Salvation
Padre Pio: “Souls are not given to us as gifts; they must be purchased; they must be paid for. Don’t forget how dearly they cost to Jesus.” 1
Padre Pio: “What should we say looking at a poor peasant intent in observing a river flowing at great speed? Maybe we would laugh at him, and with good reason. It is a folly to fix our gaze on something that is rapidly passing. This is the state of of a person fixing his eye on visible things.” 2