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:
Throughout the Month of May,
Padre Pio Press Cordially Invites Its Readership to Join In Saying:
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Devotion To St. Michael Part II
Devotion to St. Michael the Archangel
— How Did it Begin?
Part II Of A Talk Given By Fr. Ermatinger
St Stanislaus’ Sursum Corda Young Adults Group
Part II
Outline
Opening Prayers — 0:00-0:45
Names of Angels — 0:45-5:54
Names of Angels in the OT — 0:45-1:15
Coptic Tradition — Uriel — 1:15-1:28
Dangerous 90’s Practice of Naming Guardian Angels — 1:28-3:53
Daniel Michael as Protector of Israel — 3:35-5:54
Nations have their own Angels — 5:35-:5:54
New Testament — 5:54-11:53
Revelations 12 and Jude […]
St. Augustine, Do We Only Praise God For Good Things?
Question 044
Other than God’s deserving our praise, does Augustine offer any motivations to praise God?
Those who praise you, O Lord, speak of the excellence of your terrible deeds, the greatness of the work of your hands which punish and distribute discipline. They shall speak and will not remain silent…For it is the praise of God that sets you on your way that ought to show you both what you should love and what you should fear… Let the excellence of your terrible things be proclaimed now. Although it is endless, so, too, your greatness has no end, and they shall not be silent about of it. How shall they tell […]
Devotion To St. Michael Part I
Devotion to St. Michael the Archangel
— How Did it Begin?
Part I Of A Talk Given By Fr. Ermatinger
St Stanislaus’ Sursum Corda Young Adults Group
Part I
Outline
Hospitality of Abraham, Andrei Rublev, 1411
Opening Prayers — 0:00-0:41
Angelology In the ’90s — New Age Spirituality 0:41-1:54
Sources of Catholic Angelology — 1:54-2:50
Where Did Devotion to St. Michael Come From? — 2:50-4:25
Creeds as Windows Into Development Through Conflict — 4:25-6:00
Old Testament Angelology as Read by the Early Church Fathers — 6:00-11:50
Genesis 18 — 6:27-8:10
Genesis 19 — 8:10-8:36
Early Church Fathers’ Interpretations — 8:36-11:27
Genesis 32 — 11:27-50
Certain Consistency […]
St. Augustine, How Do Our Prayers Please God?
Question 043
What makes our praise so pleasing to God?
Would you sing a psalm? Then do not sound God’s praises with voice alone, but put your works in harmony with your voice… “Let your praises be pleasing to our God.” How? By praising him with the goodness of our lives. Take heed of that and then your praise will be pleasing to him…If praise in the mouth of a sinner is unseemly, then it cannot be pleasing, for only what is seemly pleases.
from St. Augustine Answers 101 Questions on Prayer by Fr. Ermatinger
The condition that man finds himself in is one of dis-integration; whether […]
