Family relations can get complicated, especially when dealing with an aggressive spouse.
Sometimes one can feel as if things cannot change for the better. What would Padre Pio advise
someone in such an entangled situation? A penitent said, "Padre Pio is better than a psychiatrist."
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we hear the advice Padre Pio gave to a man in need of a change in life. This testimony is from Father
Marcelino's book, Padre: Saint Pio of Pietrelcina: Testimonies. This testimony is given by someone
Father Marcelino describes as an accomplished and esteemed professional. Here's what he says: "I had
the grace to confess to Padre Pio. I complained about my family's situation, especially my wife,
who is always tough and aggressive." That holy man allowed me to speak longer than he usually
allowed others, perhaps 10 minutes without saying a word. I talked and cried, and he listened.
Let's just pause for a moment here. Let me remind you that Padre Pio's confession was
usually three minutes long. So Padre Pio gave this gentleman not only double the time, but
triple the time he usually gives his penitents. Now, let's continue. At one point, like thunder,
he shouted: "Change your life! Go and pray 10 Glories to Saint Michael."
He gave me absolution, but I was shaken and hurt by the way the confession ended.
After doing my penance, I left the church and a friend who accompanied me asked me,
"How it was, how it went, how was the confession?"
I let him know that I preferred to remain silent because I felt like a wounded animal.
That must have been hard for the gentleman. He poured out his heart for 10 minutes and then got
yelled at. This seems quite cold on the part of Padre Pio, but let's hear what he says further.
We started a way back. As we went, however, my resentment gradually gave way to great peace,
to joy. At the command of the Minor Friars of San Marco and Lamis, which is a few kilometers
away from San Giovanni Rotondo, I stopped the car and said to my friend, "100 psychologists
and psychiatrists could not have given me a truer answer about the entangled situation that only
needed silence and acceptance. The certainty dawned on me that the Father read the tangled
mess correctly, not with the eye of intellect, but with the light that came to him from God.
The Holy Spirit was therefore always with him." End of testimony.
"100 psychologist and psychiatrists could not have given me a truer answer about the
entangled situation that only needed silence and acceptance." In a way, it shouldn't be
much of a surprise that Padre Pio was a better psychologist than a professional with a diploma
in the field. Padre Pio had the gift from God to see into people's souls, to understand them,
to know the things about them that even the person in question might have already forgotten.
While the trained psychologist has to work with information provided by the patient or client,
Padre Pio got his insight from a celestial source. After a long time of silently listening, Padre
Pio's advice is short: take action and pray. Thank you for listening. Please subscribe,
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