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20120730 “Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry” 「祈禱,希望和無慮」

This article is the last one of the series on modern saints and blessed devoted to the Holy Eucharist. St. Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) is a popular and exceptional saint of the 20th century.
Francesco Forgione (the future Padre Pio) was born on May 25, 1887. During his teens, Francesco was often subject to mysteriously high fevers, for there was a fierce struggle in his soul. Francesco felt the call to religious life, but he was also attracted by the sweetness of the world. Finally, a vision from God helped him to make up his mind to enter the Capuchin Franciscan order.
On January 22, 1903 Francesco received the Franciscan habit and the religious name “Pio” in honor of St. Pius V. A year later, on January 22, 1904 Brother Pio made the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Stigmatized priest
Brother Pio was ordained a priest on August 10, 1910, and became known as Padre Pio.
In 1917, Padre Pio was drafted into the army to be a soldier. He was very happy, and by mid-October he was in the hospital. Doctors puzzled over his condition: ordinary thermometers broke from his high fevers, and special thermometers indicated temperatures from 120 to 125 degrees. Finally, the doctors declared him unfit for military service.
Padre Pio was dismissed from the military, and his superiors sent him to the monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo, expecting him to die within a few months. It turned out that he would spend fifty-one more years at San Giovanni Rotondo.
On September 20, 1918, Padre Pio was praying in front of a crucifix in the choir loft when he received the stigmata (visible marks of the crucifixion), which lasted for 50 years.
The news of the stigmata began to spread in 1919. Padre Pio also had the gifts of celestial perfume, prophetic insight, remarkable conversions, miraculous cures and bilocation. Many people came to San Giovanni Rotondo to see Padre Pio. A normal day for him was a busy nineteen hours with Mass, confessions and handling correspondence. He usually had less than two hours to sleep. He said, “Divine goodness not only does not reject penitent souls, but goes out in search of obstinate souls.”
Many restrictions were placed on Padre Pio by the Church’s authority from time to time, but he accepted them obediently; one of his best-known sayings was, “The habit of asking ‘why’ has ruined the world.”
Eucharistic priest
The daily celebration of Holy Mass was the center of Padre Pio’s life. He said, “It would be easier for the earth to carry on without the sun than without Holy Mass.” He celebrated Masses reverently, and his Masses lasted an hour and a half or more. People who attended his Masses came away with the feeling that they had been in the presence of a saint.
Padre Pio wrote that to receive Jesus only increased the hunger and thirst he felt for Him. His love for the Holy Eucharist was experienced as a burning fire.
As a spiritual father, Padre Pio proposed five rules for the growth of his spiritual children: weekly confession, daily Communion, spiritual reading, meditation and examination of conscience. His motto is: “Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry”.
Padre Pio referred himself as a “poor friar who says his prayers”. He promoted the formation of “Prayer Groups” in many nations in response to Pius XII repeated calls for the faithful to band together in groups for prayer.
Padre Pio died on September 23, 1968. On June 16, 2002 over 500,000 gathered in Rome to witness his canonization by John Paul II.

這一篇是有關特敬聖體現代聖人系列的最後一篇文章。聖畢奧 (1887-1968) 是一位著名和不凡的聖人。
方濟各(後來的畢奧神父)誕生在 1887年五月二十五日。少年的他經常罹患無名的高燒,因為在他靈魂內潛在著一個激烈的掙扎。方濟各感覺到修道的聖召,但他卻又為世俗的快樂所吸引。最後,天主賜給他一個神視,幫助他決心進入方濟會嘉布顯會成為會士。
1903年一月二十二日,方濟各接受了方濟會會衣,為光榮聖庇護五世取會名「畢奧」。一年後,1904年一月二十二日畢奧修士發神貧,貞潔和服從三愿。
五傷的神父
1910年八月十日,畢奧修士晋鐸,成為畢奧神父。
1917年畢奧神父應征入伍成為軍人。他在軍中很憂鬱,在十月中發高燒入院。他的病情困擾了醫生們:一般的探熱針因他的高燒而爆破,特別的探熱針,測得他的體溫為120至125度。最後醫生宣稱他不宜服兵征。
畢奧神父解除兵征後,他的長上送他到 San Giovanni Rotondo的修院,相信他在幾個月內便會去世。後來他竟然在那裹多活了五十一年。
在1918年九月二十日:畢奧神父在經樓的苦像前祈禱時得到了耶穌受難的聖傷,這些聖傷維持了五十年。
聖傷印記的消息由1919年開始傳出去。畢奧神父還有其他的神恩,例如:聖德的芳香、先知、奇跡治病、和同一時間身處兩地。不少人來見畢奧神父。他通常一天忙碌十九個小時: 舉行彌撒、聽告解、和處理書信。通常他睡眠不足兩小時。他說「天主的聖善不但不會拒絕懺悔的靈魂,更會出來去尋找那些固執的靈魂。」“
教會當局不時對畢奧神父施加了不同的限制,但他卻服從地接受;他其中一個著名的教導是:「追問『為什麼』的惡習敗壞了世界。」
聖體的神父
每日的彌撒聖祭是畢奧神父生命的核心。他說: 為世界的存在,彌撒比太陽更重要。 他虔誠地奉獻彌撒,他的彌撒為時一小時三十分或更多。參與他的彌撒的人都覺得他是一個活聖人。
畢奧神父寫道: 領受耶穌只會增加他對耶穌的渴望。他對聖體的愛有如烈火。
作為一個靈性上的父親,畢奧神父為他的神子神女們建議五個法則:每週告解,每天領聖體,閱讀聖書,默想和省察。他的座右銘是「祈禱,希望和無慮」 。
畢奧神父稱自己為一個「唸經的窮修士」 。他在不同的國家推行祈禱會的組成,以響應庇護十二世重復的要求: 信眾組成一起去祈禱。
畢奧神父於1968年九月二十三日逝世。2002年六月十六日多於五十萬人在羅馬見證他被教宗若望保祿二世策封為聖人。