Pio replied: "The Blessed Mother comes to me
whenever I need her."
Giuseppa
Forgione, Padre Pio's mother, loved the Blessed Mother like her son. When Francesco left
for the Seminary in 1902, his mother's gift to him was a large, framed, beautiful picture
of the Blessed Mother entitled, "Our Lady of Purity." His mother's gift was
always with him. He always hung this picture at the foot of the bed, so that he could see
his beautiful Madonna as he prayed his Rosary before sleeping. The pilgrims touring the
Monastery today will see in Padre Pio's bedroom, Cell #1, this picture of "Our Lady
of Purity" still hanging at the foot of his bed.
TO
THOSE WHO CAME TO PADRE PIO TO THANK HIM FOR FAVORS GRANTED, HE SAID: "ALL THANKS
MUST BE GIVEN TO THE BLESSED MOTHER SINCE SHE IS THE MEDIATRIX FOR ALL GRACES."
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