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One day Padre Pio told his doctor: “I’m praying for the good death of my great great grandfather.” “But he died more than one hundred years ago!” “Remember that for God there is no past and no future, and everything is present. So God made use at that time of the prayers I’m saying now.”

Padre Pio on Purgatory via Infallible Catholic

  “Cleonice Morcaldi once said in the presence of Gaeta, “On the shoulders of Padre Pio rests the whole world and the Church.” This expression seemed an exaggeration to the writer. But on the very same day that Gaeta had heard this, he later joined Padre Pio and some others in conversation. Padre Pio was telling the story of St. Christopher, and how he had carried the child Jesus on his shoulders across a river. Then, turning his gaze to look directly at Saverio Gaeta, Padre Pio pointedly said to the writer, “On my shoulders is the whole world.” quotation from:

Padre Pio’s Secret: His Shoulder Wound by Frank M. Rega