In the story today, we see how Padre Pio gives these two warnings to different people.
So why did he do that and what was the result?
Please do stay tuned to find out.
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Padre Pio.
And here through a series of short stories, we take a look at the life of our great Saint
Padre Pio, who was a Capuchin friar, a mystic, a tremendous miracle worker.
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For our first story, this takes place when Padre Pio was still a young priest, and this
incident happened to him.
Padre Pio was visiting a hospital and the doctor told him that this particular patient
there, he was not expected to live the night.
He was not expected to survive, he was gravely ill.
So Padre Pio went over to this man's bedside and he spoke to him a little bit and he gave
him his priestly blessing.
And then he also added to this person, he said, "It would be a good idea if you would
make your confession."
And this person said, "No, I'm not going to do that.
Maybe later when I am better.
Put it off."
And any further persuasion, Padre Pio just realized was going to be to no avail.
But as he was leaving the room, he thought desperate times call for desperate measures.
He stopped and he turned around and he told the person, "We will meet again, but the next
time we will meet is in the cemetery."
So obviously he created quite a stir in the person.
And when he heard this, he realized how gravely ill, how serious the situation was.
And he changed his mind.
And he quickly, after this, he made his confession and he received communion.
And sure enough, later that night he passed away peacefully.
So to me this sounds like it was quite a close call.
It was a little too close for comfort we could say.
And death, it arrives like a thief in the night.
So it's a good idea to always be ready.
Our second story is the curious story that Aurilio Montalvo relates to us.
Now Aurilio had visited San Giovanni Rotondo a number of times, and he had been to confession
with Padre Pio and he had also been to Padre Pio's Mass.
So the two spiritual highlights, and he was just so impressed with all of this that he
would return again and again, he would come back to San Giovanni Rotondo.
And eventually he decided to sell up wherever he was living.
And he moved to San Giovanni Rotondo, and there, he purchased a little hotel, which
was close to the monastery.
And this was for the pilgrims who were visiting Padre Pio.
And he could help those people as well, spiritually.
And from this, he also made his living.
Now Aurilio's brother, he was a fairly hardened unbeliever we could say, and he visited San
Giovanni Rotondo, but this was only after Padre Pio had just passed away.
So he certainly didn't see Padre Pio while he was still alive, but there was such a crowd
present there that he was not even able to see Padre Pio in death.
So he actually had no direct contact with Padre Pio at all.
And later on, when Aurilio was speaking with his brother, his brother admitted that he
was actually only there out of some sort of curiosity about Padre Pio.
He did not believe in the saint.
And he was completely cold and indifferent about the whole thing.
Well, not too long after this, this following incident happened.
Aurilio's brother, he was in the church, Our Lady of Grace's, Padre Pio's church, at the
back, he sat down in one of the benches.
And then suddenly he felt a tap on his shoulder and he heard this very stern voice reprimanding
him.
And he turned to see who it was, but there was no one there.
He was rather shaken and frightened by this.
He decided he's moving to another bench somewhere else.
He went there and he sat down.
And once again, the same thing happened, an authoritative voice, and he felt someone tapping
him on the shoulder.
He looked around again, no one was there.
And at this point, Aurilio's brother broke out in a cold sweat.
What was going on?
He had absolutely no idea.
The next time that Aurilio saw his brother, he was given every detail of what had happened,
this unusual story.
And he's obviously quite shaken.
And he asked, "How can I go to confession now?
How do I make my confession?"
And Aurilio explained all the points to making a good confession.
And then he also wanted to know, "How can I make my first communion?"
And once again, Aurilio was very happy to explain all of this to him.
Well, that night, Aurilio's brother, he had a dream.
He was now asleep and he had this dream that Padre Pio was standing right next to his bed.
Padre Pio had his rosary in his hand and taught him how to pray the rosary.
And all of these things, they actually marked the beginning of Aurilio's brother's conversion.
He was received into the church, not long after that.
And from then on, he lived a very devout life.
So after these stories, we can easily ask, why did these two things, these two warnings
happen?
What was the point of it?
And maybe we have to look here, what paths were these people on and where would've they
ended up if Padre Pio had not intervened?
And coming soon, we can have another video on Padre Pio and it's going to show how Padre
Pio was able to comfort people we could say, to assist them in life's journey because all
of these, it's like a storm sometimes, difficult things hit, and then Padre Pio was able to
console these people.
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