The movement of the human soul, and human society in general, from its fallen chaotic state towards divine order is at the heart of the Blog of Padre Pio Press. Writings, ponderings, and reflections on this movement of the soul are authored by Fr. Cliff Ermatinger and by the occasional Guest Contributor. The articles and recordings are relegated to the following areas:
During the Month of June, Which is Devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Padre Pio Press Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
in the morning The Litany of Humility
The Litany of the Sacred Heart at night 
In Reparation for All the Ways He is Blasphemined,
Consolation for All The Times He is Ignored,
and Veneration for All that He Continues to Give to Us.
During the Month of June, Which is
Devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Padre Pio Press Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
in the morning
The Litany of Humility
:
and at night,
The Litany of the Sacred Heart
In Reparation for
All the Ways He is Blasphemed,
Consolation for All the Times
He is Ignored,
and Veneration for All that
He Continues to Give to Us.
The Wounds of Christ – A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
The Wounds of Christ
A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
Sacred Heart and 5 Wounds of Christ, cir. 1495
Outline of Talk
- Introduction and Prayers: 00:00-0:53
- The Wounds of Christ in Light of Scripture, Pope Benedict XVI, and Mystics: 0:53-41:00
- Not Exhaustive
- St. Peter: “…By Whose Wounds We Are Healed” (ref. Isaiah 53): 2:27-3:30
- Devotion to the Wounds of Christ Has a Long Tradition: 3:21-3:30
- Common Denominator Amongst the Mystics: 3:30-4:07
- St. Veronica Giuliani: 4:07-5:05
Easter Sunday – Sermon by Fr. Ermatinger
Translation of the Epistle for the Feast of Easter
Brethren, purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened: for Christ our Pasch is sacrificed. Therefore let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Continuation of the Holy Gospel According to Matthew
Resurrection of Christ, Zirl Parish Church, Austria, F. Plattner, 1862
And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel […]