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Padre Pio’s Mass... Preface


Padre Pio’s Mass
Preface

At the Udine Convention of 1972, Father Tarcisio held a conference on Padre Pio’s Mass. An obligatory subject, one might say, when it comes to Padre Pio, and one which has been written and said. But Father Tarcisio treated the subject in a different and surprising way.

He spoke from within, that is, from Padre Pio’s point of view; from his state of mind, from his real suffering, from his authentic thoughts, and not from imagination.

This was possible for him to do because he used Padre Pio’s very own words, his confidences, not to say confessions, which he gave a little at a time to his spiritual . To the more valiant ones, who lived day by day, hour by hour, in the sphere of the mystic life of Padre Pio.

They used to follow him mostly at the alter, trying to make themselves one in him, to re-live the Mass with him, feeling, if it were possible, the same tremors, the same anguishes, the same love.

There were many such spiritual ; many more than one could ever imagine. But some of them went far beyond just assisting Padre Pio’s Mass.

They used to indulge in soul-searching, analyzing their feelings. They tried to understand that Mass. But to understand it not by way of intuition, by way of just taking part, which is already a noble way of understanding it. They wanted the very explanations of the protagonist, of Padre Pio.

And they used to question him continuously, taking advantage of every meeting or chance conversation. They used to put questions to him with the confidence, the audacity of lovers. Without ever losing heart if at times, or often enough. Padre Pio was evasive or reticent. But having another try as soon as possible, and completing, one might say, every concept with fragments of conversation.

Among these beloved , there was, it is needless to say, Father Tarcisio himself. We remember him, in his younger days, beside Padre Pio. We remember him in a special way beside him, n the altar. He was, practically, fascinated by Padre Pio’s Mass. A love which has led to a mine of observations, and patient work of collections, and of course, remeditation.

The conference Father Tarcisio held at Udine is, in fact, the fruit of this love, of this patience. A conference that immediately appeared to us as basic and relevant.

We soon published, and rather badly we must admit, some excerpts of it in the summary of the convention which appeared in the Home Magazine. This was followed by another publication of the entire conference, done with great care this time. In the Acts of the Convention. We had sent those Acts, according to the programme, to the Prayer Groups only. But we were soon overwhelmed with request. Everybody seemed to want that text. We had made about a thousand extra copies of it, just for precaution. They were soon exhausted. Therefore we felt the necessity to safely conserve the text in a booklet. It took a lot of time to prepare; all we do involves great labour and sacrifice. It is perhaps because things that have to do with saints are always complex.

But here at last is the book which is printed, besides English, in Italian, French, German and Spanish. It seemed to us the best way to present the passion Padre Pio suffered in his Mass, for Christian and non Christian reflection, throughout the world.

Gherardo Leone
San Giovani Rotondo, October 10, 1974





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