i love how anna wintour has kept this hairstyle + sunglasses on forever it is gonna be her blueprint and mark as long as we live and i think this such a beautiful thing, especially for someone like her working the fashion industry which is about leaving your blueprint behind and making things that will scream your name forever.
SOME FACTS ABOUT ST. PADRE PÍO OF PIETRELCINA
1. He was a stigmatist: On Sept. 20, 1918, Padre Pio received the visible wounds of Christ known as stigmata, while praying in a church. The wounds were on his hands, feet and side, corresponding to the wounds suffered by Jesus during his crucifixion.
2. The stigmata had a distinct aroma: The blood from his stigmata smelled of floral perfume and was referred to as the odor of sanctity.
3. Padre Pio heard confessions 12 to 15 hours a day: Some penitents waited two weeks just to visit him in the confessionial. Padre Pio could also read the hearts of penitents, reminding them of sins that were forgotten or omitted.
4. Padre Pio suffered attacks from the devil on a consistent basis: Right from a young age, the devil appeared to him under many different forms: as a big black cat, wild and threatening, or as a repulsive animal, in the clear intention to frighten him; under the appearance of naked and provocative young girls who danced obscene dances, obviously to test the chastity of the young priest. The worst was when the Devil took on the appearance of his spiritual director, or posed as Jesus, the Virgin Mary or St. Francis.
5. He had the gift of bilocation, that is, being in two places at once: Multiple eyewitness accounts attest to the ability of Padre Pio to be in multiple places at once. Fellow friars remember seeing him in prayer outside when they knew he was still in his room. Some accounts come from others who claim to have seen him on different continents all over the world.
6. Before dying at the age of 81, all his wounds healed without any trace of scars, just as he had foretold they would 50 years before that time.
Stay with me, Lord ! Prayer of St. Pio of Pietrelcina after Holy Communion.
Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.
Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak
and I need Your strength, that I may not fall so often.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life,
and without You, I am without fervor.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light,
and without You, I am in darkness.
Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will
Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.
Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You
very much, and always be in Your company.
Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.
Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.
Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes; death, judgment, eternity approaches.
It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.
It is getting late and death approaches,
I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!
Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers. I need You. Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread, so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.
Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You,
if not by communion, at least by grace and love.
Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it,
but the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!
Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more. With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen.
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🎶Daily, daily sing to Mary,
Sing, my soul, her praises due:
All her feasts, her actions honor
With the heart's devotion true.
Lost in wond'ring contemplation,
Be her majesty confessed:
Call her Mother, call her Virgin,
Happy Mother, Virgin
O, mother most holy and sorrowful, Queen of Martyrs, you who stood by your Son as He agonized on the cross; by the sufferings of your life, by that sword of pain that pierced your heart, by your perfect joy in heaven, look down on me kindly as I kneel before you, sympathizing with your sorrows and offering you my petition with childlike trust. Amen 🙏🏾.
Our Lady of Sorrows!
Pray for us.
#MemorialofOurLadyofSorrows
You see Mother Mary eh? Just leave intercession for that woman 🥺. I don't know how she does the discussion with her son but she will get it done.
Hail Mary!! ❤❤