Padre Pio Gleanings

Pascal Cataneo

ISBN 10: 2890395073 / ISBN 13: 9782890395077

Published by Editions Paulines, 2006

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G2890395073I4N00

Synopsis:

Even if it presents a broad outline of the life of Padre Pio, this book, nevertheless, does not claim to be a biography. Although he knew this priest very well, the author has something else in view: the real hero of this book is ... the supernatural. What element could better define the stigmatist of the Gargano besides his so very humble holiness and his legendary sudden changes of mood if not the omnipresence of this demension around his person? A dimension so alien to our rational perceptions, so inacceptable in face of our need to explain everything.. And yet, a collection of real indisputable facts left the medical doctors non-plussed and filled crowds with amazement. They created around the figure of a modest Capuchin friar racked with pain an atmosphere full of mystery that the author restores here through these gleanings from this condensed account of miraculous incidents emerges a fascinating image which, far from growing blurred with the years, reveals itself ever more distinctly, with a corollary in the form of a question: What particular message did God wish to pass on through the life of Padre Pio?

Bibliographic Details

Title: Padre Pio Gleanings
Publisher: Editions Paulines
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket